Collecting and high fuel prices
#1 Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 16 September 2008 - 10:43 AM
#2 Guest_scottefontay_*
Posted 16 September 2008 - 11:48 AM
You've got more brass than me going 80 on wet roads with your scooter that's for sure!!
#3 Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 16 September 2008 - 12:18 PM
It'll get the job done!! But my diesel Jetta wagon gets close to 50mpg on the highway, looks a like it might be a bit drier than that...
You've got more brass than me going 80 on wet roads with your scooter that's for sure!!
If you are less dainty than I, then you would get close to 85 mpg and have enough weight capacity left over to dress for weather.
#4 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 18 September 2008 - 10:07 AM
I do have to admit though it looks very unique and fun.
nativecajun
Eddited to say: Now that I reread you post you did say pig. Pig is a nickname for a Harley. Is that a Harley??
Edited by nativecajun, 18 September 2008 - 10:09 AM.
#5 Guest_TomNear_*
Posted 18 September 2008 - 12:39 PM
The dog skull is from the TN 56 crossing of Scott Creek outside McMinnville.
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Posted 18 September 2008 - 12:42 PM
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Posted 18 September 2008 - 02:10 PM
#11 Guest_scottefontay_*
Posted 18 September 2008 - 02:15 PM
#12 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 18 September 2008 - 02:22 PM
Yeah, we were working on the koan "If a telescope shiner jumps out of the water and makes a splashing return, does the water return the favor?" One hour of seining should always be followed by one hour of sitting za-zen.One of your seiners appears to be meditating...are you teaching them Zen netting techniques?
#13 Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 18 September 2008 - 03:43 PM
Now this I like LOL Is that a scooter. Looks like a regular motorcycle to me. Going 600 miles or what ever it is you said is a fer piece for a scooter. So what kind of Sycle is dat ting. I love motorcycles but I must agree with the Jetta guy I much rather be inside something when out collecting and returning home. Seems that system would make your cycle a little typsy in traveling conditions. I have traveled by Motorcycle in the rain before and with a fairing you do not even get hit by the rain. It just kind of hits the fairing and goes over your head.
I do have to admit though it looks very unique and fun.
nativecajun
Eddited to say: Now that I reread you post you did say pig. Pig is a nickname for a Harley. Is that a Harley??
250 cc Big Ruckus, Honda, legally a motorcycle. Center of gravity lower than motorcycle and hand controls only. Can be driven comfortably in chest waders, even when poorly fitted. I can hit multiple collection sites quicker than anyone. The fairing denies attachment sites for gear. This thing has numerous attachment sites.
Long distance can be very fun.
I do not have to change clothing between sample sight or worry about getting the interior dirty. You can not beat the parking flexibility.
My vehicle is greener that the Prius owing to less materials / energy used during manufacturing. My pig cost $5,200.
Edited by centrarchid, 18 September 2008 - 03:46 PM.
#14 Guest_AndrewAcropora_*
Posted 18 September 2008 - 09:59 PM
We always meditate after a seining trip; especially when the water is 9 degrees that day.
Jesus, Tom... You win massive awesome points for those two vehicles.
Edited by AndrewAcropora, 18 September 2008 - 10:01 PM.
#15 Guest_TomNear_*
Posted 19 September 2008 - 06:19 AM
My wife and I also love the Prius. It is a very nice vehicle, and quite roomy for our long drives. Plus you cannot beat the gas mileage. With the plate, or car becomes one of the only darters in CT! (The following, by the way, was a joke.)
I was in the market for a smaller truck with better mpg, but considering that Knoxville is 800 miles from New Haven, and we do take trips that extend for weeks, I wanted something that was large enough for all of our gear, and would be comfortable. If I was still at UT, I would have opted for a smaller truck.
The vehicle has done her work, when I arrived there was 15,000 lots in the YPM fish collection, now after two full years we are getting ready to surpass 21,000 lots.
#16 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 19 September 2008 - 07:37 AM
250 cc Big Ruckus, Honda, legally a motorcycle. Center of gravity lower than motorcycle and hand controls only. Can be driven comfortably in chest waders, even when poorly fitted. I can hit multiple collection sites quicker than anyone. The fairing denies attachment sites for gear. This thing has numerous attachment sites.
Long distance can be very fun.
I do not have to change clothing between sample sight or worry about getting the interior dirty. You can not beat the parking flexibility.
My vehicle is greener that the Prius owing to less materials / energy used during manufacturing. My pig cost $5,200.
Cool I did not think of all those angles. But my collection vehicle is a 20 year old Toyota PU truck. I do not worry about it getting dirty or wet. And I have only once in my life wore waders and that is why I will never wear them again. Some people love them and that is great. For me I am a die hard Cajun and just wollow in with running shoes and shorts or if I know I will cross paths with thorns on the way long pants. 250cc Ruckus. I will look it up now.
Thanks.
Cajun
#17 Guest_netmaker_*
Posted 19 September 2008 - 08:01 AM
As for the 2 wheelers, no way. With all the cell phone users and text messagers out there behind the wheel, they can hardly avoid a full size vehicle much less a 2 wheeler.
Few people hurt themsleves on motor bikes, mostly it is the "other fellow" that doesn;t see the bike that gets them!
As for Big Bad gas guzzlers, if you run the highways and back roads, with a crew of folks, that big ol' truck is mighty comfortable compared to a teeny weeny truck.
My son will walk with a crippled leg and special boot for the rest of his life after a young high schooler ran a red light while talking on a cell phone . The little gas efficient S-10 was knocked 155 feet and his tool box loaded with 300 lbs of welding and iron work equipment crushed through the back of the cab and cracked his head open.
Fuel savings or the environmnet don't mean a thing when you're looking at your kid in ICU.
Had he been in my full sized vehicle he would still have been hurt but the lightweight Ford Mustang that hit him would have had much less impact and the sheer surface area of the bed would have held the tool box bolted in place.
My other comment in the big vs little truck discussion is when I see these monster , power wagon types in parking lots of downtown busineses . You know this guy just drives it around to look the look.
If the vehicle is used for off road business on a regular basis then it has a purpose. If it is just for an ego trip then it should be parked.
thats my 2 cents.
sa va,
nm
#18 Guest_scottefontay_*
Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:03 AM
I do not worry about it getting dirty or wet. And I have only once in my life wore waders and that is why I will never wear them again.
Summer time I agree with you. Get into spring, winter and late fall collecting in the northern lats....your "boys" will be crying for some chest waders, I guarantee!!
Edited by scottefontay, 19 September 2008 - 09:04 AM.
#19 Guest_centrarchid_*
Posted 19 September 2008 - 11:24 AM
Summer time I agree with you. Get into spring, winter and late fall collecting in the northern lats....your "boys" will be crying for some chest waders, I guarantee!!
I have at my disposal a tax-payer owned Chevrolet four wheel drive crew cab pickup truck with fifth wheel for goose neck hookup used to pull a fish hauler. Flex-fuel (E85) capable gets between 11 and 12 on E85 and about 14 on gasoline. Fuel prices when four dollars a gallon force me to reprioritize resources. When fuel prices exceede $6 / gallon, which they will, travel with such a large capable vehicle will have to be restricted / or more effeciently planned out.
My last effort using scooter was one of personal interest which is typical for most NANFA members that are not on missions funded by tax payer's "infinantly deep" pockets (sarcasm intented). How many dollars per gallon will you pay if just going out to collect a few for personal interest?
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