Thanks! Got home late last night, exhausted.
(This posting a quickie status update)
Oy! man, I shoulda brought my laptop (lesson learned) with me, I ran I-95 down through SC but would have gladly made a detour to enjoy the company and a cold drink of a fellow bolter.
This trip was an adventure. You'll never see something like this on TV because reality sometimes really is stranger then fiction.
Going up running empty, no prob. Trip back was...oh,....I'd characterize as "Not Fun At All".
Loaded probably well beyond my GVW 5200 lbs with an est 3/4 ton of 1965 Oldsmobile Starfire parts running @ I'm guessing 70-80 MPH+ (speedo needle jammed/broke at 77 mph) in temps approaching 100 degrees can be described as nothing short of a destruction test.
I'm here (literally) to tell you, "these trucks are tough!" and it got the job done.
But not without a bit of drama to include: "hope this works and doesn't catch on fire" type field re-engineering, playing 20 questions with 3 Worchester MA police officers, field repairs done in a field, getting slightly taken advantage of by strangers at one point, dumb luck, experiencing the kindness of strangers at another, one AAA jumpstart, two pull starts and one "pushed it myself" start.
The way this journey concluded is nothing short of incredible. Stay Tuned.
