Gone too far?

I drove from central Wisconsin to southern Kansas for my Ski Nautique. I took my wife's van. It was 11 degrees out and on the way back I had major motor trouble. One week after getting home the transmission in her van died. The boat is great and the van is in the junk yard.

I have 2 chevy diesels and get 17 mph towing and 20 without the trailer. Plenty of power too.


79 Tique, did you get lost on your trip from Oregon to MI. I think it's only about 2100 miles. You must have just liked driving around with that nice boat!

79tique, The diesel is the way to go, as with redneck I towed the cuddy with a 454 chevy getting 8-9 MPG with boat in tow. I get about 11-12 without the boat. My credit card is getting very thin

I drove to somewhere near Kalamazoo, Michigan from Sisters, Oregon to get my 79 Ski Tique this summer. I made it out and back in four days. No joke! I drove 70-75mph and over 16 hours a day. I did the trip solo except for a hitch hiker I picked up on the way back. He rode with me from DeMoins, Iowa to Ogden, Utah. I was in a 97 Dodge Truck with the Cummins Diesel motor. I got 19 miles per gallon going out and 16.8 on the way back towing the boat. The longer I have the boat the more I think the trip was worth it. That's 2900 miles one way.

Does that thing have Perfect Pa$$?

Chopper Sure it counts, Are you driving it? Yuk-Yuk-Yuk!

Hasbeenskier,

To suggest an answer your original question, posted as the title to this thread, it would appear that there is no such thing as too far when it comes to a quality (vintage or otherwise) CC....although we have not heard from our Australian, Israelie, or European friends on this one yet.

The topdogs so far seem to be Jim in Houston, Joel then Redneck 7. Redneck deserves a "Goodonya" (South Florida with no air PLLEEAA$$E!) I am pleased to see that maybe I dont have a sickness just a pa$$ion. <--(Whats up with the $ signs) There has to be more of you guys making road trips and I want to hear the stories too.
The trip I just made stressed me out because the trailer had been sitting on blocks for eight years. I went prepared. Complete with floor jack, new tires & wheels, hubs & bearings & complete light harness. We backed up to the boat and went at it like a NASCAR pit crew. It paid dividends too the hubs stayed cool to the touch all the way home.

18 hours from NE NorthCarolina to South Florida to pick up mine. Drove down in one afternoon/night after I got off work (took 18 hours.) 12 hours into the trip, on August 1st (dog days of summer on the East Coast in case you were unaware), my A/C quit in my truck...so the Florida leg of the trip was all 100% humidity, but the excitement kept me motivated. After I hitched her up the A/C started working, so I took that to be a good thing...only made it to southern South Carolina that night as the whole lack of sleep thing finally caught up to me.

I did the whole trip with no trailer brakes (Custom built tandem axle aluminum trailer which the guy got built w/out brakes ON PURPOSE??). My Suburban and my girlfriend both hated me for it, but my 2 choices were do it that way or get an appointment with a trailer shop down in Florida, purchase a brake system and have them install them...which was not looking financially nor practically feasible.

I stand corrected - you are absolutely right.

Well I would say that would greatly depend on the Woman and whether or not she has a nice boat, is willing to get it wet with you and of course she must have a couple good bumpers on board!

My wife and I drove from Ma$$achusetts to Ohio. We left at 5:30AM and arrived at 5:00PM. The hills of PA are nasty. No incidents to report.

It was a two day adventure. My wife and I had a nice Italian dinner that night and a casual breakfast in the AM. As long as you're not rushing, it's worth making the long drive for your new boat.

Ken

How about New Jersey to Texas. I paid a guy to bring it here!

TRBenj wrote: I went from Connecticut to Chicago last November to pick up my boat, 950 miles each way. Longer trips are definitely worth it for the right boat, I know mine was. My boat has actually come all the way across the country now. M3Fan brought it all the way from Arizona to Chicago, so I did the shorter half of the journey.

Yep, 1800 miles each way, done in 4 days flat. Little 2001 Cherokee "cla$$ic" for the whole tow. Amazing. I'll put up some desert driving pics later.

I drove from central Vermont to Virginia to get my '83 2001. 12.5 hours each way. It as worth the trip.