Definatly understand the need for some vacation time. My Operations Manager advised me I still had 64 hours left that needs to be taken that is left over from this year. Fortunatly he will let me carry it over into the next year. Hopefully we will have some good late winter bass spawning weather and i can use it up then. I doubt work schedules will allow too much of that. As far as towing the boat is a Triton dual console fiberglass with a 150 HP Mercury and is fully loaded with equipment. One of the local lakes close to where I store the rig at (the family farm) has a steep grade as soon as you enter the highway and you really have to watch and judge on coming traffic before entering and before the Gryphon under full exceleration I would only get to 60 MPH at the top of the hill. With the Gryphon I can be at the posted speed limit of 70 MPH at the top of the hill with out having to floorboard the accelerator and listen to the engine scream. I've had the flatbed and tractor hooked up as well and the truck just seems like it handles the loads without any effort. I have a buddy that has a newer Bellsouth radar detector in his truck and usually it will detect the new pop from the highway patrol before you can see him and yea that's too late. I've had the good fortune to have a preminission one was just over the hill or new when to cut the clowning around. We have the President George W. Bush Turnpike otherwise know as the North Dallas Autobaun here to drive and believe me the Texas State Troppers work this thing in shifts and everyone knows their hidding spots. I've notice with all of the toying around my gas mileage hasn't fallen off so I would imagine after the new were's off i should see some improvement. But I'm just havin too much fun.
