I guess 80 mph is the new 65 mph
I just got back from a 7 day vacation in Myrtle Beach SC , I left Maryland and did the I 95 route . Now this trip we didnt take the trailer , ( not my choice ) Now I am running with traffic , adverage...
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On the way home from Yellowstone to Oregon HWY 22 is limited to 80mph, 75mpg for trucks. 2/3 of the way home I was running 75 with my trailer and was passed frequently. I was averaging 9 mpg. After crossing over to Oregon I found that I had left my wallet at he last restaurant I stopped. I had less than half a tank of diesel, was closer to home than to the restaurant and the restaurant promised to send my wallet to me. With less than half a tank and no ability to buy fuel the range estimate on my Duramax said I should be able to just make it home. Keeping at exactly 55, being courteous letting others pass easily and trying to eek every last mpg out of the fuel I had I made it home with enough fuel in the tank to make the 7 mile drive from my house to the nearest gas station after my wallet arrived. The gauge on the truck said I got 14.5 mpg in this last stretch home.
If a trailer can do 75 safely and doesn't mind paying the fuel penalty more power too them. Better than the guys doing 55 with a trailer on a single lane with a mile of traffic behind them that refuse to use a pull out even though there is a sign a mile before the pullout that says slow moving traffic is required by law to use said pullout!
From my experience the 55 pull-out ignoring a-hole is more likely to cause an accident than the 75pmh lead foot!
If a trailer can do 75 safely and doesn't mind paying the fuel penalty more power too them. Better than the guys doing 55 with a trailer on a single lane with a mile of traffic behind them that refuse to use a pull out even though there is a sign a mile before the pullout that says slow moving traffic is required by law to use said pullout!
From my experience the 55 pull-out ignoring a-hole is more likely to cause an accident than the 75pmh lead foot!
