Spring Mystery Tour in CMP

[Phil Waterman]

This falls under the heading how far have you driven your CMP recently? Our MV Club had its Spring Mystery Tour this weekend. Left the house at 0645 and returned at 2045 having driven a total of 221 miles. Here are a few data tidbits for the trip:


Distance to and from Tour 75 miles

Convoy Group Travel distance 146 miles

Max. Elevation 1,841.59 ft

Min. Elevation 223.49 ft

Total Elevation Climb 9,746.66 ft

Descending Elevation 10,018.32 ft

Climb Distance 73.55 miles

Descending Distance 73.19 miles

From the elevation change you can get the idea there was a lot of up and down hill travel lots of gear shifting. Average actual road speed was between 35-40 limited by the slowest vehicle in the convoy an M-37. My up engined (261) C60S with radio box was my no means the slowest, most of my down shifts being forced by the column ahead slowing down. Very enjoyable trip with 3 meal stops and a stop at winery.

This tour follows the month of May and US Memorial Day parades which our club participated in 6 parades, so lots of chances to use the trucks.

Of the 7 military vehicles there were no breakdowns or problems.