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Pulling a jayco Pinnacle from Los Angeles to Butte Mt

Olympian_retire
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How long will this trip take pulling my beast behind me and going 65 to 68 mph and maybe getting 8 mpg.
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jgrimes
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Drove from Vegas thru Butte to Kalispell a week ago. No road comstruction problems.

bpounds
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Nomad
You lose an hour when you get to the AZ border. They give it back when you return, so it's not really stealing. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Shepherd
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Don't rush, enjoy your trip.:)
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Cummins12V98
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Drove from Rapid City SD to NW WA 1,200 miles in 23 hours recently. Not something I want to do again!
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Cummins12V98
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travelnutz wrote:
8 MPG's really sucks and has to be a gas engined truck being pushed hard for 68 MPG with a large RV behind. Had many gas trucks towing large RV's in our 51 years of RV'ing and know. Our 12,800 lb truck scaled weight 5th wheel loaded to travel behind our Crew cab 4X4 long box Duramax Diesel constantly averages about 13-13.3 MPG towing at 58-60 MPH and we also average about 50 MPH for distance traveled each day. Been that way for a little over 80,000 miles of towing that same RV.

Very often, we'll see the same RV rig that we'd met and left the same CG as us and driving much faster than we do, just pulling in to the next CG we stop at night. Talked to so many of them again and hearing them claim we had to be going faster than 60 to keep up with them and get to the same place at the same time within 10-15 minutes but we never do go over 60 and always on cruise control. Long retired and what's the rush anyway?


Towing at 60 VS 68 will make a huge difference in mpg. Mt combined load of 29K at 60-62 I will get 9-9.5 and at 68 it will easily drop to 8. A gasser with my load would get 4mpg.
2015 RAM LongHorn 3500 Dually CrewCab 4X4 CUMMINS/AISIN RearAir 385HP/865TQ 4:10's
37,800# GCVWR "Towing Beast"

"HeavyWeight" B&W RVK3600

2016 MobileSuites 39TKSB3 highly "Elited" In the stable

2007.5 Mobile Suites 36 SB3 29,000# Combined SOLD

Ryan_Elli1
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By my math 1100 miles at an average of 50 MPH equals 22 hours of driving.
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avvidclif1
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Tell her she's going to have to co-drive. No problems then.
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Olympian_retire
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Yes my sister in law starts a new job and that Monday so she likes to wait for the last minute

Us_out_West
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Is there a rush?
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NWKomfort350
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Seems like a very reasonable trip. I go from north of Seattle to Anaheim a couple times a year towing a flat deck. 1,300 miles. Always make it in 2 days.
You should be able to leave the morning of the 7th and arrive on the 8th in the evening.
This still leaves time for a good nights sleep. You have a deadline. Not stopping at every good photo opportunity.
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allen8106
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Depending on your mission you could do it in one day. It would be painful but can be done. I've done it myself and would do it again if circumstances demand it.
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Olympian_retire
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i looking at 0500 am

Racine96
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You didn't mention at what time on the 9th. It can make a difference. It might be a little too much.

Me_Again
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Explorer II
So you leave the 7th and drive 8-10 hours, repeat that on the 8th and you are in Butte the afternoon of the 9th. Chris
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