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[bosspsd]

This is just a rant about how much I hate towing into a head wind. Left Minneapolis area sat morning at 5:30 am heading for Bismarck, ND. We sold a race car to a guy from MT and we agreed to meet him in ND. It was very calm when we left, towing a 28' Halmark Edge race car trailer. With the dragster in it the combo would weight about 7200-7500 pounds. Heading west was a breeze and we were making great time with the cruise set about 78 mph and getting about 13.5 mpg. Stopped for fuel in West Fargo and could not believe the wind when I stepped out of the truck, you had to brace yourself just to stand while fueling up. Arrived in Bismarck about 11:00, not bad for 402 miles.

The exchange with the car buyer went smooth and we were back on are way heading east around 12:30, that is when all hell broke loose and we now had 402 miles of head wind to deal with and it was not going to pretty. The wind had to be over 30 and gusting to 45 and we were driving right into it. We had things to do so just slowing down and extending the trip did not sound fun. The only thing I could do was was get up to 70 mph set the cruise and then drop the shifter down to third to keep the trans from hunting like mad. So we drove for about 160 miles this way, the tach read 3000 rpm and the mpg meter said 7. We cruised right through jamestown with over half a tank so we kept going, big mistake as the truck started running out of fuel west of west fargo right as we started up the exit ramp where there was a fuel station. Hand calculatd the mpg's and we had only been getting about 6 mpg so we got a whopping 170 miles out of a tank of fuel. The next leg from west fargo to Alexandria, Mn was just as bad. I was wishing I 4:10 or 4:30 gear.

Spent over 400 dollars in fuel to go 800 miles, what a drag, I will not be traveling to ND anytime soon I know that. The truck got a work out and it really did perform well considering the sail we were towing behind us.

So how do the rest of you deal with really strong head winds, I hate em.