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Old 02-07-2012, 07:04 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by happybeebob View Post
If you have been driving 70 MPH while towing a trailer in Oregon and not have had a ticket then you are very lucky. I believe a section of Interstate might have a 65 or 70 max stretch but that is a single vehicle only. Towing a trailer is 55. Most highways here are 55 with towing a trailer also 55. We have had some horrific wrecks here by people traveling fast with trailers and everything suddenly going sideways so hope you are not one of those that try to go for the most distance in the least amount of time. Eventually it catches up.

Bob
I glad that you posted this...I towed the TM to Oregon a couple of summers ago. I drove 55 on the way up, but my cousin's husband (who has lived there all his life and tows boats, trailers, etc.) told me that there was no special speed restriction on towing a trailer. So I drove a little faster on the way home; guess I'm lucky that I didn't get a ticket!

After having a couple of blowouts, I like to keep the speed around 55 or so.
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