Driving back from Fort Lauderdale to Ontario has given me the opportunity to make a couple of observations about RV'ing:
In a car, you'd almost never pay attention to the height of these underpasses, but with an RV, makes you wonder. There has never been a close call that I can tell.
The height of the RV is just over 12' (air conditioning unit - black box seen here).
Cross winds make a big difference in how you control an RV - when you have trees on both sides of the highway, the winds are calmer (unless you're getting a head wind, of course).
When you have open an open field like this, expect stronger cross winds to affect how you steer the RV. Because you're so tall, it can cause a bit of rocking, or at least compensation on the steering.
Our RV has an 80 gallon (302 Litre) gas tank; we can travel non-stop for almost 600 miles (960 kms). When you have a toilet aboard, non-stop means non-stop.
In order to conserve fuel, we try to use the cruise control as much as possible; however, when going downhill (as long as it isn't too steep), cancel the cruise control because the engine will try to slow you down and downshifts, making a loud screaming noise. Save the energy and coast downhill.
In a car, you'd almost never pay attention to the height of these underpasses, but with an RV, makes you wonder. There has never been a close call that I can tell.
The height of the RV is just over 12' (air conditioning unit - black box seen here).
Cross winds make a big difference in how you control an RV - when you have trees on both sides of the highway, the winds are calmer (unless you're getting a head wind, of course).
When you have open an open field like this, expect stronger cross winds to affect how you steer the RV. Because you're so tall, it can cause a bit of rocking, or at least compensation on the steering.
Our RV has an 80 gallon (302 Litre) gas tank; we can travel non-stop for almost 600 miles (960 kms). When you have a toilet aboard, non-stop means non-stop.
In order to conserve fuel, we try to use the cruise control as much as possible; however, when going downhill (as long as it isn't too steep), cancel the cruise control because the engine will try to slow you down and downshifts, making a loud screaming noise. Save the energy and coast downhill.
