I seem to recall that. How adventurous were we…. AZBob
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 10, 2021, at 3:09 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
