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SolidWorks doesn't run on macOS, eDrawings does. That's a viewer. Autodesk on a Mac is fine since all the key programs are ported and current. Just my $0.02 but I'd still get her a MacBook Pro if that's what she wants to use personally. Doing CAD on a laptop isn't efficient without extra...

I don't understand why you'd go so far as you physically cut the TX line, at least if you're licensed and doing amateur radio APRS. I'm presuming dread's need is reception for an unlicensed operator so he doesn't inadvertently transmit. There seems to be no practical size limit to the...

I think you may be confusing two connectors. This is the Engel DC plug that does not seem to have an IEC equivalent or otherwise. This cable you have to get from Engel/Sawafuji and usually cut the cigarette plug off. That may have been also true of older ARB fridges when they were rebadged...

That's essentially how I have my station configured. APRSdroid is not critical for location function. There's some redundancy since the GPS source is usually a Garmin device with it's own map, routing and ability to display other stations as waypoints. Ideally if I could message on the Garmin...

The Τracker4 is a full featured TNC and can handle beacons itself when you give it locations via GPS. The Mobilinkd devices are simply modems just connecting the radio to the software. They can't do much without client software. When you run APRSdroid it's capable of picking up location from...

Just a FWIW so hams are aware that Mobilinkd isn't your only option. I have a Byonics Bluetooth module that works fine with any TNC that offers the typical serial output. I have it on an Argent T3-301, for example. APRSdroid sees it fine. I've also hacked other serial-BT modules to work...

An antenna is an antenna. If you know what it's tuned for then you can figure out if it'll work for your intended band. Say this is a GME AE4704B as an example since it kind of looks like it. https://www.gme.net.au/catalogue/antennas/uhf-radome/ae4704b.aspx It's intended use is Australian...

The air intake is located on the passenger side fender. The opening is roughly at headlight height. The open end of the intake tube is between the inner and outer fender, facing backwards to prevent spray ingestion to some extent. It has an upward slope so water can't collect inside the...

That's logical but speaking as an engineer the argument for or against remaining completely stock is that Toyota made design assumptions. So as long as how you use the truck matches how they expected then it's set up ideally. In fact Toyota makes assumptions through the whole range of Tacomas...

I like to show this photo, which is my 1991 a year or so after I got it back in 2000 going up to Wheeler Lake near Leadville, CO. Only mod at this point was 30x9.50 BFG ATs on SR5 wheels. Open diffs, stock suspension. I think you learn a whole lot taking a stock Toyota with experienced people...

Well geez, you're not exactly in a bad place up there either!

Thanks. It photographs better than it really is. First one is Canyonlands in Utah, south of the Maze. Second is Kokopelli trailhead near our home here in Grand Junction, Colorado.

A couple of photos. 2008 Access Cab Front is FOX 2.5 IFP extended travel (no reservoirs), 650 lb/in springs Rear is OME Dakar CS047R with an extra leaf added, FOX 2.0 IFP shocks (no reservoirs) Tires on the black rims are 235/5R16 BFG KO2 on 16x7JJ stock Toyota steel wheels The gray wheels are...

True dat. Maybe the better way to put it is having sufficient duty cycle to at least pull the whole length of winch line at full capacity.

If his pickup is like mine its 6 mounts supporting the cab. Could be a difference in how body-on-frame truck body structures in a pickup vs an SUV body flex and twist.

Knowing your limitation is the best way not to get stuck but of course you can't know every possibility. To me when something is viewed as insurance is when you need to know it's going to work. My thought is, paradoxically, cheap winches are fine for someone who uses and maintains them a lot...

Why do you think you need a winch at all?

This happens in Toyota pickup and 4Runners, too. It's due to the weight and location of the battery in our case.