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10-06-2017, 03:01 PM
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Location: Valatie and Boothbay Harbor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shastasmom02
Our 183G is a dream to pull, We are generally in the 60-65 mph range as others have indicated.
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Same model, love it. I try to keep it about 60 to at tops 65 even if everyone around is driving 70 or even way over here that.
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10-09-2017, 08:35 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Alamogordo, NM
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My tires are rated for 75 max. But I have found that the "sweet spot" for fuel economy for me is 62-63 mph. So that is what I drive and I have a speed margin if I have to pass a slow moving semi.
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10-09-2017, 09:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Arenablanca
My tires are rated for 75 max. But I have found that the "sweet spot" for fuel economy for me is 62-63 mph. So that is what I drive and I have a speed margin if I have to pass a slow moving semi.
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My Carliles are rated to 79 mph but the truck's sweet spot is about 63 mph as well. We never tow over 65 anyway (though the truck likes to run faster at times for some reason ). Cruise control helps, though.
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10-10-2017, 09:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elchilero53
My Carliles are rated to 79 mph but the truck's sweet spot is about 63 mph as well. We never tow over 65 anyway (though the truck likes to run faster at times for some reason ). Cruise control helps, though.
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Funny how that happens!
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10-10-2017, 10:05 AM
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Speed limit or 65, whichever is lower.
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10-10-2017, 10:25 AM
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Think of hauling a trailer as good BBQ... low and slow.
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10-10-2017, 10:33 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Madisonville, TX
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Simple answer- dont go over the speed rating of your tires and dont go over the speed limit of the road you are on.
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10-10-2017, 10:58 AM
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PhD, Common Sense
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Fairborn, OH
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What about the speed rating of your trailer?
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10-10-2017, 11:16 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Quincy, WA
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Personally I buy the highest speed rated tire in the size that fits my rim because the higher speed rated tire runs cooler.
However, I only drive 60 to 65 or lower speed limit with occasional maybe 70 to pass on a very long flat straightaway.
Just my penny thought.
Ken
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10-12-2017, 12:59 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Alamogordo, NM
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I find the limiting factors are the speed rating of my tires, how safe I feel going the speed I am going, and my desire to get better fuel economy. That being said, I am looking for a bumper sticker saying, "If you really wanted to be ahead of me, you should have left earlier."
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10-12-2017, 01:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Edgar Springs Mo.
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I do 65 mph and G rated sailuns
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10-12-2017, 11:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Arenablanca
I am looking for a bumper sticker saying, "If you really wanted to be ahead of me, you should have left earlier."
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If you find one, buy a couple extras. I'm sure others of us would take them off your hands!
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I am starting to think, that I will never be old enough--------to know better.
Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist
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10-13-2017, 06:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Brookings
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Everywhere I drive with the 5th wheel.....usually between 55 and 60.
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10-13-2017, 07:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SailorSam20500
If you find one, buy a couple extras. I'm sure others of us would take them off your hands!
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I want one that says:
"I may be slow, but I'm in front of you aren't I"
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10-13-2017, 07:10 AM
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Join Date: May 2017
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On the rear of a RAM 3500 Dually...."If you can read this, my trailer fell off."
I run 65 normally, 70 if necessary to pass someone.
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10-13-2017, 07:21 AM
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Location: About 30 miles west of Beantown.
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Not trailer related but funny anyways.
On the back of a motorcyclists shirt:
If you can read this the b**** fell off.
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10-13-2017, 07:22 AM
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Site Team
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Location: Louisville, KY
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Like many have said- there's no correct answer to this one other than keep it safe. So many different rigs and driving skills and road conditions make this
a multiple choice question. I often keep up with the Semi's but spend a lot of time in the right lane.
I don't usually go quite this fast tho....
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10-13-2017, 07:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
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I limit my speed to 65 or the speed limit, which ever is lower. For the daily distances we usually drive going faster doesn't really make much difference as to when we will arrive.
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10-13-2017, 09:04 AM
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PhD, Common Sense
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Fairborn, OH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KyDan
Like many have said- there's no correct answer to this one other than keep it safe. So many different rigs and driving skills and road conditions make this
a multiple choice question. I often keep up with the Semi's but spend a lot of time in the right lane.
I don't usually go quite this fast tho....
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Actually, there is. The weakest-link rule.
Driver slower than your lowest rated speed, tires, trailer, or your comfort level.
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04-29-2018, 09:24 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timfromma
I want one that says:
"I may be slow, but I'm in front of you aren't I"
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We have one that says '0-60 in fifteen minutes'. Can't wait to put it on the trailer.
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