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Plan is next Sunday, drive up, hotel, beer, pizza, load up and head back Monday. This trip will also save me a couple hundred shiping on items at Hill AFB.
Thanks for the advice Kenny!
I can get a trailer no prob, I was considering the extra 2500-3000 pounds the trailer would add....
figure 9k towed all together, for a truck that only makes 150hp on a good day, vs 6500 towed for just the truck.
Kenny, I hadn't thought of that but its a very good idea, will move what I can, based on the pics I have there are no batteries, but the outer duals should be easy enough.
My Arse hurts after driving that thing 50 miles, let alone 850......each way.....
plus the 1008 will go a bit faster and gets better mpg.....
Plus if the Deuce goes down, its WAY more expensive to recover, lol
Thanks Kenny,
Unless someone comes through on U-ship, I'm going to take the 1008 with 500 pounds of concrete in the rear of the bed to keep the towbar from pushing the backend around.
Ed
Jim, you got a truck I can borrow to go get it?.......lol, I don't think my 1008 has enough testicular fortitude for the job, and the Blue truck is down until I get a new T/C put in it....
I'm toying with flat towing it with one of my towbars and the 1008, but there are alot of hills between...
$3501.00, but I just HAD to have it.......
Lucky on the find thing, someone posted a link to the auction the other day and I just happened to see it before it was deleted :D
I'll take a pic of mine in the morning, I fabbed up a 4" extension, the brakes seem the same as before the lift. I haul alot of heavy @hit in my truck and like the idea of having more rear brake bias applied as the load increases. Removing the proportioner and setting the brakes "loose" puts...
Re: RE: Re: RE: Salt Lake City UT to Las Cruces NM?
Thanks,
I've got a couple of weeks before I need to move on this, but I'll keep the offer in mind.
Ed