[TheForge] qualifies as steel at work

[ries niemi]

Really? an 8000 lb truck? and you drive it 80 miles round trip?
My pickup weighs a measly 4288lbs, and I drive it maybe once every week. Only when I need the 8 foot bed. Otherwise, I drive a much lighter vehcile that gets 30 mpg.

ries


> On Jan 18, 2015, at 10:53 PM, Craig S <calvinjean2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> A TON of steel?   This is the reason I commute 40 miles to work each day in a FOUR ton pickup.
> 
> Craig
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> -----Original Message----- From: Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
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> This is the reason we drive around in a ton of steel.
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/01/18/inches-from-death-in-a-26-car-pileup-an-oregon-man-cant-believe-hes-alive/?hpid=z5
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