[AT] Question OT

[Richard Fink Sr]

I hear what you are saying Cecil. My dump gets an average of about 3000 
miles a year i haul a tractor in now and then and haul my coal for shop 
heat that is about the amount of use of my truck. So i can't justify a new 
one it takes a day now and then to keep it running. So i will stay with it.
R Fink
PA




At 08:11 AM 5/14/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>I realize that a new truck is worth less everyday.  It is up to each one of
>us what he or she wants to do with their spare time.  Work on something to
>drive or work on our tractors, hobbies, travel, etc.   Back in sept of 
>2000, I was
>working on my wife's suburban or my pickup that would not make a trip to the
>state line, or on my dad's Dodge pickup.  This had been going on for over 2
>years.  I then told my Dad that it was time he bought a new truck, and 
>when he
>did, he WOULD buy the maximum extended warranty.  We got a 2000 Chevy 3500
>dually.  I since put a flat bed on it instead of the pickup bed, and have the
>pickup bed for sale.  A month later I bought a Suburban for my wife and 
>then in
>Feb of 2001 I bought a F350 Powerstroke diesel for myself.
>
>I was doing the taxes for 2001 and 2002 and 2003 and noticed that my repair
>bills had dropped by about $400 per month.  that is for parts only...  I have
>more time to do other things now because I am not working on the worn out
>vehicles.
>It is an expense, but I noticed that the other guys that were having fun with
>their antique cars, and other hobbies were driving late model vehicles.....
>Now If I could afford some new farm equipment, I might be able to quit
>working on all this junk............
>
>Just my $0.02.
>
>Besides, you can't take it with you.....
>
>Cecil in OKla
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