i'm buying a V20!

[Franco]

Happy Hunting Bro, get back safe

[bassarama]

Good luck and watch out for State Troopers :o ;D

[C YENSEN]

i always wanted a dually, i am jealous! :'(

[Kajun]

thanks folks..i'm off! ;D

[msbhammer]

Kajun, its 8:20pm, where are you ?, what state are you in. ;D ;D ;D
This is one devoted guy. ;D

[msbhammer]

Almost 4 am. You must be be 80 mph, a coffee in one hand, and a donut in the other. OOPS, $hit, thats me at work. ;D ;D ;D

[Kajun]

wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll......i PULLED IT!!!.....i was 50 miles from indianapolis and I pulled it!.....that WILD HAIR IN MY AZZ!

i just walked in the house at 8pm....long story..short of it is..yesterday when i drove over the applachian mountains i got cold feet ...basically there was no way in hell i was pulling a 3500+ boat across those mountains with no brakes!...made it too the kentucky line and pulled over at a rest stop and called the guy and told him i was having second thoughts about it because of the mountains and no brakes thing.....he called some places and either they wanted a arm and leg to fix everything or they were booked up....but then he said he would knock some cash off the price...he went down to $700 and said he would help me fix everything and get it ready for the road by saturday afternoon....i took the bait and agreed.. and took off again determined as ever to pull it back....

12hrs since i left norfolk...700+ miles into the trip at midnight 50 miles from Indy..after much stress and thought i made the decision to turn around..anyway i thought about it , i could not justify towing this thing back with no brakes across those hills and mountains and did not want to chance being stuck there for days trying to get parts and crap for it.... or paying the outrageous prices for someone to fix it...turned around and headed back.....

about 2am i stop outside of lexington,ky..got a room and slept till 1030 this morning....called the guy when i woke up and told him the deal....he said no problem he understood...got back on the road headed home...:(


i had big kahona's sitting in my computer and thought i could do it.......i have never driven or been across these mountains in my life.......i definetly under estimated them...not to mention that the whole state of west virginia is mountains...and most of kentucky is big hills.....so it was like 400 miles of mountains and hills.......i wouldnt tow MY boat across this..hell i wouldnt tow anything across them lol......anway..i chickened out..i'm a WUSS! 2 days of my time...$250+....1400+ miles on my truck to learn that i didnt have the ballz to do it lol..i'll chalk this one up as a valuable lesson and "scenic" roadtrip lol....i'll get me a V20 one day...but it won't be this dually!

[bassarama]

I hear you bro.

when I was going down to NC to get mine I got some really strange thoughts. I like to think I was lucky not to find BIG surprises. Hey, you did what your heart told you to do, that's the main thing.

Keep looking, one of these days you'll get rewarded.

Good luck

[macojoe]

Wow!! Thats to bad!! :'( :'( I wish I was there I would have towed it for ya!!

O well if it was meant to be it would be in your yard right now, so I guess it wasn't.

O well there will always be a next time!!

I just don't see what the problem was? Truck 6000# = Boat 3000# almost 10,000#

Just think 1/2 of that was uphill and you did not need breaks!
So that was only 200 mile 10,000 pound sleigh ride ;D ;) You old guys have no adventure left in ya! :-/

[frayed_knot]

I'da done it. ;D I understand your concern, and applaud you on your decision. Most wouldn't have done that. But I'da done it. ;)