Josh Battles wrote:
> On Tue, April 25, 2006 4:32 pm, Jason Bleazard wrote:
>
>>OK, that gives me a general idea. I know we won't be able to travel at that
>>speed, and I know we're going to be stopping for gas. We'll probably be
>>closer to Tom's time than yours, although we should be able to beat 12 hours.
>>It's only 500 miles, how much time did you spend at each stop anyway? That
>>reminds me, I need to figure out what our approximate range is going to be so
>>I can get a general idea how many fuel stops we're going to be needing.
>
>
> Well, Tom had oodles of stuff to check and his truck took 20+ gallons of fuel
> every stop. I'd say we probably took about 20mins per stop, averaged. When
> I drive alone I make the stops for fuel and nothing else so they're
> considerably shorter, probably less than 30 minutes total for all stops.
Well keep in mind I was hauling Christine behind the Ram on a U-haul
trailor that threatened to send me into a ditch any time it was not in
park. I have no problem keeping a 70-75 mph or better pace. I also try
to keep rest stops to a minimum. Every minute off the road is more than
a mile of lost travel distance. As long as I am well rested the night
before I can drive 12 hours no problem.
However I'm not anticipating remarkably wonderful levels of fuel economy
this summer either.
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