Recent content by redthies

How many people will be with you regularly? There is plenty of room in the back of a K5 Blazer for two. If you have a full family, you might want the ‘Burb. I’ve owned both of what you are looking at, and I’d take the Blazer 100 times out of 100 over the Suburban. Restored to a similar...

You are correct A-A. I would say both are more “staying in their lanes” than stuck in a rut:unsure:. My last camper was a Northern Lite I custom ordered. I had to battle a bit with the company owner (who is a complete @$$) to get what I wanted. Their campers are a notch above every other...

Hmmm. I was in a brand new Alaskan 650 in September. While they are fantastic rigs, I think Hallmark make as good. Likely where I would go. Not with the hard sides like an Alaskan, which is a compromise, but quite a bit lighter too. I’d love to get my paws on either one of those, but I have...

Absolutely a fantastic build! I’ve seen Joes truck in person (although not for a few years) and you guys both have amazing skills. I grew up in the Mission wheeling my ‘81 Toyota 4x4 and ‘77 FJ40 all over Chute Lake, Crawford etc etc. Tons of great spots back in the early to mid ‘80s that are...

Well, I’ll just keep my fingers crossed that the 4 new solenoids set it straight. I’m fine with my wired remote. My multi-mount winch has a wireless remote if I need to be “untethered”.

Is that PN for the M12000? Wireless remote?

It was me who said that, and I’m the OP. I already ordered a complete set of 4 solenoids (picking them up from post office this morning) from an independent source. If it doesn’t solve the problem, I’ll just bite the bullet and order the solid state controller.

I love a regular cab (what those of us who were driving trucks before the 2000s called “single cabs”). I grew up with them, and have owned many. With 2 Weimaraners and a wife, I’m stuck in the quad/crew world. I recently went from a big crew back to a 3rd gen Dodge quad cab short box. It’s...

Hopefully it’s a 350, but probably a 351;) I like the older trucks. All the ones I’ve had from the 2010s and up are incredibly complicated. That’s fine if you have warranty, a big slush fund or are a tech at a dealer of the same brand you drive, but if you are neither, simpler is better. I...

That’s good info, but only pertains to ‘09 and up. Maybe Dodge has an OEM high volume pump for the earlier 5.7s? Oil changes on the regular are the best defence at this point, and I just completed its first under my ownership and will be sending a sample off to the lab for analysis once the...

Yup. If the 5.7 dies, I’d love to shoehorn a 6.4 into this thing, but I doubt it would be an easy swap into a 3rd gen. The radius arms are fantastic too, but I paid half for the ‘05 with the same mileage as the 13 I was looking at, and the 13 had some “unsavoury” additions and modifications...

I was a parts guy in the ski industry for a while, and dealt with Kässborher, Dopplemayer, Bombardier, YAN and a bunch of other German and French language suppliers. Start with a whack of weird components common, yet totally different and then add in language and time barriers. Made for some...

I was polite, (until I terminated the call) and CS reps are (should be) trained to be polite. There was no cause for him to get annoyed, let alone vindictive.

If you make stickers, whip me up a couple and I’ll pay you for them!

I figured it out after I pulled the winch out of the truck and ordered another brands crossed over part number. I wanted to have them on hand before I pulled the winch. But that’s not the point. The point is that a supposedly great American company chose to say screw you to the point of...