Positive vibes!
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Positive vibes!
So I'm done with all of Mike's 60k service except trans/diff fluids, and this spring I got a Tom Woods driveshaft, new Akebono brake pads, and about 3 weeks ago I bought 4 265/70/16 General Grabber AT/2s. Time for the first big road trip since buying it in October, right?
I just pulled a UHAUL 12x6 trailer 1750 miles from Martin, TN to Las Vegas, NV. Roughly 600 miles a day, up and down mountains, in the rain and boiling 115 degree heat, across endless flatlands and deserts.
Never once did I feel a hitch in performance, all the new ticks I kept thinking I was hearing were imaginary, the truck ran like a dream. The 2000 lb trailer had ~1100 lbs worth of my belongings in it so I could make this move, and yet I still managed to average 13.17 mpg for the entire trip at a steady 62 mph down I40.
Beautiful country, beautiful drive, beautiful truck. Don't let all the negative stories of trouble and repairs keep you down, folks! Best 4x4xFar!
I just pulled a UHAUL 12x6 trailer 1750 miles from Martin, TN to Las Vegas, NV. Roughly 600 miles a day, up and down mountains, in the rain and boiling 115 degree heat, across endless flatlands and deserts.
Never once did I feel a hitch in performance, all the new ticks I kept thinking I was hearing were imaginary, the truck ran like a dream. The 2000 lb trailer had ~1100 lbs worth of my belongings in it so I could make this move, and yet I still managed to average 13.17 mpg for the entire trip at a steady 62 mph down I40.
Beautiful country, beautiful drive, beautiful truck. Don't let all the negative stories of trouble and repairs keep you down, folks! Best 4x4xFar!
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congrats on the trip.... we live in an amazing country that is meant to be seen( in part) thru a windshield. and lets face it the windshield on our trucks is just the right size. It is in part why I have always loved and now own.. oh and negativity has no place in my life. I use it as a means to learn. Enjoy the deserts around your new home. some of the most spectacular colours I have ever seen are from those that surround you now.
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