7.3 towtrip completed.
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From: Kamloops
7.3 towtrip completed.
OK, I am back from my vacation of 12 days. My brother and his family and myself with my fiance, hopped in our rigs and drove 1650+ miles thru BC and Alberta. He has an 03 7.3 that we modded up with all the usual mods and we hauled our travel trailers with big smiles on our faces. We had our little radios to talk to each other and compare tranny temps, EGT's etc.
Our first leg brought us to Jasper Park, went for a helicopter tour, then we were off to meet our friend in Grande Cache during their annual Death Race weekend. Picked him up with his brand new 08 SD and we all headed off to Sylvan Lake, Drumheller, and finally Calgary before heading home. I thought driving in the prairies would be awesome and easy, (and it would have if we were heading in the opposite direction) but we faced a damn headwind for atleast 400 miles of our trip. I actually looked forward to hitting the rockies again, as the mountains were far far easier on the truck than fighting those winds! All trucks ran great, and I included a few pics of our adventures.
Our first leg brought us to Jasper Park, went for a helicopter tour, then we were off to meet our friend in Grande Cache during their annual Death Race weekend. Picked him up with his brand new 08 SD and we all headed off to Sylvan Lake, Drumheller, and finally Calgary before heading home. I thought driving in the prairies would be awesome and easy, (and it would have if we were heading in the opposite direction) but we faced a damn headwind for atleast 400 miles of our trip. I actually looked forward to hitting the rockies again, as the mountains were far far easier on the truck than fighting those winds! All trucks ran great, and I included a few pics of our adventures.
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Awesome pics!! Glad you had a great time! If it helps you feel better, I used to drive 30miles each way for work up to Cheyenne, WY from Colorado for 14months. You get hit with 30 to 70mph winds from the SIDE, just about every day. Headwinds suck, but 60+ from the side just throws you around.... and that was without hauling anything!
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Looks like a great time - cool rigs, good friends, and beautiful country. Can't go wrong there.
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Thanks fellas. We had a blast. Expensive trip, especially with the heli ride, but you only go "once around" in life. That's my justification atleast. OK, here are also some numbers. My averages on my recent trip hauling a 7k trailer with a 6 inch lift and 35s was 10.13 MPG on a 1600 mile trip. I went from low altitude thru the rockies, to high elevation destinations, through the prairies, got a tail wind, fought a couple head winds and back through the rockies. Best mpg was 13.35 in the prairies with a suspected tail wind, and worst was 8.84 on a 91 mile trek up to a 4000 feet destination. Here is the only gross part. It was about $0.52 per mile to drive this trip.