We were planning an all Diesel MB trip to the arctic circle IIRC in the 1990's or early 2000's - we being the members of this forum. Never happened, but it was discussed.
On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 6:08 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I thought the AlCan was completely paved now? > > When I used to do work in Fairbanks it was rare to see a car or truck > without a cracked windshield, especially if you drove the haul road up to > the Yukon (that ultimately went to Prudhoe Bay). > > -D > > > On Nov 9, 2021, at 10:13 PM, Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > Depends on how fast you want to drive. SWMBA made the trip up from SEA > with #1 boy as co-driver. I think they stopped every night. August, so > still some late light, but not much past 8pm. Took them five days one way. > > > > She made another transit down AlCan with her mutt. A week with camping > along the roadway in June, so left with around 20 hours of daylight, > arriving to 18 hours. Heading south took a week. Driving back, she took > five days to Prince Rupert, took the AK ferry to Skagway, then along the > Klondike Hwy to Whitehorse and back onto AlCan, for another two days before > getting back to ANC. > > > > The drive from ANC to FAI is around 800 miles round trip. From FAI to > Deadhorse is another 400, oneway. Roundtrip in a day seems reasonable. > Were I driving up from the lower 48, I would go with a well suspended 126 > LWB, or a W140 for real lux accommodations. The SDL would handle to > unpaved sections of the AlCan without giving you massive back trouble or > rump rictus. Not sure how well the W124 would take the beating of pocked > gravel road at 50mph for long long stretches. > > > > Clay > > > > > > inter urinas et faeces nascimur > > > >> On Nov 9, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> The other day I saw a post from some guy on fakebook who drove a 560SEL > from Anchorage to the arctic circle in back within 24 hours. That got me > to thinking it would be a great monumental road trip to drive to Anchorage > and back from here in some sort of diesel Mercedes. Perhaps my 210. Maybe > the GL but it being much more complicated it would be harder to try to > repair it on the road. Maybe get an older 124 or 126 diesel ready for it. > My brother drove down here in a uhaul once when he moved down here from > there. Might have to wait until I retire or until i can manage to get 3+ > weeks off at a time. Not sure how much time it would take to do such a > trip. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
