[AT] O/T Meyers or Western plow

[DAVIESW739 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/25/2005 5:13:05 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
cmonson at hvc.rr.com writes:
Neither one would turn  a
corner in 4WD without lunging as they  turned.
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There  is a good reason for that lunging in tight turns with the ford. My 
friend  who helped get me into the cattle business is a Chevy man he had his new 
4 wheel  drive pickup over a while back and went down to the front pasture to 
look  at the cows. When he tried to back up a steep wet hill the pickup just 
spun out  on the rear wheels. A while later I had my Ford down there and tried 
the same  thing it had no trouble backing right up the hill as it has very 
good  positraction in low range 4 wheel drive. Yes I notice that it will lung 
when you  try to make tight turns on hard surface in low range. But I never get 
stuck  either. 
We looked at all of the pickups when we bought our Ranger , when we  went to 
look at the small Chevy we both got into the cab and it took only about  10 
seconds to say goodby to the salesman. I have never been so cramped up in a  
vehicle in my life. At 6 ft. I need to have room to spread out a little.   
Can't say as to how the Chevy drives as I never drove one of the new one but  
i found after riding in a few GM products that my head hits the roof and my  
knees are are in my lap. We went to town a couple of years ago to rent a car  
while are's was in the shop and they offer a Pontiac i sat down in it and had 
to  let the seat lean back to keep from hitting my head. right beside it was a 
Ford  Toraus it was actually lower to the ground by quite a bit but I could 
wear my  hat while sitting in it. If I can't sit comfortably in a car or truck 
then I go  down the streeet to the next dealership.  I have never been one to 
buy a  car or truck just because its a certain brand I test them out and buy 
what I  like. I really liked the Toyota but the $30k price was a bit more than 
I wanted  to spend at the time. Dang I wish sometimes that would have bit the 
bullet and  bought it anyway.

Walt Davies
Cooper Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR  97361
503 623-0460