[tcb] Re: Where is the Houston Crew meeting on Thursday?
- From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:22:32 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
Hopefully this coming weekend.
At 40mph you only get 16mpg? Towing the bus to AZ I get about 17 - 19mpg at
50 - 55mph. I get about 12mpg at 65mph.
Going TO Denis' I think I'm going to expect about 16mpg average. If I drive
the same way coming home probably 20mpg or better. That's what happens on
the Jerome, AZ trip. All uphill getting there.
So much for that nap -- I'm wound up tight.
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:11:39 -0700 (PDT) Mark Sawyer
<mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When are you going to get the Rivi road worthy? I know my truck on gets
> around 16 mpg in tow mode.
>
> Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: G2 is still planning to
> leave tomorrow or Wednesday. It's about 500 miles
> if I drive up the backroads and only see Interstate Highways as they cross
> my path at right angles.
>
> I'm allowing a GENEROUS estimate of 12 hours driving time. That's an
> average speed of about 40mph which can include things like driving 80mph
> for an hour then stopping for an hour to try to figure out what that funny
> noise coming from under the truck hood is. Or, if I average 60 for 3 hours
> I can stop for an hour.
>
> And since I'm allowing 24 - 36 hours for the whole trip and I'll only have
> to drive 12 of those at 40mph I'll have 12 - 24 hours to camp/sleep/watch
> the grass grow/whatever.
>
> I want a trip that is NOT like my two haul-ass Arizona trips each year
> where I leave some time Wednesday and arrive before dawn Friday at a show
> site 1500 miles away.
>
> Not sure if I'll leave Tuesday or Wednesday because I got called away on
> family business on my 4 day off week last week so the tranny I need for the
> Rivi is still only 3/4 removed from the Kombi. And that storage unit where
> it sits hits 140 easy during the day. I'm about to take a nap until near
> dark then head down there to finish pulling it (50 miles away).
>
> Anyway, if anyone else can leave early and wants to drive sideways to meet
> me somewhere on Hwy 96 or 59 just yell out. I'm going straight north from
> Silsbee, TX on 96/59/71/412 into Springdale. GPS running so I just have to
> stay on (or near) the green line.
>
> G2
>
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:21:02 -0500 Dan Martin
> wrote:
>
> > What is G2 doing?
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