What a great trip!! The '65 GMC 4000 tanker/pumper made it's first long distance trip (more than 300 miles round trip) with zero problems! And I got a lot of practice split shifting (up and down) on those hills going into and coming out of the Shenandoah Valley. We had about 400 feet of 2.5 inch hose on board, about 200 gallons of water in the tank, two tool boxes ( wink ) the ladder from Heck. Not a bad load, but not completely empty, either. Still slowed to about 40 MPH on those big hills on Rt 17.

Beautiful weather (we were in company with 4 other trucks from the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the ATHS), fun trip and a super job by the Jimmy on it's first big adventure!

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grin
John

~ John

A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult.

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