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Message: [QUOTE="me2, post: 383820, member: 3825"] I'm back. I've been on holidays with my family since early July, only being back home to attend a wedding that fell in the middle. In case you haven't noticed, I don't mention when I am leaving, nor where I live. I've had one truck stolen and that was quite enough. There has been a rash of Superduties gone missing in my area and I suspect that at least one was related to someone posting travel information on the Internet. Our family has had a fantastic time at several lakes over the past couple weeks. In total we put about 2000 miles on my F350, about 800 of those pulling the trailer. This is how we roll and stay when on the road these days. [ATTACH=full]91079[/ATTACH] The sailboat in front of the truck gets pulled behind on the hitch aft of the rack. The rack also folds up, which then allows me to use the hitch receiver under the rack. The "train", as my wife calls it, is over legal lengths either way, though I have never been bothered by law enforcement. There is only 1 kayak on the roof in this picture. Usually there are 2 or 3. Its absolutely amazing how well this sort of combination works. We are surprisingly comfortable and self sufficient when travelling and having all our gear along means we are never wanting for something to do. In general my F350 has worked well, aside from my usual complaints of it being under powered (under torqued, actually) and it rides rough on bad roads. Not to mention its terrible fuel economy. Did I mention terrible ? Absolutely terrible. The rear seat DVD player is a Godsend when travelling with kids. Put in a good disk and the hours and miles slip away while the kids listen to their shows on the wireless headphones while my wife and I enjoy silence or another media in the front seats. When I bought the truck I thought the rear seat DVD player was a nice to have. Now I think its essential. An issue has cropped up with my truck. It has a terrible vibration and shake under various conditions, mostly to do with turning under load. I'll be checking the U Joints, rear diff limit slip and maybe even changing transmission oil this week. Due to various commitments for both the truck and me, the swap itself is pretty much on hold until September now and work on swap fabrication is on hold until the CNC plasma cutter is done. Some/most of the parts arrived for the cutter while I was away, but I have a lot of catch up to do from being away before I'll be able to start piecing them together. I'm sorry I don't have anything better to report. I'm bummed that I didn't have the 6.7 running before the summer use started, but I'm having too much fun enjoying the summer to let it bother me. I can't wait to get the CNC cutter running and doubley can't wait to get a Cummins running in this thing. [/QUOTE]