We once drove from Lausanne (Switzerland) to Cottbus (Germany) which is right next to the Polish border.
Around 11 hours drive.

Between shows, have done San Francisco to Seattle a few times. 800 miles.

That's the limit, and you have to drive overnight, which is not great for many reasons. They have to be GREAT shows to put up with that.

Realistically, 500mi is a good hard stop to have. After tour etc., you can't really drive more than 1000mi/day.

That said, I may win the overall medal among us for longest tour drive. Fort Lee, NJ to Seattle, nonstop. 2800mi, about 50hrs.

I personally drove about 20hrs straight from someplace in PA to Bozeman, MT.

It's strange what I remember from the experience.

Weird, dreamlike flecks.

However:

Gas Huffer, from Seattle, once drove an ailing bass player straight back to Seattle from someplace in Florida.

Gas Huffer! If any of you bastards are here! You win!

tmidgett wrote:However:

Gas Huffer, from Seattle, once drove an ailing bass player straight back to Seattle from someplace in Florida.

Gas Huffer! If any of you bastards are here! You win!

I was never a fan of there band, but I have a new found respect for them, Gas Huffer, that is some straight up man shit right there...

yaledelay wrote:

tmidgett wrote:However:

Gas Huffer, from Seattle, once drove an ailing bass player straight back to Seattle from someplace in Florida.

Gas Huffer! If any of you bastards are here! You win!

I was never a fan of there band, but I have a new found respect for them, Gas Huffer, that is some straight up man shit right there...

Very nice guys, and Gas Huffer is a great band name.

tmidgett wrote:

yaledelay wrote:Gas Huffer, from Seattle, once drove an ailing bass player straight back to Seattle from someplace in Florida.

I was never a fan of there band, but I have a new found respect for them, Gas Huffer, that is some straight up man shit right there...

I loved Gas Huffer. They were fun to see live.

The drive straight back to Mpls from Austin, Tx w/ eight dudes in the van, 20-some hours was brutal.

Not as long, but for whatever reason more disorientating was waking up in Brooklyn and playing a show that night in Detroit.

anything more than a 10 hour drive is way too much. try to keep it under 8. you'll also waste at least an hour a day with gas/bathroom/snack breaks. try to avoid the overnights...and basically be realistic about wake up times. you probably won't want to get out of bed earlier than 10:00. advance the shows and make sure the load-in times are correct. nothing worse than waking up early for a 9 hour drive and showing up to a club with nobody home.

the Classical wrote:The drive straight back to Mpls from Austin, Tx w/ eight dudes in the van, 20-some hours was brutal.

Not as long, but for whatever reason more disorientating was waking up in Brooklyn and playing a show that night in Detroit.

Anything involving Detroit is disorienting.

burun wrote:

tmidgett wrote:

yaledelay wrote:Gas Huffer, from Seattle, once drove an ailing bass player straight back to Seattle from someplace in Florida.

I was never a fan of there band, but I have a new found respect for them, Gas Huffer, that is some straight up man shit right there...

I loved Gas Huffer. They were fun to see live.

I never saw them live, and haven't heard them in at least 5 years, so maybe if I heard them now I would like it...

I did an unassisted nonstop from Los Angeles to Austin once. Over 1300 miles.