Comfortable Hauling Time or Miles
Hello, I have a Forest River Avenger ATI (a little over 9,000 pounds) that I haul with my RAM 1500 Hemi, 3.90 rear. It hauls very good, you can almost forget that you are towing something that ...
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It varies a lot for me, depending on time demands and whether or not I'm sightseeing. I try to move 200-400 miles per day, with a goal of pulling in and setting up camp before dark, early enough to do a camp supper rather than eating at a restaurant enroute. One consequence of that goal is that I might travel a lot farther per day when I have 14-16 hours of daylight vs 8-10 hours of daylight.
My longest RV day so far has been 600 miles from NE Oklahoma to Nashville, 14 hours travel time including stops, getting in at 10 PM. I won't be doing that again. Nashville has since then always involved at least one overnight stop somewhere so that no day is more then 400 miles.
I frequently go to south central or southeastern Michigan, 900 to 1050 miles. I've done that most often with one overnight stop, usually the first day being the longer day (in each direction), but only in summer time. When the days are shorter than 14 hours, it will be a three day trip, in 300 to 400 mile blocks with sightseeing along the way.
My shortest travel day so far (on road trips, not going camping locally) has been the 65 miles from Gunnison to Black Canyon, which was actually 9 hours from campsite to campsite, with about 5 hours moving the 120 actual miles including the side trips for mountain sightseeing (30 mph roads). That was the shortest mileage day, but longest in driving hours, of a three day, two night move from Canon City to Grand Junction.
So for a long vacation trip with limited time, think about long driving days for covering long distances, and when you get to interesting places, long sightseeing days covering short distances. You are likely to find interesting places on your long distance days, but just make note of those, because they can be destinations for a shorter trip (depending on your interests, there may actually be more interesting places to visit in the Midwest than in the far west bucket list destinations).
Once retired, with a schedule or time limits, you can mosey around the country traveling a few hours a day or even making every stop last a week or two or a couple of months.
My longest RV day so far has been 600 miles from NE Oklahoma to Nashville, 14 hours travel time including stops, getting in at 10 PM. I won't be doing that again. Nashville has since then always involved at least one overnight stop somewhere so that no day is more then 400 miles.
I frequently go to south central or southeastern Michigan, 900 to 1050 miles. I've done that most often with one overnight stop, usually the first day being the longer day (in each direction), but only in summer time. When the days are shorter than 14 hours, it will be a three day trip, in 300 to 400 mile blocks with sightseeing along the way.
My shortest travel day so far (on road trips, not going camping locally) has been the 65 miles from Gunnison to Black Canyon, which was actually 9 hours from campsite to campsite, with about 5 hours moving the 120 actual miles including the side trips for mountain sightseeing (30 mph roads). That was the shortest mileage day, but longest in driving hours, of a three day, two night move from Canon City to Grand Junction.
So for a long vacation trip with limited time, think about long driving days for covering long distances, and when you get to interesting places, long sightseeing days covering short distances. You are likely to find interesting places on your long distance days, but just make note of those, because they can be destinations for a shorter trip (depending on your interests, there may actually be more interesting places to visit in the Midwest than in the far west bucket list destinations).
Once retired, with a schedule or time limits, you can mosey around the country traveling a few hours a day or even making every stop last a week or two or a couple of months.
