Tips for long trip with travel trailer?
My family is planning a trip from northern NY to central Illinois in late June. About 850 miles. The plan is to take my 1/2 ton pickup and 15 foot travel trailer. I have thoroughly serviced the tru...
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shirleyj62 wrote:
We have done this trip several times as we have family in upstate New York and we live in the Chicago suburbs. I presume you will be using the tollways? The New York "I-Pass" transponder will work on all expressways from New York to Illinois.
There is a Flying J/Pilot that we overnight at near Ashtabula, Ohio. it is right off the tollway and about half way between upstate New York and the Chicagoland area. They have a Denny's there where we always have breakfast.
Enjoy your trip.
Shirley
I'm also from Chicago, in-laws in New Jersey so we've done that drive a number of times (though not yet while towing). I've done it straight thru a few times and with an overnight stop in OH. Straight through is quite exhausting, just depends on what schedule allows. I agree on full size TV spare, a must. And a cordless impact wrench is very useful in changing tires. I find when rotating my TV tires, the aluminum rims stick pretty good on metal, so I need to bang them off w/ a sledge (hit the TIRE only) so just have a plan or some experience in changing your own tires. but you obviously seem pretty well prepared, so enjoy the drive!
Question: How does the i-pass (or EZPass or whichever) work when towing a trailer? I know in IL, i-pass automatically catches the trailer on camera and deducts the appropriate amount. What about when using Ipass on the other states' systems? We're prepping for a 1000 mile trip Chicago to Vermont in a few weeks.
