Miles a day? - Page 3

**sourdough** · 08-15-2018, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Javi

I'm fixin' to do 497 miles from Waco to Ft. Davis, TX... 'bout 9 - 9 1/2 hours...and then back 6 days later...

Ain't nothing but a thing...

…..Yep, out in W TX with nothing but nothing in front of you for hours on end you just set it and forget it....we call it "snooze control".

B-O-B'03 · 08-15-2018, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Javi

I'm fixin' to do 497 miles from Waco to Ft. Davis, TX... 'bout 9 - 9 1/2 hours...and then back 6 days later...

Ain't nothing but a thing...

Going to the state park?

We were in the Big Bend area and Davis Mountains State Park for our spring outing this year, one of my favorite areas to go.

Drove straight home from the park, to Plano... 520 miles, according to the googler.

The furthest, so far, was from Collegiate Peaks campground, west of Buena Vista CO, to Plano... 778 miles

We are really counting down for the Ouray trip

-Brian

guitarboy52 · 10-23-2018, 06:45 PM

Thanks, heading to Fla. tomorrow and figuring on about 200 mi a day. Heeding the advice, "stop" and smell the roses. Wife, dog and I, loving' it.

travelin texans · 10-24-2018, 05:29 AM

A wise old fulltimer told us that you travel 2x2x2, travel 200 miles, stop by 2pm & stay 2 days, which is not a bad plan.

**flybouy** · 10-24-2018, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by sourdough

…..Yep, out in W TX with nothing but nothing in front of you for hours on end you just set it and forget it....we call it "snooze control".

I 70 thru Kansas (nothing but corn fields with the occasional silos), and I 95 in NC, SC, GA (nothing but pine trees). to me is more stressful that driving twisting, steep, narrow mountain roads but that's me. I'm a type A personality that get's board easily.

goducks · 10-24-2018, 04:02 PM

It all depends on what road I'm on. Hwys are slower than freeways. Roads that pass thru towns or long open stretches.

**sourdough** · 10-24-2018, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by flybouy

I 70 thru Kansas (nothing but corn fields with the occasional silos), and I 95 in NC, SC, GA (nothing but pine trees). to me is more stressful that driving twisting, steep, narrow mountain roads but that's me. I'm a type A personality that get's board easily.

I hear you! I asked my HR director to assess me at one time and she said I was a not really a "type A", but rather a "RED A" - meaning very high intensity!!

She liked me a lot though.

I've driven a lot in my life and various roads aren't really "stressful" to me. Long monotonous stretches bore me. I guess the main thing that stresses me are the things I can't control.....those clueless drivers that seem to appear no matter where you are!!

**flybouy** · 10-25-2018, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by sourdough

I hear you! I asked my HR director to assess me at one time and she said I was a not really a "type A", but rather a "RED A" - meaning very high intensity!![emoji38] She liked me a lot though.

I've driven a lot in my life and various roads aren't really "stressful" to me. Long monotonous stretches bore me. I guess the main thing that stresses me are the things I can't control.....those clueless drivers that seem to appear no matter where you are!!

Totally agree on the clueless drivers. Seems to me they must be a very fertile bunc
h as their population has exploded. Or maybe my tolerance for them has diminished with age.

B-O-B'03 · 10-25-2018, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by flybouy

Totally agree on the clueless drivers. Seems to me they must be a very fertile bunc
h as their population has exploded. Or maybe my tolerance for them has diminished with age.

+1

They definitely seem to be out breeding us.

Last trip home, first in line, in the right hand lane, of a multi-lane left turn... idiot to my left decides he needs to go straight, instead of making the left turn

They always seem to do stupid stuff, in front of the guy pulling a trailer.

-Brian

**flybouy** · 10-27-2018, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by B-O-B'03

+1

They always seem to do stupid stuff, in front of the guy pulling a trailer.

-Brian

+1 on that! Seems like 10 min. in to towing I end up telling my DW "I'm going to pull over and stop. Can you jump out and remove the sign from the back of the camper that says PLEASE CUT ME OFF, and the one that says "THEN SLAM ON YOUR BRAKES."

**chuckster57** · 10-27-2018, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by flybouy

+1 on that! Seems like 10 min. in to towing I end up telling my DW "I'm going to pull over and stop. Can you jump out and remove the sign from the back of the camper that says PLEASE CUT ME OFF, and the one that says "THEN SLAM ON YOUR BRAKES."

I’ve got the cure:

153Db of train horns!! I can get 11 seconds of full volume before they start to fade.

**flybouy** · 10-27-2018, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by chuckster57

I’ve got the cure:

153Db of train horns!! I can get 11 seconds of full volume before they start to fade.

Yes sir! Got those as well.

The train horns and a 3 gal. air tank is an attention getter!

I installed mine with a momentary push button and a spst push button that is wired to factory horns. That way don't have to look for button as can switch to make it work with steering wheel horn. It does get the attention of those about to cut you off!

**chuckster57** · 10-27-2018, 06:12 AM

I didn’t want to wire mine to the steering wheel horn in case I forgot to turn them off. After all they aren’t really law enforcement “friendly”. I went with a 5 gal tank Incase I wanted to use it for filling tires and such.

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**flybouy** · 10-27-2018, 06:34 AM

I've got onto the habit of switching horn over when I hitch up, It's on my "pre-flight" checklist which CRS has required.

My horns, tank and compressor came as a kit. Mounted tank, which has compressor mounted on top, in truck bed behind wheel well. Can still use bed to load 4' X 8' sheets with no interference. Also mounted air chuck quick disconnect to bed rail and with 3 gal of 150 p.s.i. have no issue with airing tires. The compressore is high volume so if airing a large tire I just let truck idle so compressor will run.
The on board air is handy for the air bags as well. I have solenoids to air up and exhaust the air bags with redundant gauges and switches in the cab and at the rear of the truck bed where I can reach it with the tailgate up. With the rearview cameras it makes hitching and unhitching a breeze. The Husky Brute 4500 tongue jack with remote control helps to.

All of this to compensate for the 5 surgeries on the left arm/shoulder and 6 on the cervical spine.

guitarboy52 · 11-01-2018, 06:15 PM

Thanks for all the input. We just finished our first road trip to Florida from Michigan. We took our time, about 200 mi. a day. Granted we were in pretty much accessible territory when it comes to stops and fuel, but, got into a bit of rhythm of the road.Been a while since we've traveled, but it's a building block for longer trips. We are considering going full-time, but, we realize we will probably need to upgrade to 5th wheel or motorhome, and this trip is just a trial run. Looking forward to being on the road and seeing America.

2018 2520RL Passport
2015 2500HD Silverado

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