At first I didn't think much of the thread, then I realized I was the one that started it. Now I remember.
Still didn't get around to using electric fans, but I didn remove my fan and fan shroud. They have been in storage all this time and the truck doesn't seem to mind since its winter.
There is a difference in fuel economy for short distances that are driven after a cold start. My around town MPGs were usually around 13 MPG because of so much warm up time. Now, its closer to 15-16 MPG. Fuel economy on the highway is harder to say because I haven't been driving at those speeds very much lately. Best guess is one extra MPG. If there was a way to make the fan clutch run loose when its dead cold, then the problem would be solved because once its hot, the losses seem to be a lot less.
No towing has been done for this period, but I did make a few trips to the ski hill which has about a 10 mile climb on hills ranging from 6% to 12% and not once did the temp gauge even flinch. EGTs ran close to 1100 though.
Its been an interesting experiment to say the least. Had to disable the AC compressor, but so far no other complications.