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

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Flash68

We got on the scale (bathroom, not truck) at the Flying J and the results were poor as expected.

Weird thing is, we're gaining weight just watching.

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Flash68

DG,

Rob says he's gettin better MPG when he drives. What music does he play?

[57hemicuda]

Really!!! you have gained weight, sitting on your a$$ for 7 days straight. Every time I get text with a heaping servings of carny food on it, my arteries harden a little bit.

Actually was talking to Payton yesterday, and we were discussing how you two were doing it right. Usually when I'm on a road trip, I turn it into a job, have to be to this point by this time, driving to the we hours of the night trying to make good time. I don't know if its a laid back California thing or not, but I'm jealous. Lets see if its a mad across the bottom of the country now that you burned up all your days on the east coast. LOL

[Vegas69]

I'm the same way, I'd have it calculated out. Thus, I'm not a good road tripper. I'm working on it...

It sure looks like they are having a great time.

[Ricochet]

Whew!! Just chewed through the past 20 pages. What a fricken blast you guys are having. Trips like this are epic and never forgotten (even if you want to! LOL) Keep the wheels rollin', beer flowing and stuffing great food down your piehole along the way.

You guys are going to have to take a vacation when you get back to recover!

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by 89 RS

I thought we were crazy, but I'll never forget that trip. You get to really see the country when you're driving across it. Enjoy the trip and thanks for sharing...too cool!

Absolutely Corey... that's the dealio.

Originally Posted by 68LS1

Eric, my middle name, always assumed he was named after me

We have actually had a couple of beers together, although he is in to Fords

Keep on truckin

Now why am I not surprised about that Roger

Originally Posted by cosmo meantit

DG,

Rob says he's gettin better MPG when he drives. What music does he play?

His mpg improvement was a fluke apparently.... we're back down to the 6's.

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda

Really!!! you have gained weight, sitting on your a$$ for 7 days straight. Every time I get text with a heaping servings of carny food on it, my arteries harden a little bit.

Actually was talking to Payton yesterday, and we were discussing how you two were doing it right. Usually when I'm on a road trip, I turn it into a job, have to be to this point by this time, driving to the we hours of the night trying to make good time. I don't know if its a laid back California thing or not, but I'm jealous. Lets see if its a mad across the bottom of the country now that you burned up all your days on the east coast. LOL

Ron we catch ourselves daily and throttle back the planning a bit.... probably we ended up staying at the Roach Motel in Sallisaw, OK last night.

Oh, and maybe you didn't get the vibe from us when we were there but we are probably in the 5th percentile of "laid back" California. Another reason I go decaf.

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I'm the same way, I'd have it calculated out. Thus, I'm not a good road tripper. I'm working on it...

It sure looks like they are having a great time.

Plus the FDA nutrition numbers are typically not available for the foods we eat.

Originally Posted by Ricochet

Whew!! Just chewed through the past 20 pages. What a fricken blast you guys are having. Trips like this are epic and never forgotten (even if you want to! LOL) Keep the wheels rollin', beer flowing and stuffing great food down your piehole along the way.

You guys are going to have to take a vacation when you get back to recover!

You got that right Brent.... a road trip is getting in the way of my vacation!

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda

Really!!! you have gained weight, sitting on your a$$ for 7 days straight. Every time I get text with a heaping servings of carny food on it, my arteries harden a little bit.

Actually was talking to Payton yesterday, and we were discussing how you two were doing it right. Usually when I'm on a road trip, I turn it into a job, have to be to this point by this time, driving to the we hours of the night trying to make good time. I don't know if its a laid back California thing or not, but I'm jealous. Lets see if its a mad across the bottom of the country now that you burned up all your days on the east coast. LOL

I don't know about being laid back. Have you met DG? We have found a way to compartimentalize a huge amount of enerrgy into small pockets of last min research. We'll be rolling down the highway crosschecking Food TV network, Google, Yelp and formulating a plan put the miles behind us.

As soon as a change seems evident we go back into manic planning research and come up with an alternate we would have never thought of sitting down looking at a map before the trip started.

To simplyfy the explanation We just follow the Beer crumbs.

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I'm the same way, I'd have it calculated out. Thus, I'm not a good road tripper. I'm working on it...

It sure looks like they are having a great time.

Start small, maybe just a trip to a local diner between the gym and wheatgrass store with only consulting yelp.

Originally Posted by cosmo meantit

DG,

Rob says he's gettin better MPG when he drives. What music does he play?

You're listening to it Skip
6.7 to 7.5mpg so I haven't matched DGs all time low just yet.

You see SKip DGs gas mileage isn't actually accurate. You have to factor in his love for dousing everything in gas.

Yesterday I watched him shower his jacket in gas. Not sure what that was about.

Then a ways down the road as I come out of the gas station I see what I think it a huge leak running under the truck....... I walk up on it to see a GAS fountain shooting out of the cap as the pump runs unattended. (Note to self never walk away from an "auto shut of" pump). That one alone was 3+ gallons.

Then at our last stop last night before we hit Sallisaw I walk about to see Dave wiping, you guessed it, gas off the side of the truck. I'm hoping he kicks the habit.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by FETorino

I don't know about being laid back. Have you met DG?

Yeah, he has... he is the other guy with a dog box on the street. Right Ron?

Originally Posted by FETorino

(Note to self never walk away from an "auto shut of" pump).

I normally subscribe to this school of thought, but I make exceptions when it's 10 effing degrees outside and the first gas pump in 3 states I find will work with the auto-fill function.

Rob's embellishment can run pretty deep (shocker)...

And since we are into throw under the bus mode Rob loves to drive slow in the left lane and get passed by big rigs on the right (he helps validate the notion that California drivers suck and don't know the rules of the road).

Oh, and he is also the only one thus far to stall Betsy with sub standard clutch manipulation. Very disappointing for a life long Ford driver.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Flash68

I normally subscribe to this school of thought, but I make exceptions when it's 10 effing degrees outside and the first gas pump in 3 states I find will work with the auto-fill function.

Rob's embellishment can run pretty deep (shocker)...

And since we are into throw under the bus mode
Oh, and he is also the only one thus far to stall Betsy with sub standard clutch manipulation. Very disappointing for a life long Ford driver.

I was almost tempted to just video the fountain until Dave returned but there wasn't an airport nearby.

So instead I shut it off and pushed it forward. BTW DG is still complaining about the gas smell on his jacket. No embellishment needed

A few hundred mi back I bought a 2 gal gas can as a precautionary measure. I fill it up and notice the F#*$ing seal on the brand new can is torn. I tried 2 get it 2 seal but no dice.

Right then a local walks up " hey is this a 66?"
DG "68"
Me "its for sale"
Local " I had a 69 with a 350 4 bolt"

As entertaining as this was it was 12 Fing deg out and I was done messing with the leaky can.

"Hey partner, would you like a free gas can and a couple gallons of gas?"

He focuses on the can and DG and I pull away..... the small red can fades to a small red dot in the rear view mirror.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by FETorino

6.7 to 7.5mpg so I haven't matched DGs all time low just yet.

You see SKip DGs gas mileage isn't actually accurate. You have to factor in his love for dousing everything in gas.

Yesterday I watched him shower his jacket in gas. Not sure what that was about.

Then a ways down the road as I come out of the gas station I see what I think it a huge leak running under the truck....... I walk up on it to see a GAS fountain shooting out of the cap as the pump runs unattended. (Note to self never walk away from an "auto shut of" pump). That one alone was 3+ gallons.

Then at our last stop last night before we hit Sallisaw I walk about to see Dave wiping, you guessed it, gas off the side of the truck. I'm hoping he kicks the habit.

You'd think with all the practice he'd have a grasp on the concept.