Is 70 the age to stop towing

Copperhead wrote:
Here is an example of when it would have been best to finally stop driving that RV......

Did you read the article? They were having electrical issues and the headlights weren't working. If the Mirage was 99 years old, then I'd agree it was an age issue, otherwise this could have happened to anyone. Poor judgment driving an RV with no headlights? Sure. Poor judgment normally comes from a lack of years, not an abundance.

Here is an example of when it would have been best to finally stop driving that RV......


http://rvtravel.com/98-year-old-rver-driving-wrong-way-kills-teens-head-crash/

Almost 77 and still towing.

chevman

cummins2014 wrote:

Mr.Beebo wrote:
I have a cousin who is 87 years old. He just left central Illinois on his way to Arizona for a month. Bought himself a new Ford truck and a truck camper. Left with his 84 year old girlfriend. He;ll be driving 4-5 hours a day and then stopping off at a campground for a day or so. He'll stay in Tuscon with my sister for a week then off to revisit some places of his youth.
He tells me after that he's heading up to Alaska. I asked him how far north will be going into Alaska. He replies "How far north can I go?"
He isn't a typical 87 year old, but he is the only guy I know can do it.
Still cutting down trees, splitting wood, making wine, bio diesel for his car, amazing guy.

Not too bad for a 87, but I got that beat. I spend a good portion of the summer in a little RV park in Montana every year since retirement. I met our friend when we first started there before retirement around 2004.

As usual this friend was on his usual site in the RV park, it was his 40th year on that site. He turned 91 this past June. He tows his 32' travel trailer from Indio, Ca. He starts out in april in Utah for awhile, then moves up to Bozeman ,Mt. in late april. Then to the little rv park where I met him years ago, from first of june , until labor day, then back up to Bozeman until the weather starts to get bad. Then heads home to Indio, until the next April.

This year we don't know what he is going to do. He got diagnosed with cancer while in Montana last summer. He had treatment in Bozeman, and went home late fall. He left his trailer in Bozeman. Would not surprise me to see him in the RV park on the river when we get there mid June. If so we will be celebrating his ninety second birthday in June. Oh! ,and he was still fly fishing at 90, I know because I fished with him, but I'm just a youngster at only 70 :B

Yes ,I still tow a 38' fifth wheel, with not a problem.

Outstanding... Hope you and your fishing partner the very best and easy limits.

Atlee wrote:
I sure as hell hope not. I bought my last trailer when still 69. I've since turned 70. Going by you, I need to sell it and move to an old folks home.

If I'm to old at 70 to tow a trailer, then I'm too old to drive a Class A with a toad, right.

Supercharged wrote:
I think maybe if you drive a motorhome at 70 you are safe, but pulling anything behind it is not safe.

Old folks home and Rving cost about the same per month after adding all the cost in like RV gas,rent,food, taxes. You might like the home a little better as you age.

I sure as hell hope not. I bought my last trailer when still 69. I've since turned 70. Going by you, I need to sell it and move to an old folks home.

If I'm to old at 70 to tow a trailer, then I'm too old to drive a Class A with a toad, right.

Supercharged wrote:
I think maybe if you drive a motorhome at 70 you are safe, but pulling anything behind it is not safe.

When I get there I insist on having my medium-size 4x4 SUV (GMC Envoy) for driving around. AND, I love driving a big diesel pusher for getting there (yes, the driving is fun, to say nothing of comfort and convenience). I don't see where towing my GMC has anything to do with it. I'll be the judge and decider, of when to quit. It'll be sometime in the next 12 years.

I don't tow a trailer as I have a 29' class A by choice. Have owned for the last 18 years and I am 78. Used the class A to tow a small trailer to Colorado from Oregon last October. A friend of mine recently sold his unit like mine as he decided it was time to hang it up. At the time, he was 94. He did travel with his son who drove his own coach just incase he had a health issue while traveling.

It's the person and their abilities and not the age.

Mr.Beebo wrote:
I have a cousin who is 87 years old. He just left central Illinois on his way to Arizona for a month. Bought himself a new Ford truck and a truck camper. Left with his 84 year old girlfriend. He;ll be driving 4-5 hours a day and then stopping off at a campground for a day or so. He'll stay in Tuscon with my sister for a week then off to revisit some places of his youth.
He tells me after that he's heading up to Alaska. I asked him how far north will be going into Alaska. He replies "How far north can I go?"
He isn't a typical 87 year old, but he is the only guy I know can do it.
Still cutting down trees, splitting wood, making wine, bio diesel for his car, amazing guy.

Not too bad for a 87, but I got that beat. I spend a good portion of the summer in a little RV park in Montana every year since retirement. I met our friend when we first started there before retirement around 2004.

As usual this friend was on his usual site in the RV park, it was his 40th year on that site. He turned 91 this past June. He tows his 32' travel trailer from Indio, Ca. He starts out in april in Utah for awhile, then moves up to Bozeman ,Mt. in late april. Then to the little rv park where I met him years ago, from first of june , until labor day, then back up to Bozeman until the weather starts to get bad. Then heads home to Indio, until the next April.

This year we don't know what he is going to do. He got diagnosed with cancer while in Montana last summer. He had treatment in Bozeman, and went home late fall. He left his trailer in Bozeman. Would not surprise me to see him in the RV park on the river when we get there mid June. If so we will be celebrating his ninety second birthday in June. Oh! ,and he was still fly fishing at 90, I know because I fished with him, but I'm just a youngster at only 70 :B

Yes ,I still tow a 38' fifth wheel, with not a problem.

The natural progression is to step up to a new, 45' Prevost coach, when you're too old and decrepit to tow a trailer. My Dad stated that old people tow trailers. That was 40 years ago. My sights are set on a new 45' Prevost....







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