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    rruff reacted to welikecamping2's post in the thread Fire? What fire? with Like Like.
    One of the pluses of this location is that you are relatively remote, yet still have a decent cell signal. This is important for us at...
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    rruff reacted to SimplyAnAdventure's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    Yes, I had RideRites and Daystar previously and these are night and day difference. I think i have $1800 into them plus $400 to install...
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    rruff reacted to GR8ADV's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    If this is not a rhetorical question, my answer would be that the final result of their analysis was the stated GVW. I am not sure...
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    rruff replied to the thread eye opener about gvwr.
    Everything from grandma only driving 1 block to church on Sundays, to Bubba getting wasted and bombing across ditches at full throttle...
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    rruff reacted to bartheil's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    Many times the GVWR is not about the strength of the frame but the ratings of the springs and shocks. I had a 2008 Kia Rondo (awesome...
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    rruff reacted to llamalander's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    The D40 Frontier happens to have the same weight rating (#) in Oz as America... except that in Oz they use Kilograms. Yes the breaks are...
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    rruff reacted to COAKXterra's post in the thread Post Pics of Your Hard Side Camper! with Like Like.
    Weekend trip to the Kenai
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    rruff reacted to Gravelette's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    Actually, that they have similar payloads is not unreasonable or illogical. The Tundra has a higher GVWR but it also weighs more. You...
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    rruff replied to the thread eye opener about gvwr.
    And where vehicles are concerned it's a big unknown and highly variable depending on the driver and where they are driving. It's not...
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    rruff reacted to dstefan's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    Agreed. I’m not saying we should ignore GVWR, but I am saying that depending on the truck and how it’s set up and driven that GVWR is a...
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    rruff reacted to dstefan's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    I’d like to point out your GVWR is 1,000 pounds lower than your combined gross axle weight rating (CGAWR). To my understanding the...
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    rruff reacted to tacollie's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    A lot of vehicles are overloaded. Many vehicles are probably fine going over GVWR but it's a guessing game. I drove overloaded...
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    rruff reacted to Gravelette's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    Other than the Frontier/Navara, the Tacoma/Hilux is often mentioned. It may be that though they are based on the same platform, there...
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    rruff reacted to SimplyAnAdventure's post in the thread eye opener about gvwr with Like Like.
    That could be. I have the Logiq HD kit in mine and part of that install is removing the overloads. I had Firestone bags on a previous...
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    rruff replied to the thread eye opener about gvwr.
    My airbags were too bouncy. Adding 4 leafs to each side and removing the airbags and the overload springs helped a lot. But maybe the...
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