We are traveling to Fort Bragg on Sunday pulling a 27 ft. Rock wood Lite with a 2014 Ford F-150. Should we avoid California 20 and take the longer route 128? Coming from Lodi, CA area.
Trabuco said
06:42 PM May 26, 2015
Welcome to the forum! You should be fine on SR 20. We did SR 32 last year in our rig, which is a smaller road. With toad hooked up we are 60 feet in length. Take it at speed you are comfortable with and don't let anyone behind you make you hurry.
MarkS said
06:47 PM May 26, 2015
According to the CA DOT site 20 is an STAA route. There is one section between 1 and 101 that limits semis to <30 feet pin to rear axle. You shouldn't have any issues with yours.
HighwayRanger said
08:06 PM May 26, 2015
Yes, you should be fine. It is very twisty, but there are enough turnouts you can use to allow traffic to pass (which you should regularly utilize). It is only about 35 miles long, but it will seem longer. It, however, is an extraordinarily beautiful, Redwood tree-lined highway. I would not recommend anyone take an RV up SR-1 from Fort Bragg to US101 (Legett) though. It is way too narrow with nearly no shoulders. Great for a car, but even a dually by itself would be dicey. SR-20 will work.
Roy
bjoyce said
09:22 AM May 27, 2015
HighwayRanger: We've done that stretch of CA-1 with a 35' motorhome towing a car. Took us two hours to go 44 miles. If we had to we would drive it again, but CA-20 is a better idea.
HighwayRanger said
06:52 PM May 27, 2015
I went through there in a Ford Expedition, Bill and it was beautiful but required close attention to staying in your lane! No margins for error!
We're working on buying a 43' Dutch Star, and I sure hope my RV GPS steers me clear of that stretch!
We are traveling to Fort Bragg on Sunday pulling a 27 ft. Rock wood Lite with a 2014 Ford F-150. Should we avoid California 20 and take the longer route 128? Coming from Lodi, CA area.
Roy
We're working on buying a 43' Dutch Star, and I sure hope my RV GPS steers me clear of that stretch!
Roy