Never thought I would see the day.

[Russ79]

It finally dawned on me today, I am paying more per month to put gas in my truck than I am paying a month for my house including the insurance. I don't normally complain- I figure that we choose to drive trucks so we get what we get. But Lord help us, not only is gas affecting me personally but it could ultimately lead to where I work to take a shutdown- I work at an OSB manufacturing facility and the logging companies that we are doing business with are hurting to the point some have said they may park their trucks.

[trailboss]

I'm afraid it's gonna get a lot worse befoe it gets better - if it ever gets better!

Trailboss

[bobo]

$600 a month in fuel for me. This doesn't include my trips to the lease.

It's funny I was just looking online to find a fuel economic car.

[Humper]

I'm right at $640 a month right now in gas. I was *****'n about $2.50/gal. and now it looks like $4.00/gal is coming soon.

[orion]

i am going to trade in my tundra for a tacoma or any other 4 banger that will get me better gas milage. i like the v-8, but can live with out it.

the tacoma get 25mpg. compared to 12mpg for my current truck.

[NTex]

i am going to trade in my tundra for a tacoma or any other 4 banger that will get me better gas milage. i like the v-8, but can live with out it.

the tacoma get 25mpg. compared to 12mpg for my current truck.

I have been looking at the same thing. I have a Ram that gets about the same amount of mpg!!!

[Landrover]

i am going to trade in my tundra

What year is your Tundra! I am looking for a Crew Max with a V-8 that someone wants to get rid of.
Fuel is part of life these days and probably for a loooong time to come. Put it in your budget and move ahead!

[Bowbender]

Its cheaper to stay home from work!

[JHT]

I have always just dealt with it because I have a little commute to work.

But when I realized I spent $150 in gas to go kill a turkey, it sank in just a tad..

[Bowtech32]

I complain too about it. But I am one of the lucky one's, I work from home most of the time and I also have a company van that they pick up the gas on the corperate gas card. My wife still has to drive to work (about 50 miles) but thats a lot better than 2 cars we have to gas up.

[ranchdog]

At least a big part of this crap is speculators working the oil/ refined products market. I am telling you guys (or sheepl as we are) you could kick their ***** in one weekend Period.

Don't go anywhere on Memorial day weekend You cannot believe the amount of fuel this country uses on a holiday weekend. If most of us stayed home with the intent of screwing a speculator they would begin to think twice. The market would be flooded with fuel, refiners would be all screwed up and you would see Bush on the tv begging people to please fill up there car.

This would only really work on a holiday weekend as people need to go to work, drop the kids off at school, get food.... that sort of thing. But you can bet you last dollar they would not expect the country to stick in their ***** with no one using fuel on that weekend. These seculators freak if they see 500,000 gals move one way or the other. Imagine what the heII would happen when we kick their butts. This oversupply would last for weeks, they would not know what to do. Plus, get the truckers to strike that weekend and boom they are really screwed and for quiet a while. We can either take this like sheep or screw them when we have the ability to. Those gas strikes that say don't fill up on a certain day never work. Why, cause people have to carry on their daily lives. But no one has to go to grandmas house on a holiday weekend. I for one am going no where that weekend and I hope all of America screws a speculator.

Ranchdog

[bobo]

Man your breaking into my lease time. I'm always headed to the ranch that weekend. How about I fill up my truck the week before and drive my Suburban. Then when I'm ready to go I won;t have to fill up that Friday?

[Randy]

Same here.

I spent $1,450 in fuel last month alone. I told myself Ill be ****ed if I ever do that again.

Bought me a Honda car gets 38mpg takes less that $30 to fill it up.

Went from spending $350-400 a week to $60-90. Still broke though

[bobo]

aggiebowhunter that's cause you used all that extra money on huntin equipment.

[bowhuntntxn]

Well, we can consider ourselves conditioned. Gas has been over $3 per gallon for more than 2 weeks. The days of $2.75 a gallon are over. Prices have been slowly creeping up from 3.02 being high to 3.29 right now. Once the media shock value has passes, big oil can slide them up at will, and there is no recourse. No one is going to generate enough support nationwide to stop travel on a holiday weekend. AA canceled over 3000 flights in the last week, and that made no difference. Really all we can do is get used to it, and deal with it, and hope big oil decides to have a quarter without record profits!!