Tucson to Ft Bliss to OKC to Ft Riley to St Louis, and back.

OilfieldRoughneck said:

Good deal. You home already?

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I've got a week's worth of work to do in MO, then I'll be headed back to Tucson with both trucks loaded to the gills.

Glad you go the second running, so what are your plans for the trucks? You keeping both and rebuilding this new one? Drive safe!!!

Driver's rear tire on my M923A2 blew the sidewall today. Yes, it was a directional michelin.

Changing it was a long hot job. I'm wiped out.

thankfully a rear and not a front. Running 14"s correct?

14s, yes.

98G said:

Driver's rear tire on my M923A2 blew the sidewall today. Yes, it was a directional michelin.

Changing it was a long hot job. I'm wiped out.

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Oh that sucks...last year I had the passenger-side rear tire blow out the sidewall while towing a loaded trailer; not fun, and the CTIS adds to the work.

Hope you get some good rest tonight!

So, the rear flat delayed me by about a day. I got up the following morning and disabled the CTIS and inflated everything to 55psi.


I got going again the next day and made it about 200 miles before the front passenger tire blew at highway speeds. I immediately took the exit that was right there and then continued accross to the entrance ramp (traffic on the exit ramp carries the residual speed from the interstate; traffic on the entrance ramp is starting out from stopped - safer). Full details here http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...etween-St-Louis-and-OKC&p=1747971#post1747971

I've made it to destination. I took the M925A1 to Jefferson Barracks and picked up a container.

I'm now doing the things I need to do to my house in MO that was hit by a tornado a couple of months ago. I'll update this thread again when I depart MO for AZ, with two 5ton trucks towbarred together and loaded to the gills...

Glad to hear the recovery went great.....our M35A3 is working great again after a trip to the shop for front end work as the Boss was moving it in the front yard and hit the buffalo rubbing rock in front of the place....Only large rock on the place as I point out to her....She point out that it was my fault for leaveing the rock there in the first place...As I could have moved it 20 years ago....So how was I to know this......Guys at the shop, are happy to see me have the rig towed there for repairs......Even have free coffee and dounuts.......Wow how can I go wrong....1500 bucks later.

I'm sorry to hear about your home in MO being hit by a tornado. If you make another trip up in the future, perhaps I can come along and help. Had I known, maybe I could have made arrangements to come along on this trip. Drive safe! I still chuckle at that container riding around upside down!

I'm back on the road. No spare, but I've got one lined up just south of OKC (tha ks Lindsey97 !) If i can get that far before Murphy sees me.

Wow, I hope it goes better for you on the return trip. Anyone else would have probably hung it up and called a tire service. You are definitely an energetic soul.

How does one differentiate energetic from cheap/broke?

Well that's easy. If you take the coefficient of the fourth parallel angle of the isosceles triangle thermodynamic flow theorem. It would be easy to determine that differential dynamic. I thought you would have known that. Must be too much road time. I think you need some rest.

That is the voice of experience talking, I take it.

98G said:

Full details here http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...etween-St-Louis-and-OKC&p=1747971#post1747971

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That link takes me to your want add for a 14.00R20s. Not seeing the full details

But keep up the faith and hard work, we're all pull'n for ya 98G!

Oops - here:

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...the-side-of-the-road-High-Hill-MO-I-70-MM-179

Sunrise -

I've made it almost to OK on I35. Stopped for fuel. Next stop Lindsey97's.

Flint hills slowed me to 35 in a couple of places. I'm getting about 5mpg.

Well the math would be correct.... 1 truck= 10mpg, so logically....2 trucks= 5 mpg

CARNAC said:

Well that's easy. If you take the coefficient of the fourth parallel angle of the isosceles triangle thermodynamic flow theorem. It would be easy to determine that differential dynamic. I thought you would have known that. Must be too much road time. I think you need some rest.

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Farva If you say "shenanigans" one more time..................