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  • From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Truck suggestions
  • Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:35:07 -0800

At 11/16/2004, you wrote:
>Front-wheel drive often negates the need for mileage-depleting and maintenance-cost >increasing four-wheel drive.

Until you get stuck in the mud out back..... 4wd like everything is a trade off.

I have spent a lot of time living in the midwest with mud, the desert with sand, and the northwest with snow and I can think of few times when 4wd would have been worth the hassle. At one time I worked in a garage in Mojave Ca and one of my jobs was driving a tow truck. It would be great fun driving that old GMC 6 cylinder tow truck up beside some brand new 4 wd pickup to make sure they had to money to pay. Several years ago I drove my Nissan pickup near where a new 4 wd pickup got itself stuck in sane. I was able to hook on and get him out. It seems to me that a good winch would do more good than 4 wd.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA http://www.braingarage.com






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