We live in north central Kansas, where my DH farms, and I work in south central/south east Kansas.
I work 162 miles from our house. I leave Monday mornings and go back home Thursday nights, after 4 10 hour days. That commute is 2.5 hours. When I am down here at work, I live in the house I am trying to fix up and sell, but I haven't gotten any offers on it yet. That commute is 15 minutes. I drive a F-150 pickup that gets about 17 mpg which I still owe money on until next October. He drives various Ford pickups, depending on if he has to haul something that day, get fuel for the tractors, work on fence, etc. We have three farm pickups (we bought one for $450, one for $1300 and one for ~$2500 all paid for but falling apart) which he uses depending on the job he has to do that day. We have farm ground 8 miles south of our house and 8 miles north of our house. We are planning on moving to the south farm after we get the house fixed up.
I could work from home but my boss won't let me. I tried to get a job closer to home, and even got an offer. But it was for $40,000 less than what I am making now, so even with gas so high, it isn't THAT high. And my sister was surprised that I was offered something that high, because she has friends in the same field as me and they are getting offers for $20,000 less than that! I'm still looking for a telecommuting job.
We just put in new fuel injectors in the tractor, so now, instead of using 2 gallons of diesel per acre to plant, it takes 1! Awesome! I am getting a chip to put in mine that is advertised to make my 17 mpg go to 25 mpg. It is expensive, but will pay for itself in 6 months with gas at $3.50 (when I figured it out last).
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