A road trip to buy a car hauler.... or buying a car hauler to take a road trip?

[intocarss]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Okay --- this sounds like we need to put in some votes -- which would be way more interesting than what Charley is going to get for The Mule!



#1 - How many miles before the first breakdown

1A) - How many miles from civilization and no cell service will they be


#2 - Actual MPG for total trip


#3 - Miles per quarts of oil


#4 - Cost of kidney replacement


#5 - If they go to Austin - will they or will they not finally eat at The Salt Lick

[QUOTE=califconstruct;527249]Cool... looks like a fun trip. At least you'll get to visit several mechanic, and auto-parts locations. Make sure you take plenty of tools and your AAA card to tow that Ford!! Wouldn't hurt to throw a bike up on that Thule rack to pedal your way to the next stop, when it breaks down.

Originally Posted by Sieg

A couple you left out:

• Avg MPH
• Max speed obtained
• Lbs. of fuel
  
• $ in repair parts
• $ in repair labor
• # of texts
• # of Starbuck stops
  
• Geographical point at which they bag it and put it on a transport and fly home.

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

You guys have some big balls taking a truck that probably has never been out of the state on a huge road trip like this, and not only that hauling a car back on it.

Originally Posted by glassman

Plus ya got the Thule racks up top so you can take bikes along so you want have a long walk in the middle of bum f....k with no celll service....I see it as a win-win...

Originally Posted by intocarss

Fly in, hop in, turn the key and drive it HOME..WHERE'S THE CONFUSION???

Nice truck, now put a Duramax eng in it

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Call me if you need me to come with the hauler and haul y'all....


The verbal abuse will be free of charge.

Originally Posted by Ketzer

Gonna be a fantastic memory to have! Whether the trip goes smooth or rough...!

I'm just east of Memphis, very close to I-40. Beale Street has already been mentioned along with Graceland for touristy stuff. There are plenty of good BBQ joints around town along with Italian, Korean, Ethiopian, you name it.

I have welders, compressor and tools. A large shop you could drive into with a lift. A local good friend that is a dyed-in-the-wool Ford fanatic with probably a spare everything for that truck.

Safe travels and look me up if I can help!


Jeff-

Am I the only one that knew they'd make it without a hitch?? (AKA BREAKING DOWN) SHAME ON ALL YOU NAY SAYERS!!

That old Ford is like the...

[fleet]

Jer,

Regarding the not breaking down, I know you've been right before.

But...check out what ACTUALLY happened after they picked up the ole girl...lol

It's good they decided to spend the better part of 2 days fixing a bunch of things.

https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...&postcount=173

https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...&postcount=216

[intocarss]

Originally Posted by cosmo meantit

Jer,

Regarding the not breaking down, I know you've been right before.

But...check out what ACTUALLY happened after they picked up the ole girl...lol

It's good they decided to spend the better part of 2 days fixing a bunch of things.

https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...&postcount=173

https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...&postcount=216

Very true , but it never was towed and never 'brokedown" on the road, she came in running and left running . Even though it's a Ford... I knew the old gal would be reliable, What's that O'L SAYN.... BUILT FORD TOUGH ..NOW CAN WE GET BACK TO THE ABUSE IN BUILD THREADS

[GregWeld]

I tried to unblock all the texting "perps" today --- driving from Vegas to home.... But NO.... 50 texts later I locked em all out again.


There needs to be a phone etiquette school...



Glad you guys made it safe and sound and there appears to be no mishaps or expensive breakdowns! So the trip was a complete success. AWESOME!

[fleet]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I tried to unblock the all the texting "perps" today --

Burner cell time.

[Flash68]

Thanks for all the following along and the encouragement and offers of support. Wish we had more time to see and meet up with more members. Probably good we didn't meet up with everyone. That might take a year and Rob and I'd be divorced.

I have a migraine today (felt great the whole trip) and so I texted Rob that I am having withdrawals from oil, fuel, diner food and 80's rock music.

I'll have some final fuel economy numbers here when I catch my breath. Not sure I wanna do the math.

And Weld, we get it... You're important... you have things to do. Good for you. Now go build your big house that no one cares about.

Until next time....

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Flash68

And Weld, we get it... You're important... you have things to do. Good for you. Now go build your big house that no one cares about.

Great! I can take my nap this afternoon without the phone vibrating - buzzing - honking every half a nanosecond.

This was an epic trip and was fun to be along with you guys as you made the rounds. Part of the "selling point" of getting the rig for me - was that I love a good road trip... and being able to just float around at will was what made the difference for me in whether it was or wasn't worth all the effort. Nothing better than a good roady!

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

This was an epic trip and was fun to be along with you guys as you made the rounds. Part of the "selling point" of getting the rig for me - was that I love a good road trip... and being able to just float around at will was what made the difference for me in whether it was or wasn't worth all the effort. Nothing better than a good roady!

We were caught more than once saying how "epic" it would be to have a multi car hauler and have our cars (on jackstands, of course) in the back for wherever we wanted to stop.

I'm thinking I don't need a house for retirement. Just a rig like yours. I'm sure the wife will love that idea.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Great! I can take my nap this afternoon without the phone vibrating - buzzing - honking every half a nanosecond.

The iphone does have a silent feature and a zero alert option. Maybe one of your kids can show you how to use it.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Flash68

The iphone does have a silent feature and a zero alert option. Maybe one of your kids can show you how to use it.

I hear you can set the text notification on silent and leave the phone ringer on. That's what I did on my sub standard POS phone.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by intocarss

Am I the only one that knew they'd make it without a hitch?? (AKA BREAKING DOWN) SHAME ON ALL YOU NAY SAYERS!!

Did I mention anything about breaking down?

FWIW - Based on my highly speculative finite calculations 4070 lbs. of fuel not counting spillage.

Number of texts in the train............easier to count stars.

Great job fella's one hell of a trip...........next time we should lease a bus.