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I'm a minimalist. I carry two jacks and a lugwrench, a towbar, and a basic set of tools. Your chase vehicle means you can fetch anything you need. A chase vehicle and an extra person covers pretty much everything. I use 15W40 in everything diesel.

Agreed, and more importantly, they should all be about the same temp.

Driving at night has its own set of risks. Driving 25mph slower than everyone else in a vehicle with poorer lights and a color that's difficult to see runs a good chance of getting rear ended. I've done it both ways, and after much consideration I've decided the right lane on the interstate...

Between Kingman and Flagstaff is a bunch of hills. That's going to be a handful in a slower than anticipated deuce, especially with someone not used to the peculiar skillset these trucks demand. He should fill up in Kingman, and fill up again in Seligman to dilute any badness. He may very well...

My conjecture as to the cause of the problem - The truck has been sitting not driven a lot. There's nastiness in the fuel system. He filled it with B20 biodiesel which is an excellent solvent. The B20 sloshed around for 4 hours. This cleaned much of the nastiness off the inside of the tank and...

Mildly. The logistics probably make it cheaper to just have it transported. First off, deuces have a tendency to sometimes behave poorly on towbars. So we run the risk i get there and hook up to it and it won't tow. (And sometimes they tow fine. You don't know til you try.) Secondly, I'm in...

Heat gun = temperature measuring device to check temp of bearings and drums without having to touch them.