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Howdy. Looking for a nice time builder. Something solid and clean.

- Prefer a bird with the long range tanks just to minimize time spent refueling.

- I'm trying to finance so I would need something with an engine below TBO.

- Must have adsb out.

I'm up in NY on the NJ border and will base it out of 4N1. My flying club has a Dakota so if it's within 400NM I could fly down and check it out.

Good luck on your search , and welcome to the club! I bought my 150 in June and have been doing the same thing. Let me suggest one thing: Long range tanks sound good in theory, but depending on how you run yours and your density altitude, I think you’ll find full standard tanks will get you 3.5+ hours of run time with a safety margin, and a 150 gets really cramped when you fly legs that long. Extended range tanks usually mean you have little or no useful load left for a passenger or baggage/safety gear, food, water, oil, etc.

Let me also strongly suggest ADSB IN & out. Even just a portable Sentry makes a big difference safety wise IMHO.

Just something to consider in your search.

Thanks for the response Steve. Most of my airports are pretty much at sea level and I won't be taking passengers up very often, especially in the 150. I have access to my club Dakota that has a sweet garmin setup. So anything long range, IFR, or trips with passengers will most likely go up in that. The only person who I would subject to squeezing in next to me in a 150 would be one of my two sons who are both under 3 years old.

I'm not so worried about the length of the legs as I am just not wanting to spend as much time having to fuel up everywhere I go. Also, and probably more importantly, my home airport is brutal with gas prices. I'm seeing $7.19 on foreflight right now. Prices drop over a dollar per gallon when you get 25 NM away. I'd like to be able to fuel up elsewhere and not have to worry about stupid fuel prices at my field. The bigger tanks aren't a deal breaker, but I think I would prefer it.

I always fly with a sentry, so I just need ADSB out. I have a checklist item for the sentry and another to make sure "traffic" is enabled on my foreflight map.

Welcome to the Club, Ryan. Buy a couple of Raffle Tickets. You might get a very nice plane REALLY CHEAP

Oh don't worry. I'm going to buy some tickets knowing full well that I will most definitely NOT win hahaha. I never win anything.

You also have a Constellation if you can get the engines started and can afford the AvGas. Will go a lot farther than 400NM......

Jim Hillabrand (in Arkansas) and I (in Kansas) met up with North East club members at 4N1 (Greenwood Lake) in 2008 before our venture down the Hudson River. The white/blue 152 was mine and the white/burgundy 152 was Jim's. The yellow 150 is Ed Figuli's.

Speaking as someone with 400+ hours specifically time building in 15xs, you don't need the long range tanks. Trust me. You will "lose" a lot of time you could be spending in the air logging time, but it won't be from refueling I promise.

There are pros and cons to LRT's but the nice thing about them is the flexibility they afford.

Just because you have them doesn't mean you have to fill them.

We have them in our 150-150 (42 gallons total) and they have spoiled me rotten.....to the core rotten.

Ask anyone who has them (TD and Geoff first come to mind) and I believe they'll tell you the same thing.

LRT's are also more necessary in a 150/150 than a 0-200 however.