How many hours a day do you drive?
Ive seen many people ask "how many miles do you think I can drive per day" and the answers are all over the place for a verity of reasons. So lets ask it a little differently: When you travel with...
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bobtucker wrote:
Sweet spot for our DP is 60-62 mph. For estimating I plan on 300-350 miles per day. six to eight hours driving a day. average for planning is fifty miles traveled per hour.
This is what I do as well. In my working days I could stretch to 500miles but it always worked out to an average of 50mph. Over the years I have tried to speed up to near the limits. EACH time I drove 70mph (in good weather) I blew a tire either because of garbage roads( Think I40 tween Little Rock and Memphis) or ambient heat ( Louisville KY after a 8hr run).
So I know I need to take it easy, but I am on a kinda hard schedule to get to Yellowstone. Once the cruise control has been repaired it shouldn't be so bad, it's freeway MOST of the way and if I can just get north of Casper in the alloted time I will be fine.
DW can drive and is quite good. I am a horrible passenger and will have to lock myself in the back bedroom so I don't get her nervous.
I'm such a worry wart because I am a plan for any contingency kind of guy. When it all goes south, I'm ready and not surprised. :)
