thrashingcows
Drowning deep in my sea of loathing...so I'm
Thought I'd share some pics and info on how things went....
Well I left Saturday morning at 9am to go get my 48 Desoto from 69.5 in Tigard OR. Went down bare, no trailer, took me about 6 hours to get there. Went 400 miles on 15 gallons...that's 26.6 mpg.
Had a good visit with 69.5 and Fishy...great guys BTW!!!
Picked up the U-Haul trailer Sunday morning and loaded up the old 48 Desoto....didn`t think 69`s 500lb electric winch would get the car onto the trailer...but with a little manual assistance from 69 and myself it did it!!!!
Hear I am ready to roll....
Truck hauled well. Here's the truck at the first rest area I stopped at.
Took me a little over 8 hours to get to Belingham WA, with a couple major highway slow downs due to accidents...WA state and rain....who knew they couldn't drive in that weather...
Here's where I slept last night....Not the most comfortable sleep for a guy my size, but good enough to save me another $75 for a hotel room.
I arrived at the Canada/USA border at 8 am, got the US paper work taken care of in a matter of minutes...the Canadians Customs...well I was there for over 90 minutes and got the royal run around...
Here's one at the Canadian customs...
And finally the Desoto is at it's new home.
I was impressed at how well the truck did, the only thing that went wrong was the clutch fan seized solid, so it's pulling a begeezes amount of air and making a heck of a noise at RPM's over 1500. I have a new clutch on the way. So all in all a good trip and I'm very happy with the way old RAE performed.
Was nice to put faces, and real personalities to the guys we see on the board...thanks again guys, I appreciate everything you did for me!! :2thumbs:
I haven't fuel up, but think I used about the same amount of fuel coming back, 15 gallons, and went 350 miles...so pulling it got 23 mpg!! Not bad, a 750 mile trip on about 30 gallons of diesel!!!:giggedy:
Well I left Saturday morning at 9am to go get my 48 Desoto from 69.5 in Tigard OR. Went down bare, no trailer, took me about 6 hours to get there. Went 400 miles on 15 gallons...that's 26.6 mpg.
Had a good visit with 69.5 and Fishy...great guys BTW!!!
Picked up the U-Haul trailer Sunday morning and loaded up the old 48 Desoto....didn`t think 69`s 500lb electric winch would get the car onto the trailer...but with a little manual assistance from 69 and myself it did it!!!!
Hear I am ready to roll....
Truck hauled well. Here's the truck at the first rest area I stopped at.
Took me a little over 8 hours to get to Belingham WA, with a couple major highway slow downs due to accidents...WA state and rain....who knew they couldn't drive in that weather...
Here's where I slept last night....Not the most comfortable sleep for a guy my size, but good enough to save me another $75 for a hotel room.
I arrived at the Canada/USA border at 8 am, got the US paper work taken care of in a matter of minutes...the Canadians Customs...well I was there for over 90 minutes and got the royal run around...
Here's one at the Canadian customs...
And finally the Desoto is at it's new home.
I was impressed at how well the truck did, the only thing that went wrong was the clutch fan seized solid, so it's pulling a begeezes amount of air and making a heck of a noise at RPM's over 1500. I have a new clutch on the way. So all in all a good trip and I'm very happy with the way old RAE performed.
Was nice to put faces, and real personalities to the guys we see on the board...thanks again guys, I appreciate everything you did for me!! :2thumbs:
I haven't fuel up, but think I used about the same amount of fuel coming back, 15 gallons, and went 350 miles...so pulling it got 23 mpg!! Not bad, a 750 mile trip on about 30 gallons of diesel!!!:giggedy:
One of these years we still need to do the big West coast get together! 
