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What's the length of that shovel folded up? I'm trying to stay under 20"

Simply put, I am looking to offload the logging chain from my recovery gear for safety sake, so I am looking for a tow rope that will handle high loads. Not needing a recover strap, have one already... Also looking for a good, durable long handle folding shovel. I have the standard folding GI...

Un-wired the Engo E9000, the cable is definately rusty. Apparently the cover leaked. Dang... Oh well. The rest is in great shape. Un wired the old Explorer Pro Comp stainless steel off road lights. Not going to re-use them as I have the lights in the bumper, and I may add a small light bar in...

For an urban get to work vehicle. I would absolutely love an EV. For road tripping / off roading / overlanding, I'm sticking with gas, at least for now... I would hate to be say in the summer between Houston and San Antonio on one of the big empty sections of interstate and watching my charge...

ICE has the ability to carry spare fuel, oversized / extra fuel tanks specifically for towing. Plenty of farm trucks have a 100+ gallon diesel tank in the bed... It's all a trade off no doubt. I would love EV tech to be massaged more, by the same token, we need to consider alternate fueling...

For me to even consider EV, they would have to address the fairly regular vehicular flambe issues that are ongoing, insure that you could go from being towed in discharged to 100% capacity in the same time that you would need for ICE fuels, and an absolute minimum range of 400 miles reasonably...

Just FWIW, and yes I am trying to keep costs down so I am not going with like a huge name, but the bumper ordered is a DV8 Off Road Bumper. Heard pretty good things about them, and it looks pretty decent. I am not sold on the Badland ZXR but am looking for a similar winch. My biggest concern...

The HD winch bumper has been ordered, and while I am at it I am going to pull the Engo E9000 off of the truck and swap in a Badland ZXR. I REALLY wanted a 12K winch as the 9K engo was all I could do way back when and it is just not a capacity I am comfortable with on a full size pickup. Now if...

@OBS460 on your house battery box. How do you install / remove the battery and keep it from bouncing around and contacting the bottom of the bed / cab whatever it is directly under? I have my box, no clue how to actually access the battery with the box installed. It looks like maybe install the...

Ran to Home Depot today and got the errant split / lock washer that Summit messed up and tossed the wrong size in the bag. Got the step bars bolted on and tested, no issues holding my considerable weight so we are good there. Swapped out the failed IWE solenoid for the updated one. Probably...

The hunter step bars are sitting by the curb. Apparently the trash guys didn't want to pick them up on heavy trash day. No worries. Will cut them down and chuck them into the recycle bin. Those guys are gonna pick this stuff up whether they like it or not... The Summit step bars are here...

So I dragged the mattress, and the water tanks out to the truck. Sure enough, the down the middle approach just felt too claustrophobic considering there would be no walkway with the bed deployed. I tested seated height of the mattress using the portable toiilet and the mattress on top with me...

Okay it was hot, nasty, and just disgusting work, but the Ebay nerf bars that stupidly held water and in turn rusted out took a good while to get off of the truck. The nuts / bolts that held them to the bodywork were likewise rusted and no matter how much penetrating oil I used, there was no...

Got the rust spots re treated, looking good, shot the paint & primer, just simple Rustoleum combo paint and primer. All I am looking to do is seal the metal up don't care how it looks, so yeah basic camo sand tan... Covered basically the back half of the bed, most of the tailgate etc... Looking...

???????????????????? Now that's just nasty... Never thought of acid brushes. I have a metric ******** ton of those.. Go figure. Got the solar pass through port installed. Screwed up and snapped a screw while running it in, so I rotated it a hair and had another go at it. It will work that is all...

Back from the grocery store. Paid too much for a paint brush, but I needed something to apply the Naval Jelly with. Applied, letting it soak, about to head back out and hose it down... Yay rust treatment!

I can't imagine trying to wheel something that big down to say Chivo Falls, or trying not to sink axle deep on the beach at Padre Island... I get nervous enough with my supercab 6.5ft box F150... If it works for ya though, go for it!

The bumpy flaky crap as well as the surface rust has been ground off. I realized I am out of alcohol wipes, paper towels, and disposable brushes to clean and apply the naval jelly. Time for a Walmart run... I think I am just going to use paper towels with rubbing alcohol to prep / clean the...

Wow that is an awful lot of SUV...

Almost all the electrical pieces parts are here. I need 8ga wire (ordered) and 8ga ring terminals to make the connection between house battery and inverter. The inverter itself is fused, so I am not sure if I should fuse the line, but it seems like a good idea to fuse the positive as close to...