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Check out our build for ideas... You might consider removing your front sway bar with tuned 2.5" shocks. We removed ours and much prefer the handling. Sway bars can help keep the truck level on road cornering... but they also induce sway off road or any uneven terrain and limit suspension...

It was rather convenient timing!! We were rather remote for the past month... Our Lithium Jump Box worked great (after charging) and "jumped" the truck the following morning. That's the easy solution. Alternatively, I may have connected the camper batteries to the truck (reverse connect)...

2nd battery is a lot of extra weight unless needed ongoing... Those little lithium jump boxes do the trick and they are small and light. Keeping things simple is the key to reliability.

Think it was an internal battery failure. Possibly due to constant off road fatigue or heavy loads. AGM would be a better battery solution but figured might as well run out the stock battery. Ford replaced for it FREE (warranty). Sad to hear your AAA experience... will be looking at...

Sometimes the unexpected becomes an adventure! Who would have thought our 2020 Ford Super Duty wouldn’t start? Dead battery! And it wasn’t our fault… At least we didn’t drain the battery from negligence. Of course, we do use the truck harder than most and the thousands of off road miles aren’t...

We've had a bunch of messages about the aux tank and may do a video going into more details. We use a shaker siphon (gravity feed) to transfer fuel to the main tank. I've considered adding a port to the bottom of the aux tank and feeding into the primary tank with a ball valve to control...

One of the most boring yet essential aspects of overland travel is fuel range. Everyone wants to focus on making their rig look cool with suspension lifts, oversized off road tires, fancy wheels, bumpers, racks and more… Yet all these modifications ruin your mpg (fuel mileage) which limits how...

Nope. Spare stays... I love having the spare tire under the truck and out of the way. Tires are well made today! I laugh when "expedition" guys carry 2 spares. And the spare tires are mounted high above the frame behind the rear axle - dumb. I think I've used a spare tire once in the...

Synthetic winch rope is fantastic in nearly every way: light weight, floats on water, easily repairable, safer…however, there is one major downside! Attaching synthetic rope to the winch drum! Most winches with the exception of the Warn Zeon series (which attaches the winch rope through the...

That's every modern vehicle... Time will tell how well modern rigs age. I do prefer the most simplistic of the modern vehicle offerings. And I'd rather depend on a newer truck than a 20 yr old rig that is worn out with ongoing age related issues to deal with.

F150 is a great city truck and light jobsite type work rig. It is designed to be fuel efficient. Great driving truck. However... the build construction is not for simplicity or durability. Turbos, Engine Start/Stop, Direct Injection and more... is great while working but expensive and...

Typically drive in "M" manual transmission shift mode in the mountains and off road. Depending on grade... will run 4WD Low Range for increased engine braking. Ran 4WD Low 1st gear for most of this trek and bumped to 2nd gear in less rocky sections. Low range also helps keep the transmission...

We’ve been traveling the Idaho BDR (Backcountry Discovery Route) which passes the Burnt Knob Fire Lookout Tower. Of course, we had to detour from the route and check it out! Lookout towers are hidden gems in the forest. It’s incredible to have roads (often drivable) to the top the tallest...

Your Stony Pass adventure definitely sounds interesting. Risking damage is one thing... but rolling down a mountain is less good. Have you weighed your rig fully loaded for travel? I'm curious what your front / rear axle weights are.

Yes! Way overthinking this... modern tires are very good. It's unlikely you'd need your spare tire let alone two tires. Funny how expedition guys focus on the strangest stuff yet forget about the many other failure parts that could leave you stranded: ball joints, wheel bearings, u joints...

We decided to explore the backroads just north of Coeur d’Alene in the Panhandle National Forest. Our mapped route was just shy of 50 miles off road and promised to have some epic views. Our first night of camping was in a forest road pull off that had been used as a shooting range and trash...

That's excellent... We have a video showing the bike storage platform in our previous F250 Crew Cab. The platform we built for the Crew Cab bolted in with no modification to our current Super Cab. It has plenty of room for the bikes and we can store items on top of the platform and below...

While traveling across country it’s always a challenge to find interesting stops and remote overnight camping. In this video we share a special gem location… Escure Ranch which is currently owned and managed by BLM and offers free overnight camping. Keep in mind this is a “no service” style...

ANSWER: Measure your actual tire!!! 36" diameter spare will fit if fully aired down (many 37" tires measure about 36" when mounted on wheels). Requires force to jamb in there. 35.75" diameter spare will fit snugly at full air pressure. I installed a used 37" BFG Ko2 spare.

We owned the crew cab short bed with the 160" WB. This truck was a real handful to park and maneuver in tight spaces. We didn't consider the extended cab long bed due to the wheelbase 164". Our replacement truck is this extended cab short bed with 148" WB. Absolutely love this truck size...