Ok, we will be headed to Cody, WY the middle of April and I refuse to go back on US287. We came back that way and it almost beat our truck and 5th wheel to pieces.
We will be leaving from Lubbock TX about the middle of April and no hurry to get there before the last of April. We normally make the trip in about 3 days. However I don't want to drive through Denver and don't want to drive through OK on 287, do you have any other suggestions? I looked at Lubbock to Durango CO to Monticello UT to either Evanston WY or Rocksprings WY. Also looked at US385 north from Lubbock to some where in Nebraska, but I don't know how the roads are up that way.
On our way back from Cody this last Sept we turned off of I25 just before Wheatland and went across to Scots Bluff NE them turned south. This route wasn't bad until we got on US287 and that stretch of road was beyond terrible. Rough enough that it broke my exhaust just in front of the Muffler, noisy ride on to Lubbock.
Ford F350
40 ft 5th wheel
DW driving our daily driver
Thanks for suggestions in advance
Our's is Cody, WY. Sight seeing, western history, museums, Yellowstone, the Bighorns, Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, Beartooth Highway, Indian Medicine Wheel, Old Town and nightly Rodeos just mention a few.
Got RV out of storage, flushed all lines, put plug back in water heater and left Texas for Wyoming. Didn't use water heater until reaching Cody Wy RV park. Got set up and was ready for good old hot shower, Hot water has terrible odor. What is best way to stop the awful odor.
Thanks for the replies, maybe not exactly what I wanted to hear, but exactly what I needed to hear. Currently we do as "rynosback" suggested and for now what we will continue doing. Again, thanks and safe travels.
Just wondering if any one pulls a medium size toad behind their 5th wheel, if the factory says it is rated to do so. Ours is rated to pull #5000 and has the factory installed hitch.
Bubblechaser, the last place I worked we had a "Park-it" powered dolly to park our 20ft enclosed trailers. We had two of them and a very tight place to park them in. I could do it if we were just parking one of them but not both. The "Park-it" did the job but it was a chore, we were on crushed granite, so it sometimes turned into a wrestling match if they were loaded, but it was a quality built piece of equipment. I just don't know how it would work on a 5th.