Towing in the wind.
We just finished a 250 mile trip to down state Illinois. We had 20 to 25 + mph crosswinds all the way; so, we held the speed to 55 mph. I was pleasantly surprised that the wind buffets were not th...
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rbpru wrote:
We just finished a 250 mile trip to down state Illinois. We had 20 to 25 + mph crosswinds all the way; so, we held the speed to 55 mph.....The question is, what speed works for you in a moderate cross wind, particularly the bigger TTs. .....
All roads leading south in Illinois are windy bad! :B
I travel that north south route thru Illinois a lot. The winds are just awful most of the time. The tail wind is great for gas mileage but the crosswinds are real dangerous there. It's all open farm land nothing to stop the winds.
Crosswinds I pull off.
IMHO no speed was safe when I had my TT and the last trip I was driving a MH towing. Thought it would handle the crosswinds better than the TT. Was wrong on that one! It did not and I pulled off the road with it too until the winds subsided.
