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Subject:Re: Friday Stuff
From:JRodgers
Date:Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:17:23 -0500

Or squeeze into a parking spot where the car on the left and the car on
the right are parked on the lines marking your spot!!

On 8/31/2012 11:02 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> Loren,
>
> if it is any consolation, try turning that truck around on a tight trail. One with a ditch on once side and a steep drop off on the other :)
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 2012-08-31, at 8:33 PM, Loren Busch wrote:
>
>> A good friend of mine just bought a Ford 350 Turbo Diesel, going to be
>> hauling a 5th wheel with it.  I was looking at that truck the other day, my
>> gawd what a monster!  I'm tall but would still need a step stool just to
>> get up and work in the engine compartment.  But I can't see how you could!
>> So damn much 'stuff' in that engine compartment.  But the cab is like a
>> luxury car, all the bells and whistles.  And yet, when not hauling the 5th
>> wheel, he gets about the same mileage I do in Starwagen.  Hmm, how do I
>> transplant most of my Westy into the bed of that monster?  4wd to boot and
>> plenty of clearance.  Oh well, back to getting ready to head to Hells
>> Canyon and then to the WetWesties annual Reunion at Catherine Creek.
>