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Keep on Trucking | Live Free or Die


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·Nov 11, 2024

Hey James, Py neighbors!

Hey, fresh off a scavenging trip at the local junkyard, homesteaders Tony and Amelia drop in on Farmer James.

"It's got a few trucks, huh? Think these trucks just sit around? It's got three trucks down here. Are you going to put a truck bed back on that truck? H? Some of these days, are any of these trucks running over here? You got a whole truck yard over here. Why, y'all in the market for a truck?"

"I've been in the market for a truck for 20 years."

"What kind of truck are you interested in?"

"One that works, one that works well, cheap one—anything that runs and has a big truck bed that we can haul stuff around in so we can collect, collect you know, junk and lumber and used materials. Same reason why you got a truck or three of them, for that matter."

"Well, we can go out here and look at these now. The door works. This runs on gas."

"Yeah, we want a big diesel truck and we can convert it to run on vegetable oil, 'cause then it would be free to drive the thing, which is crazy. Every year, 3 billion gallons of waste vegetable oil or French fry oil is tossed out. But if that waste was converted to biodiesel, it could provide enough fuel to run almost a half a million cars for 150,000 miles each."

"Well, I got one up at the barn up there that runs on diesel."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, huh. We can go up to the barn and take a look at that one, see if you might be interested, 'cause I've got more vehicles than I need, you know?"

"Yeah, this might be just what you're looking for, Tony."

"Alright, let's have a look at this truck."

"Yeah, that battery's dead. We'd have to have a battery put in before you see whether you like it or not, I guess. Do you know anything about the engine in this thing?"

"I just know it's a good engine."

"Well, um, that's me. All I can do is just drive them."

"Yeah, right. Let's see. It's got a big, long truck bed. Gosh, this is perfect! Our lives would change if we got this thing. Can you imagine how much stuff we could scavenge? There's nothing I don't like about it except for that it's not running, so as long as we can get it running, I mean, it's perfect."

"Maybe we could call the mechanic, I guess. I just want to call Lee and get him to bring a battery."

"Okay, well, we can put the battery in, and if it starts up, then great."

"I'm skeptical. There's got to be something wrong with it. There's always something wrong with vehicles."

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