[randy500]

I took a road trip this week. Tacoma, WA to Vancouver, WA. The trip is 133 miles each way via google maps.
I was hesitant to take the truck but really wanted to see how it handles on the highway, check the mileage and verify that its completely roadworthy.
It ran and drove great. I was nervous the whole time that I hadn't tightened something down because I have done that before.
On the return trip I carefully filled up then topped off to check the mileage, result was 19mpg so I'm very very happy with that. I could tell on the trip down that my mileage was between 15 and 20 based on the fuel gauge.
The trip was uneventful but just as I was about to leave the freeway I heard the sound of metal flying across the pavement...got home and noticed I lost a bracket holding up the lift gate, luckily I didn't loose the whole gate. I returned find the bracket and only found part of it. I thought I heard a metal sound earlier on the trip so I must have lost the other half of the bracket then.