Towing Speed - Am I Going Too Slow?!
I'm currently camping on our first long trip in our trailer (previous two trips were only 5 - 10 mins away). We went from Littleton, CO up 285 to Buena Vista, CO, which is about 2.5 - 3 hrs towing....
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Fact: your TV is going to accelerate slower than normal, handle worse than normal, and brake worse than normal. So you better be driving slower than normal to compensate. It also obstructs your vision to the rear and sides, so you don't want to be changing lanes if you can help it. All that says you absolutely do not want to be one of the faster vehicles on the road, you want to be one of the slower ones.
Do not feel pressured to drive any faster than 5-10 mph below the flow of traffic. And NEVER faster than you feel comfortable driving, no matter what.
Your mileage will be so much better, and the entire world so much safer. Your rig is so large, and just uncommon enough NOBODY is going to fail to see you, and they all expect you to be slower than everybody else. So let THEM go around YOU, rather than the other way around.
It should be noted that some places REQUIRE you to pull over and let folks behind you past, such as in California. But even so, it is simple courtesy to do so when traffic backs up behind you. As I recall, California says if there are 5 vehicles back there, you MUST let them by.
Do not feel pressured to drive any faster than 5-10 mph below the flow of traffic. And NEVER faster than you feel comfortable driving, no matter what.
Your mileage will be so much better, and the entire world so much safer. Your rig is so large, and just uncommon enough NOBODY is going to fail to see you, and they all expect you to be slower than everybody else. So let THEM go around YOU, rather than the other way around.
It should be noted that some places REQUIRE you to pull over and let folks behind you past, such as in California. But even so, it is simple courtesy to do so when traffic backs up behind you. As I recall, California says if there are 5 vehicles back there, you MUST let them by.
