Re: Ford E350 Econoline vs. LCF

On Sat, 19 May 2007 18:48:38 -0700, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 22:50:06 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Gunner
<gunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> quickly quoth:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:17:58 -0700, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:

On Thu, 17 May 2007 11:51:17 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Gunner
<gunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> quickly quoth:

Ive been offered a 1989 Ford E350 van..1 ton, looooong *** with a
5.8 liter engine.

You couldn't afford the gas, Gunner.


Thats what Im wondering about.

Hell, it cost me $89.10 to fill up with regular this week, and my old
F-150 gets 18mpg (ideal), 14mpg haulin' ass around town like I usually
do with all my tools and a little Burke mill in the back. <sigh>

STILL?????? Larry....daaaamn.

Well..you had winter traction. Shrug


Ideally, I'd like to get a super-shortbed LCF like a Ford or Isuzu.
I'd toss a flatbed with side toolboxes on it. Anyone here running one
of these babies? I see them all over and wondered what the quirks and
maintenance costs were. The local Ford dealer doesn't even talk about
them, let alone stock 'em. I may go back to the dealership I bought
my pickemup from, Bill Fell Ford in Fairfield, CA. He saved me $3500
over the best price I could get from the dealer in LoCal. I'll
probably talk to him in July when I'm down that way. If I do get one
from him, I'll bring it down to show you (and fill that puppy up
again, this time with a higher tonnage than last time. <g>

Way cool!

It would be cool to get a Ranger with an aluminum utility body. Im not
sure it would do well with a steel one, loaded.

- Metaphors Be With You -


Gunner

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