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Good point about bolt pattern - probably right. I'd say it offer part of the benefits as a traditional FF axle but is a hybrid type design....bolting to axle housing, unit bearings vs roller bearings, disassemble wheel/brake/carrier plate to replace axle....less about field repair and more...

Then it's not a full floater if it's a C-clip axle....all the full floaters I am familiar with have the hub with bolts on the outside to remove axle: *Edit - here is a breakdown of the new axle: It's an interesting design - not "full float" in the sense we are used too (like the pic...

LOL @ all the buzz words, I love "Steel frame and steel chassis....built for offroad". It's like he spent 2 hours with flash cards before hand. Guarantee that guy didn't know a solid axle from a hole in the ground the day before.

Yup - we knew that was going to happen! MSRP is one thing now you have the "street value"....crazy people spend that kind of money for something that was $20k less the day before, out of sheer principle more than anything.

Semantics - I knew what he was saying.....

The 4/5500 used (at least for a time) a bigger rear axle - I didn't see that listed in comments above.

No kiddos (none planned) and one dog - so 5 is perfectly fine with us.

Best greenhouse rig I've ever been in was a Range Rover Classic, knees were damn near at the dash. With that said, some are WAY worse than others, LX600 was fine as was the 200, Tacoma is bad IMO, modern RR's are good and I'd guess the IG is pretty darn good too but I've never sat in one. My...

It does - opinions welcome....I like the look of the GX better but would need to sit in one to see what the visibility is like vs LX600. Some of the newer Toyotas like the 4Runner and Tacoma I struggle with, feel too enclosed, the older cruisers were really good visibility.

True - the devil you know vs don't is the issue I guess. I'm guessing the 550 will be ~$20k cheaper all said and done.....but will it be built to the same standard? LX has the same/sim engine but 60hp more. Had considered a IG but no way I'd have one as a primary car.....

We are still debating these rigs - but a current MY LX600 or wait for a GX550, name on list, wait a year. Anybody have any insight or thought through this same scenario?

Floating D44 - really?

Thanks for update - any more context with "not the best choice"?

Point #1 is interesting and I agree, it's probably the right call and effectively sets a bar of reasonableness....not sure that would pencil out here in the West.... Point #2 is tough unless you are managing yourself, my experience with a rental we had short term was we set criteria up front...

I thought I liked the idea of owning and renting out a house but I've had two buddies that have damn near lost their butts on rentals/renters that destroyed homes and refused to pay....both way underwater on their rentals and a constant source of stress.

got cliff notes?

It's an engineering trade-off power:weight ratio vs power:fuel ratio...in some cases a heavy, low revving diesel may be the best powerband and least fuel but it could weight 10x what you can afford....or a small high RPM gas engine that gets 10% worse economy but weighs 1/10th is the right call...

That is healthy $ for a bumper

If it's small enough you could probably insulate it reasonably well. Those Honda gensets are pretty darn quite...maybe some sort of sound cancellation. I could see something sim to a street bike motor, smooth, short stroke massively insulated. I'd say 1000cc (150 hp) but you'd probably have...

"....run at the best torque for power"....those are two very different things, I think you were alluding to the most fuel efficient RPM? Reality is torque in generators like this is largely irrelevant - simplistically horsepower is all you'll need and I'd guess you'd want the smallest /...