Too many miles?
Hello everyone. I am new to the RV experience, I just purchased a new Tracer 240 TE. I have planned a trip from Michigan to Glacier NP. I reserved all the camp sites along the way. My question is,...
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gmw photos wrote:Huntindog wrote:
I don't think it is possible to average 65.
You would have to tow at 80 or more in order to have a shot a 65 MPH average.
That is what I was thinking when I saw that. All my years of long distance motorcycle riding, I found that very often I would end the day with an average of around 62 mph by running at around 70 mph, or a little more while rolling. And I was "trying" to keep my fuel and food stops as reasonable as possible, and was traveling solo. Any time you add more people into the mix, all stops become longer.
This was a preliminary schedule, just trying to get a feel for times and distances.
I use the 65 average because that's usually the speed I drive when towing. Stops for fuel and food are added to the drive times. Stops usually add 1-1.5 hours.
My wife and kids are well-trained. We've been doing long road trips since they were babies. Before she was one year old, my daughter had already attended 10 baseball games in 10 different major league parks, from Oakland to Kansas City to New York. They're used to long road trips, and they enjoy it, too.
Our current trailer has ~15,000 miles on it, and it's only 4 years old.
On big travel days, one stop is a sit-down restaurant. The rest are quickie fuel/bathroom stops. It works for us. YMMV.
