ferraiolo1
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Best solution is find a job that gives you a vehicle to drive to work, it now takes me three weeks to burn through a tank of fuel in my truck!
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Any Drawbacks to 33 Gallon Tank?
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What makes you think I missed that? You specifically rattled off a bunch of other points about crime, noise, and traffic.
Again, I'll just say that I'm fortunate, because even before I worked from home my drive was 11 miles one way and I still get a big house, big yard, nice neighbors, and a quiet place to live.
Which really goes back to the overall point. My needs and your needs and Whiskey dude's needs are all different. The 33 gallon tank being useless for me shouldn't bother anyone.
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What's funny is that my company is based out of Boston and they give us a "commuting allowance." Feels weird to get paid to walk from my bedroom to my office.
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Mountain Whiskey
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Top skill set is what puts you in the city. I mean there aren't a whole lot of engineers that need lessons, direction and correction working at the local country store down the road.
As for working from home. Well, engineers require a lot of supervision and hand holding. I prefer not to have them at my house and keep them in the office.
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Wrong. Top skill set puts you working wherever the hell you want to work, and the peons can come to you for lessons.
Mountain Whiskey
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I'll let them hang out at your house. I value my space and privacy. I can just drive to the office.
mikeru82
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The fact that you said "You have to live 40+ miles away to get away from that?" makes me think you missed it.
How can I live where I grew up and not live that distance from work?I honestly couldn't care less what size tank you have in your truck. It was the payload excuse that made me chuckle a little. Perhaps I should have kept that to myself but that's just not in my nature. I'm glad you're happy with your truck. I'm definitely happy with mine.
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You're right. I have more than 60 pounds of crap under the back seat now.The fact that you said "You have to live 40+ miles away to get away from that?" makes me think you missed it.
I honestly couldn't care less what size tank you have in your truck. It was the payload excuse that made me chuckle a little. Perhaps I should have kept that to myself but that's just not in my nature. I'm glad you're happy with your truck. I'm definitely happy with mine.
mikeru82
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Between what's in my ramboxes, under the back seat, and in the rambins, it's probably double that.
It puts your company in the city. If you offer enough value to the company, remote work is easy.
I have a team full of security engineers. Managing people remotely is easy enough if you do it correctly.
Mr.Grid
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You aren’t even close to the 7100 GVWR of the truck and numbers appear to be all estimates which shows little. Scale it and you’ll have some basis for argument on what you actually have.
How silly to think there might be something between where you grew up and the city you work in...The fact that you said "You have to live 40+ miles away to get away from that?" makes me think you missed it.
Doesn't seem like you don't care. And honestly, my "payload excuse" probably made you chuckle about as much as your "I need 33 gallons so I can drive to the city for my avocado ice cream and kale water and not have to fill up more than once a week" excuse.
If the payload difference of the 33 gallon tank is a concern than you may as well jump up to a HD truck. Point being I wouldn't worry about the payload hit of the 33 gallon tank. I would never go back to a half ton without it now that I've had it. Whether I daily drove my truck or not. It may not be a necessity but if you tow it's awesome, and even if you don't being able to make less stops at the gas station is nice.
Those aren't estimates. Those are numbers from a CAT scale with a truck and camper that were intentionally loaded light.
I know what I actually have.
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HemiDude
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I have one of those, but I just enjoy driving my truck too much, so my company vehicle usually sits for half the week
ferraiolo1
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Oh i agree, when its nice out, i usually drive the truck.
Currently with the deep northern freeze and salty roads, its nice and clean in the garage.
Currently with the deep northern freeze and salty roads, its nice and clean in the garage.
I hadn't been up North in nearly 5 years, but we went up to Louisville to pick up the camper. Not going to lie, it hurt my soul a bit to see the salt on my truck with less than 1k miles on it.
