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What veehickle ever used that arrangement? .

Not arguing any of that. My boy has a plug in that is relegated to around home, and a hybrid that goes anywhere. It does well on milage as I understand it. Not just in town, but out on the open road it does somewhat better than an all gas version of the same {I think}. As you say - the camming and whatnot for gen-set use may be a big part of that difference. Hybrids don't have much battery at all, compared to a plug-in. More like a capacitor I think. .

Every time that you change energy from one to another - there is loss, typically shows up as heat. So you will lose energy at the gen set, likely at the battery, at the power amp, and again at the wheel motor(s). .

Must be a new daffynation for "Ramcharger" eh? .

I've never heard much praise for the 6.0. Not that I ever heard anyone complain about reliability, but milage. Everyone I takled to always said that if you needed the power of the 6.0, you may as well git the 8.1. They both got about the same milage, and the 8.1 had way more power. ??? Come on fella's, you're not really puting much on those motors! Mr's O typically gits a newer 'Burban at 400K miles, which is over 600K klicks. I think she's around 340/350 (?) currently, and we just had new bearings / crush sleeve / and even axles put in the rear end. This is the 3rd rear end we have had to rebuild in a row in the 300K range. No real issues with the motors. Tranny rebuilt around 225? ($$$ - I didn't doo that one myself) I'm currently running a '99 Burban with the last of the 350's. I think it's around 275K miles right now. It was a North Carolina truck. A bit faded, but rust free. .

I have a chum that bought an F350 4wd dually with the 460 big block with flatbed. His numbers are not that far from my 5.9 Cummins (same type) truck. (winter fuel especially) I think he said 14mpg at 80mph going out west and back, and maybe 9 same trip with a trailer? Just a matter of getting the right gears for your app. I am encouraged that there is an option out there besides a clustered up rattler! .

This is one issue with short term management. Just like Wall Street only cares aboot the last quarter, or they may replace the CEO, the country only really cares aboot how we are dooing today. How many voters want to suck-it-up-buttercup? Most will vote for the can kicker b/c that makes today more better.... Unsure if there is ramifications later or not. Average Joe does not run a for-profit business. When you have a longer term management team, like China, Russia, Japan (?) - then you can accomplish longer term projects. .

At the end of the day, prices are only what folks are willing to pay. .

Blows my mind when I see folks that seem like they have their head on straight most of the time - go and blame The Feds for housing prices. Housing prices will follow what someone is willing to give for it. It is a supply and demand market. When the trend is going a certain way, it will continue that direction for a while, before swinging the other way again. It was the easy money from The Flue that seemed to start this trend for whatever reason. And "work from home" is certainly influencing housing further from the eppicenters, and raising values in rural areas, and especially lakefront properties. Just b/c you are willing to pay the new asking price, doesn't make it someone elses fault that you are over your head. Buy a rat trap the next time. .

I only saw 7 other sleds when I was in Ontario this winter. 4 were at staging and heading to or from camp. None on trail... 3 were actually riding, but they were 15 klicks from the closest trail. We had 4 permits between us, but there was only 2 of us, and we did ride a trail that happened to be groomed to git to point B, but neither of us had our tags stuck to our machines. The other 2 tags were never used at all. .

I didn't buy anything new, but I did pick up a '17 Sportsman 570 a cpl weeks ago. I found a few guys that had '25 pricing, but most still think that it's '22. Or at least they are hoping to find a buyer who thinks that it's still '23...

I read that last post in a way that I was expecting a pic, that seemed to not load. I guess no pic intended....

Polar bear in a snowstorm? I've seen that pic before. Heck, I recall watching that show on TV!

Board back from the dead. 5 years off! Better dust it off a bit before others stop by eh? .