Tool: how far can I travel in x hours?
Many RVers have a rule of only driving x number of hours a day (they choose what x is). I was curious how many camping locations were around my home within a half day drive. I went in search of on...
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My experience towing a big TT and eventually a bigger FW was:
- If I'm trying to get somewhere (vs. enjoying the journey) and therefore traveling on interstates, I plan on 60 mph from departure to arrival...including fuel stops, eating, etc: If I leave at 0700, by 2100 (i.e. 9:00 pm, 14 hours later), I should be 840 miles down the road....and if I'm trying to get somewhere, that's a typical day's drive.
- If the object is the trip vs. the destination, I plan on 45 mph....so in the example above a 14 hour day would result in 630 miles down the road...but it wouldn't be a 14 hour day, more like 8 at the outside.
This has worked for 30 years of both towing and not, in Alaska and in the lower 48. Busted the average when I drove (for scenery) between Ewe-Stun and Amarillo....I covered a net of about 55 mph since there ain't any scenery worthy of the name on that trip. Flip side was taking a trip some years ago (after a 9 month spell of not leaving Ewe-Stun) from Utah through Idaho and into Montana...I tried to go fast, but simply couldn't avoid pulling over at every pull off that had a mountain vista. Think I averaged about 40 mph on that trip, even hitting the interstates.
- If I'm trying to get somewhere (vs. enjoying the journey) and therefore traveling on interstates, I plan on 60 mph from departure to arrival...including fuel stops, eating, etc: If I leave at 0700, by 2100 (i.e. 9:00 pm, 14 hours later), I should be 840 miles down the road....and if I'm trying to get somewhere, that's a typical day's drive.
- If the object is the trip vs. the destination, I plan on 45 mph....so in the example above a 14 hour day would result in 630 miles down the road...but it wouldn't be a 14 hour day, more like 8 at the outside.
This has worked for 30 years of both towing and not, in Alaska and in the lower 48. Busted the average when I drove (for scenery) between Ewe-Stun and Amarillo....I covered a net of about 55 mph since there ain't any scenery worthy of the name on that trip. Flip side was taking a trip some years ago (after a 9 month spell of not leaving Ewe-Stun) from Utah through Idaho and into Montana...I tried to go fast, but simply couldn't avoid pulling over at every pull off that had a mountain vista. Think I averaged about 40 mph on that trip, even hitting the interstates.
