Going across country

[IndianaVX]

Well, depending on where you cross Indiana, It would be nice to buy you lunch somewhere. I'm south of Indy, but looks like you may be going down a more southern route. If we don't meet, have a enjoy your trip and be safe! And i agree with above, not much to see in Kansas....set the cruise, and take a nap! Well, the smell from the cattle lots every now and then is something to experience!

[Marlin]

We love the smell of cattle! I am from rural Missouri, my grandparents owned a huge dairy and pig farm. I don't mind KS, verizon keeps good coverage, good enough that last time I streamed pandora from KC to WA and never lost signal except a few times in the mountains!

[YellowVX]

The re-reoute was probably for the better. Did you hit US550 just north of ABQ and slithered through the hills of NM / CO and UT up to Moab? The worst part of the Rockies was from Vail to Denver. I had a thunderstorm to contend with when I drove through there at the beginning of this month. Ughhh!

[Marlin]

I did take that route. It was awesome!
I am sitting in Moab typing this
Did the family proud. 2500 miles, 2500 lbs of trailer. No problems, sitting in Moab posting pictures...lol. I swapped out to a new prop shaft and did a drain and fill on the tranny in KC,MO. Running around 11-12mpg. Shell gas is the way to go, hands down. Burns very little oil with shell, if I used something else, I was adding a quart every fillup. I have used 6 quarts of mobil 1, this burning oil thing is getting pricey, but it seems shell gas is the answer, when I can find it.
Gonna hang out here until Tuesday. Probably go rafting on Monday.

[YellowVX]

Glad you made it to Moab ok. Once you get settled in up in Washington, locate the Shell stations there and start using their fuel. You might get special discounts if you open a Shell credit card if you prefer to do so.

I had a similar positive result with Shell fuel with my first car. It had a Chevy 305 V-8 with 105K. When I used Shell premium, the engine wouldn't make the pinging sound.

[Marlin]

Boo! New master cylinde failed on hells revenge. Right at the entrance to the escalator. Drove the rest of the way out with no brakes, e brake is now toast...lol. driving 4 hrs tomorrow to pick up a new one. Closest one until tue. You have never wheeled until you do it with no brakes.

[VXorado]

That's too bad about the brakes... I would say stopping is important on hell's revenge.

The trailer looks good!

[Ala5ka]

Always hated breaking stuff i.e. rock crawling...Went the adventure vehicle route as well, now I just spend my money on fancy camping gadgets and front end parts from going much too fast on fire roads

[Marlin]

Stopped in idaho, about 50 miles south of twin falls. Another adventure day. Cracked a weld on the hitch in moab. Stopped at 4 wheel parts in slc, they sent me to fat bobs garage in layton. Best stop ever!
They fixed the hitch, 6 beads, will never fail again. After the ey closed, we were connecting the trailer and they asked if we wanted to tour the shop...hell yes i do. We took the dog through the entire shop, they showed us all their toys and projects. Hung out there for an hour and they gave us tshirts and a bunch of decals. They crawled all over the vx. That is why they asked us to stay, he said it was obvious i did some serious wheeling based on the e dented skid plates, gas tank plate is bashed, sliders are rashed, tires are rashed and so on. They thought it was cool that it wasnt just a mall crawler. Coolest store crew ever. I got the truck fixed, a hi lift full length cover and a tow strap bag for 90 bucks. Took him 45 minuters to do tje repair. Great times on our adventure.