How far do you pull in a day?
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TXBobcat
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It depends on what your work status is. If your working and on vacation you have a limited time. Like most of us we then have to travel as far as possible to get to as many places as possible.
If your retired and are just traveling or fulltiming then you will find your comfortable distance. Are you one that gets up at 5am and is gone by 7am or sooner you can travel a longer distance than someone like us.
We will be up around 6:30 or 7:30 on a normal day. (8:50am here in Vermont). We will normally be on the road by 10:30 and will travel anywhere from 150 -205 miles in one day, then we stay at least 2 days. We have gone only 20 miles or less when we were at Jekyll Island and had to move, so we went to Blythe Island. We don't like traveling the 250 miles or more, but this is about our limit. We also try to only travel on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Keeps us from being in a hurry.
BC
If your retired and are just traveling or fulltiming then you will find your comfortable distance. Are you one that gets up at 5am and is gone by 7am or sooner you can travel a longer distance than someone like us.
We will be up around 6:30 or 7:30 on a normal day. (8:50am here in Vermont). We will normally be on the road by 10:30 and will travel anywhere from 150 -205 miles in one day, then we stay at least 2 days. We have gone only 20 miles or less when we were at Jekyll Island and had to move, so we went to Blythe Island. We don't like traveling the 250 miles or more, but this is about our limit. We also try to only travel on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Keeps us from being in a hurry.
BC
davebennington
Senior Member
Now that we are both retired we can take our time in traveling. We usually only tow from 9:00 am to about 3:00 pm. If I drive any longer than that I am tired and when we setup I tend to make mistakes, not a good thing.
Dave
Dave
Jellystone
Well-known member
Rick, I tend to agree with the other posts. About 250-300 miles a day is plenty. Now that being said, i've done 650 miles in a day pulling the 5er before due to time constraints. I do not recommend doing that. Every person has a different level of ability, skill, and alertness. Also, evaluate how much you trust your equipment to hold up on the road (tow vehicle & trailer). What type of roads are you traveling, smooth interstate or rough state highways? ---As a rule of thumb, 6 hours a day traveling will allow you to get to your destination and still have time to set up & explore the campground during daylight hours.
jmgratz
Original Owners Club Member
Since we are anytimers we can go as far or as little as we want. We usually try to be off the road by 3-330pm. That way we can get into an RV park before it gets too crowded. But there are times when we travel and have to be at a certain place by a certain time. We just had a trip like that and drove from Texas to Elkhart, In in 2 days which meant driving 550 miles a day. Coming back we drove from Elkhart to Sikeston, Mo where we spent the night and got up early and were on the road by 715am traveling to our home just north of Houston. It was right at 600 miles the second day. We sure were wore out but made our appointment in time.
The other issue when traveling is cooking. What we try to do is have something prepared that we can eat on for 2-3 days such as spaghetti. It is easy to warm up in the microwave so we don't have to worry about cooking while on the road. We can have some 'Q' when we arrive at our destination. HAPPY TRAVELING
The other issue when traveling is cooking. What we try to do is have something prepared that we can eat on for 2-3 days such as spaghetti. It is easy to warm up in the microwave so we don't have to worry about cooking while on the road. We can have some 'Q' when we arrive at our destination. HAPPY TRAVELING
RoadJunkie
Well-known member
We were staying at a popular RV park for a month in the spring and made some observations from rigs checking in. I don't know at what time the rigs got on the road, but there were a few stragglers beginning to check in about 4:00p with the rush hour beginning about 1 hour before sunset; maybe a little earlier. The early birds tended to be more relaxed and eager to converse while the late comers were frazzled and clearly just trying to reach a destination in the minimum amount of time. The latter would set up in a minimalistic fashion, sometimes not even disconnecting. They get out of their tow vehicle, stretching and looking a bit disoriented as they make their way to the rig, crank up the TV antenna, and that's the last you see of them for the evening. Anyway, I prefer the early bird approach, when possible.
We were at a Rally one time in our SOB trailer and was talking to a Dometic Rep. and he said the best way to keep the ice off the fins inside the Refrigerator was to turn it off for about 6 hours. So that's what we do. Turn the fridge off and wherever we end up in 6 hours is where we stop. It usually ends up 250 - 300 miles.
Like to keep it at about 300 - 350 but it seems on our first day out and our last day coming home we make it a much longer day. When we head south from NE Ohio we make it to near Charlotte, NC, basically because #3 son and family are near there and we can spend some time with them. On the return we do the same and by the time we leave the Charlotte area and are moving north, the most convent time/place to stop is only about 3 hours from home - so we take a break and keep on trucking.
hillsonwheels
Well-known member
Our take on travel time since we are retired.........OUT AFTER RUSH HOUR AND IN BEFORE RUSH HOUR :angel:.......That's usually no more than six hours. Who cares about miles if you are retired? Then, set up...and the cool pop of choice. 
We did one of those after dark things not too long ago and it was not a pretty sight.
Dick
We did one of those after dark things not too long ago and it was not a pretty sight. Dick
Hunter
Newby
I like to do NO more than 5 to 7 hours of travelling, starting early in the morning, taking some breaks along the way and then getting to a campsite in time to have a relaxing supper. I work as well, so, keep most traveling to areas closer to home. I will only do a longer trip if I can get enough time off of work in a row to make travel relaxing.
Nabo
Southeast Region Director-Retired
Well since the both of us are still in the working world , we have to drive hard and long for most trips, except around our neck of the woods. We both drive so that helps in the long days on the road. Example of some of our runs - Outer Banks back to home in one day (over 600 miles); Jupiter, Fl to home (not sure of miles but a 14 hours day, leaving there at 5:00 pm getting home after 7:00 am). One day we will get to enjoy retirement and 200 miles days (got my fingers crossed).
, we have to drive hard and long for most trips, except around our neck of the woods. We both drive so that helps in the long days on the road. Example of some of our runs - Outer Banks back to home in one day (over 600 miles); Jupiter, Fl to home (not sure of miles but a 14 hours day, leaving there at 5:00 pm getting home after 7:00 am). One day we will get to enjoy retirement and 200 miles days (got my fingers crossed).
hillsonwheels
Well-known member
Nabo.........Come on in the retirement water's fine. See ya'll in Mt. Airy.
Dick
See ya'll in Mt. Airy.Dick
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