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04-17-2018, 10:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Minnesota
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I like to try to max out under 300 miles per day. With that said, I think my longest day was just under 700 miles in about 16 hours. We only stopped for food and fuel! That was driving highway 2 across North Dakota.
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04-17-2018, 01:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Milpitas
Posts: 1,625
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We follow these guidelines: Travel days, we try to stick to a maximum 6 - 7 hours. Moving days, no more than 4 - 5 hours. We have done a few 7 hour days but they are not enjoyable. We also try never to arrive anywhere at night if possible, and if so, it has to be an RV park not a campground. Our longest days are usually the first few days of a trip where we need to travel longer distances and don't want to just overnight. FYI: For trip planning Alexa or the Google equivalent are excellent. We just ask, how long does it take to get to "x." It has cut our trip planning time by 1/3 easily.
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04-17-2018, 01:53 PM
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#23
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Helena
Posts: 195
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We follow the 2-2-2 rule
About 200-250 Miles a day
Off the road by 2:00 pm
Stay 2 nights when we can
Just enjoy the trip!
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04-17-2018, 04:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Southern Indiana
Posts: 3,198
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No problem going 5-600 miles a day for us.
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04-17-2018, 05:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Arizona
Posts: 2,324
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Good rule! If we do 150 a day that's about it!Maybe we should quit at 1:50 lol! Thanks
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04-17-2018, 11:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Granbury
Posts: 829
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275-350
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04-18-2018, 05:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,880
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I go by hours and will do 8 - 10 hours.
However, I do plan stops within that time frame and also plan my overnight stop as well based on potential miles covered during that time..
If going around Baltimore-Washington Beltway, I will leave about 0100 AM. never hardly had issues traveling thru there at those hours.
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04-18-2018, 06:20 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Beautiful West-Central Florida
Posts: 166
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If we are just going camping in our RV, we will try to keep it to 300 - 400 miles a day. When we do our seasonal trip to and from Indiana to Florida we will drive until we feel tired, then pull over and eat, walk, take a short sleep, watch NetFlix, etc. until we feel rested, then hit the road again. It takes about 24 - 30 hours for the trip.
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04-18-2018, 06:41 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Portage
Posts: 479
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I avoid interstates like the plague. We do about 200 - 300 on US Routes and State Routes when possible. We enjoy driving the country roads and seeing the many small towns along the way.
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2016 Greyhawk 31DS
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04-18-2018, 08:30 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Bellingham,Wa.
Posts: 6,649
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tom463219
I avoid interstates like the plague. We do about 200 - 300 on US Routes and State Routes when possible. We enjoy driving the country roads and seeing the many small towns along the way.
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I've taken these Routes from time to time and must say they are the most enjoyable , seinic and educational. All that's missed racing down the highway at warp speed.
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04-18-2018, 12:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Colchester
Posts: 252
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We're in our late 60s and I am the only driver. 300 - 325 miles a day is our goal, but only will do this two consecutive days.
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04-18-2018, 01:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Maine
Posts: 2,618
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715 miles in a snowstorm was our max. We arrived home grumpy
Anything over 450 miles usually results in grumpiness.
Recreational does not mean punishment.. You get the mileage that is comfortable for you.
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04-18-2018, 04:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: PNW
Posts: 642
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We’ve driven the 400+ mile days and are done with that. The 250-325 mile range is much more manageable for the DW, dog & I.
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04-19-2018, 07:35 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: New York
Posts: 2,210
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Quote:
Originally Posted by travelingjw
We follow these guidelines: Travel days, we try to stick to a maximum 6 - 7 hours. Moving days, no more than 4 - 5 hours. We have done a few 7 hour days but they are not enjoyable. We also try never to arrive anywhere at night if possible, and if so, it has to be an RV park not a campground. Our longest days are usually the first few days of a trip where we need to travel longer distances and don't want to just overnight.
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I do the same. First day we bang out a ton of hours on a 2 day haul. Traffic through major cities can really take a toll on you, so we leave before the sun gets up at 4-4:30 AM to avoid what we can. Miles are different in all parts of the US. Some areas have no highways to access, so that is why I usually look at hours over miles.
The reward for an early departure is a sit down full service breakfast 2-3hrs in for an hour to recharge. Then we eat lunch on the road in the unit. Usually by 2-3 or so we are pulling into our pre-booked site for a layover on the 2 days trips, or already setup on the one day hauls. Taking a nice hour long break on a long haul helps me tremendously with fatigue both mentally and physically. As are the passengers!
My goal is to be setup and relaxing by 4PM the latest everyday, so I just adjust my departure time accordingly.
Leaving a CG is a whole other deal and I am always dealing with traffic. Just trying to get home prior to dusk is my goal.
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04-19-2018, 11:40 AM
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Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: fort myers
Posts: 37
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Usually 400 miles or 4 o'clock which ever comes first.
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04-19-2018, 06:43 PM
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#36
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 409
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The DW and I like to leave the night before and pull 5 or 6 hours after we get off work, shut it down in a rest area for a few hour's rest, then run the next day as hard as the Seneca will suffer. We end up able to easily do 700-900mi in a 24hr period.
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04-22-2018, 02:02 AM
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#37
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Brooklin, Ontario
Posts: 543
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8 Driving Hours
I base plans on Driving hours. My Bride does not drive the Griswald One, so the planning is generally left to me. I try to map out my days planning for 8 hours of Drive time, probably about 400 miles or 650 kilometers. Maybe a little more if it is all highway. That usually gets me to 10 hours of transit time taking into account refuelling, lunch and rest stops. If it is a full day then I like to leave by 0700 so we arrive at the destination by 1700.
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04-22-2018, 06:20 AM
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#38
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Warren
Posts: 2
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Lots of variables for us; stretch of road, weather conditions, destination (overnight or final), both driving. When we’re both driving with fair weather conditions and not a lot of major cities or traffic 500 miles is comfortable. If we’re planning multi-day travel we like to keep it more like 350-400. 200 miles seems like a dream but on our last travel day this spring we fought the weather and road conditions the entire way and were spent when we arrived at home!
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04-22-2018, 07:55 PM
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#39
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: East st paul
Posts: 150
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Daily travel
How far I travel may very due to weather conditions. Having said that it's not uncommon for me to travel 600 to 900 miles in a day. The 5500 kodiac is so nice to drive I really don't get tired from driving all day.
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