Ready for the trip to FL

[inaforty]

Yep Acushent MA.
Going rt 81 to rt 84 to avoid NY and NJ pike and DC belt way etc. A few more miles but much easier non stressful ride.

I've done my share of trips on the Bronks thruway, Geo Wash, NJ TP. Every summer we would go to KY to see my Grandparents.

[bradford]

Safe travels, where in FL?

Beautiful rig BTW.

[inaforty]

We arrived in Port Charlotte around 1:30 pm Sunday. Took us over 30 hours to make the trip. Beautiful canal home we rented. No problems on the way down. Truck and trailer ran perfect. Wish the Tundra had a bigger gas tank. Now to relax and start vacation.

[cfelton]

Glad your trip was good! How does that Tundra handle the V20? I just bought a 2016 Crewmax 4x4 TRD 5.7 Tundra, haven't hooked it to the V yet. Cant wait to give it a pull. I know its gonna do well, except for the gas milage!

[macojoe]

Great new's!! Hope the rest of your trip is as Great!!

[inaforty]

Thanks Joe.

cfelton,
Our truck has the 4.6 and it did the tow without issue. However it did pull hard in the mountains. The 5.7 will tow the V with easy. You are correct about the gas mileage. We got about 9 mpg towing. We could only get 200 miles out of a tank before the fuel light would come on. Before I bought the truck I did some research on the toyota/lexus V8 and there are some reports of the engines going 750k before rebuild. I'm sure they were fleet vehicles and I can't prove anything I read online. Good luck with your new Tundra.






Down near Cabbage key

[bradford]

Doc Ford country down there.

I'm thinking about an older tundra, 05 or 06, just like that body style, which I believe has the 4.6, just wondering how it would do on long haul tows, specifically to FL gulf coast and the Keys, all flat land, but would like to be able to travel at at least 65-70 mph. My old 92 chevy in third gear doesnt like to go past 55 before she starts warming up. plus gets horrible mileage.

[wellcraftv20step]

That really is a nice rig!! Glad the trip went well

[Tunnaman88]

That is a beautiful Rig!!! Shes a looker!!!! I wouldn't think the tundra would have any issues. I see you do all your own sewing.. where did you learn? trial/error?? Do you use an industrial machine?? I think we should do a northeast meet. I would love to see other rigs .. get ideas and enjoy the beauty of the V's. This is my second year of owning a 86 V.. i have done a lot of work.. lots more to do..

[inaforty]

The Tundra did the trip without and issue. Our truck has the 4.6 so it doesn't have the torque the bigger 5.7 does. Think short stroke 283 c.i.

I'm self taught when it comes to canvas repair etc. I have a commercial machine. I use a V92 anti wicking debonded thread. I'm looking at getting a larger machine that will sew a V138 thread which is very heavy. I don't use a gore-tex thread because of cost and our UV rays here are not like down south.
A 1/2 lb of gore-tex thread is around $100.
My Dad did commercial pipe covering for a living. He was great at patterns and did a lot of commercial sewing making pads to cover pipes. Although he never got a chance to teach me I guess it's just passed down thru genes??

I did a set of rear drop panels for a Steigercraft a few weeks ago.

Here is a before and after.


I do mostly small jobs. Next jobs is zippers on a 35' Viking. Looks like I'm going to do rear curtains on a 48' Ocean after the Viking. I work a regular fulltime job so I try to keep canvas repair under control.