Just get me home!

Driving to CT to pick up a car with my Dad and his Ranger. Well around Schenectady NY the ranger started overheating pretty bad. We stopped and bought out the convenience mart of coolant. This was before we even picked up the car. Kept topping it off along the way, but it was smoking badly. We eventually got to the car and got it put on the tow dolly. On the way back we didn't get far before it was really getting hot. We picked up a can of pepper and a ton of coolant. Filled it up and got another couple hundred miles till we needed to fuel up. Then repeated the next day until we got home. As soon as we got the truck into the driveway where I was storing the car the truck blew out the molded coolant end tanks. Replaced the heads (4.0L Push rod engine) and did the top end gaskets after that.