Well, I am only a couple hundred miles south of Josh, so if his HOA
dosen't like old jeeps, I have parking space... I might even be
persuaded to assist in the transportation if I am still unemployed then...
> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
> : When i first read this thread - the first thing that popped into my head
> : was hmm - I could tow it back for them from CO. Then I got to thinking
> : that would be another 1600 miles for me out to Jons and then back home.
> : I honestly won't be able to afford the fuel required to drive that
> : extra 1600 miles. As it is I've canceled my plans to go to Califorina
> : after the meet.
>
> : Anyway - I'm more than willing to offer my driving services to help get
> : this little flatty back to Jons. Just with the condition I get to drive
> : it once in a while at a BBQ :D Jason - hit me off list and lets work
> : out the details and see what we can do.
>
>
>
> Maybe we can make something work... Like for example if Tom or
> somebody were able to get the Jeep as far as some place like Josh's
> maybe (contingent of course on this being ok with Josh and his
> homeowner's association), then that might get it close enough for
> me to run out and get it back to my place. Obviously, the further
> east somebody can get it the better, but I'm assuming that it should
> be feasable to get it to at least Chicago, which looks like it would
> be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000 miles and 18 hours round
> trip for me. I could either flat tow it, or bring the trailer out,
> I guess it might depend on how the Jeeps diffs are holding up. :-)
> I suspect flat towing it would get the best gas mileage (the Ram probably
> wouldn't even notice it was there). Anyhoo, I would guesstimate the
> fuel costs (at current prices anyway) to be somewhere between $170-250,
> depending on what type of mileage I was able to pull down. I might
> even be able to do it without taking time off of work, if I time it
> right; just leave really early on Saturday morning and do the whole
> thing in one trip. Or, leave Friday after work, get most of the way
> there, and grab the Jeep and take it home on Saturday. So anyway,
> that's one possible option for some eastern part of the trip, assuming
> of course that Jason wants to pay for the gas and the tolls and stuff
> along that infamous stretch of 80/90. :-)
>
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