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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,675 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,675 | A former neighbor (now deceased) and his wife drove an early-60's half ton Chevy with a 235 3 speed from Merced California to Tennessee in the early 1980's, towing a huge 2-axle trailer loaded with all their worldly possessions on it. He said there were a few times he had to drive a few feet uphill, have his wife jump out with a wheel chock to keep the rig from rolling backwards, and let the old engine rest awhile, then repeat the process. I was amazed he made it around the block with that rig, let alone travel 2500 miles! The trailer was badly overloaded, and the truck bed was full, as well.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 83 Vintage Truck & Tractor | | Vintage Truck & Tractor Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 83 | In 1984 I drove my 53 GMC on an 1100 mile elk hunting trip . Didn't get any elk and only had to change a leaky valve cover gasket.
Current project; 1961 C20, 235 I6
| | | | | Joined: May 2018 Posts: 18 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2018 Posts: 18 | When I graduated from Oregon State in 86, my first job was in Kingsport, TN. So I loaded up the family and moved to Tennessee (can you hear the Beverly Hillbilly's theme?  ...it didn't look much different). Me, wife, and dtaugher plus 1 dog & 1 cat...towing a honda behind my 55 1st series truck. Google maps says it's 2640 miles.
55 Chevy 3100 First Series
When in doubt, make it stout. Out of things you know about!
Prior planning prevents p%$$ poor performance
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