This is a tribute to Mazda. I have a '91 B2200, 155K miles on it. Today I
went to my wholesaler and picked up 286bf of Primo Red Oak. The ticket said
994lbs on it. I'm thinking, ok that's a half ton as per the rating ( I
think ) on my truck. One forklift got one end of the stack on the bed while
another pushed it into the truck. This red oak is 10ft lengths, by the way,
now in a 6ft bed. I'm wondering if my front wheels are going to stay in
contact with the ground or if my rear suspension is going to go Ping any
time. But the drive home of 20 miles proved to be uneventful, much to my
delight. BTW the truck was given to me by a friend so there's a bit of a
GLOAT for ya.
Will
In article <[email protected]>, Ba r r y
<[email protected]> wrote:
> My '85 Toyota with a 22R engine and vinyl flooring went almost 300k
> before I DROVE it to the junkyard.
I have two Lincoln Town Car sedans and a Lincoln Town Car stretch with
520 000km, 540 000km, and 630 000km on them. All three are still in
great shape and being used as limos. Never liked Ford products until I
started using these Lincolns.
Gerry < *not* trying to start a pissing contest ;-) >
Yeah but was your S-10 free? :-)
Will
"Mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Not impressed!
> 1992 Chevy S-10, 240K miles, 2200 # - with a weak tranny.
> Mark
>
> "NorthIdahoWWer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > This is a tribute to Mazda. I have a '91 B2200, 155K miles on it.
Today
> I
> > went to my wholesaler and picked up 286bf of Primo Red Oak. The ticket
> said
> > 994lbs on it. I'm thinking, ok that's a half ton as per the rating ( I
> > think ) on my truck. One forklift got one end of the stack on the bed
> while
> > another pushed it into the truck. This red oak is 10ft lengths, by the
> way,
> > now in a 6ft bed. I'm wondering if my front wheels are going to stay in
> > contact with the ground or if my rear suspension is going to go Ping any
> > time. But the drive home of 20 miles proved to be uneventful, much to
my
> > delight. BTW the truck was given to me by a friend so there's a bit of
a
> > GLOAT for ya.
> >
> > Will
> >
> >
>
>
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 22:46:42 -0500, "Mark" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Not impressed!
>1992 Chevy S-10, 240K miles, 2200 # - with a weak tranny.
My '85 Toyota with a 22R engine and vinyl flooring went almost 300k
before I DROVE it to the junkyard.
The bench seat wore out before the clutch did. <G>
Barry
Not impressed!
1992 Chevy S-10, 240K miles, 2200 # - with a weak tranny.
Mark
"NorthIdahoWWer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This is a tribute to Mazda. I have a '91 B2200, 155K miles on it. Today
I
> went to my wholesaler and picked up 286bf of Primo Red Oak. The ticket
said
> 994lbs on it. I'm thinking, ok that's a half ton as per the rating ( I
> think ) on my truck. One forklift got one end of the stack on the bed
while
> another pushed it into the truck. This red oak is 10ft lengths, by the
way,
> now in a 6ft bed. I'm wondering if my front wheels are going to stay in
> contact with the ground or if my rear suspension is going to go Ping any
> time. But the drive home of 20 miles proved to be uneventful, much to my
> delight. BTW the truck was given to me by a friend so there's a bit of a
> GLOAT for ya.
>
> Will
>
>
Ya got me there.
Mark
"NorthIdahoWWer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Yeah but was your S-10 free? :-)
>
> Will
>
> "Mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Not impressed!
> > 1992 Chevy S-10, 240K miles, 2200 # - with a weak tranny.
> > Mark
> >
> > "NorthIdahoWWer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > This is a tribute to Mazda. I have a '91 B2200, 155K miles on it.
> Today
> > I
> > > went to my wholesaler and picked up 286bf of Primo Red Oak. The
ticket
> > said
> > > 994lbs on it. I'm thinking, ok that's a half ton as per the rating
( I
> > > think ) on my truck. One forklift got one end of the stack on the bed
> > while
> > > another pushed it into the truck. This red oak is 10ft lengths, by
the
> > way,
> > > now in a 6ft bed. I'm wondering if my front wheels are going to stay
in
> > > contact with the ground or if my rear suspension is going to go Ping
any
> > > time. But the drive home of 20 miles proved to be uneventful, much to
> my
> > > delight. BTW the truck was given to me by a friend so there's a bit
of
> a
> > > GLOAT for ya.
> > >
> > > Will
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:46:13 -0500, "G.E.R.R.Y."
<[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, Ba r r y
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> My '85 Toyota with a 22R engine and vinyl flooring went almost 300k
>> before I DROVE it to the junkyard.
>
>I have two Lincoln Town Car sedans and a Lincoln Town Car stretch with
>520 000km, 540 000km, and 630 000km on them. All three are still in
>great shape and being used as limos. Never liked Ford products until I
>started using these Lincolns.
>
>Gerry < *not* trying to start a pissing contest ;-) >
No problem about the pissing contest! <G>
Our road crews use far too much salt, which led to the early demise of
the Toyota. It was quickly losing weight! The Toyota was $5400 NEW
in 1985.
A great testament to those Lincolns is the abuse the examples seen
around New York City take. Sometimes it seems like a license plate
with T&LC along the bottom does something to the driver!
Barry