2012Coleman wrote:
Who drives a truck that much?
Take a look at a map--Rochester, IN is 60 miles from Elkhart, the center of RV manufacturing for the entire country. Surprise, AZ is a suburb of Phoenix with at least 4 RV dealers and multiple RV parks for snow-birders. Me Again is right, he was delivering travel trailers from the factory to Phoenix.
According to Google Maps, the I-40 route between the two towns is 1844 miles and 27 hours one way or 3700 miles and 5 days RT. So, if he hauled two trailers a month, he would average 7500 miles a month. And, in 14 months, that would put him at 105,000 miles, pretty close to the mileage on his odometer.
Last year, we went east on I-80 from Denver in late March, just as the 2016 RVs were being introduced. All the way across Nebraska and Iowa, there was a steady stream of brand new RVs headed west. New motorhomes of every size without toads, new travel trailers and 5th wheels, and flatbed trailers loaded down with 2-4 small camping trailers or tent trailers. I haven't seen that many dually pickups on any road outside Texas in my 70 years!
