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Posted by Don Ocean on November 13, 2008, 10:30 pm
ftwhd@home.com wrote:
> wrote:
>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> One big reason I like working for the outfit that I'm at is they keep
>>>>> me busy year around at 40 or more hours. The only time I put in less
>>>>> hours is when I take a day off here and there.
>>>> There aren't any service trucks parked at the supply houses either.. they
>>>> are all parked at their respective shops. Since Monday, I have only seen
>>>> one
>>>> other service truck on the road.... he had a tree stand in the back to go
>>>> hunting.
>>> Well we are always looking for good techs. Just put a new one on a
>>> few weeks ago. No shortage of work here. I guess thats the big
>>> difference between resi and com/industrial.
>>> I think a lot of the problem down your way is the climate. No one
>>> needs ht/clg now. Up here were gearing up for the htg season. Lots
>>> of boiler work to do. I spent 7 hrs on a 1.2MBH copper fin Ray Pak hi
>>> delta boiler today on my second call and I need to go back to finish
>>> tomorrow. Those copper fin boilers suck but there are good for
>>> business.
>> nothing to do with climate... all my service agreement customers have been
>> taked care of. Those that were up for renewal didn't have the money to
>> renew. Condemned 2 furnaces... they don't have the money to replace them.
>>> Maybe you need to branch out a bit and get into more fridge work?
>>> Personally I hate com refer work anymore. I just bored with it but
>>> when the calls come in Im the guy they send. I guess I cant bitch,
>>> its work for me.
>> I do some fridge work, and most all of my commercial customers have gone out
>> of business, and closed their doors. I only have a couple of commercial
>> customers left.
> Well the bright side is we are nearing the end of an error and things
> will pick up again. Gas is down to 1.89 around here but its going to
> take some time for folks to recoup and get caught back up. Its hard
> to get by when your pumping a few hundred a week into the tank to get
> to work. Especially for those who make shit wages, Thank god for the
> UA. :)
The Cheapest here is $1.92/9 per gallon. And that is 10% gasohol. Flex
fuel, whis\ch is 27% Gasohol is a flat $1.42. E85 is less, But around
here, only Government vehicles are rigged for that. Diesel is still way
too damned high. Most of the farmers equipment is diesel. Even without
road taxes it is still high. Propane is down from $2.12 to $1.68. The
farmers are burning a tremendous amount of Propane right now in the corn
dryers. Too much snow and rain with temperatures staying just about 32ºf
daytime temperatures. We host some of that largest Gasohol producers in
the world and one of the biggest just declared a chapter 13 or is it 11?
reorganization. They contracted to buy corn at last years prices and now
are getting the bottom line massacred by that. More will either bankrupt
of reorg withing weeks. Gasohol is tax subsidized to the tune of about
55 cents a gallon.
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on November 14, 2008, 9:55 pm
I tried that 10% ethanol fuel in my vehicles. The mileage dropped from 18 to
15. Not worth the price difference.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.
The Cheapest here is $1.92/9 per gallon. And that is 10% gasohol. Flex
fuel, whis\ch is 27% Gasohol is a flat $1.42. E85 is less, But around
here, only Government vehicles are rigged for that. Diesel is still way
too damned high. Most of the farmers equipment is diesel. Even without
road taxes it is still high. Propane is down from $2.12 to $1.68. The
farmers are burning a tremendous amount of Propane right now in the corn
dryers. Too much snow and rain with temperatures staying just about 32ºf
daytime temperatures. We host some of that largest Gasohol producers in
the world and one of the biggest just declared a chapter 13 or is it 11?
reorganization. They contracted to buy corn at last years prices and now
are getting the bottom line massacred by that. More will either bankrupt
of reorg withing weeks. Gasohol is tax subsidized to the tune of about
55 cents a gallon.
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Posted by Steve on November 14, 2008, 10:12 pm
> ftwhd@home.com wrote:
>> wrote:
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> One big reason I like working for the outfit that I'm at is they keep
>>>>>> me busy year around at 40 or more hours. The only time I put in less
>>>>>> hours is when I take a day off here and there.
>>>>> There aren't any service trucks parked at the supply houses either..
>>>>> they
>>>>> are all parked at their respective shops. Since Monday, I have only
>>>>> seen one
>>>>> other service truck on the road.... he had a tree stand in the back to
>>>>> go
>>>>> hunting.
>>>> Well we are always looking for good techs. Just put a new one on a
>>>> few weeks ago. No shortage of work here. I guess thats the big
>>>> difference between resi and com/industrial.
>>>> I think a lot of the problem down your way is the climate. No one
>>>> needs ht/clg now. Up here were gearing up for the htg season. Lots
>>>> of boiler work to do. I spent 7 hrs on a 1.2MBH copper fin Ray Pak hi
>>>> delta boiler today on my second call and I need to go back to finish
>>>> tomorrow. Those copper fin boilers suck but there are good for
>>>> business.
>>> nothing to do with climate... all my service agreement customers have
>>> been taked care of. Those that were up for renewal didn't have the money
>>> to renew. Condemned 2 furnaces... they don't have the money to replace
>>> them.
>>>> Maybe you need to branch out a bit and get into more fridge work?
>>>> Personally I hate com refer work anymore. I just bored with it but
>>>> when the calls come in Im the guy they send. I guess I cant bitch,
>>>> its work for me.
>>> I do some fridge work, and most all of my commercial customers have gone
>>> out of business, and closed their doors. I only have a couple of
>>> commercial customers left.
>> Well the bright side is we are nearing the end of an error and things
>> will pick up again. Gas is down to 1.89 around here but its going to
>> take some time for folks to recoup and get caught back up. Its hard
>> to get by when your pumping a few hundred a week into the tank to get
>> to work. Especially for those who make shit wages, Thank god for the
>> UA. :)
> The Cheapest here is $1.92/9 per gallon. And that is 10% gasohol. Flex
> fuel, whis\ch is 27% Gasohol is a flat $1.42. E85 is less, But around
> here, only Government vehicles are rigged for that. Diesel is still way
> too damned high. Most of the farmers equipment is diesel. Even without
> road taxes it is still high. Propane is down from $2.12 to $1.68. The
> farmers are burning a tremendous amount of Propane right now in the corn
> dryers. Too much snow and rain with temperatures staying just about 32ºf
> daytime temperatures. We host some of that largest Gasohol producers in
> the world and one of the biggest just declared a chapter 13 or is it 11?
> reorganization. They contracted to buy corn at last years prices and now
> are getting the bottom line massacred by that. More will either bankrupt
> of reorg withing weeks. Gasohol is tax subsidized to the tune of about 55
> cents a gallon.
I run gasohol any time I can find it. It makes better power, the engine
burns cooler, and burns a hell of a lot cleaner. I ran gasohol exclusively
in a '76 Mustang II Mach I Stallion.....it had the 2.8V6 that dyno'ed at
275hp. I ran it for 180,000 miles before I tore it down. There was ZERO
carbon deposits in the engine, and only a light brown haze on the tops of
the pistons. The factory honing crosshatch was still visible the entire
length of all 6 cylinders. The insides of the tailpipes were white. BTW, it
got as high as 34mpg on the interstate @ 65mpg with 3.40 gears in the rear
end and no overdrive
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on November 15, 2008, 10:15 am
Hmmm. That's strange. My van went from about 18 MPG to 15.5 MPG when I ran
gasohol. Turned out to cost more, when I did the math.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.
I run gasohol any time I can find it. It makes better power, the engine
burns cooler, and burns a hell of a lot cleaner. I ran gasohol exclusively
in a '76 Mustang II Mach I Stallion.....it had the 2.8V6 that dyno'ed at
275hp. I ran it for 180,000 miles before I tore it down. There was ZERO
carbon deposits in the engine, and only a light brown haze on the tops of
the pistons. The factory honing crosshatch was still visible the entire
length of all 6 cylinders. The insides of the tailpipes were white. BTW, it
got as high as 34mpg on the interstate @ 65mpg with 3.40 gears in the rear
end and no overdrive
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Posted by Steve on November 15, 2008, 4:07 pm
Moron... it helps if you actually take care of the vehicle instead of
driving it till it quits.
> Hmmm. That's strange. My van went from about 18 MPG to 15.5 MPG when I ran
> gasohol. Turned out to cost more, when I did the math.
> --
> Christopher A. Young
> Learn more about Jesus
> www.lds.org
> .
> I run gasohol any time I can find it. It makes better power, the engine
> burns cooler, and burns a hell of a lot cleaner. I ran gasohol exclusively
> in a '76 Mustang II Mach I Stallion.....it had the 2.8V6 that dyno'ed at
> 275hp. I ran it for 180,000 miles before I tore it down. There was ZERO
> carbon deposits in the engine, and only a light brown haze on the tops of
> the pistons. The factory honing crosshatch was still visible the entire
> length of all 6 cylinders. The insides of the tailpipes were white. BTW,
> it
> got as high as 34mpg on the interstate @ 65mpg with 3.40 gears in the rear
> end and no overdrive
>
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