Well, as it is kind of related to the toys I am going to do a little whining here.
On my way out I had a blow out on the trailer. Then the in bed trailer plug failed so I moved the cord to the bumper plug over the tail gate. After getting to CA I made a wrong turn onto a dead end street, while turning around I snagged the cord and tore it apart. The next day I was driving the 08 to a tire store to get a new tire and the check engine light came on with a message saying "reduced engine power" so I stopped at the next ford dealer. After 4 hrs they tell me that the codes say that both turbos failed, the fan clutch failed and the EGR sensor failed and the repair bill would be $8900. So I spent the rest of the day trying to buy a new 2014 Platinum f-350 in platinum white. I sign all the papers and the dealer is washing the truck and I am ready to leave to meet them at the state line 150 miles away so I don't have to pay CA taxes. Then I thought this is like buying a pig in a poke as I have not seen the truck so walked out back where they were washing it and notice that it is platinum white but not a platinum model so that deal was fubared so I drove my 08 to Ken's.
So I went to SEMA with Ken. When I get back to Kim's house his friend Rick comes over with his tester and the only codes that will come up is a plugged cat. ???
So I buy a tester so I can reset the code and go for a test drive. The truck would only run 40-50 mph and I had to reset the code 40 times before the exhaust clean cycle came on for about 1 hr. the truck started running better but not strong so I decided to head for home without the trailer which has 11,000 EBs in it. After around 800 miles it started running fair. I am home now 1256 miles. Will pick up the new truck Tuesday and head out to pick up the trailer.
