I havent posted an update in forever!
So a year and a half ago , I pretty much went broke, and I had to take a job in the Bakken oilfields of western North Dakota, 1250 miles away from my southwestern missouri home.
The only vehicle I own that could possibly tow my toolbox is, you guessed it, the eagle!
In march 2014 I stuffed my 2000+ lbs. of HD diesel toolbox and equipment into a uhaul trailer, hung a hitch off the car, and headed north.
The eagle had been a toy and occasional daily driver and now its dragging my livelyhood to the butt end of ND.
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I cant think of a better way to travel in the eagle than with $30,000 of tools strapped to the hitch
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. the car made the trip, no problems, and is my daily driver here when I am at work. It towed just fine, but only got 11mpg doing so. ( I blame the lousy HEI distributor)
I am sure glad I added a block heater, and kept the electric heated intake manifold, It did start all winter for me just fine, even in -40 temps, to the amazement of everyone, myself included!
Ive been working my butt off for a year up here, 24 days on, 10 off for over a year now, and Ive seen some some cool stuff.
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One of my favorite spots up here is this little lake near White Earth, its in a small valley
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The lake is teeming with these ugly buggers. Northern pike, watch out for the teeth!
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And look, I even found a parts car out here in nowhere! Its the exact same color and trim options as my car was
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So thats what Ive been up to lately. Ive got to say, that after working the bugs out, the IFS lift has turned out ok. The tires are too
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noisy, though. Ive got a DUI distributor thats ready to replace the cheapo ebay HEI, its been the only sore spot under the hood on this car, everything else has worked out pretty good.
I would like to thank you fellow nesters for all the info and parts support.
Two years later and living with it daily I still love this car!