MN to NC, and Back.

MNKK · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:44 pm

Tell me if this sounds like fun.
Me+Wife+Dog+Cat= Fun?

Suprisingly not that bad. We left on a Monday night, and arrived in North Carolina 23 hrs 43 mins later.

It really was a fun trip. And most suprising was that my wife enjoyed the driving part of it. She was actually impressed with the Jeep.
Okay, so this is compared to driving my SRT-4 from Reno, NV, to MN, but that was also a straight through trip. Nonstop.
I hate going somewhere so far away, and stopping all the time, then getting a hotel, or what have you.

Monday night, we dropped the Jeep off at the stealership, and told them to change the oil, and check it over. Then we left there later, after getting dinner with my parents.

I drove through the night, and talked my wife into driving for two hours while I slept a bit. But of course she would not let the sleeping happen.
THats the problem with her planning trips. I have to keep her awake while driving.
But yes, we made it there safe and sound, and only had to fill up 5 times.
THat is alot of driving BTW. I will add more numbers later if anyone is interested. but we averaged 19 mpg's, with all the pets and gear in the jeep.
At one point we had to get some ticket thing for the Illinois toll hyway, and it gave us our weight at 15XX something. I thought I would get to keep it, but we had to give it back to them at the border.

All in all, the Jeep did great, the pets were awesome, and the wife was okay. Great trip, the only problem I had was my wife would not leave me in Kentucky :evil:

. What a beautiful state they have.

We are moving to NC sometime this year. Raleigh area.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:55 pm

yeah, a whole lot of fun, yeah right :evil:

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Are you sure it was 15XX pounds?

MNKK · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:08 am

Yeah, I don't remember right now. I would have to look at some other papers.

For future knowledge, Can I pull into those weigh stations, and get weighed? Or is that just a rig thing?

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:32 am

DOT weight station, probably not. bit if you go to a place like pioneer sand which is a whole sale landscape supply place here, they have a scale, or just hit a truck stop that has a scale

MNKK · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:41 am

LOL just caught that "15XX"
It was supposed to be a 45XX.

I'm not paying attention tonight. Work is killing me.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:44 am

MNKK wrote:

LOL just caught that "15XX"
It was supposed to be a 45XX.

I'm not paying attention tonight. Work is killing me.

that sounds better. X2 on work

oh and just for reference, my dads 05 ram 2500 diesel weighs in at 7800 pounds with out bodies in it

MNKK · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:11 am

Thats awesome. :shock:

I would hate to see what some of these big rigs, or fuel tankers are weighing in at.

I was jsut saying that 45xx was pretty good, considering I had my wife's crap all in there. Plus my 65lb. wussbull?!? and all his crap. the cat was fine. he doesn't weigh anything. and me... there's 165 more.
I did good.

I just ran down to the jeep, and it was 4638.
best guess, we had about 3/4 tank of gas.

Still, it ran like a champ. Even through the screwy arse roads of WV.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:29 am

MNKK wrote:

Thats awesome. :shock:

I would hate to see what some of these big rigs, or fuel tankers are weighing in at.

I was jsut saying that 45xx was pretty good, considering I had my wife's crap all in there. Plus my 65lb. wussbull?!? and all his crap. the cat was fine. he doesn't weigh anything. and me... there's 165 more.
I did good.

I just ran down to the jeep, and it was 4638.
best guess, we had about 3/4 tank of gas.

Still, it ran like a champ. Even through the screwy arse roads of WV.

yeah, its crazy to see a truck on I-70 weighting in at 80,000+. The service trucks at work come in at 26,000

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