2500 Mile Road Trip Starts Tomorrow....

[MobyDick]

Getting packed today. We are both out-of-work financial services professionals here in Charlotte and we're taking advantage of the.. eh-hem - respite - to visit family in Vermont and Rhode Island. Leaving at 5:00 AM and we have two boys - a 2 1/2 year-old and 6 month-old. This should be an adventure.... Hoping to make it in one day but have a hotel picked out at the half-way mark just in case.

Just had a fuel injection system cleaning done, including throttle body, and new Pennzoil synthetic put in. This will be the first really long trip for the new Goodyear Fortera TripleTreds. Looks like a good chance of rain much of the way.

No real mods - just a K&N air filter (noisey), Colgan bra, and Husky Liners throughout.

Taking I-77 to 81, to 78, 278, then 87 north to Rt. 9 into Vermont and Rt. 7 north from there. Be very curious to see what the fuel mileage will be ('04 EB w/ 5.4) with the full load and Thule roof box.

Thank goodness for the DVD player....

 

[Darren1041]

Have a great trip! I have the husky liners and there great! Is the K&N worth having?...Darren 2002 E.B.

 

[MobyDick]

The trip was great. The truck ran real well. Averaged 18.4 MPG w/ the roof box on it. As far as I can tell, the K&N air filter has only made the truck louder. No power or MPG gains.

 

[ELVATO]

Nice. Glad to hear you had a good, safe trip.

 

[davesexplorer]

Wow 18 mpg! I cant even comprehend what that would be like haha.

 

[sirrustalot]

Thule Roof Mount

Moby Dick,

Just curious if your Thule is mounted directly to your factory cross members on the Expo? I'm looking to mount a 21 cu ft Thule box on mine and the roof rack is just like yours. I don't really see the need for the crossbars from Thule but wanted to seek your opinion since you have similar box. Thanks in advance for your time.

Rusty