Stu Bailey
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Alright folks, the day is finally here to leave the armpit of America (NJ) and get back to Idaho! I’ll be heading out Thursday morning with my first stop outside of Toledo, OH. I’ll have to hit hotels or rooms until I get to that Wyoming wrenchhead @firehonomichl then I’ll drink all his beer thanks for the warm cot buddy!!
My truck made the trip from Cali to NJ in 2018 with no problems, but that was the southern route. This time I’ll be taking the northern route, I think it’s the 90 most of the way? I’ll get to Wyoming and then head up to Missoula, over to CDA then south to Lewiston where our new home is. I figured I’d start this thread and ask for any advice, tips, tricks, words of encouragement for the trip and I’m also going to try and post any interesting events that happen along the way!
The truck is an 86 250 RWD with a 6.9 NA. 170K miles. She’s got a C6 transmission with a shift kit and 3.55 gears. I’ll be pulling a 6’x12’ Uhaul trailer that should come in around 5,000lbs total. The brakes were just looked over, everything checked out and she stops great. I recently drained and filled both the transmission and rear diff, those both looked, and look, great. Cooling system was flushed and filled less than 10,000 miles ago with a new motorcraft thermostat. Clutch fan runs, always, I figure that will help keep her cool…
I have all my tools in the back, so if anything goes wrong I should be able to handle it. I have a box of spare belts, fluids, and a couple extra fuel filters in case I get some junk diesel. Jumper cables, roadside flares, warm clothes, spare tire, patch kit, stock jack, and I’m thinking some other randoms? I bought a pair of tire chains online and they were too big, so I’m returning those and now I can’t get anything shipped to me before I leave Thursday :/ couldn’t buy any in town either because in this sh!th0le state you can’t use tire chains unless you are a government employee or have a special permit!
Anyways, hope everyone had a good turkey day and I hope Santa brings you all truck parts for Christmas!! Chime in if you got anything for me, I appreciate it!
My truck made the trip from Cali to NJ in 2018 with no problems, but that was the southern route. This time I’ll be taking the northern route, I think it’s the 90 most of the way? I’ll get to Wyoming and then head up to Missoula, over to CDA then south to Lewiston where our new home is. I figured I’d start this thread and ask for any advice, tips, tricks, words of encouragement for the trip and I’m also going to try and post any interesting events that happen along the way!
The truck is an 86 250 RWD with a 6.9 NA. 170K miles. She’s got a C6 transmission with a shift kit and 3.55 gears. I’ll be pulling a 6’x12’ Uhaul trailer that should come in around 5,000lbs total. The brakes were just looked over, everything checked out and she stops great. I recently drained and filled both the transmission and rear diff, those both looked, and look, great. Cooling system was flushed and filled less than 10,000 miles ago with a new motorcraft thermostat. Clutch fan runs, always, I figure that will help keep her cool…
I have all my tools in the back, so if anything goes wrong I should be able to handle it. I have a box of spare belts, fluids, and a couple extra fuel filters in case I get some junk diesel. Jumper cables, roadside flares, warm clothes, spare tire, patch kit, stock jack, and I’m thinking some other randoms? I bought a pair of tire chains online and they were too big, so I’m returning those and now I can’t get anything shipped to me before I leave Thursday :/ couldn’t buy any in town either because in this sh!th0le state you can’t use tire chains unless you are a government employee or have a special permit!
Anyways, hope everyone had a good turkey day and I hope Santa brings you all truck parts for Christmas!! Chime in if you got anything for me, I appreciate it!