1993 Ford F350.

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Propane1

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My son’s buddy bought this 1993 Ford F350, four door, 4x4, dually truck in Kelowna, BC. With a Bigfoot camper on the back of it. It has the conversion engine in the truck, a Cummins 5.9 diesel. Soooo, my son and the buddy who bought the truck, flew to Kelowna to pick up this truck and drive it back across Canada to PEI. Quite a trip for them.

Any guesses what the fuel cost will be. ?

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Propane1 said:
My son’s buddy bought this 1993 Ford F350, four door, 4x4, dually truck in Kelowna, BC. With a Bigfoot camper on the back of it. It has the conversion engine in the truck, a Cummins 5.9 diesel. Soooo, my son and the buddy who bought the truck, flew to Kelowna to pick up this truck and drive it back across Canada to PEI. Quite a trip for them.

Any guesses what the fuel cost will be. ?

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Nice looking rig. We have 2 F-250's, an '88 and a '89. Always wanted a dually and have considered the Cummins swap if I could find one cheap enough.Just a little further and he could have stopped in for a visit.;) I used to go up to Penticton BC with some friends and water ski on Skaha lake. Okanagan lake was too rough and cold.
 
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So son and his buddy are spending the night in a rest stop in Quebec not to far from the NB border. So about an 8 hour trip to make it home today on Monday 27/24. So far only had one hiccup. Universal joint went out, as they just got into Ontario. Lucky they were close to a Canadian tire. Son took out the driveshaft and the Canadian tire staff put, I think, two joints in. Son put the shaft back in, and away they went. Down time only 2.5 hours. I believe I was wrong in saying it was a four door truck. I think it’s an extra cab. I must of miss understood when I was told about the truck. Any way, be good to have them home.

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4getgto said:
Pretty good fuel mileage I think.
So how many miles and how much time do they invested in this " little " trip Noel.? Overall that is.

Holy dog Palls Noel . If I'm seeing it right over 10k miles (16k km) round trip..?
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Not sure on the miles Bill. Flew out, drove back. Away 10 days. About 3300 miles one way Bill.

Noel
 
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So the average fuel mileage was around the 13.5 miles to the gallon.
He figures around $1500.00 in fuel for the trip. But truck was full before they started. And I doubt they filled it when they got home.

So they had two u joints replaced at the same time.

And had brake trouble not to far into the journey. One of the caliper sliders fell out and the caliper was falling out. Luckily there was three spare sliders in the truck. So they fixed that up and on they went.

Other minor problem was after the drive shaft was fixed, the truck would not turn over to start. It has those on/off safety switches on it. And one had a bad connection.

It is a manual transmission. 5 speed I believe. Has air bag suspension front and back. And automatic leveling system. Who ever had the truck removed the front seats or seat and replaced it with air ride seats. She’s and rough ride on the bumpy roads son said. Glad it had air ride seats.

Noel
 
Done that a couple of times, not that far though. First time was Chicago to Vegas and back, brought back 2.
Other time was Wausau WI and back.
I was quite surprised to find a 96% rust free truck in Wisconsin of all places. Of the 3 vehicles snagged in those trips between my son and I we still have 2.
 
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