How fast do you travel loaded?
Just curious how fast do all of you TC people drive. In my case when I am fully loaded 3500 + truck camper and pulling my 3500 boat, I keep my speed no higher than 62 mph. My biggest concern is a bl...
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Jfresh wrote:
It all really a mind game I think when it comes to mpg and time. The difference between 60-65 mph on a 300 mile trip is what 23 minutes. Same with Mpg. The difference between 9-11 on a 300 mile trip is like $18 bucks.
I can tell you though coming from a TT and a underpowered Ford to a TC with a Ram there is a huge difference between 55 and 70 mph on long destination travel.
Here is my math for two weeks ago....driving from Moab, UT home to Keizer Oregon in one day.
1080 miles at 75mph equals 14.4 hours
1080 miles at 65mph equals 16.6 hours
One day driving back, not hauling the camper but towing my enclosed trailer with 3 quads in the trailer, one quad in the bed of the truck. I stuck to 80 in UT and ID where legal, hit Oregon and did pretty much almost 75 all the way to Portland.... :) my buddies and I wanted to get home to our wives after riding quads for a week in Moab.
