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    Black Series fire hazard

    This wasn’t even a camping trip. Just a friends place with a private doc on Tahoe for a week. 4 bikes, two boats and an outboard. A regatta would have a second sailboat racked on the truck. 10ft air floor rib with an electric start 9.9 is in the trailer with 4 full-size bikes. Chase boat for...
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    Black Series fire hazard

    Bike thing is a challenge for sure. My LOLO rack is freaking heavy as hell. I foam noodle it and tie it down on the 4x6 ??. But once in camp we look like pros with that beast on the truck lol
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    Black Series fire hazard

    Definitely post some picts and trip review reports of the setup. My wife after literally going through every idea from screw it let’s build something to looking at the stupid Black Series and Opus stuff. She says lets just buy the cheapest best built little toy hauler and just fix the junky...
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    Black Series fire hazard

    Family of 4 here also. When we take the trailer its to go explore a region or body of water. Only time we are in camp is the morning breakfast and evening dinner. If I ever find my self just sitting around in camp then its time time to go somewhere else or find a new country to travel. So...
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    Ford Transit chassis cab DIY composite camper

    If I had that garage. Wow the projects I could do?.
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    Black Series fire hazard

    Yep also many of the Harvest Host options require full indoor facilities which can pose a problem for outdoor only cooking options. The boon docking types are more likely to use Harvest Host options when in need of a parking spot. Given they aren’t crowded RV lots ?. At least thats my go to if I...
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    Black Series fire hazard

    There aren’t any places out west that I have gone where a trailer over 6ft wide and say 15ft hitch to tail lights will go beyond the well worn dirt road. Many people will go to great lengths to drag stuff farther in than they should thats not really the type of stuff I consider logical people...
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    Black Series fire hazard

    Thats just the thing. There really aren’t any places you can drag stuff bigger than a 4x6 into that gets that rugged. And if you do take those big heavy trailers into Trail areas your soon called out by the other trail users as the idiot blocking up the route with a freaking RV?‍♂️. I’m not too...
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    Black Series fire hazard

    There are now several “branded” Chinese import trailers being sold in the US all are built in the same facility. All likely are pre wired by the same people “in China”. At the prices the dealers are asking no one in their right mind should be buying these. I was getting close to an upgrade from...
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    12v portable jump starter issues?

    Mine are pre bypass era. Still work great its just something you need to be aware of. If you know a battery is flat you don’t attempt to crank on it till the jump pack is hooked up and has a few seconds. I have had a few cases on my motorcycle and my subaru where trying to start on the weak...
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    12v portable jump starter issues?

    All of these look for minimal voltage. No voltage they won’t power up the clamps. I’ve had to fool mine with a 9v battery to jump a dead car.
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    F150 - 2.7L vs 3.5L vs 5.0L

    2.7 is most definitely higher production engine over the 3.5 simply due to having far more platforms that were designed for it. No biggie The current 3.5 most definitely is its own engine and not like the early versions which may have had carry over bits from older NA stuff. The 2022 3.5 no...
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    Rivian R1T (pickup) vs. R1S (SUV) for "overlanding"

    My thoughts are similar. Interior is way different than the Tacoma. It felt more like my 07 Sequoia definitely spent some serious time on cab space when they designed it. Exterior sizing I think its very similar to the old first gen Sequoia. Which I really liked. It wasn’t a huge wide thing but...
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    Rivian R1T (pickup) vs. R1S (SUV) for "overlanding"

    Surprised you didn’t mention the size. Every time I walk by the neighbors Rivian its size is what really gets me.
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    Rivian R1T (pickup) vs. R1S (SUV) for "overlanding"

    Two Rivians delivered last three weeks in my neighborhood. Up to 4 now within my 2 mile daily dog walk.
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    Why I switched from a Tacoma to an F150

    Yep when buliders are flat out they don’t really have time to find pull inventory and hand over parts that go into a new unit vs used. Issue for all makers of high demand stuff. If the Ukraine thing gets super ugly ie basically WWIII that will reset the crazy Buying spree people have been on...
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    Why I switched from a Tacoma to an F150

    Yeah thats a larger issue mainly chip manufacturing which was a known issue for a long time. No secret. Its such a big deal Ford is going into making chips on its own. Funny enough this isn’t new. At one point Ford was the biggest engineered glass manufacturer in the US possibly the world all...
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    Why I switched from a Tacoma to an F150

    [ Yeah and the number games have been changed by Tesla. I see Ford being the first Legacy Automaker to shift to a Teslaish like model to drive stock value like Tesla has.
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    Full Size - Small Diesels: why so unpopular?

    Good question I like diesels but I can’t have a car/truck that has diesel power. Far too many short local only trips no joke pick one I’d have a Christmas tree dash of errors and emissions issues 12months into having one. The alternative is a hybrid electric which case now with my solar on my...
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