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That's got to be a pain since your Garmin isn't going to be much help.

Yup, the map will dictate. The Delorme Gazetteers don't provide UTM at all. I've one set of maps that don't give lat/lon at all, the Singletrack Maps for mountain bikes are only in UTM. Most give both so it's whatever is easier. For example USFS MVUMs are much easier to use in UTM since the...

Neither, I've gone completely thinking to AuthaGraph PLSS. It's a real SOB since all my maps give WGS84 or NAD83 lat/long and only some UTM. How's using those gonna impress the people at the next GIS convention social mixer? The fact that it takes my laptop half an hour to crunch the...

I don't see any mention of what type of vehicle. On modern vehicles a continuous run to the negative terminal might circumvent the charge management as the current sense is usually in the return. Therefore if you do decide on a long run be sure to terminate it correctly, which is not at the...

There's no reason you can't use the frame as a high current common bus. The reason it's done with things like winches is so that the bumper connection doesn't need to be electrically sound. If you do use the frame as a bus then you have to make sure it's reliable and you don't create a...

https://www.maxtrax.com.au/maxtrax-fuse-shackle Looks to be designed to fail at 7,000 kgs (15,432 lbs). I'd like to see people's opinions about intentionally putting a weak point in a recovery chain. As a practical matter my ARB recovery point is rated for 17,500 lbs (margin unknown, must be...

I've never seen a hard shackle fail. I doubt anyone has seen one from an accepted rigging source (e.g. the usual suspects for overhead) fail nor even a non-rated but otherwise decent quality one from a legitimate 4x4 supplier. There's probably been cheap shackles that failed at some point...

How is margin bad? I know your point is always you want to reduce mass but that only matters if you've exceeded your known WLL and are expecting the piece will break. If a rigging system is all within capacity, in good condition and has margin there's no reason you must assume it'll fail. The...

Van Beest (green), Crosby (red), Gunnebo (yellow), Columbus-McKinnon (CM, orange) or Campbell (blue) are probably the brands that can be trusted to be what they claim (e.g. comply with ASME B30.26 or the equivalent for design margin, proof test and WLL rating for overhead lifts, which means it...

That's more due to questionable installations (mainly it seems unwilling to admit lack of knowledge, installing car stereos does not necessarily qualify one for two-way radios). And of course lack of maintenance. Nothing's going to work if you ride it hard and put it away wet. CB just has a...

What @HUMMER/Expeditions shows I think are Jesse Haines portals. The brakes appear to be addressed using bolted on brackets. https://www.jessehainesfab.com/ http://www.bentfabrications.com/products/jhf-portals/...

Fair points. I'd then only argue that Toyota has never had an "all" new truck, for example the 20R being adapted from Corollas or whatever. Just seems like marketing semantics really. When you boil it down every engineer is just taking what is now and tweaking it.

What carried over? The frame (sort of, for various reasons even a late 2nd gen Taco frame was quite a bit different than an early one), suspension and front axle. It was a new body, new interior, new engine, new transmission, new rear axle. In Toyota terms that is a pretty significant...

As you know I'm both a fanboi of Toyota and think at this point I'd buy a Ranger over the Tacoma. But you're right. I bought into Toyota because of mid-90s Ranger dubious quality control. I have to throw out the 1991 truck as an outlier, not even Toyota will ever buy them like Toyota used to...

Could it be a matter of expectations? What exactly is a reasonable payload for a mid size or 1/2 ton truck and at what point do you acknowledge you just need a bigger truck? I ask somewhat rhetorically because of course I want more payload on my Tacoma but the GVWR hasn't changed hardly at all...

LOL, when I thought "Toyota full size" it wasn't a Hiace (e.g. more of a midsize like a Hilux) my mind drifted to Hino.

I admire your tenacity and hopefulness @Highlander. You must be young and new the Toyota world. Anyone who's been in these circles for long has started a campfire story with "If I ran Toyota..." only be to let down time and time again. If only they'd have stuck with diesels, if only they'd...

Hey, while we're spitballing things that will never happen... Please put a diesel in it.

It'll probably sit a bit lower and nose dive with the bumper and winch. There's no harm in trying it, there's always someone willing to take more of your money if it squats or wallows more than you want. I found a higher spring rate necessary but Toyota put pretty soft progressive rate...

Sadly, mamma took your Kodachrome away. :-( There's stock left out there and it pops up on eBay but Dwayne's stopped processing it in 2010. Who knows, maybe one day there will be someone who figures out a way to process it again. That happened with Impossible Project, now known as Polaroid...