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- From: Pennbo's <pennbo@verizon.net>
- To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [MSAR] Trucks?
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:03:20 -0700
Thanks Everyone! You have all reconfirmed what I have always believed about trucks. But I haven't looked to buy a new one in many years and I thought that perhaps things had changed! I guess I just needed some confirmation that I was on the right track. The issue of a moving animal rather than a static weight has always been a concern of mine and I have told many people not to pull any distance with a 1/2 ton. Seeing an SUV pulling a two horse gives me the shivers.
At least I think we educated this particular salesman a little bit. I gave him a lot of the same reasons you fed back to me and some new facts to think about. (it was a dead give away that he was not knowledgeable about horses when he told us that the "average" horse weighs 3000 pounds.....LOL...we corrected that misconception!)
Now I need to wrap my brain around the sheer SIZE of the newer trucks. Have any of you stood next to a Chevy 2500 Silverado? It's HUGE. I'm tall and the top rail comes almost to my shoulder! I don't even want to think about throwing tack over that rail and into the bed!!!
Thanks again all!
Chris Pennington
(any recommendations on brand/type of three horse trailers? That's also in the works! I usually haul only two beasts at once, and we have a couple of two horse trailers, but we have three horses and in our fire prone area we need one to hold them all - just in case.)
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[MSAR] Trucks?,
Pennbo's, 06/17/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, Randy Nelson, 06/17/2007
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Re: [MSAR] Trucks?,
Jorene Downs, 06/17/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, Paul Fleming, 06/18/2007
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Re: [MSAR] Trucks?,
bonnie elster, 06/18/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, bchorserider, 06/18/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN, 06/18/2007
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Re: [MSAR] Trucks?,
STEVE GASCA, 06/18/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, Pennbo's, 06/18/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, tgschneider, 06/18/2007
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Re: [MSAR] Trucks?,
David Skofstad, 06/17/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, Glaze, 06/18/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, VallenC, 06/18/2007
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Re: [MSAR] Trucks?,
VallenC, 06/18/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, Pennbo's, 06/18/2007
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Re: [MSAR] Trucks?,
John Neff, 06/18/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, Pennbo's, 06/18/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks? - (Slightly off topic but related), Charles L. Sparke, 06/18/2007
- Re: [MSAR] Trucks?, Michael R. Schuppenhauer, 06/18/2007
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