Re: Ford E350 Econoline vs. LCF

On Sun, 20 May 2007 05:23:48 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Gunner
<gunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> quickly quoth:

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

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.

Yeah, but at least it's tarped. I have so much crap in my shop I
can't get to my welder to build a stand or have room once I did.
Well, Lowes just sent a flyer with a 10x14 barn-style shed for just
$499. That's better than I can do for wood in building my own.


Well..you had winter traction. Shrug

True, and I actually drove in the snow a few times this year.


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!

I think I could afford diesel more easily than regular unleaded, but
after Carl's post (Thanky, Mr. Burns) I definitely need to check fuel
mileage and ride comfort before I buy.


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.

Yeah, not with damnear $4 fuel prices, those FUCKS.

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