[TheForge] tig setup- thanx everybody

[Ralph E Douglass]

Andy Vida wrote:
> 
> 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.

Well Andy, before you head out give me a call.
Sorry that we were not able to get together more often.
BTW Elmo is still hanging in there. Back legs do not work so well but he
is a fighter and is getting around fairly well. Seems in much better
spirts as well. Hoping that we can get him off all the different drugs
to see how he really is doing.

Ralph 

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