[A/S] Fw: Airstream Pullers

["Tom Patterson" <pattersontom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I too had replied to Harvey offlist.  Here is the first e-mail I sent.

-Tom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Patterson" <pattersontom@mindspring.com>
To: "Harvey Barlow" <harveybarlow@earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 5:39 PM
Subject: Airstream Pullers


> Harvey,
>
>      I have a '00 F-250 PSD equipped with BD chip and exhaust brake, as
well
> as a K & N Filter.  The truck is an extended cab with automatic and a 3.73
> rear end.  The trailer I normally pull is a 22' Streamline, and you
wouldn't
> know it is there.  Last year on a trip from Houston-Denver-Crested
> Butte-Sacramento-Houston, I averaged 16.5 mpg.  I think the total mileage
> was around 5000, and the 16.5 included towing and non-towing.  The chip
> makes a BIG difference in the mpg --- probably about 3-4 mpg.  I have a
> heavy foot, and generally travel 70 where the speed limit permits.
>      Currently, I have 40,000 on the odometer, and have had no problems of
> any kind.  I regularly change the oil at 3,000 miles.
>      If you do go the PSD route, remember to add the coolant additive
every
> 15,000 miles to avoid cavitation problems.
>
> -Tom