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WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:12 am
by SteveB
Saw this via ComancheClub.com a couple hours ago and have been up scheming since....
http://denver.craigslist.org/rvs/3013373723.html
It was tight sleeping under the topper last summer, this would be some serious luxury.
hmmm....
32 hours one way, (could stop at cousins place halfway in Chicago),
1980mi one way,
about 200 gallons fuel round trip(@20mpg),
about $775 in gas
Am I nuts? (rhetorical).
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:01 am
by Frank
Fly out , buy the truck , and drive it home. Or fly out , buy the truck and drive it home and sell the truck to me. FjR68
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:31 am
by SteveB
The truck is tempting, but I love mine and really don't have that kind of cash on hand. I think I could swing the topper and gas to get it though. It's a good excuse for a road trip.
ROAD TRIP approved and confirmed, gotta be in CO by Sunday afternoon!
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:23 pm
by nostaw
Good luck with it Steve... Hope it works out!
JW
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:45 pm
by ZAEDOCK
It looks like a Civil war tent !
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:49 pm
by Roxie
Hmmm....I'm trying to figure out how to pick this up and get you to fund part of my road trip....
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:59 pm
by DOUG
Roxie wrote:Hmmm....I'm trying to figure out how to pick this up and get you to fund part of my road trip....
I was thinking the same thing, partial funding for our Moab trip...
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:04 pm
by Roxie
DOUG wrote:Roxie wrote:Hmmm....I'm trying to figure out how to pick this up and get you to fund part of my road trip....
I was thinking the same thing, partial funding for our Moab trip...
Moab is significantly closer. Yours.
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:37 pm
by DOUG
Roxie wrote:DOUG wrote:Roxie wrote:Hmmm....I'm trying to figure out how to pick this up and get you to fund part of my road trip....
I was thinking the same thing, partial funding for our Moab trip...
Moab is significantly closer. Yours.
Closer to what?
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:09 pm
by Roxie
DOUG wrote:Roxie wrote:DOUG wrote:Roxie wrote:Hmmm....I'm trying to figure out how to pick this up and get you to fund part of my road trip....
I was thinking the same thing, partial funding for our Moab trip...
Moab is significantly closer. Yours.
Closer to what?
To the tent! I'm going NM & AZ
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:08 am
by SteveB
Too late, ya snooze ya looze.....
looks like he's keeping the MJ, just wanted the top gone so he could haul his quad.
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:38 pm
by nostaw
Cool... Did you try it out on your way home?
JW
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:00 am
by SteveB
Just got in....straight. No test naps....I'd like to give it a "thorough" cleaning. It's in pretty good shape, showing it's age a bit but fully operational and watertight!
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:33 am
by ZAEDOCK
Jesus man, you're a Jeepn' psycho.
Re: WilderNest adventure topper
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:59 am
by SteveB
ZAEDOCK wrote:Jesus man, you're a Jeepn' psycho.
I think I set a new personal record for consecutive hours awake.
"Chip, I'm all jacked up on Mountain Dew!" -TR Bobby
EDIT
Final random statistics:
221 gallons
$810.75in fuel
4026.4 corrected mileage(speedometer reading 7.7% low) confirmed to w/in 3 miles by Google maps
18.2mpg
69 hours round trip
5 hours sleep total: 4 hours in St Charles, Il, 1 hr at random IA rest stop.
$3.67per gallon average
$50.93 in tolls
Forgot to record FL OZ of Mountain Dew consumed.
