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Pod_Geek
Senior Member Joined: 04 Dec 2019 Location: Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 260 |
Topic: Speed limits on freeway Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 10:07am |
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Quite a saga. Wonder how long repairs would take had this happened these days...
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2020.5 R-Pod 195 Hood River
2018 RAM 2500 6.4L |
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podwerkz
Senior Member Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 9:37am | |
I went to that thread and kinda scanned thru it......mainly reading your posts....seems like you should name your r-pod, 'Phoenix'...and that trip back home could be called the Flight of the Phoenix.
Pilots know all about 'getthereitis'...and as a truck driver for about 40 years....I'm familiar with it also.
Glad it turned out ok...
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r・pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 8:17am | |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Pod_Geek
Senior Member Joined: 04 Dec 2019 Location: Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 260 |
Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 8:13am | |
In fact, the estimated travel times on (for example) Google Maps are much more accurate since you'll be going much closer to the posted speed limit.
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2020.5 R-Pod 195 Hood River
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PilotPodder
Senior Member Joined: 04 May 2016 Location: Portage, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 305 |
Posted: 29 Mar 2021 at 7:34am | |
I own a 179. Sounds like you are buying one out of state. Make sure your black tank hanger is secure before you hit the road. Several people on the forum have had the same issue I have had with the hanger failing when traveling. I would bring some wire with me to reinforce the hanger for the trip home, then fix it properly when home. |
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Portage, MI — 2017 RPod 179 - sold / 2017 Toyota Tundra — My RPod YouTube Videos
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podwerkz
Senior Member Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 10:18pm | |
Accident? |
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r・pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 7:16pm | |
When we were in Wyoming on I80 and hit the ice, the trooper asked how fast I was going. I told him 60 mph. Turns out that is the legal towing speed there. If I had been going the 80 MPH that the big rigs were going, I would likely have been cited. Instead, since I was towing the legal speed, the accident was written up as "unavoidable."
It is something not widely known that not all states allow towing at the same speed as when not towing. For the most part, I don't see many RVs pulled over for speeding. However, it is prudent to be aware of, and comply with the towing speed limits just in case something happens.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 1:52pm | |
In VA trailers and trucks have the same speed limit as cars, typically 70. The trucks are usually running at 75 and the cars at 80 here on rural I81. It might feel intimidating at first but I keep to 65 or just below while towing, they just have to go around.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2630 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 11:46am | |
In California the max for trailer-towing vehicles is the double nickel (AKA 55 MPH). That said, 60 MPH is our top speed. That's partly for fuel economy, partly for safety, and not necessarily in that order. If we get 400 miles in a day, we're good, but that's a long day.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Online Posts: 1446 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 11:35am | |
This isn't a competition and there are no excuses needed. I just wanted to make the point that there is a wider range of possibilities than those to which one person may limit themselves. I'm old enough to retire but haven't yet, so I have a limited amount of time for vacations. It's really hard to get two weeks off at once. So if I want to go to Cape Breton (from Nashville), and I want to spend as much time as possible in Cape Breton, I feel like I need to put in long days on the road. For me, it's worth it. Maybe not wise, but it's how I want to do it. Same with the Nashville to the Outer Banks trip. I get as far down the road the first day as I can so that we can get to our campsite in Frisco early the second day. We usually stop overnight somewhere in or around Wake Forest, coincidentally. There are certainly other legitimate and more leisurely ways to travel. Maybe when I retire and can take a trip that can be 2, or 3, or 4 weeks long I'll slow down and smell the roses along the way. I have done several trips out west and in Mexico and Canada, sans Pod, with no grand destination. We've followed our noses and had plenty of less than 200 mile days. I like that kind of trip a lot too. By "no destination" I mean we don't head out with an end point in mind. where we stay and from which we'll turn around and come back. There are always a lot of sort of mini-destinations along the way. TT
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