How many Hours/Miles do you Drive your bus in a day?

[thomasinnv]

Usually 250 to 300 a day, depending on where a convenient place to stop is. Rarely ever stop at RV parks. Usually rest stops, or wide spots in rural America when not on interstates.

[Dave5Cs]

250 to 300 miles per day for a few days or a week and then we pull in somewhere we want to explore for a few months or a year or two. LOL

[Tedsoldbus]

I'll drive most of the day because I still enjoy it. When solo I just pull off at a Walmart or Cabela's if I can find one before dark. When Rita is with me, we stop earlier at a campground. She prefers them and likes the free wifi for her real estate business. Since we are paying for a campground we stop earlier and walk around it with the dogs and just have some quality us time. No phones, computers, TV.

Maybe it is just me getting older, but the damn oncoming Halogen's are really tough on my eyes. I just find them to be really harsh. We usually don't have to be somewhere so I just shut down (even if I'm solo) before the sun goes down and don't put up with them.

We went to them because they are brighter, don't fail, cheaper, save the planet? What. What did I miss?

[chessie4905]

Try the yellow lenses. Really helps, when you need to drive after dark.

[lostagain]

Speaking of LED lights. I drive a truck and this time of year the first hour or two in the morning and again at night is in the dark. I too am bothered by the LED head lights. Especially the after market ones. I don't have patience or sympathy so I switch my high beams on them. The worst are the light bars some a** holes have on their grills. They can see three miles ahead, but the rest of us are blind... Illegal AF but the cops don't enforce it. When I drive the motor home, we quit before dark.

[luvrbus]

The new Chevy pickups have LED headlamps that you can see up a nat's @$# a mile away and the frignn tail lamp will blind you

[Tedsoldbus]

Thanks Chessie.
My FAL has to get shots in his eyes and the doc gave him pretty fancy (and expensive!) wrap around yellow lenses that are big enough for Roy Orbison to wear. It lets him wear them over his prescription glasses. He has 3 sets so I tried one driving the bus during the day. They were great but a little bulky on the head. I will put those back in the bus in the pouch next to my left knee and remember your tip if it gets dark!

Sorry about thread drift Gary, but I guess it has something to do with how long we drive since it is a limiting factor for me. I do like to drive most of the day. To be honest, even if the halogens were not the demon they are, I am usually ready to shut down, eat something, shower and just rest after a day on the road. It is also nice to look at the engine and maybe under the bus before it gets dark.

[chessie4905]

You can get a  nicer fitting set at Walmart or outdoor, hunting stores also.

[windtrader]

echo most. 300 max is average while in route. just takes time to get going, do all stuff stowed, pre-checks, fluid top offs, etc, then get situated well before dark to deal with the often unexpected, and end with smiles rather than frowns. If needing to make distance, the bus has made 500+ legs but only if required.

[Dreadnought]

0 because the moron refurbishers still havent completed it and it's STILL being refurbished :-(

[RJ]

Gary -

Unless I have to be somewhere by a certain time, I usually just do 4-5 hrs max. Even if on a time crunch, I will rarely do more than six hours, definitely stopping before dark.

Doesn't seem to matter if I drive 55, 60, 65, or 70, I still end up averaging 50 mph, so that's the number I tend to use for planning on where to stop for the night.

FWIW & HTH. . . 

RJ

[plyonsMC9]

I enjoy driving and especially night driving.  Just don't like messing w/ rush hour in the big cities.  For us, 6-7 hrs is an easy day.  Been double that many a trip when there are far distances to go- and we usually try to be at our campsite or place w/ good signal during workdays so I can be on the clock.  I should add - no complaints if we only have to go a couple hours though!!  It's just fun to drive - & take rest when we need it.   

Kind Regards, Phil

[Glennman]

My longest distance in my old '68 GMC transit was about 475 miles from Yakima WA to Twin Falls Idaho. We had my wife and I, our 2 small children, our sister and brother-in-laws and their 3 small children. One thing about it, when you're the driver (I always do all the driving), you always have a place to sit and something to concentrate on besides all of them! We eventually ended up in Utah and visited my wife's brother and his 5 kids. Needless to say, we ended up heading home a few days earlier than planned.