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Perhaps the Truck Tire Databook is what you're after? https://www.michelinb2b.com/wps/b2bcontent/PDF/Truck_Tire_Data_Book.pdf It's a comprehensive source but the answer is something it seems you still have to figure out implicitly for an on-road (e.g. non-speed limited Y or L types) tire run...

On a Super Duty I'd have to think an alternator is stated per SAE. The specification for alternators is SAE J56. It's basically a standardized way to test and mark so the current is given at uniform RPM, voltage and temperature. For the purpose of marking the SAE temperature is defined as 23°C...

There never was a version of Mapsource for Macs. Basecamp works fine for basic tracks. I'm using version 4.8.4 on Mojave. The tool you're looking for is called "Draw a track" and it's the button with the two boot prints. When you select it you are given a pointer and you just start putting...

I'm pretty certain that every single manufacturer's U.S. customer relations department would say the exact same thing officially. I was able to find this: https://www.michelintruck.com/michelintruck_en_us/assets/pdf/load-and-inflation.pdf

Depends on which Engel you have. My greater than a decade old MT45 has no low voltage shut off. The Engels with a digital temperature display have a low voltage cut-off. The old ones with just a dial and no other display (and I would assume ARBs of the similar vintage) do not. I had a...

I've had the cigarette plug work loose a couple of times in the 11 years I've had an Engel. I might mention mine isn't a standard cigarette outlet but one of those Blue Sea lock point ones, which might be a factor in it holding decently. Wiring wise I've run ours on the stock rear outlets in a...

Let's be fair, the thread you're replying to was 2006 so prices and labor costs are different now in 2019.

I believe the plug is not something that's easily sourced stand-alone. I've looked at the IEC charts and didn't see a standard one, so it may be something Engel/Sawafuji have made proprietary. You can cut the end off your cable or I ended up buying the Engel hard-wire cable so I could...

Are the BAMF skids really 1/4" steel? If so that's unnecessarily heavy. A 3/16" steel front skid is more than adequate for even hard technical trails and will save a little weight. Αctually 1/8" steel would be sufficient for reasonable protection, although it would start to be an issue for...

CB in the U.S. is situated on frequencies that on a vehicle mean compromised efficiency no matter where you put an antenna, so don't get too wrapped around the axle worrying about it. Most locations, even the middle of the roof, aren't ideal for CB. This is not true of VHF and UHF radios, so...

That's my plan too. Go mobile, set up camp somewhere and just see where it goes.

This should probably be moved to the other thread. But of the ones you're looking at only the Midland is intended to work on GMRS. All the others are amateur radio antennas and so might cover GMRS but you'd have to check the specifications or actually test them to see if they're tuned for it...

Picket fencing is slang for selective or multipath fading, which is when a signal strength jumps from high to low. It sounds like you'd imagine it would if you were driving by a picket fence, where it goes in and out.

You choose how much gain you would like with the understanding that it's a compromise. As you go up in antenna gain the antenna becomes more directional. That means that more gain equals less uniform pattern. When talking about whip antennas on vehicle this generally means as gain increases...

Repeaters are the key to mobile and portable communication, it's a game changer. I'm guessing you have not had someone demonstrate just how useful they are. The scenario you describe, turning your truck mobile radio into a local repeater, is easily achieved but you'd need a ham radio. :-)...

A mast doesn't have to be complex, especially for GMRS since the antennas are short and light. For example you can use a fiberglass painter's pole clamped to a ladder or even just make a simple base for it.

Your experience is exactly why I do honestly wish 5 or 10 years ago we'd have pushed GMRS instead of amateur radio. GMRS is pretty much perfect as the substitute for CB, most of the benefits of using amateur radio while still being simple channelized like CB. Don't misunderstand, I absolutely...

Not sure how they can't in the U.S.

EVs work well as long as there's infrastructure to leverage. I think hybrids are more practical and will be for the foreseeable future for traveling away from civilization. Honestly the railroads figured it out decades ago. A diesel hybrid 4wd would be almost ideal. Perhaps technology will...

Portable solar charging for an EV is impossible at this point, as in it would take several weeks to charge from a single trip. Just to put numbers to it, let's say it requires 180 kW-hr to go 400 miles. That means a 200 watt solar panel will take 900 hours of ideal sun to return the energy...