That's the end of that....

[BuzZz]

'That' being.... the ability to ride the bike to work.

I've been a fieldbunny in the oil patch for 20 years, that means on-call all the time and the need to drive a big, ugly tool truck around, especially to work. Just over a year ago, I took a job working in a shop. Working on the same equipment, just always in the same place everyday.... so I could ride to work for the first time since I was a punkass kid. I enjoyed it, both the extra riding and the laid-back shopwork.

But this week I was weak. The money is much better, and I miss driving around the middle of no-where and getting paid for it. So there is an F-450 parked outside again and the bike will have to wait in the shed a little more now..... [/i]

[Ninja Geoff]

Is it a work truck or your truck? Take it wheelin

Cause 1 1/4 tons make excellent offroaders.

[BuzZz]

Not when they weigh 15,000lbs, have duals, and as for that 6.4..... it's a dog of a motor.

Plus, re-arranging my tools for an hour every time gets old real fast.

[Shorts]

I'd feel pissed and sick if I had to ride around a field in a Ford all day long too. Get yourself a real truck...***cough! cough! Ram CTD! cough!***

[roscowgo]

PSHTTTTTTTT. Boss hoss with a 502 and a trailer. With knobbies

Hoss


Cmon. you could put knobbies on it. They make a 230 knobbie don't they?

You could take it over some sweet jumps

[Shorts]

You could take it over some sweet jumps

[KarateChick]

...I've been a fieldbunny in the oil patch for 20 years

Were you really called a FieldBunny?? somehow I can't picture that

[mellis95]

I work on the SCADA/Automation side of the oilfield and find myself at drilling rigs and/or gas plants/compressor stations, etc. almost daily. Luckily I start and finish my day at the office, so riding to work isn't a problem for me, but if you are on locations for more than a day at a time, you might consider an enclosed cycle trailer. I have seen many of these around in the Barnett Shale and Freestone fields. You still have the truck, but in down-time you can roll out the bike for a ride. The only thing that sucks is the lease roads.

[BuzZz]

...I've been a fieldbunny in the oil patch for 20 years

Were you really called a FieldBunny?? somehow I can't picture that

Fieldbunny is how we refer to ourselves in 'polite society'. Even if the censor-bot would let me type what we really call ourselves, I know for a fact some members would be shittin kittens if I did....

As for the truck being a Furd..... I'm paid to drive it (time and a half every mile, too ), I don't have to work on it, and I still get paid a full day's wage if it is sitting in the shop. I can live with that.

When I ran my own trucks, I ran Dodges or Furds with their good engine... that 7.3 was a great lump, they really screwed themselves when they started screwing with it..... well O.K., they screwed that motor like Hogan's goat too.... 'screwed' about sums it up no matter how you look at it.

Dragging a bike hauler around is out, I'm afraid. Enerflex is self-insured on their vehicles, and won't allow personal trailers to be towed. Besides, if I'm out of town, I'm working 16 hrs a day (max allowed by law nowadays, and I'm just fine with that ), then say an hour to get and eat supper, another hour for paperwork, and all I want to do the rest of the night is stare at the inside of my eyelids for as many hours as I can manage.

[scan]

Well, you had a good run where you got to ride your bike most of the time. Good for you. Many never get the luxury.