Re: Diesels

[Morris Galloway]

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.

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