Re: East cost convoy to Oregon Discovery Trail (was: Tire selection

From: Josh Stolarz (jstolarz@loa.com)
Date: Sat Jan 06 2001 - 08:38:05 EST


That is what I was thinking, new tires, front recovery point, maybe new
shocks...

Josh

"Andy Levy" <andylevy@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:3A5693AC.7CBD0BF4@bigfoot.com...
> I better start saving my pennies up now so I can make it. I'll need
> plates & front-mounted recovery points of some kind before it.
>
> And I'm supposed to fly to San Fran to visit a friend sometime in the
> spring too.
>
> Jason Bleazard wrote:
> >
> > This is getting VEEEEERY tempting. I could even stop and see my
> > family for a bit.
> >
> > Where is the start of the trail? Anyone used Mapquest to figure out
> > the distance? It took Norah and I almost 5 days to cover Salt Lake
> > City to Toronto, but we were traveling in the dead of summer without
> > A/C, pulling a UHaul trailer, and trying to keep track of a cat who
> > was lose in the cab (no place for the cage in the regular cab, and I
> > wasn't about to just stick him in the greenhouse effect under the
> > tonneau cover).
> >
> > (So much for my decision not to do any more big road trips. :-)
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 08:09:52 -0500, jstolarz@loa.com ("Josh Stolarz")
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Wow, getting risky.. It is a highway, all she has to do is keep it
straight,
> > >and out of the rear ends of others... I'll have to try to remember to
bring
> > >this 4x4 trip up a little closer to July...
> > >
> > >Josh
> > >
> > >"Andy Levy" <andylevy@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> > >news:3A554EF2.9D1AA835@bigfoot.com...
> > >> Yeah, but I think everyone would want to drive their own just to say
> > >> they did it.
> > >>
> > >> Who knows, maybe by then I'll trust my girlfriend enough to drive my
> > >> truck (*snicker*).
>
> --
> -andy
>
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