From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Thu Apr 22 2004 - 18:14:37 PDT
But the cost to ride a train in Germany is extremely high. You can almost
buy a car for the cost of a train ticket if you're going a few hundred
kilometers.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: David Cole <DavidCole@tk7.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] CARGO COVERS
> But the distances needed to travel in Europe aren't that great also.
>
> I was in Italy a few years ago and gas was about $4.50 per gallon, diesel
> was about $4.00. However the mass transit system in just about all of the
> cities was excellent. And trains regularly traveled between most major
> cities. Subways were also present. Bus/trolley service was excellent.
> Not so in the US. Want to get from Cincinnnati to Cleveland via train?
> Not going to happen. You can take a bus if you don't value your life.
>
> The nearest grocery store from my house is 10 miles away. It just never
> seems to be that way in Europe.
>
> I recently traveled out west from Indiana to Denver, CO and Casper, WY and
> back. It was a 3200 mile trip. And that was only about half way across
> the US and back.
>
> As part of my job, I regularly drive in excess of 500 miles per week, the
> last few months I have been doing almost 1000 per week. Other than
driving
> there is really no other practical means of transport for moderate
> distances. Flying is a lot more difficult now that they have homeland
> security in force.
>
> If gas prices hit $4.00 per gallon in the US, things will be changing fast
> here.
>
> Actually I'm fairly amazed that people aren't really upset about $2.00 per
> gallon now! Not too long ago I was putting 99 cent gas into the M51.
>
> If I was an oil company president, I'd be trying to crank the prices up to
> $3.00 per gallon since no one seems to mind paying $2.00 right now!
>
> Dave
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:00:18 +0200, Cor Streutjens
> <cstreutjens@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear listers,
> >
> > The fuel prices in your country we can only dream of over here in
Europe.
> > I pay more than a Euro per litre of fuel for my jeep which consumes 1
> > litre every 6 kilometers. Which makes it a very expensive means of
> > transportation. But I will not trade the car for a more economical one
in
> > my life. I think fuel consumption is part of driving a military vehicle,
> > not exactly the fun part but part of the price you have to pay if you
> > want to drive a military vehicle. Please don't take this wrong, it is
not
> > my intention to harm feelings.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Cor
> >
> >
> > Cor Streutjens
> > cstreutjens@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: Mel Miller <nourmahal@worldnet.att.net>
> >> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [MV] CARGO COVERS Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:55:03 -0500
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> >> Howdy Gruppe,
> >>
> >> IMHO, anyone who buys a Deuce or 5 ton and is overly concerned with
fuel
> >> economy and streamlining has his/her priorities seriously out of whack.
> >> One might even say that he is "Whacked Out", bot, far be it from me to
> >> suggest such a thing......
> >>
> >> Mel Miller
> >> Corpus Christi, TX
> >> No Deuce - Yet
> >>
> >> On Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 08:39 AM, Sonny Heath wrote:
> >>
> >>> and more wind resistance and less fuel economy?
> >>>
> >>> Sonny
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: <MVTrucker@aol.com>
> >>> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 4:48 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [MV] CARGO COVERS
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Gene,
> >>>> Are these the covers that are the correct length
> >>>> for the deuce but the sides come down past the
> >>>> tie down hooks? I have encountered these and the
> >>>> solution is to raise the uprights enough so the
> >>>> sides are above the hooks. Best to put the cover
> >>>> on and measure how far the stakes need to be raised.
> >>>> Remove the cover, raise the stakes, drill a hole
> >>>> and put a 5/16" bolt through to stop the uprights
> >>>> from dropping in all the way. Big advantage is more
> >>>> headroom.
> >>>> Joe Young
> >>>> Some parts: http://hometown.aol.com/mvtrucker/page5.html
> >>>>
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