Bought a M931A2 a few weeks ago at El Paso. I hired a friend of mine to retrieve it from there to where he is working, then wife and I went there for a visit, she brought pickup and trailer home by the route we took out with some other items we needed to transport, and I brought the truck via a slightly longer route past another friends, and picked up a piece of farm equipment to pull the rest of the way home.
Everything went well pretty much regarding the truck. Todd had a little unfortunate incident with the fuel selector valve the night he was on the road with it. I lost the stitching to the soft top when I met a bull wagon near Dodge City. Had to stop in town (met another friend for a few minutes) for a field expedient repair involving duct tape and ratchet straps. Heater works, truck drives nice, CTIS is a little flakey (truck drives nicer at CC then it does at highway, I learned accidentally) Truck runs about 63 on highway without any drama whatsoever.
My luck with the 40' fertilizer applicator I picked up to pull home was somewhat less stellar. I made it about 1/3 of the way home and blew a tire on it. I had planned trip pretty well...had everything with me...overlooked the fact that we were coming home via two separate routes on different days....had to call a field service truck to help me change tires. Would have needed him anyway as the lugs did not want to let go. Got all the tires off the wings of the applicator and put them on the mainframe. The main frame was scuffing the tires due to wear in the trunion pins. I made it to about half way home and blew another tire. Unhooked at a friendly farm and ran the rest of the way home bobtail.
Total road march of 1203 miles in four days, with three overnights. The truck had about 200 miles on it since overhaul when my friend got in the seat. The mileage at OH is printed on a plaque on the dash, and I have the beginning mileage from Todd's log book entry.
I don't know about him, but I can tell you that when I parked the rig at night, I was NOT that guy on the TV ad who says "my back feels good, and my bottom feels good." I guess I need to get one of those pillows!
Everything went well pretty much regarding the truck. Todd had a little unfortunate incident with the fuel selector valve the night he was on the road with it. I lost the stitching to the soft top when I met a bull wagon near Dodge City. Had to stop in town (met another friend for a few minutes) for a field expedient repair involving duct tape and ratchet straps. Heater works, truck drives nice, CTIS is a little flakey (truck drives nicer at CC then it does at highway, I learned accidentally) Truck runs about 63 on highway without any drama whatsoever.
My luck with the 40' fertilizer applicator I picked up to pull home was somewhat less stellar. I made it about 1/3 of the way home and blew a tire on it. I had planned trip pretty well...had everything with me...overlooked the fact that we were coming home via two separate routes on different days....had to call a field service truck to help me change tires. Would have needed him anyway as the lugs did not want to let go. Got all the tires off the wings of the applicator and put them on the mainframe. The main frame was scuffing the tires due to wear in the trunion pins. I made it to about half way home and blew another tire. Unhooked at a friendly farm and ran the rest of the way home bobtail.
Total road march of 1203 miles in four days, with three overnights. The truck had about 200 miles on it since overhaul when my friend got in the seat. The mileage at OH is printed on a plaque on the dash, and I have the beginning mileage from Todd's log book entry.
I don't know about him, but I can tell you that when I parked the rig at night, I was NOT that guy on the TV ad who says "my back feels good, and my bottom feels good." I guess I need to get one of those pillows!
