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My trip, the lil 6.2 that could!

Georgia overdrive n we did it all the time on rt 77 and rt 81. My vw bug would coast down those long hills faster than if u left it in gear and floored it! LOL HEY Ak so its all paved EXCEPT whats being repaired.
 
Isn't the 98 clutch a spin-on instead of bolt on? Or was that 99+? I can't remember. Might want to verify that before planning to make that swap ...
 
orrum said:
Georgia overdrive n we did it all the time on rt 77 and rt 81. My vw bug would coast down those long hills faster than if u left it in gear and floored it! LOL HEY Ak so its all paved EXCEPT whats being repaired.
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Georgia Overdrive, I didn't know there were really any hills in Georgia, or most anyplace east of the Rockies! Been east many times and the hills out there are sort of like the off ramps here in the north west! I really enjoyed a very high and crooked mountain road during my 16 years of log truck driving.

Bill, if you get to Anchorage, you may as well head north, and go thru Fairbanks, and check out the far end of a real haul road! Hauled pipe north long ago!
 
2012-06-17 17.48.02.jpg2012-06-17 17.48.41.jpgHeres the plan......headin out about 9am tomoro mornin, thats Monday, really I am gonna go someplace for sure! Here r some pics of the Lil 6.2 after the horse trailer was amputated! The black bag on the tailgate contains my generator n gas etc. Had to leave half my wvo fuel in the trailer. Ben if u r out there give the MAN a shout cause I sure needed him and he helped me get across Fancy Gap! So here goes folks, second leg Saltville Va to Franklin Nc!
 
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Is that "pretty much" pretty much all of it is under repair? :hello:

Orrum, the blade and clutch will bolt right in as long as you're set up with a serpentine belt system (CCW rotation). The screw on clutches weren't until the 2000+ 3500HD 6.5's. You sure DON'T want to take the rig up U.S. through Vail pass, and most likely not on I-70 between Denver and Grand Junction. Altitudes above 10,000 feet are hell on an N/A 6.2 or 6.5.
 
Bill, don't listen to Husker6.5. Nothing to Vail, really??!! Just a walk in the park without a trailer. It would be so easy for you, you would almost want to take someone else's trailer up behind you!! And you won't know until you try!! You can really see some country from up there too! Maybe you can get lucky while you are up there and join the 'mile high club'!
 
It used to seem like it was all under repair but not so much now. Last time I drove it in my suburban I had the CC set on 75 all the way to Ft. St. John. Made it from Cedar City in southern utah to home in 3 days and that included spending the night in Ft St John,aprox 3300 miles
 
Logans Pass in Montana has some nice scenery, as does Bears Tooth Pass (10,000ft) between Montana and Wyoming. Rode the bike through it in July 87 with a foot of snow at the summit.
 
My mother drove the ALCAN (sp) HWY in 1961 in a Chevy Corvair. Its one of my 'Bucket List' things to do as well.

Safe journey southaways there Bill.
 
Oops, I left out the 6. That's US 6 to the top of Vail Pass. A nice little set of switchbacks up to about 11,500' altitude and back down. Of course, if you want a nice little climb (and it's gorgeous, I've done it before) on the highest paved road in North America, then take the highway out of Idaho Springs to the entrance of the Arapaho National Forest on Mt. Evans, then take the 12 mile road up to the summit of Mt. Evans. The parking lot is at 14,170' and there's a 1/4 trail that zigzags up the last 100' so you can walk/climb to the summit at 14,270'! Fifth highest mountain in Colorado, if I remember right. The reason why it's paved? University of Colorado has an observatory up there! There used to be a restaurant/bar/lodge up there next to the parking lot, till it burned down about fifty years ago. The views on the way up are spectacular, you have to pull over at summit lake (13,500ish) and walk around the lake (1/4 mile) to the far side and look down the valley to Upper and Lower Chicago Lake about 2,000' below! Stunning views. Oh, there are places where the road is only a lane and a half wide, like 12-14', there are no guard rails, sometimes just some large rocks along the edge of the road, lots of switchbacks, and several hiking trails from the National Forest cross the road. Definitely NOT N/A diesel territory!
 
Husker6.5 said:
Is that "pretty much" pretty much all of it is under repair? :hello:

Orrum, the blade and clutch will bolt right in as long as you're set up with a serpentine belt system (CCW rotation). The screw on clutches weren't until the 2000+ 3500HD 6.5's. You sure DON'T want to take the rig up U.S. through Vail pass, and most likely not on I-70 between Denver and Grand Junction. Altitudes above 10,000 feet are hell on an N/A 6.2 or 6.5.
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I'll 2nd that Vail or I-70. I watched the fog come out of the AC vents as the 1988 6.2 burb of ours was floored so long and the AC was off because it was floored or hot. I forget if it had a full throttle AC cutout. Went over that pass many times. There was no cross hatch left on the cylinder walls when we pulled the heads at 70K. The pass made me want a turbo to clear up the smoke and get out of it's own way extra power.
 
Husker6.5, in late August, I hauled an 13 wide and 75 foot long, 145,000 pound oversize load over Loveland Pass, just one lane was open in the tunnel, in the east bound direction. The little 6.2 would have no problem going over that! Probably won't take as long as it took me but again the view is remarkable! I am quite sure by the time that little 6.2 got back to the Carolinas, all the 'hills' on the eastern part of the US, would be a walk in the park!
 
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