cfherrman
Senior Member
Hmm let's raise house construction prices in half of the USA because tornadoes, legit
How about lets not think we are more superior than mother nature and build accordingly to where we live and not build a toothpick frame home and pray one never hits, that if it does insurance will cover it.Hmm let's raise house construction prices in half of the USA because tornadoes, legit
Trucking: you missed the point. More trucking needed means the employers at the freight company need to pay overtime because their employees already have a regular 40 hr/wk route. Also, if no return load, the one way costs more.Trucking in a emergency is not a issue-there's plenty of trucks nation wide. The problem then
becomes what are they going to haul back.
As far as a supply chain from manufacture--that issue exist because of just in time delivery,
causing not enough supply on hand, witch wasn't a real issue years ago because there was
a thing called a full warehouse.
Remember the toilet paper and cleaning supply debacle? That whole problem was caused by
social media ramping up fear which in turn caused hoarding across the country worrying about
having a clean ass. Which raised the price of toilet paper. As a nation we cause many of our own
problems because of paranoid greedy behavior.
As far as areas of the country that are impacted every year by storms like Tornados. There should
automatically be depots of mass quantiles of all the normal emergency items. Instead of shipping
those items overseas.
The other item-any state that is prone to certain types of disasters--Stop building trailer parks
tornados are attracted to them. Forest fire areas--no brush or trees within 200' of a dwelling.
Flood area--never should received a permit to build in the first place. Building in a flood plain
is just plane nuts. Tornado alley-all houses built from concrete no stick frame structures.
Earth quakes-if you chose to live and gamble living on a known fault zone-that should be on
them bad choice-best to move to North Dakota not much happens where Shimmy lives just
slightly cold now and then.
If I remember there are shiftable air actuated differential lockers for big trucks?
This is similar to Eaton and other makers Locker Differentials, Axle Snapping mothers!!!
Have those in my KW.If I remember there are shiftable air actuated differential lockers for big trucks?
BACK to the Topic, Nothing like a Well slicked used Utility truck, generally hardly even broken in when sell.
How about lets not think we are more superior than mother nature and build accordingly to where we live and not build a toothpick frame home and pray one never hits, that if it does insurance will cover it.
I don't drive a pickup daily. I drive a four wheel drive van. It's an easy step up to the driver's seat. I can stand on the ground & reach anything in the truck. My son's pickup I have to use a 2' step ladder to even see what's in the bed. Open the tailgate, my arms just got effectively two feet shorter. I use a truck as a tool box, the notion of climbing four feet to stand on the tailgate 50 times a day does not appeal to me.The dealership where I found my pu had a new F150 on the showroom floor. 4 door short bed. The sticker was 68,000. Then it had a "rocky ridge" 6" lift kit added that added another 23,000 sticker for a $91,000 total. Then these short old legs would have had to add a $60 step ladder just to get into the darn thing. Bed rails were about chin high.
I heard a story a year or more ago about a Ford dealer with many new Super Duty trucks delivered without some essential "chip" component. Talk was they were planning to title 2021 trucks as 2022.
I have the sense everything after that situation has transferred immediately to end users, no sitting on a lot waiting for a buyer. I'm not sure if Ford has delivered any 2023 model year Super Duty trucks. All sorts of rumors, I think they will build on a priority of fully loaded trucks first, except supply chain issues where certain components can't be had.
Maybe all the newer trucks from now on will just have the vin's changed to match the proper year. Ford did have thousands of them sitting waiting for chips, I'd also be curious how many paint chips they have from sitting in the hot sun and weather.I heard a story a year or more ago about a Ford dealer with many new Super Duty trucks delivered without some essential "chip" component. Talk was they were planning to title 2021 trucks as 2022.
I have the sense everything after that situation has transferred immediately to end users, no sitting on a lot waiting for a buyer. I'm not sure if Ford has delivered any 2023 model year Super Duty trucks. All sorts of rumors, I think they will build on a priority of fully loaded trucks first, except supply chain issues where certain components can't be had.
That works well for me . . . lolHmm let's raise house construction prices in half of the USA because tornadoes, legit