Finally scooped up my 87 M998

[NCBPhantom]

Picked her up midday from Whitehall, Ohio on Tuesday. Got home this morning. Threw a new set of batteries in and drove it off the trailer.

 

[86humv]

Has an A2 rear bumper.

 

[Jakob1944]

I'm happy for you man.....Just in time for the snow....

They didn't charge you and storage time did they?

 

[Flyingvan911]

Nice!

 

[NCBPhantom]

No they did not charge me for storage. They have M-T pick up times only and I was supposed to retrieve it NLT 21 Oct. I emailed the GP representative and told him I'd be able to pick it up on the 25th at the earliest.

 

[Stonewall]

Nice. tight fit on the U-Haul.

 

[Stevepsc]

Nice truck! Welcome to the club!

 

[NCBPhantom]

Nice. tight fit on the U-Haul.

If I were to do it again I would have gone with a deckover or a wide enough equipment trailer. The Ram 2500 pulled it enough just fine, but a nice weight distribution set up would have made the ride back a lot better. It was 1200 miles round trip.


Here's a photo of the old girl that I used to pick up some saw dust down the road for bedding for my sheep.

 

[3000gt]

I pulled with same trailer with 1500 Sierra from Louisiana to Memphis. little scary at times was also pulling uphill the whole way back lol. it seemed like I was getting fuel every 4 hours

 

[NCBPhantom]

I pulled with same trailer with 1500 Sierra from Louisiana to Memphis. little scary at times was also pulling uphill the whole way back lol. it seemed like I was getting fuel every 4 hours

The endless hills and downhills in PA were squirrelly especially the banking, curved ones. I should have done better route recon, but I was trying to avoid New Jersey and New York City on my way down. Interstate 80 was not fun going back. Also on my way down I stopped at a friend's house just outside Cleveland to sleep and eat. On the way back I bedded down on an on ramp near some truckers.