Buying a C10/20 and driving it cross country

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Oops! Strike all I said about a round trip,and think about the rest. Note to self: Read the whole post,ya dummy!

Like I said,I've driven several of these trucks (and older) cross-country or at least from the Rocky Mt states,as well as closer but long trips). I never got what I'd call stranded. The only time I towed was when I went out to Flagstaff to retrieve two trucks ('71 SWB K/10 & '69 Blazer) I had bought when I lived out there. They had basically been sitting a couple years,but my (good) friend who was keeping them ran them a little from time to time. Even though they had been sitting,I was familiar with them from before.I went over them,drove them around a few days,hooked the Blazer to the K/10 and headed home. We drove the '71 camper out there,so we had a third option on towing (and free lodging with a kitchen). The K/10 needed some exhaust work,before we left,and I had that done since that was the intended tow vehicle. We had a blast! A nice vacation for my family and an adventure as well. My buddy even let me take his boat up to Lake Powell for a couple days. This was some years ago,so the trucks were younger,but still older survivors that you wouldn't expect to see someone driving cross-country.
Here we are at the muffler shop showing the Blazer and tail end of the camper and a pic of the K/10 in Page,AZ