Hwy 8 in Missouri

Thanks Paul thats excactly the kind of info I was looking for.:C

I drive Hwy 8 a few times a month and have done it pulling our travel trailer as well. It has it's curves, not really any hills though. There is a shoulder on parts and roughly 3-4 long enough straightaways for people to pass. the part of hwy 8 I'm talking about is around 36 miles long from Potosi, MO to Steelville, MO. Let me know if you have any other questions. From Hawn, you'll go through Farmington and hit Hwy 67 (4 lane hwy) then take the Park Hills exit and drive through a town till you hit hwy 8. it's 4 lanes till Potosi, MO then goes to 2 lane until you hit Steelville. After that it's smooth sailing for another 15 miles to I-44

No personal experience with hwy 8 but if it's anything like the highways around Johnson Shut Ins (32 and 49), good luck. A lot of those highways in that area are windy and hilly with narrow roads with no shoulder. Your 7.3 will do better than my 6.0 gas in the grades. I hate 70 also. We took 50 to Jefferson City (2 lane hwy past Sedalia) then down 63 to Rolla. Watch your road signs down there...we missed our turn a few times.