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Old Apr 5, 2016 | 08:59 PM
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 04:42 AM
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Good morning and have a productive hump day MN
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Big-Foot
Hey guys....
Yup - we're back.... Brrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!! WTH happened to the balmy weather????

My truck averaged 11.8 MPG with about 500# in the bed and a 3,000# trailer.. The wind didn't help... I never go over 65 when towing either...
Doggoned 6.7 is a thirsty bugger....

Good you made it home safely
A Vermont member has an 11 6.7 long box single rear wheel and he gets 18-20mpg empty. I don't know his truck gearing. What's yours get empty?
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 06:31 AM
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Good morning Jim and the rest of the crew!

Hump day is here so make it a productive one.

Welcome back Randy! Uneventful trip home it sounds like. Enjoy the weather. Hehehe
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 06:55 AM
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 07:21 AM
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Good morning and happy hump day.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 08:01 AM
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Good morning Jim, Cory, Tom, Jay and the rest of the gang!

It's Hump day!

Welcome back Randy!
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 08:22 AM
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Good morning guys... Today I start unloading...
The trip was uneventful for the most part although traveling through Kansas with range fires burning for roughly 100 miles on both sides of the road at times made breathing difficult and burned our eyes some.. I'd like to know who thought that these fires were a good idea. They'd lost control of a number of these fires. A little concerning would be an understatement.
They placed signs along side the road that told motorists "Don't drive into dense smoke. Pull over to the right side shoulder".
Yea - what then? Sit and choke to death or wait for the fire to catch up with us???
According to the lady running the toll booth we stopped at, the state of Kansas had lost 72,000 acres to out of control fires.
Coincidentally, my sister and BIL were flying home to MPLS that night and they saw the fires from the plane and counted 10+ huge fires.
















 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 08:24 AM
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Thanks for the Welcome Backs guys...

Jim - my normal fuel mileage is about 15 unloaded and combined city-hwy.. I would expect more like 16-16.5 unloaded straight hwy.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 08:38 AM
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Welcome back Randy!

Were they burning off farm fields?
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 09:07 AM
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That would be a little unnerving Randy.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by MisterCMK
Welcome back Randy!

Were they burning off farm fields?
I belive it was supposed to be BLM land (public), but there is not a lot of information on these fires. Almost like they are trying to keep it quiet..
We did see a number of cattle in the fields adjacent though and that was a bit on the screwed-up side..
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Big-Foot
I belive it was supposed to be BLM land (public), but there is not a lot of information on these fires. Almost like they are trying to keep it quiet..
We did see a number of cattle in the fields adjacent though and that was a bit on the screwed-up side..
Hmmm sounds like one big bbq to me!
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 12:25 PM
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Here is one story on the fires Randy.

Hundreds flee wind-whipped wildfires in Oklahoma, Kansas
 
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 01:39 PM
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Thanks Jay... There seems to be a lot more to the story than we originally knew..
 
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