Recent content by deserteagle56

Bought a 2016 F150 4x4 Supercab with the 3.5 Ecoboost new. 80,000 miles on it now and never been in the shop for any reason. Change oil/filters and rotate tires is all I've ever needed to do. Overall fuel mileage since new, hand calculated, is 20.5 and that includes a lot of miles towing a...

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Looking at the northeast branch of the Black Rock Desert from Nevada's Jackson Mountains:

Something I just don't understand...going out into a remote area to get away from everybody - but taking all that electronic crap with you to stay connected??? Me, when I head into the outback I even turn off my cell phone. I don't want ANYTHING to disrupt the wilderness experience, I want to...

Came across these three bighorn ewes with lambs in my trek through Nevada's Santa Rosa mountains yesterday:

^Correct!

I often end up in an area for several days where there is absolutely no cell service so I just turn off my cell phone so its not using up battery constantly searching for service. When I do that, the Tread throws up constant reminders that it is disconnected from the phone. Have you figured...

That's true not just for tent camping and in all terrain, not just forest. I live in the desert and the silliest thing I see is people setting up camp in a dry wash because it is free of brush and fairly level. It can also become a river from rain falling many miles away. And if I'm camped...

My experience has been that if you are down in a canyon or otherwise surrounded by tall mountains (that don't have repeaters on them) it really doesn't matter how much power your radio puts out or how good the antenna is, you're not going to get a signal out.

You must travel in the parts of the country that have a lot of repeaters. Out here in northern Nevada/southeast Oregon/southwest Idaho GMRS or HAM radios are good only for short-range car-to-car communications. I belong to a Sheriff's Search and Rescue group and our vehicles are equipped...

Looks like just another car that's missing the trunk lid to me. Lots of them around these days from various manufacturers.

I have a fairly new Toyota 4Runner and it has its own version of GM's OnStar. It is constantly transmitting data to Toyota about the vehicle and how it is being used. On the 4Runner forums there are several discussions on how to stop this, as it seems the data transfer system is tied in with...

The Illinois Mine, Nye County, Nevada:

Mostly because of the way GM trucks are designed. I haven't looked at new GM trucks in a few years (both GM dealers in the nearest towns have shut down) but pre 2020 not only not only did stock GM 2500 and 3500 trucks not have anywhere near the ground clearance under the middle of the truck...

So with a couple people and camping gear, easily over 8,000 lb....better keep it on firm ground.