[RC] Fuel costs - heidi larsonThere is a gal that does endurance in the Pacific NW and her dad has been developing a brushless motor that is supposedly has more torque than our truck motors. Runs at a much higher efficiency. I know Mercedes looked at it at one time, but it's stuck in the development stage and who knows how long it will be stuck there!! Too bad we endurance riders can't be the Beta-testers!!! Feel like chiming in here Julie? heidi ps - I heard yest. that fuel will reach $5.00 per gallon by this summer! :( --- Mike Lewis <mlewis73@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Gotta love the oil market. Looking into carpooling. Would be nice to "hub" folks with large trailers who are willing to haul horses, so several folks with smaller trailers could meet up with them at a certain point, then divvy up expenses for the remainder of the journey. We need hydrogen powered trucks... I don't foresee electric trucks hauling what we haul... Mike --- Spottedracer@xxxxxx wrote:With diesel now approaching $3 per gallon again, whatis everybody doingto trim their costs in other areas (at least those thataren't so well-offthat money does matter.....)? Me, I'm only doing multi-day rides where I can rideboth of my horsesand only haul one time.... (Granted it costs me approx.$500 every time Icancel my Sat load of riding lessons - So each ride costs mealmost a grand....wew! Yep, very expensive sport!) - LP =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= o o o o o_ \ \____ o_ \_\ (*)~(*)\_______/ / \ \______/ / \_______/\ /- o-- /_/ \ / / \ / / o o o-- / / \ o o ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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