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Let me set the stage. M35A2 with M1061 trailer with a load that would have made the recent load taken to the GA Rally look like childs play.
My watch was packed away. My cell was turned off to conserve battery life. No means of tracking time just the miles by the mile markers. Two weeks of vacation and it was all 18 hour days of hard labor and/or hard driving. I think I'm getting too old for this.
It took me 3 times longer to load than anticipated. I was suppose to have left GA on Monday but wasn't packed until 2200 Tuesday night. Went to bed at 2345 and woke up at 0300. Engine went hot at 0315 (based on the clock in the house).
I took the I-10 route in case I needed help (there are more members that route).
Arrived at the house (vic El Paso, TX) and after the turbo cool down I cut engine and walked inside to find the clock in the kitchen at 0115. Take into account the 2 hour time change from eastern to mountain time and it was precisely 48 hours later---as calculated. Where's the Carnac smilie.
One of the wise men on this site once stated a deuce engine will run all day long if kept between 2000-2300 rpms. That is only 25% correct. It will run all day, all night, then next day and the next night. I drove based on rpm the whole way since my speedometer is out.
I estimate I kept the truck moving for about 38 hours straight and stopping only for fuel, food, a quick nap, and ....if a download was needed.
Weather sucked at the start. I was trying to push south down I85 to hit I10 and stay in front of and to the south of the storm. The storm got me first. It also went further south than the forecast showed and I had rain all the way into LA. The trailer was tarped but only the top level. The bottom level got wet and the tri-walls on the front have started to collapse leading to constant tightening of straps.
I must thank J.T, Clinto and my neighbor (not a member--yet) for their help. It would have been a significantly longer ordeal without their direct support.
Things I would have done different:
-Planned the load weight distro better. I was slightly tail heavy on the trailer.
-l would have taken the I-20 route. The I-10 route was just as hilly but was significantly more congested than I've experienced on I-20. I-20 is also 100 miles (2 hours) shorter.
-Get a set of head phones with a radio or ipod capability
-Pick up a hitchhiker that knows how to drive and hopefully it'll be a 20 year old female that is really hot looking and knows how to drive a deuce.
J.T. said CHoW owes me a massage for all the hard work. Yep, my neck, shoulders, ankles, knees and butt hurt. CHoW says she'll do all but the butt. She says based on activities recounted from the GA Rally, I have to get Gimpy to do that. Uh, no thanks, I'll pass.
I'm off to unload the truck and trailer. Today and tomorrow is an airshow over on Ft Bliss. I'm hoping I can get everyting off the truck in a timely manner. I think I need to buy the next forklift on GL.
My watch was packed away. My cell was turned off to conserve battery life. No means of tracking time just the miles by the mile markers. Two weeks of vacation and it was all 18 hour days of hard labor and/or hard driving. I think I'm getting too old for this.
It took me 3 times longer to load than anticipated. I was suppose to have left GA on Monday but wasn't packed until 2200 Tuesday night. Went to bed at 2345 and woke up at 0300. Engine went hot at 0315 (based on the clock in the house).
I took the I-10 route in case I needed help (there are more members that route).
Arrived at the house (vic El Paso, TX) and after the turbo cool down I cut engine and walked inside to find the clock in the kitchen at 0115. Take into account the 2 hour time change from eastern to mountain time and it was precisely 48 hours later---as calculated. Where's the Carnac smilie.
One of the wise men on this site once stated a deuce engine will run all day long if kept between 2000-2300 rpms. That is only 25% correct. It will run all day, all night, then next day and the next night. I drove based on rpm the whole way since my speedometer is out.
I estimate I kept the truck moving for about 38 hours straight and stopping only for fuel, food, a quick nap, and ....if a download was needed.
Weather sucked at the start. I was trying to push south down I85 to hit I10 and stay in front of and to the south of the storm. The storm got me first. It also went further south than the forecast showed and I had rain all the way into LA. The trailer was tarped but only the top level. The bottom level got wet and the tri-walls on the front have started to collapse leading to constant tightening of straps.
I must thank J.T, Clinto and my neighbor (not a member--yet) for their help. It would have been a significantly longer ordeal without their direct support.
Things I would have done different:
-Planned the load weight distro better. I was slightly tail heavy on the trailer.
-l would have taken the I-20 route. The I-10 route was just as hilly but was significantly more congested than I've experienced on I-20. I-20 is also 100 miles (2 hours) shorter.
-Get a set of head phones with a radio or ipod capability
-Pick up a hitchhiker that knows how to drive and hopefully it'll be a 20 year old female that is really hot looking and knows how to drive a deuce.
J.T. said CHoW owes me a massage for all the hard work. Yep, my neck, shoulders, ankles, knees and butt hurt. CHoW says she'll do all but the butt. She says based on activities recounted from the GA Rally, I have to get Gimpy to do that. Uh, no thanks, I'll pass.
I'm off to unload the truck and trailer. Today and tomorrow is an airshow over on Ft Bliss. I'm hoping I can get everyting off the truck in a timely manner. I think I need to buy the next forklift on GL.
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