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Date:         Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:02:21 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Friday Stuff
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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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.


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