Gone too far?

1) I don't think mine is a cla$$ic
3) I'm sure this isn't the farthest
4) I went 5 hours one way. Worth every mile.

I still like the idea someone had of a retrieve the boat relay...someone bought one and talked about having it relayed back to him. I think I would love to get in on that, but my town is on the way to nowhere.

There was a guy from Washington that bought an Excell from Pensylvania and on the way home it was stolen off the back of his truck in Indiana . They took the receiver out of his hitch . He had the trailer locked to the ball but did not have the hitch locked to the truck

Pat

I drove from Kansas City, MO to Louisville, KY about 500 miles one way. I'm sure others have gone further. It was a great road trip, my middle son went with me. We got in late at night and the rest of the family stayed up late to see us drive it in. I changed the oil in it the next day and off we went!
How about you HasBeen?

Chuck

P.S. I like the relay idea as well.

Um... I had to drive two whole miles to get my M17.

Chuck and Alan,
I am embarressed to say so, because I thought it was a ludicrous idea from the beginning: Saint Petersburg, Florida to Brick, New Jersey.
Round trip 2304 miles,228 gallons of gasoline: (10.1 MPG) Average speed= 63MPH. Approximately 18.5hrs each way. Is there a doctor in the house?
Come on guys lets hear from you I am trying to justify it!

Chicago to Fredericksburg VA, 1500 miles round trip, overheated the trans in a '91 Jeep Cherokee 10 miles into the tow back through the hills, she made it fine the rest of the way. Didn't think about trailer bearings, brakes, etc. just hooked it up and went!

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

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.

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

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

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!

I stand corrected - you are absolutely right.

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.

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.

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.