Long trip issues for Newbie
Bought first ever TT 1 year ago and have logged 1800 miles and 25 nights, all in the relative "flatlands" of Al, TN, and NC. Longest round trip 550 miles and 7 days. Using a new 5.7L Tundra with tow...
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mrquacker wrote:
It's good to worry. The more you worry, the less chance it will go wrong. :)
Now the questions
1) winds -- be like a bird and wing it. You'll know when the winds get too high. And it's always possible for a gust of wind to catch you off guard.
2) altitude -- the only time I had a problem was on a motorcycle. Went from 900' (home) to 10,000' (mountain pass) and the bike didn't want to run too well up that high. Your Toyota should be fine, trust their engineers.
3) miles -- 300 miles is a nice figure to shoot/plan for. Slow down and enjoy the trip. (300 miles is about one tank for me.)
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We did 10 weeks in Colorado and Utah last fall. I was worried about the gasser losing the 30-40% of it's power like people say, but I didn't feel it a bit so I won't ever be worried about that again. We had one gusty travel day in Utah and I didn't exceed 55MPH and did 45 when no one else was around. Slowing down felt much safer. We also kept to 300 miles, but one day was 373 all interstate.
