MonsterBash
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Road Trip!! ~ My Grails of Grails (if that's even possible)
After getting screwed numerous times by a shipping agent (which was NOT NAVL!), I decided to make an impromptu road trip. I had about 24 hours to from the time I decided to tell the shipping company to go F themselves, to the time I left. Not much in the way of a plan..but it worked out just fine
Mission: Get from Buffalo NY to Alexandria MN and back 'before' the storm
Departure Buffalo: 12.9 ~ 4PM
Arrival Buffalo: 12.11 ~ 5:30PM
Miles Driven: 2218
Time on the Road: 49.5 hours
Time Without Sleep: 42 hours (left after work)
Time unloading into the basement immediately after getting home: 3.25 hours
Tolls : $132.85
Gallon of Fuel: 209
Cost of Fuel: $637.22
Hotel: $63.50
Trailer Rental $59.90 (for some reason Uhaul only charged me 2 days…I returned it on 12.12)
Other:
Got pulled over once at about 2:30 in the morning somewhere in Wisconsin on the way out there . The trailer light plug popped out of the harness…was let go with a warning.
Complete whiteout in the Chicago area about 12 midnight Thursday night on the way out . Probably wasn't going more than 30 for about 20-30 miles. In hindsight I probably should have pulled over and waited it out considering I was towing an enclosed trailer
The only reason I did the trip in 49 hours was because of the weather forecast. I decided to drive through Thursday night and get in Friday at noon to stay a head of the storm. That was the same storm that took down the Metrodome in Minneapolis MN. At best guess I would say I was about 5 hours a head of the storm on the way home.
Tis what I consider the Holy Grail of Grails…I've never seen one in person and only played its sister machine twice.
The first pic is at the seller's house when I picked it up. The last 2 pics is assembled at my house but I haven't had time to do the wiring yet. I'm finishing the other side of the basement were this with eventually end up.
Why you ask… (and even if you didn't)
Cuz of this...
Ain't she a beauty!
After getting screwed numerous times by a shipping agent (which was NOT NAVL!), I decided to make an impromptu road trip. I had about 24 hours to from the time I decided to tell the shipping company to go F themselves, to the time I left. Not much in the way of a plan..but it worked out just fine
Mission: Get from Buffalo NY to Alexandria MN and back 'before' the storm
Departure Buffalo: 12.9 ~ 4PM
Arrival Buffalo: 12.11 ~ 5:30PM
Miles Driven: 2218
Time on the Road: 49.5 hours
Time Without Sleep: 42 hours (left after work)
Time unloading into the basement immediately after getting home: 3.25 hours
Tolls : $132.85
Gallon of Fuel: 209
Cost of Fuel: $637.22
Hotel: $63.50
Trailer Rental $59.90 (for some reason Uhaul only charged me 2 days…I returned it on 12.12)
Other:
Got pulled over once at about 2:30 in the morning somewhere in Wisconsin on the way out there . The trailer light plug popped out of the harness…was let go with a warning.
Complete whiteout in the Chicago area about 12 midnight Thursday night on the way out . Probably wasn't going more than 30 for about 20-30 miles. In hindsight I probably should have pulled over and waited it out considering I was towing an enclosed trailer
The only reason I did the trip in 49 hours was because of the weather forecast. I decided to drive through Thursday night and get in Friday at noon to stay a head of the storm. That was the same storm that took down the Metrodome in Minneapolis MN. At best guess I would say I was about 5 hours a head of the storm on the way home.
Tis what I consider the Holy Grail of Grails…I've never seen one in person and only played its sister machine twice.
The first pic is at the seller's house when I picked it up. The last 2 pics is assembled at my house but I haven't had time to do the wiring yet. I'm finishing the other side of the basement were this with eventually end up.
Why you ask… (and even if you didn't)
Cuz of this...
Ain't she a beauty!

