Best Towing Speed, You're driving too slow! 

I think that is a great idea.

This is the TRUTH! Especially since COVID with all the new "campers" out there. So many of them! And no one talks about load distribution, Ive seen a bunch with the rear bumper storage racks that load them with heavy generators and bikes and whatever else. All it takes is one good gust of wind to set that unbalanced trailer into sway. And backing a trailer HA! It should be required by law to have a training course to pull a trailer!!

First your using the Word pulling far to much; It's actually towing ! Never read "Pull package; You read Tow Package or Max tow package; Sounds nasty when a man says pulling with every other word LOL The only one that pulls it, is my lady friend. I tow it! I mean crap you talk about everyone that tows needs a classification of some kind... And I get it. I see some dumb stuff out there. But many drive good and tow well; but it's the other idiots on the Hwy that mess with everyone that is towing. Big rigs always get into it with everyday drivers. These folks have CDL lic and have gone through courses and school and they still cannot avoid an accident. Now what would be smart from an Insurance carriers; if you take a course they'll give you a discount etc Or your state has a class and if you take you get a discount of renewing your registration etc...

@@jesserevilla992 you obviously have zero knowledge about trucking. We pull trailers not tow them. I'm not saying that all truck drivers are professionals. Because there are cdl holders that aren't qualified to drive a riding mower with a garden trailer. That said most accidents involving trucks are caused by a car. During the pandemic, I only saw one accident. And I still believe that a person should be trained and tested before being able to move a trailer on a public highway.

​@Jesse Revilla I drag a trailer. Does that hurt you feelings like pulling?

appreciate the input

drops for everyone after 65.

Great info, appreciate it. In West Texas, Utah, places where speed limit goes to 85 and Tractor Trailers are routinely doing 80 mph, are you staying at 65? To me that's more problematic than 75 in those areas of the country. The Bernoulli effect becomes extreme.

Travel at the speed you feel you can comfortably control your rig. I typically do the speed limit (70 in most areas I travel). But after a few close calls I am Dropping it to 60-65. They can go around. As far as being pushed around by a big rig, I don’t feel it. 2022 2500 l8t w/ 6l90 pulling a 35’ 5th wheel with a GVWR of 11500.

So many variables, so many scenarios. Even going the speed limit you are usually a road hazard. I see so many who think 5-10 mph over is what you are supposed to be doing. While I generally stick to 55mph. I have done up to a bit over 70mph, maybe even hit 80 once or twice. Other than that? I do try to be courteous. If I am on a two lane road with traffic, speed limit 60. I’ll do 60. Other than that for the two lane country roads? I’m that a-hole that will pull over (most of the time, I don’t pull over for that one person behind that has had plenty of time/plenty of chances to pass) to let traffic past. Major freeways with the 80mph slowing in a construction zone dropping it down to 65-70? I’ll keep the pace of traffic. Yes, have to look at all factors. Tow vehicle, trailer, tires, road conditions, weather, traffic……list goes on. In general 55 for me is safer, more stress free, and another whose mpg starts dropping after 60mph.

Thank you, I appreciate that

I do too and when I first started towing a box trailer, it was the biggest surprise. Everyone said slow down to be safe, the more I slowed, the worse the affect of passing vehicles

My preference is 65-70, but when getting passed at 80 on the left along I-20, you figure it out quickly.

Appreciate it, doesn't take long to feel the Bernoulli effect and figure it out

thank you

Being honest, brakes aren't "betteer" than the big rigs. But I will stop quicker and in shorter distance at every speed. Because of that "M" in your energy formula.

Umm not around me they don't

Appreciate the insight.

Absolutely agree with you. This video really isn't good. Have a bunch of people thinking that they have to tow faster? Whatever the truckers are doing is what they are doing, don't worry about them. If you are having that much trouble when being overtaken by trucks than your tow vehicle needs to be upgraded or your weight distribution is off or your tires are off or all of the above.

Depends on what speed traffic is going by you. If you're doing this in West Texas, the middle of SD, etc, when a Tractor Trailer passes you at 80 mph, you'll change your mind and go faster

@@kedrevs4037 I do not allow traffic to dictate my speed. I have over 1.2 million safe miles behind the wheel of a tractor trailer. It does not matter how fast you go there will always be somebody wanting to go faster. You are not going to prevent 100% of semi's from passing you so why even worry about most of them passing you. I tow an enclosed cargo trailer behind a cargo van now and most of the time I go around 62 mph , even out west. If people don't like it they can go around. You can argue that I am disrupting traffic until you are blue in the face but there is always somebody going the same speed or even slower. A lot of company owned semi trucks are limited around 62 to 65 , Schneider , Swift , J.B. Hunt etc. Driving slower not only saves on fuel but it saves on tire wear. The faster you travel the more heat that builds up in your tires and the faster they wear out. I travel over 12K miles a month so I definitely pay attention to things like that. The slower you are going the less you have to use your brakes. Something else I notice is when I cruise around 62 I am able to relax more as I seldom need to change lanes to overtake somebody. I therefore stop less often and tend to see the same vehicle pass me 2 or more times over the course of a few hours. They are going 75 or 80 and making the same time that I am!! So what is the point in driving faster? Just keep that left door closed!

​@@kedrevs4037 not true as that's where I travel. If you have a great setup its not an issue.

I respectfully disagree, those are the routes I travel. I travel when its safe and if wind is not my friend I hunker down.

@@StumpyVanLifeI agree with all of this. Seems like OP wants to validate his lead foot. 😂

That seems to be a comfortable spot for me too

Hey we can all have our opinion, too bad we can't all be right.

What video did you watch? It wasn't this one.

I prefer secondary highways for the same reason

yes, but only variables are relevant as constants apply to all equations

Appreciate the info

Haven't driven in Europe, but there are some long stretches of not much but wide open roads in the US and Canada

You must be one of those that comments without watching the video

@@kedrevs4037 I watched all of it. still bad advice. I am not alone, plenty of others agree.

@@fireygirl1 If you thinking towing a travel trailer the same speed as the semi tractor trailers in the right lane is a bad idea, you should probably stop now.

@@fireygirl1spot on. This guy in video should kot be towing anything !!! Towing anything over 65 os dangerous very hard to stop on dime. Uhaul largest trailer remtal in the country. Have sign on trailer speed limit 55 !!!!! The op is a fool

definitely not tailgaiting semis, just keeping pace

Yep Cali is tough that way. I try to stay right at about 62 there. Seems to be where most semis are

55 is very dangerous when semi are traveling at 70 on interstate 5.

Thanks for the info. My endurance are righted to 87, but I always feel safest traveling the same speed as tractor trailers.

@@kedrevs4037 also most boat owners neglect their hub bearings. Good idea to install bearing buddies and top them off before each trip. Not so much on regular trailers, but those also need to be repacked and checked for play on occasion. Not something many people think about until the axle starts to smoke, :-b

We could have used more of that beginning around March of '20.

Not near me, they're not.

@@kedrevs4037 He might be up in Canada where most if not all trucks are limited to 65 by Canadian law. It is coming to the US eventually. O.O.I.D.A has been fighting the speed limiters here in the US for a couple of decades, and they have been winning. Eventually though they will lose and speed limiters on commercial vehicles will happen just like electronic logging did.