72 Super Roadtrip-Coast to Coast

[RustyBucket]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

What'd ya think
Should I take it

It's a good deal

And it matches the truck

Can anyone give me the info
On
1/2 ton trucks
Towing capacity

here ya go... not your year, but a ballpark figure. Think of the savings on motel rooms, and you could fix vittles too. Harvest an occasional critter along the way for the stew pot.

[Rocket3]

Haven't lots of us dreamed of doing this. Vicarious living. I've been curious(since you left point of origin) to see how engine handles altitude changes and effect on MPG IF you've monitored that. Have you encountered any rain yet? I haven't read in a few days.

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by Rocket3

Haven't lots of us dreamed of doing this. Vicarious living. I've been curious(since you left point of origin) to see how engine handles altitude changes and effect on MPG IF you've monitored that. Have you encountered any rain yet? I haven't read in a few days.

The craziest thing about this trip
Is
We havent had to drive in any rain
Only
A couple sprinkles leaving Yellowstone
Until today
The last 1/2 hour it rained pretty hard
But we found shelter
This town happens to have a brewery

There claim to fame Smallest Brewery in Mt

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by RustyBucket

here ya go... not your year, but a ballpark figure. Think of the savings on motel rooms, and you could fix vittles too. Harvest an occasional critter along the way for the stew pot.

Thanks for the info
We decided to pass on the trailer
The blue didn't quite match the truck

Plus I was worried about my gas miliage
nOt really
I've had so many of these trucks
They all get About
10mpg
Sometimes 9 if you are towing
And sometimes 14.5 if you are going down hill
A Long Time

A couple days ago we might have got around 16
But it was all down hill

I think I posted on elevation yesterday
The carb loaded up before the first big climb
Ever since then (perfection)

somewhere in the mountains
The gas guage stopped working
That was a bit stressfull
Not knowing how much we had

Now we've been working on a formula
How many miles to a tank of gas

In other trucks I have had its easy (200)
This hasn't been as easy because
The odometer is off it rolls around 1-2tenths per mile
And
Hills vs flat. Vs lack of gas stations in remote areas

But it has been fine so far

Brake light actually came on over a week ago when
We slammed the brakes
To get a good picture of that red quanset hut
We monitor them and seem fine

[Chevyland]

Can anyone out there tell me the name of this?
If you are not from Montana I will be impressed

[Chevyland]

Here's another one you don't see many of

But I dig it

[Chevyland]

Today was a fair amount of driving
Over a lot of hills
And valleys

It's hard to show the vastness of this area

[Chevyland]

Much of the area is open range
There was a lot of this
Today

[72supr]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

Can anyone out there tell me the name of this?
If you are not from Montana I will be impressed

This movie never gets dull.That's a stacker for stacking hay. They were called Jayhawks.Put her in reverse and backup and slam the brakes light might go off.Might take a couple times.Home is getting a lot closer for you travelers,will be watching for the conclusion.

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by 72supr

This movie never gets dull.That's a stacker for stacking hay. They were called Jayhawks.Put her in reverse and backup and slam the brakes light might go off.Might take a couple times.Home is getting a lot closer for you travelers,will be watching for the conclusion.

Hi again Rick,
We haven't ate all the honey yet🙂

They DO stack a lot of hay out here

[Chevyland]

They call it something different here

[Chevyland]

We stopped in Wisdom Mt. For lunch
A small town in a massive valley
Many Huge ranches around
Talked with our waitress
She was born and raised there
Said her family stopped using them years ago
It takes a large crew of 10-15
now only a couple families are still using them