Well my 7.3 is a decade old now as the 05's are beginning to make their appearances. I just finished a 2700 mile 14 day pull with my truck, it saw a little of everything from pulling the Nash TT @ 75mph on interstates up over some of the passes in Wyoming and Montana to fairly flat lowland travel in N.D. On the worst conditions which were 70+ mph bucking a headwind and climbing from Billings to Bozeman I took her down as low as 8 mpg, but generally speaking it was averaging about 12 pulling the camper. The trip to N.D. was unloaded and we made 17+ mpg.
Twice throughout the 14 day stint I had guys comment on the old girl, once was in Belgrade at a truckstop where a truckdriver noticed the 5" chrome pipe under the truck and had to come check'er out. He was a recent Duramax purchaser, was wondering how the old Stroke was performing and about some of the enhancements I had done to her. Second time was at the campgrounds in S.D. where a fella with a 2001 Super Duty came over and commented on how good the old Stroke looked and sounded. I dont know about you guys but I find it gratifying to get compliments on these old rigs. Its also alot of fun to blow past motorhomes and gassers going uphill with the camper in tow too . And its really gratifying to do it in a rig that didnt cost me $38K
Oh yeah, one last thing. I visited world famous Wall Drug in S.D. and found out that besides free ice water that they give out free nails in tires. That was the SINGLE bit of trouble I had with the old girl in 2700 miles, we stopped in Pierre and had the nail removed.
Mike
Twice throughout the 14 day stint I had guys comment on the old girl, once was in Belgrade at a truckstop where a truckdriver noticed the 5" chrome pipe under the truck and had to come check'er out. He was a recent Duramax purchaser, was wondering how the old Stroke was performing and about some of the enhancements I had done to her. Second time was at the campgrounds in S.D. where a fella with a 2001 Super Duty came over and commented on how good the old Stroke looked and sounded. I dont know about you guys but I find it gratifying to get compliments on these old rigs. Its also alot of fun to blow past motorhomes and gassers going uphill with the camper in tow too . And its really gratifying to do it in a rig that didnt cost me $38K
Oh yeah, one last thing. I visited world famous Wall Drug in S.D. and found out that besides free ice water that they give out free nails in tires. That was the SINGLE bit of trouble I had with the old girl in 2700 miles, we stopped in Pierre and had the nail removed.
Mike