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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen@earthlink.net>, livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] pickup trucks?
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:25:17 -0600


Good water, decent soil, and not too far from civilization (so called) is
getting harder to find, isn't it? We had the water (best ever) and soil
(grassy virgin valley) a while back in SW NM but gas started up. We began to
question our choices when gas rose above $2.00 .....

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 6/20/2008 at 10:51 AM Don Bowen wrote:

>I have a 98 Dodge pickup fully paid for. It has 176,000 miles and I
>expect
>at least another 75,000 out of it. Back when I bought it new, I looked
>for
>the smallest full sized pickup at the best price. It is a regular cab,
>short bed, with a 5.2 V8 and 5 spd. If I do everything right it will get
>18
>mpg. I live in a trailer wandering about from place to place helping out
>on
>farms and homesteads. Towing I get 10 mpg. I have already committed to
>help out building a shop in the Ozarks otherwise I would not be going
>anywhere.
>
>This next fall I have to decide to settle down. More than likely it will
>be
>in the Ozarks where I have access to a place with good water, decent soil,
>and a house with shop. At that time I will consider what to do next. One
>option will be to buy something small and retire the pickup to occasional
>use. Another option if I return to California is to pull an 80s electric
>postal van I know of out of a junk yard and restore that. In either case
>I
>will be buying a small motorcycle.
>
>Don Bowen KI6DIU
>http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>
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