HAVENT SEEN YOU ON ANY POSTS IN A FEW WEEKS. AND NO TOPICS FROM YOU. ARE YOU OK DID YOU GET FED UP WITH GM? OR ARE YOU SUPER BUSY FIXIN ALL THE D/MAX JUS A LINE TO SAY HI AND CHECK UP ON A FELLOW GM TECH. IF YOUR LIKE ME IT STARTING TO GET BUSY AGAIN NOW THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER

Patrick, got back from vacation tonite.


Left on the 10th, heading south from MI. stopped for the night in Pioneer, TN. continued to Hendersonville, NC for the next nite (relatives) and then down to Bushnell FL on the 12th. Went over to Daytona on the 14th for Nascar fanfest and putzed around the speedway and beaches all day. Stopped by Suncoast on the 17th for the open house and met up with some fellow soot heads. Left there and stayed in New Orleans on the night of the 17th. Went downtown N/O on the 18th and checked things out then headed west on 10 to houston, then down to Victoria TX (relatives).. played in the mud with cousins, got togather with family I havent seen years, then headed up to Austin for a night. Left Austin on the 23rd and headed north to Okla city via 35. then cut over to Joplin MO where we stayed the nite on the 23rd. Got up early on the 24th and headed home.


4200 miles later, two weeks away from everything... I am refreshed!!!!


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4200 miles on trip, mostly highway, I estimate around 19mpg overall running all but about 200 miles of trip with juice on level 5 and pred on 40hp tune. Didnt burn a drop of the Schaeffers oil in the crankcase either. Next time.. gonna take the 5erhttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Geek.gifEdited by: dmaxalliTech

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Cool Picture! I do like the GMC Lines!!!

Oh man, you should have stopped in Fort Worth and let me buy you a beer or 12!

yeah, I figured I would go by about a dozen of you all but didnt have puter or phone no's to call anybody....didnt even know the route I was takin till the morning off, whole trip was impromptu... no plans hardly at all, just took it day by day

If you went through Joplin, did you go up Hwy 71 to KC? If you did, you drove right by my house at the Peculiar exit. Glad your back..hope you enjoyed your trip.http://dieselplace.com/forum/smileys/Clap.gif

dmaxallitach you have my dream truck...if i did not have so many dr bills and a baby on the way i may one day have one. its my dream blue 4 door shorty. nice truck and good to hear you got back safe and havd fun.

Your truck looks great. What size tires did you put on?

Sounds like a good trip. Glad you're back online, but as all of us know who return from vacation, it usually isn't all that great to come back to work. But somehow our lifestyles, bills and families all necessitate it.


You're truck looks good on the beach. Bet the Silver Lake sand dunes aren't that pretty right now. Some warm weather and sunshine would sure hit the spot.


Eric

Eric,


Sounds like you drove right past my place (Austin Area)


Next time you are in the area, I will take you out for Barbque..

Patrick, Thanks. I understand the new baby thing. I have a 9 1/2 month old daughter that loves to sit right next to me in her high chair as I type away........just found out last night a little man is gonna be coming along in May....eeks, two kids 13 months apart! Oh well





Aketay, didnt take 71, took 44(?) from OK city, through Tulsa and across to St L.


MrMister, those are 285-75-16 on stock rims. BFG T/A's


Larson, We gotta hook up this summer and hit the dunes, you take anything else up or just your truck? I have a 03 Raptor that likes to play in the sand up there


Elvis, actually stayed in Taylor. My aunt's new husband is some type of manager of Continental battery right there in Goergetown.

Congrats Eric!

More of this...

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Congratulations Eric..

BTW: My truck's doing great. Thanks again for a first class job!

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dmaxalliTech


All I take to the Silver Lake dunes is the truck. I've got a Honda TRX 250 and Honda TRX 300 quads, but I leave themt home as they are just stock in terms of tires and power. The 300 is pretty beat up as it gets used as a work horse around the house to move wood and stuff.


My girls are 10 and 13 and it keeps getting tougher to make everyone happy in the summer. I used to run the sand a lot from 1976 - 1979 with a half ton Chevy 4x4, but then sold it and didn't have anything but beatup work trucks for several years. Along about 1999 I bought a half ton extended cab Chevy and decided that running the sand was something I wanted to do again, so we took a weekend that summer and went up there. My kids had a blast riding around, watching others, running on the sand in the pedestrian area and swimming in Lake Michigan. So we make just one trip a summer up there for the weekend and it's always been the last weekend in August before Labor Day weekend. I'm sure that's the weekend we will go again this year. We plan way ahead and have camped in the State Park the past two summers, since we have the travel trailer. Before that we stayed over in Hart.


As I said, summer gets busy quick. I'm also involved in Gold Wing motorcycles and the Gold Wing Touring Association. We try to do something with the bike each summer, including our state rally (Evart this year) and national rally (Wisconsin Dells area this year). And the kids want their opportunity to go to church camp over by Greenville. The oldest may want to go to band camp too, if not this summer, then the summer of 2005 for sure. I'm looking out the window watching the snow fly and wishing summer would get here quick, but I know as quickly as it gets here, it will pass by fast with as much going on as our house has.


Congrats on the upcoming family addition. They grow up fast and keep you busy all the time.


Eric