Originally Posted by DIYMechanic

Impressive indeed. It takes a lot of skill to play like that while pulling off that kind of choreography. That's a lot more coordination than I possess! I've tried playing (kit) drums in the past and it's all I can do to get both hands and feet to do different things. I'm sure it's a matter of practice but it sure seems like some guys are just born with a natural talent for it. I can hold my own vocally and don't embarrass myself too badly with a 5 string electric bass, but drumming isn't my strong suit by any means.

Thanks for sharing the videos. That's good stuff. Be sure and post up the videos of their world championship performance when it gets posted.

Originally Posted by BBslider001

Thomas, sounds like your trip went pretty well and similar to the last two that I took earlier this year. The first one to Texas was with no trailer and the second one, you probably remember, was with our trailer to see how things went. Your temps are really good, especially that trans temp. The real test will be pulling a load up a decent grade, but I am guessing it will still be fine. As far as EOTs, you know I went through a little bit of stress with the temps I saw while under heavy load. I changed my thermostat back to a 180* from a 203*, but I also live in a much warmer climate than you do, so it made sense for me to do so. Now, I did a lot of research in the EOT thing after that trip because I really had no real knowledge of what was acceptable. What I found was that the HD oils we use as well as the PSD can easily withstand temps up to 260*before we need to worry about anything catastrophic happening. My Edge has the "red zone" set at 230* and that is what made me panic a little. I did change my thermostat on that trip to bring them down and it helped quite a bit, but looking back, I may not have done anything if I knew then what I do now. You can check this out if you want and see what I learned. It helped me quite a bit. I think Todd told me our truck won't even de-fuel for EOTs until they hit like 260*. I can't imagine ever getting close to that unless the truck was severely overloaded.

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(Tom, sorry if that's breaking a rule. Not sure )

Other than that, all of it sounds good!! You are right on the comfort level. I absolutely love taking my 17 year old truck across country and having people just ask questions and be surprised I am doing so. Makes me laugh a little. Rock on man. Your work did you well!

Originally Posted by madpogue

Hit play on "Renegade", expecting to hear a Kansas cover, there's Howard Beale mixed in. Awesome!

Yuh, something about pulling up with the diesel idling, automatically says "I'm with the group". That was pretty slick. Congrats to your friend, and nice update on the trip. We've done several 1000+ mile trips in the ECLB, never missing a beat. Only nail-biter was when my dad died. Still on the OEM dual-mass flywheel, no time to replace before hitting the road, 3000+ miles including the mountains of Tennessee. Just kept praying to my dad's old St. Christopher medal, and by golly she made it.

+1 on the ride; even with the much-maligned TTB, once you get on the open highway, the 40/20/40 seat almost too comfortable. I just love the view down the road from that height (stock height); y'ever notice when you get in a passenger car, you feel like your butt's draggin'?