Haha! I like that Morris. Been thinkin of gettin some nice land in eastern OK. I like the nice forested hills there. Lots of cheap beautiful land.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:45 PM, Morris Galloway <[email protected]> wrote: > Ain't there a single country boy in this group? Grousing about the ride? > These things ain't a limo. They ain't even a station wagon for momma to use > picking up the kids after school. > They are TRUCKS. They are meant to haul Hay, take Bossy, or a couple of > heifers, or a sow, or whatever -- where ever they need to go. Or bring hay > or barbed wire and fence posts to the quarter section (poor), section (rich) > that you are farming. And Bossy don't care about bounce. If you care about > bounce you are driving too fast on those dirt roads. Now, about this > 150/1500, 250/2500, 350/3500 stuff. Here's the poop. In Heavy Duty Work > or Drayage (Heavy load Short Hauling) here is how these haulers are rated: > Load Plus 100% Overload. Thus a 150 or 1500 (those numbers mean NOTHING) is > duty rated at One Half Ton -- Plus a 100% Overload or -- Ta Da -- a Ford > F150 or Chevy/Dodge/Whatever 1500 is rated at, and will, should, is designed > to HAUL a One Ton Load of Beeves, Mutton, Pork, or Fence All Day Every Day > at Farm To Market Speeds, over Farm to Market Roads. Ain't nothin' changed > about that since Henry was alive. And the F250/C2500 are of course the > Three Quarter Tonnage Version, Plus Overload, Meant to Haul, Day In, a Ton > and A Half. Not You and your city butt. Rather Cows, Swine, whatever. And > the Mighty F350/3500? That is the One Tonner, Meant to Haul Two Tons, over > Farm to Market Roads (dirt, asphalt, rutted, pot-holed, road-graded, > occasionally Actually Paved) at 1940's to 1960's speeds. Guess what? They > will do that. All Day. Want a smooth Ride? Buy a Jaguar XJL. But at my > place, when I put on my Justins, my Wranglers, button up a blue chambray > work shirt, grab my Wells Lamont Gloves and Bailey Hat (Stetson's are for > Church -- or Court) and head out to back where the trucks are parked, I > ain't looking for a carriage ride. There. Have I shamed enough of you to > quit bellyaching about 'soft rides' so we can all start talking about > Cameras? (Oh, we sold the 1,000 Acres in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, and the > 1,200 head of beeves some time ago. Down to a more manageable size.) Would > talk more, but got court tomorrow. Re-lurking now. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
