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Yeah I know. That ~$60 seems fair. It's a sizable chunk of CNC'd aluminum done State-side so I don't think anyone's getting wealthy making them. Splicing isn't impossibly difficult but buying a couple of decent fids is worthwhile over trying to use old ball point pens or whatever. I actually...

I'm outspoken about GVWR and Toyotas, coming from a 1991 XtraCab to my Tacoma and losing around 400 lbs of payload hurt. But I suspect that the Tacoma is as capable of carrying the weight as any other midsize truck despite what the numbers say. IOW, I don't think it's built any worse than a...

I have the first version of the safety thimble that @Airmapper links. That one is not soft shackle friendly but is synthetic rope friendly. Very happy with it but should mention you have to re-splice the end of your winch line to install it unlike the Factor 55 with the pin. Winchline has the...

Why not a 3D PDF?

I think that's true. The utility of having a York and a decent air receiver to run an impact was awesome a decade ago. With good battery operated options now air is just to fill tires. I had OBA on the old truck with Air Lockers and it was nice being able to pop the hood and start filling...

Even at 150 psi I don't see how it will help more than one or maybe two tires at which point it's just extra volume for the compressor to have to work filling. The ideal gas law just reduces to this, right?

So you think 7 gallons is enough?

For a tank to help it needs to substantially fill the tires without making the compressor work. Have to figure out how much volume is in a 39x12.50x17 tire. If I did my hasty calculation it's about 5.6 cubic feet. Roughly speaking 7 gallons of volume is approximately 1 cubic foot. So if you...

The 120VAC plug is specified as IEC 60320 (usually just called a "320" type). The sub-designation for the appliance cord would be a C13 female connector. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320 The ST3 refers to the cable, specifically meaning a type of polyethylene sheathed cable that meets...

On a 1st gen Tacoma (or 86-95 torsion IFS for that matter) a diff drop may help. It's 2nd and 3rd gen Tacoma where a diff drop doesn't really do anything.

You mean like these? I'm not a Rover guy but man does this hurt to watch. What a waste of resources when perfectly decent vehicles are destroyed by Customs while poor running swiss cheese from rust Corsicas and Tauruses are "legal". Doesn't change the reality of all the red tape and arbitrary...

You solved it already @roving1 before I could make the suggestion. Unless you've owned a Toyota IFS truck with manual hubs you wouldn't know about the thrust washer and clip at the end of the the axle. What he's talking about is the end of the joint that sticks through the wheel bearings and...

I had my FT-857 mounted in my truck with a ATAS-120 for maybe two years and carried a FT-817 for portable work. But working HF mobile isn't for me so sold the 817 and went to an 857 portable station. I haven't been dragging it along lately, though. When I do I run a dipole raised on...

Having tons of radios floating around and that the SO239/PL259 are acceptable up to 2m definitely make it hard to change. The losses on 1.25m and 70cm aren't so terrible that most hams notice and the number of hams working on 33cm and higher are tiny in comparison. I dare say that if you do...

Amphenol 172255 or 172185 might work! https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Amphenol-RF/172255?qs=sGAEpiMZZMuLQf%252BEuFsOrjqedbXhavPYvphd4iddgR0%3D https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Amphenol-RF/172185?qs=sGAEpiMZZMvlX3nhDDO4ACbD0DC2045ipZiqS3UNWyc%3D

The connection isn't well designed. It could be reinforced (perhaps a steel cap or very thick aluminum) but the base metal in the cross member is obviously failing and adding material is band-aid.

If yours is like the "Before" then I wouldn't.

Sounds promising Martin. This weekend depending where you're headed you may be more worried about heat than the power your fridge consumes, though. It's sounding like perfect conditions to use my battery-preservation technique of turning it off at night!

And that 100 lbs is for a bike rack (or perhaps a cargo basket, that sort of thing) and not a trailer, right? You can only go by what the manufacturer rates it but I personally don't like a few things about that. This is apparently... Before: After:

A receiver mounted bike rack of any kind looks to me an awful lot like a cantilevered beam with one fixed end, a distributed load (itself) and some number of point loads (the bikes). The tray style especially. Is that not how are the forces are analyzed? It also seems different than the...