GOT MY NEW EXCURSION!!!!
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Bleed Ford Blue
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Anchorage Alaska
seemed pretty low to me? i only have 3:73s sadly.
just got up we have another packed day then the drive home. i'm sick as a dog but plan to enjoy all i can!
some more pics from the drive
once we got in fairbanks we went exploring
ofcourse had to fillup again haha
last night we headed up to north pole, alaska and stopped at the santa house which was awsome.
then we headed out to the trans alaska oil pipeline viewing point. we touched the pipline and everything haha
then we checked out downtown alittle bit
just got up we have another packed day then the drive home. i'm sick as a dog but plan to enjoy all i can!
some more pics from the drive
once we got in fairbanks we went exploring
ofcourse had to fillup again haha
last night we headed up to north pole, alaska and stopped at the santa house which was awsome.
then we headed out to the trans alaska oil pipeline viewing point. we touched the pipline and everything haha
then we checked out downtown alittle bit
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Bleed Ford Blue
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Anchorage Alaska
yeah it was $3.52, i get a 10cent discount thru them though so it was $3.42 for me.
yeah the trees are just turning up here...down home we dont have this much yellow yet. we get about every color..yellow,amber,orange..ect but later in the season. but it can snow at the end of sept here soooo winter is not far away.
yeah the trees are just turning up here...down home we dont have this much yellow yet. we get about every color..yellow,amber,orange..ect but later in the season. but it can snow at the end of sept here soooo winter is not far away.
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Joined: May 2005
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From: Stevens Point, WI
I have a gas station right across the street and from my couch I see regular is 2.66 right now here.
I like fall, nice colors, no bugs, cool weather, its all so nice. We can rarely get snow towards the end of Sept. as well but it almost never sticks. Late Oct. early Nov. is when we can get sticking snow.
Nice shots BTW! I love seeing other parts of the country! I hope I live to retirement so I can go see all these places in person.
I like fall, nice colors, no bugs, cool weather, its all so nice. We can rarely get snow towards the end of Sept. as well but it almost never sticks. Late Oct. early Nov. is when we can get sticking snow.
Nice shots BTW! I love seeing other parts of the country! I hope I live to retirement so I can go see all these places in person.
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Bleed Ford Blue
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Anchorage Alaska
haha dont think so we just took pics and left.
so for the fun part...the truck lost the alternator just outside of wasilla,ak but i turned everything off that i could and was able to make it home the last 45 miles thank god. shes in the garage now waiting for me to pull it. atleast it decided to do it when i was so close to home or i woulda been screwed out in the middle of nowhere!
we had an absolute blast! great short vacation..checking out parts of this wonderful state i live in.
my starting milage
my ending milage
one more test of my removed speedlimiter haha
the hotel sign lol
welcome to fairbanks sign
then i wanted to head to the start of the dalton highway/haul road. as seen on "ice road truckers" we didnt get to the real stat because thats about 100 miles out. but we took the elliot highway up alittle ways. and saw the weigh station.
it was still alittle foggy around 10am
then we headed the 60miles out to chena(sp) hotsprings for a amazing time in the hot water
then we headed back into fairbanks for food and gas then headed back for anchorage...got a few nice pics along the way.
then we stopped in denali(sp) AK for a snack and strech out.
so for the fun part...the truck lost the alternator just outside of wasilla,ak but i turned everything off that i could and was able to make it home the last 45 miles thank god. shes in the garage now waiting for me to pull it. atleast it decided to do it when i was so close to home or i woulda been screwed out in the middle of nowhere!
we had an absolute blast! great short vacation..checking out parts of this wonderful state i live in.
my starting milage
my ending milage
one more test of my removed speedlimiter haha
the hotel sign lol
welcome to fairbanks sign
then i wanted to head to the start of the dalton highway/haul road. as seen on "ice road truckers" we didnt get to the real stat because thats about 100 miles out. but we took the elliot highway up alittle ways. and saw the weigh station.
it was still alittle foggy around 10am
then we headed the 60miles out to chena(sp) hotsprings for a amazing time in the hot water
then we headed back into fairbanks for food and gas then headed back for anchorage...got a few nice pics along the way.
then we stopped in denali(sp) AK for a snack and strech out.
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Bleed Ford Blue
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Anchorage Alaska
the GPS had us clocked at 115mph in that pic.
yeah i felt pretty lucky this was the factory alternator with 120k miles on her..it was time i'm sure. even though i'm sick as a dog i went and bought one and replaced it this morning..very easy and quick job thank god.
i wasnt sure if you were joking or not haha
yeah i felt pretty lucky this was the factory alternator with 120k miles on her..it was time i'm sure. even though i'm sick as a dog i went and bought one and replaced it this morning..very easy and quick job thank god.
i wasnt sure if you were joking or not haha
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Semper Fi tell I die!
the GPS had us clocked at 115mph in that pic.
yeah i felt pretty lucky this was the factory alternator with 120k miles on her..it was time i'm sure. even though i'm sick as a dog i went and bought one and replaced it this morning..very easy and quick job thank god.
i wasnt sure if you were joking or not haha
yeah i felt pretty lucky this was the factory alternator with 120k miles on her..it was time i'm sure. even though i'm sick as a dog i went and bought one and replaced it this morning..very easy and quick job thank god.
i wasnt sure if you were joking or not haha
where u get the alt and how much was it?
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Bleed Ford Blue
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Anchorage Alaska
B&C carquest, off international. list price was like $260. i got it for $197 with our company discount. then i get the $56 core charage back. it was alot less then i thought it was going to be. i swear the V10 and 5.4s have to be the easiest to replace alternator in!!
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7.3s are even easier! You can do one in not even 10 minutes (if you have gloves like I do) right there in the parking lot if it comes down to it...
