Just joined yesterday. Live in raleigh. have a 94 f150 brilliant blue supercab ( my baby ). Just ordered a 2006 f250 6.0l 4x4 supercab. Not so brilliant blue. Old Tired Rebel pointed me at this forum. I do a lot out in the southern nc mountains where most good old boys own ford power strokes. Lots of work for them out there. Hope to see some of you around.

tedbiv

 

Welcome Tedbiv glad you found our chapter thread.Check out some of our threads.

 

Which part of our mountains do you go?

 

Just kiddin, my wife and I are building a homestead outside of Franklin, in Cowee Valley. Our own little piece of heaven. We're planning on retiring up their to live with the "good" people. We're about 30min north of the Ga. border. We love the area, the people are great. The neibors are helpful and friendly. It's given us faith in the human race again. Near the Nantahala State forest, until George W. decides to sell it all off. Maybe we'll try to buy more . Silver lining to every cloud.

 

oops, Nantahala National Forest.

 

My wife and I fell in love with Murphy area ourselves and have been looking for Land with owner financing in that area but I haven't found what I wanted yet.We're still looking.maybe one day soon

 

we were told by a real estate guy in Raleigh, the best thing to do is find an area you're interested in. Go camping, or visiting. Spend you time riding around the area. Stop on the side of the road, and ask the locals if they know anyone selling property. Chances are, most people in the mountains are selling, or know someone selling, they just don't advertise. It's by word of mouth. It also gives you a chance to meet people that might be your neighbors. We found having a cookout on a somewhat regular basis and inviting your neighbors helps everyone feel like a community.

We did the ride around and camp thing, and just got really lucky. Coming from Raleigh, I don't have all the right toys for country living, ATV's, Tractors, Backhoes, Bulldozers etc. But ussually one of my neighbors does.

 

Thanks for the tips we will might just do that the next time we go up there.

 

Ted, Can anyone else get into yalls thread? What part of the capitol are you in? I am up the road on hwy 50 in Creedmoor.

John

 

yeah may family is from that area, i would not mind moving there and forget the world

 

Sure jowilker. I'm not that kind of guy, even though I live in Raleigh . I live up edwards mill and duraleigh. I'm being surrounded by expensive houses causing my taxes to go up .

 

I just got out to the mountains a couple of hours ago. There's still snow in the hills. We had a nice dusting, just enough to get the dogs white and wet. Dial up sure is painful. 14.4 Kbps.

 

cool to see new members interested in the club and stuff. stick around, we are all good for a few laughs everynow and then.

 

Ted, I have hung a lot of blinds in your area, a lot on new homes there. I just spent a couple days at my son's house in Greenville putting up crown molding and chair rail. That area is having unbleavable growth too.

Sorry for cutting in,

John

 

Hey Jowilker,
you're not cuttin in. I just wanted to say hi to everyone... I got a lot of good info from these forums. I have been a ford driver for many years. More than I want to remember. My 94 f150 has about 135K miles on her, and I've been wanting a super duty for many years. I finally have enough money for one so I ordered it last week. 2006 f250 4x4 6.0l super cab. I'm psyched. I have been reading all the posts about the earlier years of the 6.0 I hope ford has the bugs worked out of it by now. I read a lot of posts from 05 and 06 owners, and they love them. I hope I will too.

Yeah, this area is exploding. I bought here about 13 years ago. We were in the county. Now the city has annexed us. More taxes. Oh well, the price of progress.

tedbiv