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Almost forgot-I know that you can look up the weights of these trucks but I thought I would give you the actual weight. I went through a weigh station in Arizona. The truck weighed 20,140 lbs. with 2 people, 1 suitcase and 1/2 tank of diesel in each tank.
Don't really have any plans for the truck. I live in a desert town and there's 4 or 5 military trucks driving around here. It's really made for these trucks here. No speed limits above 35 (except for the highway) and miles and miles of desert roads to explore.
We thought about it but since we didn't really know what type of areas we were stopping in I didn't want to take a chance. Not so much worried about someone stealing it but more worried that someone messing around might get hurt. Probably worried for nothing but I didn't want to take a chance.
I didn't keep track of the fuel mileage but here's what I do have. I spent $845.00 on fuel and traveled 1900 miles. I never payed over $4.00 a gallon for fuel. In fact I think the average price was around $3.75. If you do the math with $4.00 a gallon, the mileage comes out to 9 MPG, but if you...
Sleeping in the back was a challenge. We are both 5'-10" but thin. My wife is one of those people who can sleep sitting up so she slept in the drivers seat. I slept laying on the bench seat with my feet on the passenger grab rail. Not comfortable for either one of us. Since we only slept 3...
Thanks to everyone for the great comments. The real iron butt award should go to my beautiful wife. I did the trip sitting on a spring seat while she road the entire way on the bench seat.
Hello to all, I bought this tractor off a popular auction site from a guy in Chicago. The truck looked very clean, CARC paint was in great shape, had a bunch of Red River Wmo's on it and the tires were like new. In fact, the spare tire and rim looks like it has never been mounted. I spoke to the...
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