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New Truck
This
is our BRAND NEW TRUCK!!! We’re really excited about this. It’s
taken almost half a year and lots of hard work from several of our
members, but it’s finally here. In early 2006 we petitioned the
Auburn University Concessions Board for $20,000 to put towards a new
tow vehicle. That request was granted. We had planned to purchase
a lightly used
truck, but thanks to the Ginn College of Engineering and Mr. Warren
Fleming, a benefactor of the college, we were able to acquire a
brand new one. Mr. Fleming donated two brand new Toyota trucks (one
Tundra and a smaller Tacoma) to the college. Dr. Benefield, the
Dean of Engineering, then agreed to allow us to trade in the Tacoma
to go towards our truck. That gave us just enough to purchase this
beauty.
It’s a
2006 Ford F-350 XL Super Duty with the PowerStroke V8 Turbo Diesel
engine. Outfitted with a full sized crew cab, service bed, tow
package, four-wheel drive, and a monstrous 40-gallon gas tank we
know this beast will never let us down.
In the
past we’ve towed our race trailer with everything from an Econoline
15-passenger van to rental trucks, so this truck will make all of
our trips to Detroit and the new venue in California both safer and
more efficient. And, of course, it will be much more fun to drive.
Now all we have to do is keep
her away from Baja (=
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