OT shook down

Well after impatiently waiting 500 miles like Dodge suggests before towing
anything with my new truck,

today, I took it for a short 'shake down' cruise pulling my travel trailer

Wow, what a difference from the old one ... TONS of power and I LOVE the
'Jake Brake' feature, something I've never had before



Yeah, I know this has zero to do with fly fishing and that you, personally,
don't give a **** .... but I just had to tell someone g and everyone else
is out of the country, or in class, or at work

On Mar 30, 2:31*pm, "Larry L" wrote:
Well after impatiently waiting 500 miles like Dodge suggests before towing
anything with my new truck,

today, I took it for a short 'shake down' cruise pulling my travel trailer

Wow, what a difference from the old one ... TONS of power and I LOVE the
'Jake Brake' feature, something I've never had before

Yeah, I know this has zero to do with fly fishing and that you, personally,
don't give a **** ....

Well, I wouldn't say that.....exactly.

but I just had to tell someone g and everyone else
is out of the country, or in class, or at work

I was just taking a short break from other reading, so it's o.k.

What's your gas mileage looking like?

g.

wrote

I was just taking a short break from other reading, so it's o.k.

What's your gas mileage looking like?


bear in mind that diesels take a long time to wear in and mileage gets
better as they do .... ( this is called optimism ;-)

So far, I'm getting just about the same as the old truck ... but with twice
the power and 15 times the comfort and 'class' G ....um, and infinite
times the
monthy payment ... I hope for
slightly better than the old rig, after break-in

figures? I haven't driven enough to provide anything but a guess, but thus
far about 16 all round ( mostly short trips in town ) and probably around 20
+ going down the highway ( never really done this, but was over 19 on back
roads with stops every couple miles ) .... probably 11 towing a 25 foot toy
box trailer ( the little meter showed 9.7 today but I was intentionally drag
racing from stops and stopping on steep hills just to start again, etc.

On 30-Mar-2009, "Larry L" wrote:

Well after impatiently waiting 500 miles like Dodge suggests before towing

anything with my new truck,

today, I took it for a short 'shake down' cruise pulling my travel trailer

Wow, what a difference from the old one ... TONS of power and I LOVE the
'Jake Brake' feature, something I've never had before


What kind of trailer do you have?
I am looking fior a teardrop I may buy this year or next

and try this group - rec.outdoors.rv-travel

Fred

What kind of trailer do you have?
I am looking fior a teardrop *I may buy this year or next

* and try this group *- rec.outdoors.rv-travel

I'm looking at which teardrop I'm going to build. Powertools and
welding on wood covered surfaces. Cool!
Frank Reid

"Frank Reid" wrote


I'm looking at which teardrop I'm going to build. Powertools and
welding on wood covered surfaces.


To both of you ... talk to tear drop owners before buying/ building ....
I've talked to two ( out of two ) that basically said they wished they had
stayed with a tent or tent trailer


Cool!


actually poor ventilation and not the least bit cool were mentioned by both
G

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
...
What kind of trailer do you have?
I am looking fior a teardrop I may buy this year or next

and try this group - rec.outdoors.rv-travel

I'm looking at which teardrop I'm going to build. Powertools and
welding on wood covered surfaces. Cool!
Frank Reid

Welding is not on wood covered surfaces. Guy in Art Welding class a year
ago made a teardrop trailer. Metal frame and side hoops. Do not know where
he got plans.

On 30-Mar-2009, "Calif Bill" wrote:

Welding is not on wood covered surfaces. Guy in Art Welding class a year
ago made a teardrop trailer. Metal frame and side hoops. Do not know
where
he got plans.

There are quite a few sites w construction plans for a teardrop - I can
point you to some if you would like

Fred

Welding is not on wood covered surfaces. *Guy in Art Welding class a year
ago made a teardrop trailer. *Metal frame and side hoops. *Do not know
where
he got plans.

There are quite a few sites w construction plans for a teardrop - I can
point you to some if you would like

Thanks anyway. I've found a few dozen.
Frank Reid

In article
,
Frank Reid writes
What kind of trailer do you have?
I am looking fior a teardrop *I may buy this year or next

* and try this group *- rec.outdoors.rv-travel

I'm looking at which teardrop I'm going to build. Powertools and
welding on wood covered surfaces. Cool!
Frank Reid

This item you call a teardrop is something not encountered here in the
UK - at least not by me. I looked it up in Google and found several
sites showing the construction etc. fascinating and really cool.

I should imaging that there is ample sleeping room in the front
compartment for average sized people. I nearly bought a two person
caravan some years ago but even that seemed to be larger, at least
taller, than a teardrop.

One is never too old to learn.
--
Bill Grey