Sheridan Wyoming to Billings Montana Towing a trailer

[65SoYoLO]

I'm only getting about 100 to 120 mi on a charge It is saying that it is 125 mi when I checked Google it was 131. It is saying I will get to Billings with minus 13 that's not good... Are there any alternatives over there I have all the adapters for different outlets but I only have the Tesla charger to the truck.
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[65SoYoLO]

Welp, now the truck is saying 99.6 I don't know why it gave me two different numbers. Anyone over there give me a charge and cuz I don't make it?

 

[65SoYoLO]

It is now back to 125 mi - 9% I don't understand what's going on with the truck. Am I going to make it or not?

 

[mongo]

It is now back to 125 mi - 9% I don't understand what's going on with the truck. Am I going to make it or not?

Drive slower and check the energy screen.

 

[fishtek]

I've driven that route tons of times, but unfortunately not with a trailer.

My guess is that once you peak up above Lodge Grass area, then you start to drop down onto Little Big Horn and Crow Agency you'll regen enough. Perhaps the mapping software isn't fully accounting for the elevation climb out of WY?

However if you don't have enough to make it to Billings, then there is a NEMA 14-50 at a camp ground in Hardin:
https://www.plugshare.com/location/47299

 

[VAF84]

Hope you made it okay, how’d it go? If assume you have at least 105 miles of range with a cargo box style trailer.

I always keep my mobile charger with me on out of town trips as my emergency backup in rural areas is pulling into an RV park to try and charge there.

 

[65SoYoLO]

We made it!!! Not only did we make it, we made it with 22%! After charging it said -9% By the time we made it out of that charger parking lot, it said -8%. At anout 50 miles into the trip it said -0, and went up from there. I don't know why it had such a wildly inaccurate estimate. But I am glad it was wrong.
Next challange, YELLOWSTONE! It is 90 miles away, I will have 100% but the super charger at yelowstone better be on or I am up the creek without an electron....ya know, gov shutdown and all. Already reading storys where people traveled from Canada to see the park and parts will be shut down. Tragic. Imagine someone driving 3/4 f the way across the USA to find it closed...oh yeah thats my woman and me. THe grand canyon better be open!!!
They are saying it is partially open so that is better then full closure, I wonder if they will shut off old faithful!

 

[webspeedracer]

We made it!!! Not only did we make it, we made it with 22%! After charging it said -9% By the time we made it out of that charger parking lot, it said -8%. At anout 50 miles into the trip it said -0, and went up from there. I don't know why it had such a wildly inaccurate estimate. But I am glad it was wrong.
Next challange, YELLOWSTONE! It is 90 miles away, I will have 100% but the super charger at yelowstone better be on or I am up the creek without an electron....ya know, gov shutdown and all. Already reading storys where people traveled from Canada to see the park and parts will be shut down. Tragic. Imagine someone driving 3/4 f the way across the USA to find it closed...oh yeah thats my woman and me. THe grand canyon better be open!!!
They are saying it is partially open so that is better then full closure, I wonder if they will shut off old faithful!

Sorry Folks, Parks Closed!
Yeah towing a trailer in the Mountain West is a different animal, especially towing over the Continental Divide. I wis Tesla would put an elevation histogram below your planned route for this, so drivers could visualize what the truck is plotting in the arrival%.. Bottom line is speed kills battery when you’re dragging a parachute. My Matt’s was start slow, and speed up when it’s clear you’re gonna arrive with a surplus.

 

[CyberGus]

....ya know, gov shutdown and all. Already reading storys where people traveled from Canada to see the park and parts will be shut down.

I had to delay my father's burial at Quantico during the government shutdown in the 90's. The base was obviously operational, but the graves are dug by contractors and there was no money.

A decade ago I had a long vacation planned, including a trip to the Grand Canyon, and yeah it was closed during the shutdown. Fortunately the funding was secured only the day before my scheduled departure.

 

[Trekboy]

I've been pulling my popup trailer a bit. I just set the cruise to 58MPH. That's fast enough to keep others from being too aggravated, and slow enough where they can easily pass me if needed.

 

[FL370]

I've been pulling my popup trailer a bit. I just set the cruise to 58MPH. That's fast enough to keep others from being too aggravated, and slow enough where they can easily pass me if needed.

THIS! The truck will predict your range based on you driving the speed limit. I have found that if the speed limit is 55 mph and that's what you drive (caveat: you configured trailer specs correctly), the prediction is spot on. If the speed limit is 65 or 70 and you do 55 MPH, you will get far better results than the truck predicts.

 

[65SoYoLO]

I've been pulling my popup trailer a bit. I just set the cruise to 58MPH. That's fast enough to keep others from being too aggravated, and slow enough where they can easily pass me if needed.

That's what I tried to do but out here the speed limit to 80. So 65 seems to be the minimum and people still crawled up my ass before they change lanes.

 

[65SoYoLO]

It is giving me grief again today but this time it is telling me to go below 61 mph and it will be -29% at next destination... While skipping one supercharger stop. Software seems to be getting buggier and buggier. I ended the trip reprogrammed it and it's still is skipping that stop if I delete all the supercharger stops and add that it will work go figure

 

[mongo]

It is giving me grief again today but this time it is telling me to go below 61 mph and it will be -29% at next destination... While skipping one supercharger stop. Software seems to be getting buggier and buggier. I ended the trip reprogrammed it and it's still is skipping that stop if I delete all the supercharger stops and add that it will work go figure

You may be misreading. When nav is set to fastest & fewer stops, I have a route that says -3% to way point and -4% to the Supercharger, but also says 10% to way point IF I stay below 72MPH (part of route is 75). It also skips intermediate chargers.
IOW, the speed restriction and destination SOC are based on two different driving styles.

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