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Uncle Joe signed an executive order (14037) mandating 50% of all cars and light trucks sold in US be electric in 9 years. So the the truck market will look a lot different.

I guess I don't get your point. In all my years of abusing vehicles - racing, mudding, rock crawling, et.al. I have never broken a ring gear. Broken a number of axles, pinion shafts, frame mounts, but never a ring gear. I very much doubt it is the weak link in the GVWR calculations. P.S. -...

GVWR is not just a polite suggested weight capacity, it is the legal definition of the maximum weight a vehicle can carry. I know the minions of the law are not very interested but when I was driving wrecker any loaded vehicle that was involved in an accident with injuries was weighed before...

I carry a truck door key and lock box key in my wallet and another door and lock box key hidden on the truck. The key fob and spare batteries are in a lock box hidden inside the truck cab.

Those of you that think that just banning older diesels are the answer forget that there are people that are affected. I know a number of truck drivers and over half are independent. And guys that are driving the older diesels are in the lower half of the economic spectrum. The only solution...

Beagles are experts at slipping collars, so I use Martingale collars. Loose when worn and only tighten when they pull on their tether: Cute dog.

Think of how many people have tuned the message out after 30 years of crying wolf.

I have a 44 year old Grandby - still structurally sound, weather tight, and comfortable. In the 7 years I have owned it, it has been down numerous washboard and frame twisting potholed roads. I think that speaks well of the quality and durability of the basic shell. I had a small oops this...

I'm thankful that we live in an economy that allows for these choices. What you listed has no added value to me and the weight would put me over GVWR. I have stayed out for 18 days without resupply, which is enough for me. You are incorrect about Center of Gravity, which is a 3D point in...

Planned obsolescence. You need to buy the newer version in a couple of years. Car companies used to change the look of the car every year to get you to buy new. The younger generation is very adept at navigating screens; my 10 y.o. grandniece can scroll through screens on her phone so fast I...

You still can 'pay someone to fix it'. - You still have the item. - You still can pay to have it fixed. - Jackery says they don't provide that service. - So, it's on you to find someone else to fix it. If it was mine I would have opened it up to see if there was anything obvious. But...

I was pointing out that UN 38.3 is only concerned with the batteries not creating a problem in transport. That some of the standards carry over into the product itself is a bonus. The standard doesn't care if the product is functional after testing only that the batteries were not compromised...

UN 38.3 (similar to DOT HMR; 49 C.F.R., Parts 171-180) are for batteries only and in their shipping packaging. So unless you use your device in its shipping box not much help. Better standards to check that deal with the product (in the US) are: - ANSI/NEMA C18 - UL 1642 - UL 2595 and...

Unfortunately Frenchie, your solution is too logical and doesn't provide enough opportunities for graft. The preferred (political) solution must provide an ongoing cash stream to politicians and their cronies. So, you 'sell' the concession to a corporation who will 'improve' and tailor the...

The problem: - Drive up FCFS favors locals and people with money. - Computerized registration FCFS favors computer savvy people/companies. A young family in the midwest on a limited budget has little chance of showing their children Yellowstone/Tetons/Glacier, et.al. I don't know what the...

A 5 1/2 foot bed won't do it for a lot of us that use the truck for our job. Sooner or later truck makers are going to actually have to make trucks for working stiffs, not just multi-purpose commuter vehicles. I can't put a third of my camper in the frunk. Nor the back axle of my 4-wheeler...

How is loosing 2 1/2 ft of bed and gaining a frunk more storage? It works if you are using your truck as a car. If you are using your truck as a truck the tradeoff sucks.

On my wish list would be moving the cab forward and give me a useful bed. I don't need a frunk or seating for 4, but do need an 8' bed. I'll start getting interested in e-pickups when I see contractors hauling around their construction trailers in the winter.

Must have: - multiple USB ports. - couple of 12V cigar plug receptacles. - 12V LED lights. - 12V fans - one that moves a lot of air and one that sips power. For the rest it depends on when/where/how long you are going to be out, and personal preferences. I am traveling for 4 - 8 weeks at...

Its not that I want the camper to twist with the truck, its that I don't know of an uncomplicated way to prevent it. Unless I can come up with a mounting system that will hold my camper rigid in 3 planes while allowing rotational freedom when the truck twists the camper will twist too. Since...