[TheForge] tig setup- thanx everybody

[Andy Vida]

Ralph Sproul wrote:
> 
>     Reis,  Couldn't agree with you more on the trailblazer.  I priced a
> trailblazer last summer and they wanted $4200 for it (gas).  I was going to
> upgrade my 16 year old one........but then I figured why bother.
> 
> Until I got my Big 50 Diesel the Trailblazer ran 12 years at six days a week
> for 10 hours a day with no problems........ how can you argue with results
> like that.  I paid $2350 for mine new many years ago, and it paid for itself
> easily in the first year.  They aren't much of a generator, but the arc
> stability is amazing even on this old one.

	Well, I'm about to buy a 1983 GMC school bus.  It was
	converted to a camper by a guy that died of Hodgkins disease
	about 6 months ago and his friend "inherited" it.  63K original
	miles.  The body is immaculate in condition and it has a huge
	rack installed on top.  My plan is to load all my crap into it
	and head back to NY/NJ.  I'll stop in on Scottsdale to retireve
	my blacksmithing equipment and other garbage and then home.

	The only downside is it's a gas engine instead of diesel.  366 inch
	v-8 and a 5 speed Allison.  I hopeI will get 8 mpg.  Is that hoping 
	for too much?  weighs 11,500#.  Even has a 5 kW generator, fridge, 
	stove, microwave, wood burning stove, AC in a window, elec. heater, 
	couch, bed space, closets... really weird getup, all home made by 
	the deceased. He put a lot of work into it.  Lived in it for ten 
	years after the disease forced him to stop his dental practice.