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The issue is the Odyssey batteries. I have two of them in a dual battery configuration, although mine are G25/G35 rather than 2 x G34. You have to be a lot more particular about charging them. Even the ~14.7V you see on your alternator is kind of a false sense of security. It's better than...

There's not one pressure and the correct one for any truck and surface is going to depend. You don't want to go so low that you risk popping the bead or risk beating up rim lips. What do you normally run on the street? I assume it's going to be pretty high on a truck like yours. Like 50 or...

The organization that handles SOS calls is GEOS IERCC and isn't necessarily exclusive to InReach. Although, Garmin did buy them in 2020. GEOS has historically handled SOS activations for Globalstar/SPOT along with most other SENDs like Zoleo, Skymate Mazu and Inmarsat IsatPhone2, Iridium GO...

Modifying jerry cans into cases isn't unheard of at all. There's commercial ones as well as DIY.

I'd hope it's clear that generally any strap or rope we use in vehicle recovery isn't for overhead use. Even if it does happen to carry proper labeling (some of my gear does, as does yours I'm sure) once you use it in the wild you can't really guarantee provenance with respect to OSHA et al...

Overhead is more than having a label. The label attached has specific information relating to an accepted standard, in the United States that being ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) B30 series adopted as a ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standard. ANSI/ASTM...

Brand new, product box is still sealed in plastic. I did cut the tape to open the outer shipping box. https://no.co/gen5x1

Yeah, that's part of what depends. The starter on a 1GR-FE V6 Tacoma, 4Runner, FJ Cruiser is rated 1.4 kW and pulls around 125 amps worst case. The factory only uses something around a 6 AWG in the starter harness and gives people with stick shifts the option to bypass the clutch and start the...

That depends on a number of things but what is your reasoning?

Currently run Falken AT3/W as a change from my usual BFG AT KO2. These tires ride a little softer but I wouldn't call them much quieter. Still a relatively aggressive AT tire which come with downsides like noise, MPG hit from the weight, throwing up captured pebbles, etc. I imagine the LTX or...

I'm not aware of a feed from Globalstar/SPOT personally but I don't have much social media presence to say for sure on Facetwitgram.

There may be fashion to it but let's say there's a couple of other options, one being to just end the camper at the back of the tray and two being to extend to the current back wall at a right angle overhanging the tray. Look around at how any truss or bridge is made, all 45° joints to keep...

That's the ultimate question. From the perspective of the device -> constellation there's no difference in messages, one short burst data packet is like the other to Iridium or Globalstar. With InReach there's another level going from Iridium to Garmin so exactly where the hiccup occurs could...

It happens with Iridium but also could happen with Globalstar or any network really. In this case a 406MHz COSPAS-SARSAT PLB is probably a safer bet for SOS reliability than a RTCM 12800.0 device (who's to say SMS or Internet connectivity isn't a function of backend SEND issues?) but OTOH the...

The typo only exists in the one place that I could find, under the HP peak for the SR trim engine. It looks plausible otherwise, torque peak could be correct at 2,400/2,000 RPM. It's a pre-production document probably done by a graphics designer and not an engineer so who knows, it might not...

Not that I've been above folding a rope or strap in half in a pinch but expecting to do this regularly isn't an ideal solution. This is doubling the effective diameter so the amount of stretch you get is reduced and with such a short length it makes for a more abrupt yank. So it's either...

Yeah indeed, I think those 4mm banana plugs usually top out at about 15 amps so obviously the real limitation would be the common power one. But for the purposes of proof of concept in a lab that's a pretty handy little board I bet. And the price isn't all that unreasonable since a single...

Says: - Frequency Range: COVER - 125MHz~525MHz So that means it'll cover amateur radio 2m, 1.25m and 70cm bands as well as GMRS.

https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/FRS/GMRS_combined_channel_chart

One presumes activation of a PLB prompted the SAR call out in the first place. Doesn't sound like this is intended to be an actively monitored frequency. Someone had to have called 9-1-1 or punched the SOS already. After that having two-way real time between involved parties seems...