deltabravo wrote:
I've always said that if people are concerned enough to ask what kind of mileage other people get when towing, they probably shouldn't be RVing in the first place. Why? because if they are that concerned about the cost, then they are apparently at the upper limits of their fuel spending allowance already.
They cringe if it costs $80 to fill up with diesel instead of $60, buy the continue to buy $6.00 mochas and frappacino drinks at their favorite coffee stand.
1). They don’t know the comparison factor. Neither do you. (40% reduction from solo where that vehicle loaded same. Same roads and speed as when towing).
“Bad” mpg is where it’s worse than this TESTED prediction.
2). Savings, you don’t know either. It’s first in knowing the annual fuel cost for the family. All vehicles. All miles. The baseline. Fuel savings for RV travel is in controlling non-vacation miles. TEST.
— Chasing low fuel price while travelling isn’t AT ALL smart. An RV requires space. Risk reduction is facilities used by big trucks. Travel Centers.
— Next to the highway is best. Always. Commuter miles count for nothing. Different regions they drive differently. Many reasons.
3). The corollary is in using state rest areas. VIRTUALLY NO ONE USES PICNIC AREAS. I travel full time. 100k miles annually. An RV makes space & privacy E-Z.
— The WalMart parking lot isn’t any of these things. High risk to vehicle, high crime and high cost.
The daily trip plan is one thing. A FAIL for most (work at it). The vacation MEAL PLAN is where an RV comes into its own. Your control of your environment is most important here. Snacks or a meal shouldn’t ever be the point where “risk” of any sort is entailed.
Again, work at it. Experience (notes, not memory) is what brings focus. A map. There’s not an RV out there doesn’t have enough space (any type) for a successful meal plan covering a vacation trip. .
Note that these are all
emotional problems. Nothing above was difficult to describe, much less how to alleviate. (So, who’s done it?).
Throw out the TV. Watching 4-hrs/week no different than watching 50-hrs week.
Having a life means no TV in household. None.
Object?
Assume no discipline present, either. Same emotional barrier.
Outside of portable fuel (TV & TT) and potable water, dumping the sanitary tanks about the only reason to HAVE to stop up to (how many days of fresh water & propane available?).
Buying fuel or obtaining water takes a few minutes. No reason to enter store.
Is that formula difficult to express,
or to live?Once over the hump, travel is actually easier.
There’s (literally) more to see. To hear. To feel.
Choose the times & places to be with other people to fit, “what is vacation”?
Lose the slave foreman, first.
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