Longest recovery trip on record?

[98G]

3755 miles. Indianapolis (retrieve truck) to Clarksville TN (trailer pickup) to Kansas City (drop trailer) to St Louis to Columbus OH(pick up m109a3 on towbars) to Waco TX(drop m109a3 and towbars) to Tucson. I've had enough seat time for a while....

 

[m715mike]

Glad you made it home safely. I'm sure your back side is ready for rest!

 

[98G]

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[Aussie Bloke]

G'day everyone,....

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I didn't know you were down my way,...






Aussie.

 

[Castle Bravo]

Thats about twice the most I've done, about 1800 miles. Dayton, OH to Phoenix, AZ in the 5 ton. On that trip, we did drive from Phoenix to Dayton in a pickup with a gooseneck trailer with military vehicles on it, and that trailer came back with a M114 on the back.

 

[Alexsha]

Wish I could take road trips like that.

Hey, did you ever get your wrecker?

 

[gimpyrobb]

If memory serves me, Westy's was a tad longer. Spring green Wi, to Cincy, to San Antone, to Oklahoma city, Topeka ks, Spring green, Cincy, and home again.

Just shy of 4k.

 

[swbradley1]

Thats about twice the most I've done, about 1800 miles. Dayton, OH to Phoenix, AZ in the 5 ton. On that trip, we did drive from Phoenix to Dayton in a pickup with a gooseneck trailer with military vehicles on it, and that trailer came back with a M114 on the back.

Yeah, and you forgot you drove Frankentruck back too.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Stonepicker1 went from S Fla to Barstow to fetch a CUCV II driving a CUCV II. He eclipsed the 6000 mile mark on it.

 

[Bighurt]

I got you beat. The recovery of My M915-A1 took me on quite the adventure.

Minot, ND - Scotland SD
Scotland, SD - Sturtevant, WI
Sturtevant, WI - Dayton, OH
Dayton, OH - Leesburg, AL
Leesburg, AL - Chama, NM
Chama, NM - Salina, KS
Salina, KS - Stromsburg, NE
Stromsburg, NE - Fargo, ND
Fargo, ND - Minot, ND

4,913 miles

 

[swbradley1]

Can we count Westy's flying home from Butcrackistan to get his 915 from my place?

 

[HanksDeuce]

Wow. That must have cost over $2000 in diesel. Nice rig though!

 

[Rmtaunton]

Congrats and and congratulations again on a **** fine truck that got you home

 

[turnkey]

Longest road trip for me is 500 miles. With the mother in law along....Thanks God for earmuffs...

 

[gerrykan]

Longest road trip for me is 500 miles. With the mother in law along....Thanks God for earmuffs...

I would have declared you the winner, if you hadn't mentioned the earmuffs.

 

[IsaLandr]

I don't know how many miles it is total, but I drove one of our M923s from Yakima WA, to Centralia WA, where it sat for a couple months while we went over it and prepared it for its new life. Then I took it up to Seattle WA, where it was loaded onto a barge and sailed to Anchorage or Valdez AK (I don't remember which), then my buddy up there picked it up and drove it to Fairbanks AK. It now lives on his family's farm outside Salcha AK. Seems like a pretty long ways, all told.

 

[Stonepicker1]

Stonepicker1 went from S Fla to Barstow to fetch a CUCV II driving a CUCV II. He eclipsed the 6000 mile mark on it.

.....and never again.

Well maybe......

 

[gimpyrobb]

Can we count Westy's flying home from Butcrackistan to get his 915 from my place?

I must add, he flew in to Atlanta where no-one would pick him up, so he then flew to CVG where we picked him up and drove him BACK down to GA. Then to Cincy, Dayton, Tiro, & Wisconsin(with the worlds first ever civilian gps).


BWAAAAhahahahahahahahaha!

 

[Tow4]

1800 miles round trip in two different trips. Out bound in a F350 both times and 1st return in a M929 and second in a M915A1. Note to self, roads in LA and MS SUCK.....

 

[m715mike]

1800 miles round trip in two different trips. Out bound in a F350 both times and 1st return in a M929 and second in a M915A1. Note to self, roads in LA and MS SUCK.....

I'll second that comment about the roads in LA (at least I-10). Picked-up my first Deuce in Lafayette and drove it 250 miles home. There was no cushion on the driver's seat. I lost my rear end on I-10 that day.