Well, I finally got down here a couple of days ago. 4250 miles in 6 days. My GCVW was 16,948. My average fuel economy was 11.27 mpg. My lowest was 9.04 in some really bad mountains and my best was 14.85 running across Kansas and Oklahoma. I am happy with the mileage because I was running in between 70 and 80 mph. I only had one problem the whole trip. My lower radiator hose got into my serpentine belt somehow and blew in the middle of nowhere in Canada. Luckily I had a piece of pipe and some extra clamps so I just spliced it and made it all the way to Texas like that. I still haven't fixed it even though I got the new hose in my toolbox. But overall it was a good trip even though it cost me $2300 in fuel. I ended up paying a little over $7 a gallon at one place in Canada. I just thought I would let everyone know how it went. Overall the powerstroke really took care of us.

 

Thats not bad on the mpg. Glad you had a safe trip. How long were you on the road? And where are the pics.

 

Great job on the safe trip, and the ingenuity (and for being smart like the rest of us and keeping extra junk in the tool box LOL)

 

Welcome back, nice to hear everything except the hose went good.

 

Nice thinkin on your feet. Have any pictures of your trip? I've always wanted to visit Canada.

 

I have a lot of pics, but I haven't gotten around to downloading them onto the computer yet. Yeah, I always throw all kinds of stuff in the toolbox just in case I need it. The only problem is having to dig around in there and find what you are looking for.

 

Glad you made it alright. I knew the truck would do you right, and like Lisa said, good thinking on the water hose.

 

Nice thinking on your feet. Glad you made it safe and sound.

 

Glad you made it Zack,

I was a little low on what it will cost you for fuel, Had to be the $ 7.00 fuel in Cali that put you over. HA HA


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Hello Zack, For some reason I can not reply to your thread, So I'm sending you this PM, to wish you and yours the very best in your travels.

I thinking it will take approximate $1,400 to $ 2,000 for fuel, Please Keep us posted of your fuel cost when you done.

And most important . HAPPY MOMORIAL DAY.
Thank you for what you are doing for ALL of us.

Mark




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Thanks for the update.

 

Welcome back to Texas. Glad to hear your trip wasn't too bad.

 

Welcome Back Zack. Glad to hear that the trip went smoothly and safely. Great thinking on the fix.

 

Good to hear you made it back okay and had a good trip

 

Wow that sounds like quite a trip. I'm trying to imagine how different Alaska and Texas.

 

When I made that trip in '06 it turned out to be 5001 miles because of the route I took, NC, to NY, to Chicago and then angled up to Fairbanks. Seems to me I spent right at 2000 in fuel also even back then. Maybe not quite as I was using cash and not paying any attention to anything but the gallons and not the dollars. I also did it in 6 days, and let me tell ya, that is one long *** drive by yourself if you're a seasoned citizen.