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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Topic: Towing Speed Posted: 28 Mar 2020 at 3:40pm |
Unless you are trying to outrun a storm, or on the way to labor and delivery to avoid a pod birth, what's the hurry? Unless you are on a marathon cross-country drive, going a tad slower will only add 15 or 20 minutes to your trip, but you'll arrive a whole lot more relaxed and ready to fish.
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Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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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 2020 at 10:32am |
Generally, 60 mph with rare excursions faster (downhill, mostly). If I know there is a slower speed limit, I go that speed, but I learned early on that faster than 60 is more stressful and definitely makes for a big hit on the gas mileage.
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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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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2630 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2020 at 10:11am |
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Colt
Senior Member Joined: 16 Nov 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 383 |
Posted: 27 Mar 2020 at 7:24pm |
It's a song lyric. :-/
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John
'16 R-Pod 180 |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2630 |
Posted: 27 Mar 2020 at 6:03pm |
I would probably argue that there is more wear on your motor at 75 than there is at 65. Might be hard to measure though (depending on the motor). At 55 MPH the motor in our F-150 is barely making 1500 RPM.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Colt
Senior Member Joined: 16 Nov 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 383 |
Posted: 27 Mar 2020 at 3:09pm |
My trailer's tires are rated for 65 mph sustained speeds, so I set the cruise on 62. Would never go that slow without the trailer; hurts my motor to go so slow!
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John
'16 R-Pod 180 |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 8:13am |
We have enough truck to tow at any speed we choose, towing pretty much anything towable.. Tires rated to 81 mph.. Still try to stay around 60-62.. it's comfortable, and I very rarely have to deal with any passing..
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Kahonu37
Newbie Joined: 01 Feb 2019 Location: Florida Online Status: Offline Posts: 39 |
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 4:23am |
Even though we have E rated Goodyear’s on our 179 (80 mph rating), we never go over 65 mph. As previously stated what’s the rush? Plan your trip accordingly, distance, breaks, arrival time and most of all safety.
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2018 179
2012 NISSAN XTERRA (retired 12/19) 2019 RAM 1500 WARLOCK (new) A.R.E. V Series Topper WDH Equalizer 600/6000 |
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wooleeman
Groupie Joined: 01 Sep 2017 Location: Southeastern PA Online Status: Offline Posts: 80 |
Posted: 25 Mar 2020 at 8:46pm |
I purchased my Pod used in NC ( I live in PA about a 10 hr. drive without the Pod). When returning home I was in a hurry and I found myself approaching 80 mph consistently. When I began reading this forum I found how foolish I was especially with the C rated tires. I upgraded to Endurance D rated tires and thought why am I in such a the hurry. I rarely go over 65 now.
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2022 RP-202
2016 RP-179 (Sold 9/2020) 2014 Silverado Crew Cab. 6-1/2' Bed Golden Retriever (DOB 6/16/2020) English Bulldog (RIP 6/15/2020) |
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Wirat
Groupie Joined: 31 Jan 2020 Location: Florida Online Status: Offline Posts: 67 |
Posted: 25 Mar 2020 at 6:50pm |
Great poll idea! What, nobody in the 75-79 mph range yet??? Seems like they're often passing me on the highway...but I live in Florida (God's waiting room) where we have flocks of snowbirds that migrate up and down I-95 each year. In just as much of a hurry to get here as they are to leave.
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