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Subject: Re: Four wheel drive vehicles are a REQUIREMENT for most field
projects!
You are making an assumption too that all funders will pay for a vehicle.
IF a vehicle is an eligible expense then any proposer is going to put one
in if needed. Fact is, vehicles typically are not eligible
Yes, their are field projects in which they are necessary, however, saying
most is completely not true. In fact, if your car is not leaving the road
then no you don't need 4 wheel. Many field projects do not require 4
wheel. Thus far, I have been involved in about a dozen field research
All,
Most of the herp projects I have worked on have required four wheel drive
vehicles. Some of the PI's I have worked for were so inexperienced in field
work that they didn't realize that a four wheel drive was a necessity.
Many of the others tried to get by with very used four wheel drives
