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I typically do OKC to Tucson in 3 days. This in 939series 5tons.How long would you think it will take me to drive 1700 miles? I'm trying to plan my overnight stops (hotel reservations & such). Hopefully no unexpected stops along the way, but trying to build in time to cover them (just in case). 3-days & a few hours for 1700mi is my optimistic plan, but worst case, I have 7-days to get it back before I have to worry about my job back home.
I drove an M35A2C from ft polk to tucson in 5 days. I had a couple of gotchas on the trip, but I also had flexibility due to sleeping in the back of the truck.
I drove a 939series 5ton from indianapolis to tucson and if I remember correctly that one was 5 days, but I had a stop in Waco to drop off an M109A3.
You may do it in 4 days if you push it, 5 days reasonably, and 6 days if there's any kind of surprises.
You really don't want to push it. The last thing you want to do is drive an unfamiliar truck when you're dead tired. This is how badness ensues.
Here's my latest criterion - if I'm too tired to change a super single by myself, then I'm too tired to be driving one of these.