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Out at the Ranch y with Bill Ellis THE TRUCKERS If you spend any ti higuvaye, you sag hee have made note of the high numbers of vans and pick-ups out there. It seems almost everyone is a trucker of some type. Now, as the pick-up truck mercial: and apt any iead you to believe that the pick- ap owner is a breed apart. You know — the dog, the six pack, the hat — macho ~ things like that. You just have to be stirred by Bob Seger shouting out - “Like a Rock!” ‘And then you have the very popular mini-van. This is everybody’s truck. It drives like a car — but hauls like a truck. It totes anything and everything, and it seems that every wife should have one. And finally, you have “THE TRUCK”. The full sized van. I seven passenger, V8 engine and 1,000 Ibs. of freight van! Some of them get fancied up enough to be a sec- ond home. Apparently, all these truck- ers share one common belief. They have a supreme confi- dence in the machine and its ability to go almost anywhere. potential traffic problems up i warning. A few years ago I was called full sized van would do the job nicely. I drove that rental van 150 miles that day — and I was hooked! It took several years and two vans t habit satisfied — and I still EZ won’t talk about the average miles per gallon of gas con- sumed! As a realtor, I could take my clients almost anywhere in my van. From the trail through-the bush or down the farm laneway. - expressway. As a family that was always on the move, our vans hauled hobbies, furniture and all types of freight — even firewood by the cord. High winds have a tendency to make a van act like a sail on a “boat, but the weight and tire size make the van a charm to drive in snow. For a few years, I was a van driving nut, Whether hauling a load of belongings to Florida or hauling the whole gang to a football game in Detroit, or hauling a load of furniture for the family. Just name your cargo and the destination, and Twas gone! I even wound up with a license plate with the letters B.T.T. I swear that the B.T.T. was a mere coincidence. I did not buy a personalized plate! No matter what members of my family might say, that B for “BIG TIME TRUCKER” was merely a stroke of fortunate happen- stance! Pat used to refer to me as a “driving fool” but how could you ever resist when grand- daughter Kelly, would crawl up in the van passenger seat and sing out - “Let’s Roll, Gramp!” Now, I ask you? Bill Ellis is an Associate Broker with Canada Trust Realty, Georgetown. Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, November 17, 1993 - Page. 19 — PROVEN PERFORMANCE SOLD MARTHA SUMMERS 877-5165 874-3040 WA u 833-9714 873-0655 Erin Res. ~\ a MARTHA SUMMERS les Representative* Vendor has relocated. st home. Floor to ceiling stone fireplace, gourmet kitchen, whirpool jin ensuite. There is more eye 93-2-605 Bright and spacious with lots of charm. 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