Doesnt Low Band VHF travel much further then the High Band VHF?
Yes it does, as long as you have a good transmitting antenna and good feedline. VHF Low is excellent for point to point comms, as well as Fixed base to mobile (NCSHP as an example).
My county used to dispatch fire & EMS on VHF low (45.440) and I could hear them at great distances (upwards of 250 miles during the summer evenings) on my old Midland ST I mobile.
When it comes to receiving it, a good antenna at a very decent height comes into play. The same goes for a decent receiver with a low noise figure and no adjacent sources of interference or noise.
Listen to a portable AM broadcast band radio outside of your house at night. You'd be surprised what you find. I often listen to WSM (650 AM) out of Nashville TN at night on my desktop AM transistor radio.
The general idea is that low frequencies can travel farther, and they travel even better with higher antennas and higher transmit power...