Recent content by Downytide

It's hard to find a truck as "mechanical" as 2nd gen. The first trip was a success, downside was fuel consumption, the trailer tips north of 8k lb empty, so 9mpg was the best it could muster, but the towing experience was more pleasant than the smaller micro minnie. Everything on the trailer...

She powered up, everything works includes A/C, I have to say the Victron Touch comes with the shortest harness ever, they need to update this: Maiden voyage is in 2 weeks, just tidying up the wires

It's getting close, compare to Xantrex, the Victron components are 10x better built, possibly overkill for a travel trailer, but Victron inverter was CHEAPER than Xantrex. The space above the batteries will host the Cerbo and Orion DC-DC, so the trailer will be able to charge via alternator...

And Project Voyager begins, first stage is the power, I went with the 50amp kit from Explorists, the batteries are from previous trailer, I may have under-estimate how much battery we are putting in, all together should be at almost 1160ah.

For me it's a truck to tow lol...... The day finally came to pick up the new "project", Winnebago Voyage 2730RL bought the trailer back in December but couldn't pick up until today, the project side is this time we are building the off grid battery system from ground up, 960AH of batteries...

I'm in Ontario, there's about 10x Brand new 2023 F150 Raptors available, they are all around $95k mark. Ranger Raptor is $83k. I think my list is outdated, I had thought Canadian Trailhunter was 90k before taxes, either way I feel its insane pricing, consider base GX550 is 86k, AND no luxury tax.

I'm sure many folks here would say get a LC250, but grass is always greener on the other side. If you can deal with the LHD, then I'd wait until 2027 Model Year, let them work out the kinks, cause I do not think the T24 is going to be available in UK anytime soon so sourcing parts can be a...

If you are importing you are better off import from Canada, exchange rate is very favorable and Canadian market msrp is the cheapest when factor in currency, a 4runner Trailhunter is about 87k CAD, or 62k USD, last I checked in USA it's 68k usd + mark up, everyone in Canada is broke so you can...

It's very expensive for what it is, at the price point the GX550 makes a better value proposition. we had a 4runner TRD Pro, bought it new in 2020, at that time the price was already high, but borderline fair, fast forward to now, the price is insanity when you consider a Ranger Raptor is...

For tire clearance, BFGs KO2s/KM3s run small, so clearance was easy. I can do lock to lock and full compression without rubbing. Here's a comparison of 285/75r18 on left, measured 34.9" inflated, right is 37" KO2, measures about 36.4" , I actually mount the skinny 35s as spare, if needed it...

This truck is the most personified vehicle I've ever had, there are times she would literately tells me "no, that is good, do this" I had new injectors/fuel pump, pulley set up installed, during tuning, there was a set up that seemed to work the best, but decided to push for further refinery...

Year 4 part 2: So you saw the trailer, we called it Razorcrest, it was small, but pack of features. I don't have many photos, but during year 3, the trailer had electrical issue, as in it almost caught fire 2x, in short, Winnebago didn't spend enough time developing their electrical system...

Year 4 The Fox 2.5 DSC has one huge downside, corrosion, living in Ontario, we get lot of salt/de-icer on the road, and I also felt like the suspension at times is way too firm, so decided to try Bilstein 8100/8112 combo It was this time the 37 bugs just won't leave me alone! by now I...

I called around the whole of North America and the few that I trust said he's the best, and he IS the best, I've never had such high quality of workmanship anywhere, if he builds a whole truck, I'd ship my truck to him tomorrow.

Year 3: During year 3, nothing much happened with the truck beside normal maintenance, it was this time I began talking to Toby @ snivspeed ( https://www.snivspeedshop.com/ ) , he became my go to for tuning via HPtuner, it solved a lot of issue I had with previous tuners, the truck pulls hard...