How the pro RV transporters tow
If you travel Interstate 90 through Ohio, PA, and NY you see a *LOT* of professional RV transporters moving units East this time of year. I paid close attention any time one passed by and tried to gat...
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Since I am one of these guys doing this for a living I will add my two cents.
We are commercial vehicles and as such are subjected to Hours of Service regulations. The short version of this is that we can drive 11 hours / day in USA and 13 in Canada. Log books have to be maintained and up to date within this last 4 hours. If your log book are not up to date and accurate you can be put out of service (means you sit parked for a set number of hours, 12 is common).
You see primarily 3rd gen Dodge Cummins DRW because they are reliable, efficient on fuel, easier to repair than GM / Ford, and can be picked up relatively cheap. I do not know of any of the big, reputable outfits that will hire a driver using a gasser. I have seen a few in my travels though.
Personally I keep it below 65 mph as another poster pointed out fuel economy drops radically after that.
I was running a Reese WDH but I gave up as I really did not find that big of a difference. I run Firestone airbags with on board compressor and find the ride and handling very good. I do 95% of my own maintenance whether home or on the road.
FWIW I have put 132, 000 KMS on in the past 7 months and am on my second set of tires. I've done ball joints, wheel bearings, tie rod end, sway bar end links, 2 batteries, water pump, and a rad, many oil changes, 3 rear end flushes and due for another tranny flush.
We are commercial vehicles and as such are subjected to Hours of Service regulations. The short version of this is that we can drive 11 hours / day in USA and 13 in Canada. Log books have to be maintained and up to date within this last 4 hours. If your log book are not up to date and accurate you can be put out of service (means you sit parked for a set number of hours, 12 is common).
You see primarily 3rd gen Dodge Cummins DRW because they are reliable, efficient on fuel, easier to repair than GM / Ford, and can be picked up relatively cheap. I do not know of any of the big, reputable outfits that will hire a driver using a gasser. I have seen a few in my travels though.
Personally I keep it below 65 mph as another poster pointed out fuel economy drops radically after that.
I was running a Reese WDH but I gave up as I really did not find that big of a difference. I run Firestone airbags with on board compressor and find the ride and handling very good. I do 95% of my own maintenance whether home or on the road.
FWIW I have put 132, 000 KMS on in the past 7 months and am on my second set of tires. I've done ball joints, wheel bearings, tie rod end, sway bar end links, 2 batteries, water pump, and a rad, many oil changes, 3 rear end flushes and due for another tranny flush.
