I guess fishing out for a while

"George" wrote in message
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In spite of it all you sound lucky compared to some people. Besides the
trees was there any real damage to the house? The lack of food and A/C
would bother me the most.

I am an assistant scoutmaster here and I was wondering if the scouts are
helping in your area.

Fuel is a big problem every where. I just got to where I can afford a new
truck and after the sticker shock for the truck I have to deal with the
sticker shock for the fuel.

George, friends of mine were giving me a hard time this year when unleaded
was less than diesel fuel. Now, in my area, diesel is anywhere between 10
and 30 cents a gallon cheaper! Have you considered a diesel pickup truck?
They're not as noisy and smelly as they once were. I love my Duramax.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

George, friends of mine were giving me a hard time this year when unleaded
was less than diesel fuel. Now, in my area, diesel is anywhere between 10
and 30 cents a gallon cheaper! Have you considered a diesel pickup truck?
They're not as noisy and smelly as they once were. I love my Duramax.

I am still researching this but I am considering propane. It is supposed to
be about $1.80 a gallon. The problem is the cost of the conversion.
Supposedly about $,2000. Mileage is supposed to be about the same. The one
problem with diesel is you can't find it everywhere. It is probably easxier
to find than propane. Here in town diesel seems to be availible at about 1/3
of the gas stations. Out of town it might be a problem. If I could afford
the diesel I could probably also afford a Transfer Flow tank to increase my
capacity. They work well, I installed about five of them in the new Fords in
our towing fleet.
George in Las Vegas

George wrote: "I am still researching this but I am considering propane. It
is supposed to be about $1.80 a gallon. The problem is the cost of the
conversion. Supposedly about $,2000. Mileage is supposed to be about the
same. The one problem with diesel is you can't find it everywhere. It is
probably easxier to find than propane. Here in town diesel seems to be
availible at about 1/3 of the gas stations. Out of town it might be a
problem. If I could afford the diesel I could probably also afford a
Transfer Flow tank to increase my capacity. They work well, I installed
about five of them in the new Fords in our towing fleet."

Propane is hard to find and also LNG power for vehicles. Not sure if you
could fill a propane power car at a place that fills propane bottles but
they are disappearing not that bottle swap places have popped up. Diesel is
every where in Louisiana. There gas stations that carry diesel along with
truck stops. There are no lines in the diesel lanes. The lines for
gasoline remind me of the 70's embargo.

Sarge

George wrote:
George, friends of mine were giving me a hard time this year when unleaded
was less than diesel fuel. Now, in my area, diesel is anywhere between 10
and 30 cents a gallon cheaper! Have you considered a diesel pickup truck?
They're not as noisy and smelly as they once were. I love my Duramax.


I am still researching this but I am considering propane. It is supposed to
be about $1.80 a gallon. The problem is the cost of the conversion.
Supposedly about $,2000. Mileage is supposed to be about the same. The one
problem with diesel is you can't find it everywhere. It is probably easxier
to find than propane. Here in town diesel seems to be availible at about 1/3
of the gas stations. Out of town it might be a problem. If I could afford
the diesel I could probably also afford a Transfer Flow tank to increase my
capacity. They work well, I installed about five of them in the new Fords in
our towing fleet.
George in Las Vegas


Back in the 80's I experimented with propane fueled school buses -
converted 3 in our fleet. They got about 1/3 less milage with propane
compared to gas - not worth it back then - may be different now. We
changed to diesel as fast as possible.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

"George" wrote in message
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George, friends of mine were giving me a hard time this year when
unleaded was less than diesel fuel. Now, in my area, diesel is anywhere
between 10 and 30 cents a gallon cheaper! Have you considered a diesel
pickup truck? They're not as noisy and smelly as they once were. I love
my Duramax.

I am still researching this but I am considering propane. It is supposed
to be about $1.80 a gallon. The problem is the cost of the conversion.
Supposedly about $,2000. Mileage is supposed to be about the same. The one
problem with diesel is you can't find it everywhere. It is probably
easxier to find than propane. Here in town diesel seems to be availible at
about 1/3 of the gas stations. Out of town it might be a problem. If I
could afford the diesel I could probably also afford a Transfer Flow tank
to increase my capacity. They work well, I installed about five of them in
the new Fords in our towing fleet.

I would think that the availability of diesel is better than that of
propane. While I know it's not an indicator of what's going on in the real
world, here in Rhinelander, we have 10 gas stations, 7 of which carry
diesel. None of these stations allow propane refueling.

When I travel, once I get to 1/2 tank, I start looking and find a truck
stop. I've never been stranded for diesel yet, finding it even in remote
areas in Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario. Maybe I'm not looking in the right
places, but I don't recall ever seeing advertised pricing for fueling
propane in a vehicle.

I'm thinking that soon I'll replace my diesel pickup truck and it will in
all liklihood be another diesel. More torque, more horsepower, better
towing, longer duty cycle and typically better fuel milage than a comparably
equipped gasoline powered truck. What's not to like?
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com