Where's the money tree??

[Mark_88]

I was with my mother at BJ's the other day and they actually had what looked like small trees in pots that they were selling as money trees.

I had one of those...couldn't afford to feed it...

But they do sell them up here in Canada...

 

[MastuhWaffles]

I would rather spend the money on my truck then buy an all new one.

 

[Mac]

How about them 6500 people who applied to purchase the new Ford GT at approx. $400,000? Won't see one in my neighborhood.
Dave

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I would rather spend the money on my truck then buy an all new one.

Lifetime warranty (one piece at at time) for the win.

 

[YungICY]

I may not have the coolest stuff, or even nice stuff, for that matter, but the only debt I have is a mortgage. No credit cards, car payments, other loans, nothin'.

As a young guy myself it's taken me a while to figure this one out and still continues to be a daily struggle when you hop on Facebook and see Tony just bought a new truck and Tina just bought a new iPhone and Jerry just got himself a 3d printer and so on. But I just have to remind myself that I have three vehicles that I paid cash for and I'm working on being able to buy a house while most of the people I know are probably 15 years from that because every extra dime they have goes towards going out on friday night and having the newest gadget.


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[Shran]

As a young guy myself it's taken me a while to figure this one out and still continues to be a daily struggle when you hop on Facebook and see Tony just bought a new truck and Tina just bought a new iPhone and Jerry just got himself a 3d printer and so on. But I just have to remind myself that I have three vehicles that I paid cash for and I'm working on being able to buy a house while most of the people I know are probably 15 years from that because every extra dime they have goes towards going out on friday night and having the newest gadget.


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Keep up the good work. Having cool stuff is overrated unless it's paid for. I'm 29, single, I have a 9 year old son who I have custody of, 5 vehicles, a house, and a pretty cool shop. The house is the only thing I didn't pay cash for. It's amusing to watch my friends struggle with little things because of toys they shouldn't have bought.

 

[Doofy]

A good woman with money management skills is my " money tree"! The first wife spent it all, and then some. This wife has slowly and methodically dug us out of debt. Being debt free is a wonderful feeling.

 

[Mightyfordranger]

Yeah I think that I'd like to leave Ohio to get out of all the rusty BS. so that way when i build a nice truck it might have a shot of staying that way for more than 3 years. but I know so many people here that there really isn't much I can't get my hands on if I really needed it and if I ever fell on hard times I have a few friends with small businesses I could do some work for untill I got back up on my feet. And I hate debt as well I just can't stand the thought of some bank making money off of my hard work and doing basically nothing in return.

 

[Shran]

Yeah I think that I'd like to leave Ohio to get out of all the rusty BS. so that way when i build a nice truck it might have a shot of staying that way for more than 3 years. but I know so many people here that there really isn't much I can't get my hands on if I really needed it and if I ever fell on hard times I have a few friends with small businesses I could do some work for untill I got back up on my feet. And I hate debt as well I just can't stand the thought of some bank making money off of my hard work and doing basically nothing in return.

HA. Not to stereotype... but... everyone I've ever met, ever, from Ohio says the same thing: I hate it there, but I have too many reasons to stay.

 

[Mightyfordranger]

Yeah ha ha that's a bout the truth of it not exactly sure why I'm staying here but I am and its a sheet hole the entire state....except Wellsville best wheelin you'll find around for a while

 

[Mightyfordranger]

Do u have snow where your from shran?? If not i ll just come stay with u ha ha

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Do u have snow where your from shran?? If not i ll just come stay with u ha ha

It snows in South Dakota... I don't think they get as antsy about treating it up there though. We go to the black hills about every year for vacation and there is a bunch of older solid vehicles running around up there.

I love my dd (2002 F-150) but she is starting to show her age. I need to reseal the rear window, need to replace the hail dinged hood (sorry but it bugs me but a nice black one has eluded me thus far in the JY), need to redo the exhaust (I will never put a "custom" exhaust on anything again) And rust is popping up everywhere and I swear getting worse by the day.

Replacing isn't an option, what they get for a late model or new is hideous so I will keep nibbling at it when I can aside from the rust. For what I paid for my truck in 2005 I can get one the same age it was (3 years) with the same 130-150k miles it has now. So its newer, has a payment... and the same wear and tear.

 

[Shran]

We get some snow here, it depends how far you get up in the hills. In Rapid City where I'm at, we don't get much and it just blows all over the place. Hardly got anything this last winter, one or two big storms was all. I can almost always count on working outdoors until the middle of December or so, then taking a couple months off of working on projects because it's too cold or too windy. Good to go when March rolls around.

Up in the hills, the Lead/Deadwood area, there is a lot more snowfall. Couple ski resorts up there, it's a neat area.

They salt the crap out of the roads here, not to the extent that they do elsewhere, but it's pretty significant.

 

[Mightyfordranger]

Not sure what you guys consider significant rust but there's alot of trucks out here ya you see through lol I have a buddy that his cab was held together with a ratchet strap

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Mine isn't that bad, one cab corner is gone the other is going. Bottom of three doors are rusty (had them fixed once, the DS door has been perfect and has never been fixed. Front and rear bottom edges of the bed are getting rust spots that have been growing and multiplying.

For an '02 around here it is pretty clean really.