Reasonable number of hours or miles to drive each day when towing a Travel Trailer

[BobandArlene]

6-8 is about my limit.

[B and B]

We did 350 miles last summer in one day. With construction enroute, 2 lane blacktop all the way and some winding roads it was a 12 hour day. We stopped for fuel twice and 3 other stops for dog watering, she can go about 2- 3 hours. We made it home from Goshen in one day 400 miles but this Interstate and 400 series highways, that is the limit for me, border crossing home was maybe 10 minutes.

[techntrek]

Looking forward to retiring at 57 and then full-timing it. A few years to go before that happens...

[Rivnut]

I agree with 20-300 miles, park b 4 dark. Enjoy the trip if you are retired.

[Steeljag]

I would say 350 to 400 miles a day would be ours. RVs are not for being in a rush. Towing a TT / FW or driving a class A, B, C at high speeds is not only dangerous to you and your family, but to all the families on the roadways!

Slow down, drive safe......and simply enjoy your trip!

[ependydad]

Our get home plan is 500 miles each for 2 days and then a 3rd day of 225 miles.

[Maron]

Just drove 1800 miles in 5 days, which was comfortable, towing a 35' Rockwood. Due to a late start, we drove 3 hours after sunset to get on schedule. I didn't like driving after dark but got through it for that first night.
Truck and trailer did great and as for setting up...we stayed at a Casino south of DesMoines with concrete pads and all pull thru spaces so it was a snap. No leveling or searching.

[schrederman]

If I'm going to tow in the dark, it's almost always early morning, instead of after sundown. There always seems to be less traffic and I'm usually better rested.

[grayfox]

Originally Posted by schrederman

If I'm going to tow in the dark, it's almost always early morning, instead of after sundown. There always seems to be less traffic and I'm usually better rested.

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[davido_]

Several times a year I make treks from Salt Lake City to destinations between 4 and 13 hours away.

If the trailer is well matched to the tow vehicle and both are well maintained, it's not much more fatiguing than going without the trailer. The open highways through southern Utah and all of Nevada are perfectly boring, which is presents an ideal towing situation.

Now if I were towing down the 101 from Astoria Oregon to San Francisco I'd have a totally different opinion. It really depends mostly on the road quality and weather conditions.

[DKRITTER]

Our summer trip in 2014 mapped out at about 2200 miles but when we got home we had driven almost 3000 miles including all the running around we did. We went from DFW to Wyoming spending almost 3 weeks. Our first day was a trip “home” it was a little less than 350 miles where we spent a few days with family.

The next leg was a destination, we wanted to stay a little north of Raton NM at Cedar Rail in the pass so it was a little over 350 miles with bad weather near the end. A storm rolled in and the entire pass lost power for the night thankfully we were setup when the thunder and lightning started. The next morning there was a Mule Deer right outside the back window, DW was happy.

We then went to northern Colorado for almost a week that leg was 275 through Denver. Next time we are going to pay the toll and go around.After that we went to Wyoming for a little over a week and that was a leisurely 225 trip.

When we headed back to DFW I had some business in Amarillo so we broke that up into two days with each day being a little over 300. A friend suggested staying in Limon Co. and taking US287 into AMA that was a bad idea since the roads were in poor shape with the brief run through the Oklahoma Panhandle being the worst.

We have an android phone and live by a few apps All Stays being first easily then Good Sam for Fuel we have Flying J , Love’s and a few others. We used to get creative trying to save a few bucks when getting fuel but after having to hop a few curbs we usually stick with truck stops or truck lanes at stations.

So we try to limit a day at around 350ish if possible, I use Microsoft Streets & Trips on my computer to plan out our day as best as possible. We usually only make campground reservations ahead of time if we are going to have a multi-day stay but we have a good idea where we are going to stay when we head out in the morning and make calls sometime after lunch for that evening. We carry 3 Labs with us and have found a lot of city parks along the way have hookups, it allows me at let the dogs stretch and are usually peaceful places to stay.