How far can you comfortably tow in a day?
We are relatively new to the RV life style. We have a 28ft trailer and while we've towed it a couple of hundred miles on weekend trips we haven't travelled any long days. Next month we plan to tow i...
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JIMNLIN wrote:
IMO age has much to do with distance towing.
When I was younger years ago I towed with one ton DRWs and 15k-18k GVWR equipment trailers (28k-30k GCW) for a living off and on and full time. Racked up over 800k miles and many times ran 750-800 miles before daylight to after dark.
I'm on the plus side of 70 now and simply cannot do that anymore. I find 350-400 miles now and I'm really done.
Exactly. There are some that are older and retired on here that remark on how crazy it is to drive 500 miles or so in a day, but they have the time to take a slower approach. Many of us don't have the time to do that. Hopefully when I am able to retire and am still able to RV, that I will have that slower pace as well. At 44 years old, I prefer to try and enjoy as much as I can now. I never know what tomorrow brings. I might not be able to do this physically in 20 years from now. I hope so, but I would rather start now and enjoy it as much as possible and get to see as much as possible. My wife was diagnosed with gluacoma. While not a life or death event, it hit her hard at our age. Luckily they can control and slow down further vision loss, but she will not get back what she lost. It won't get better for her in the future, just hopefully maintain somewhat. But she realized that there is a lot of this beautiful country she wants to see. If we were to wait another 20 years to do it all, it would not be as enjoyable for her. I want her to be able to see as much of it as she can and while she can. Same goes with my daughter. I would rather her see as much and learn as much as she does by hand on. I don't want her just learning about places and things in the class room or watching a video of it, I want her to see it in person and touch and feel it. I have a boss who is nearing retirement age quickly. He's lived here his whole life, but he has never been to the Smoky Mountain National Park or even Gatlinburg (which is less than 4 hours away). I couldn't imagine living in a place where something is so great and close by and never go there in 60+ years of living.
