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Success! Embarking on a 200 mile round trip towing my Terry (with The Mule)oh-ohhh

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Old 05-20-2016, 11:44 PM
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Success! Embarking on a 200 mile round trip towing my Terry (with The Mule)oh-ohhh

Tittle pretty much says it all.
Im planning on a labor weekend trip and feel the need to take the Mule, her last trip before I replace her heart
As some of you know on my build thread my engine is going belly up, (im positive I have bad compression in one cyl not tested just a hunch) but for some reason the truck still has alot of power, only visual symptoms are alot more smokey (black not blue smoke, alot more blow by, and higher egts, and no, I dont have boost leaks or exhaust leaks I checked and finally the knock it started making after that crazed moment where I felt the need for speed against 2016 chevy camaro)

Wish me luck and fingers crossed she makes it back home, Im being delusional I know but I believe in my 8xx,xxx mile Powerstroke in getting me home even if she ends up runing on 1cyl

P.S moms and pops are taking "Porky" my wifes Excursion pulling a pop-up,
Our trip destination TorC New Mexico to Elephant butte.
 
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Good luck! I stayed in Elephant Butte once at a campground where there is a hugh communication tower right in the middle of it.
 
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It did great, power was there and then some, it made the Terry into its bitch, egts were higher than normal but never pegged over 1400° for more than a minute and that was with head wind on the way back, going egts never rose over 1200°.
Im still impress with the Mule, just when I thought the engine was going to give out it still keeps chugging around.

Could only take a couple as my phones memory was full, but here are some by the trash cans you can see the lake in the back ground.







The sand there is loose, and going up hill I had to get some momentum, if not I might of ended stuck. It was a marvelous smoke and dust show as I left the lake
 
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Your truck should be used in ford advertisements! Never stops amazing me! I want my ford to be just like yours! Good luck on the engine rebuild
 
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She just keeps rolling along, and thanks for the compliment.
 
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