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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Well, lots has happened since my first request for a pickup driver from the Dakotas to San Diego. That turned out very well, indeed...done deal.
Now for the next step:
Do you fit the description in the first paragraph of this thread? Do you need a free trip from San Diego to the warm, sunny beaches of Baja Sur?
Your departure would be anytime this next week, between October 31st and November 4th.
I can use a driver/s to take the pickup from San Diego to Mulege. About 630 miles...12-13 hours driving time. NO speeding. No live chickens allowed
in cab.
Will supply all fuel, food, and lodging along the way.
Make voyages, attempt them.
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p.s. edit to add: A caravan may be possilbe ...if I can arrange it in time.
[Edited on 10-30-2011 by Pompano] |
How do I get back to San Diego? Baja Angel won't let me stay in Mulege I am affraid! 
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
How do I get back to San Diego? |
abc bus.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
How do I get back to San Diego? |
abc bus. |
I wasn't asking you, but thanks... 
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classicbajabronco
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Roger,
I just did this trip last month ago starting in CSL following 15N once in the states to 191 into Boozeman(my college town), hung out there for a week
and did the Jellystone thing, then hopped on 90 and went to Seattle for 3 weeks and then back down to CSL. Roughly 7000 miles of driving.
It is an awesome trip and someone should take him up on his offer. The elk are buggling, the wolves/bears are fattening up for the winter, the crowds
are down as are the bugs, and if you head west after MT the salmon are running.
However I am happy to be out of a car!
enjoy and safe travels
[Edited on 10-30-2011 by classicbajabronco]
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by classicbajabronco
Roger,
I just did this trip last month ago starting in CSL following 15N once in the states to 191 into Boozeman(my college town), hung out there for a week
and did the Jellystone thing, then hopped on 90 and went to Seattle for 3 weeks and then back down to CSL. Roughly 7000 miles of driving.
It is an awesome trip and someone should take him up on his offer. The elk are buggling, the wolves/bears are fattening up for the winter, the crowds
are down as are the bugs, and if you head west after MT the salmon are running.
However I am happy to be out of a car!
enjoy and safe travels
[Edited on 10-30-2011 by classicbajabronco] |
Hola amigo,
Indeed, you had a grand trip!
And so have we since leaving Baja.
Driving from Conception Bay, BCS and following the Pacific coast from San Diego thru Oregon to Cape Flattery, Washington...ferry to BC, then across
southern Canada to Saskatchewan to Minnesota to ND to Montana..then back southwest across the midwest to San Diego and ..well, you get the picture. I
can acquire half of Mobil Oil if I redeem all my gas fill coupons at once...I'ze jist a lil ol' corporate raider, I is!
'That said' ..(oh, I'm bad, alrighty)...I want to correct the assumption you have given about my current rideshare/convoy
request.
That trip across the Great West has already been driven...
...it's over..done with ..finito...in San Diego safe and sound.
It was a great 7-mile high plane ride for me..and the person in the Dodge had a ball sightseeing thru spacious skies Montana, ND amber waves of
grain...some of Utah's purple mountainsides ...to end up at San Diego's shining sea.
Yup..that's a done deal.
NOW my objective on this thread is...
...to get the Dodge and/or the motorhome from San Diego to Mulege as promptly as possible.
Either in convoy or separetely..machts nicht to me...but it's always better fun to convoy, enjoy a cold one together around a nice desert campfire,
and share it's warmth over some strong morning coffee.
I will throw in a bonus of one case of Pacifico .......
...collectable in Mulege.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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KurtG
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Roger,
Does your pickup have room in the bed for my motorcycle? If so I would consider drivng it to Mulege for you and riding back. Just spent two weeks
down there but am always up for another ride. I am 300 miles north of San Diego but could meet you there.
Kurt
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by KurtG
Roger,
Does your pickup have room in the bed for my motorcycle? If so I would consider drivng it to Mulege for you and riding back. Just spent two weeks
down there but am always up for another ride. I am 300 miles north of San Diego but could meet you there.
Kurt |
Hola KurtG...
That would be finer than frog hair, Kurt. Be glad to have you along.
My Dodge 2500 has a full length box...8ft..but it also has a topper on it. See photo.
I am assuming you want to haul it upright? I can measure the inside height and let you know here manana. Not to worry...we'll get it done.
Right now I have to go Trick or Treating...scare the bee-jeebers outta some little ducklings!! boo!
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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jakecard
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Why don't you tow your truck with a tow-bar or on a trailer?
Jake
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jakecard
Why don't you tow your truck with a tow-bar or on a trailer?
Jake |
Morning Jake, and thanks for your suggestion.
However, what happened to my fishing boat? (I'd leave my mother-in-law before leaving that boat!! Hey...come to think of it, I haven't noticed her
for some time, now..hmm...last time was that rest stop near Death Valley...??)
There are 3 items in this convoy equation.
-35ft motorhome
-22ft boat/trailer
-22ft full-size pickup.
Triple towing with 2 vehicles and 1 boat/trlr? That would be an 'interesting' tow package for sure, not to mention illegal.
Although I do frequently do tow something similar that is legal...as shown here at Lac La Ronge, Sask.
PU, fifth wheel, boat/trlr = 75ft (the legal max in most areas I travel)
Back to your good-intended suggestion, Jake: Towing a heavy diesel pickup behind the motorhome over all the steep grades, plus the desert heat would
tear up the motorhome's tranny and overheat/ruin the engine in short order. Indeed, if such a thing were attempted (which I would not) the pickup has
a higher towing capacity than the motorhome. A 2500 Cummins can tow 16,000lbs...and mine has for mucho mil miles.
Thanks again, amigo...but we're back to the drawing board again.
Message to KurtG....Kurt, just measured the clearance from bed-box to ceiling of topper. 41 inches...not enough for your upright
motorcycle, I fear?
Now...IF I owned a cycle-trailer ....or could use/rent one for a one-way trip?
sigh....Getting problematic, isn't it? (..making matters worse, last night's wee drams are shorting out my synapse signals right now.)
tick-tock - tick-tock
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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tripledigitken
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Maybe an investment in a motorcycle carrier on the rear of the motorhome? That would increase the population of Nomads that could help.
Just brainstorming............
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KurtG
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Yes, the bike just wouldn't fit with the camper shell on your pickup. I'll just have to do another bike round trip later in the month.
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desertcpl
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Roger
I dont know if this is a Lame idea or not
but you might contact the Transportation dept of La Mesa RV.
they have many part time drivers that move inventory around the country, most are retired and with clean driving records, ask to talk to the manager
and maybe he can put you in contact with some drivers. maybe offer a day or 2 of fishing
like I said most are retired and looking for a little fun and some thing to do
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by desertcpl
I dont know if this is a Lame idea or not
but you might contact the Transportation dept of La Mesa RV.
they have many part time drivers that move inventory around the country, most are retired and with clean driving records, ask to talk to the manager
and maybe he can put you in contact with some drivers. maybe offer a day or 2 of fishing
like I said most are retired and looking for a little fun and some thing to do |
Muchas gracias, amigo...just talked to La Mesa RV and called 2 possible drivers..both of whom are on current hauling trips for hire. Close, but no
cigar! Thanks anyway, as I will keep those names, numbers for future use. As always, Nomads is a great source of help and info.
I have 2 days left to find a driver/s-companion-whatever.
I am lifting the 'No Live Chickens' condition.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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desertcpl
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another idea
this time of the year in Yuma the snowbirds come in by the thousands, you might try a Ad in Craigs list here,
snowbirds are always looking for some thing to do, and this might be an adventure for them.
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by desertcpl
another idea
this time of the year in Yuma the snowbirds come in by the thousands, you might try a Ad in Craigs list here,
snowbirds are always looking for some thing to do, and this might be an adventure for them. |
Aha! I beat you to that idea! also SD county. Been there, done that. Gracias, though.
p.s. I hope nobody gets nervous reading my request for Dodge parts in another thread?? 
[Edited on 11-1-2011 by Pompano]
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wessongroup
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 man, you have some kind of train your pulling... WOW ... would imagine it would be a
lot of fun traveling with YOU...  and I like chickens too...
[Edited on 11-1-2011 by wessongroup]
[Edited on 11-1-2011 by wessongroup]
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