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Panels ratings combined vs controller rating. Controllers really don’t care what is providing the power as long as its within their rating - then they meter it out to the battery?. 500 watts to a $9 10amp controller probably will result in a puff of smoke on a sunny day?. 2 40 watt panels to a...

Does range between fuel stops matter? Thats were the Tundra falls flat on its face especially if your dragging a box thats up past the 80% max load rating. Yes it will drag 10,000 lbs but it only does 5-6mpg doing it. So beyond the load numbers look at fuel capacity and mileage performance with...

EV’s are no doubt different and raise lots of questions. Three neighbor kids have first Gen EVs they picked up for pennies on the dollar all had low miles on them. All three are daily local drivers and perfect for that. Two got recycled new battery packs swapped in for less than $2000. Talking...

Who says Lake? I’ve sailed 2200 miles non stop in one trip and that was just a fun race. Think bigger these are great campers but the $ is not in alignment with chopper gun fiberglass RV’s. ?

Kimberly Kamper or this They are priced the same?? One floats and has 20k in engine bolted to it. The other is a fiberglass box with wheels ?

I decided that a proper boat offers the same options of Kimberly Campers except they can also head out on the water getting away from folks for the same price ??

Don’t forget to cut the handle down on your tooth brush?. Old racing sailor joke. Yeah racing sailboats we strip them clean everything thing counts regarding weight. The good boat crews never bring anything onboard beyond what they are wearing for day races, meaning no gear bag etc. LOL Don’t...

Probably cost less to setup also. There will be a surplus of jobs out there for a long time so save your pennies go cheap. Hell in your case why limit your self to ground based transportation when Van life has pretty much trashed the wheeled nomad life. If you like getting away from people...

After our wild fire shut off 3 yrs ago 6 days, ice blocks for ice chests got old. Not having air purifiers vs heavy smoke sucked. Add home office /COViD factor and going generator route made perfect sense. I have 37 hours in 12 months on the generator worth every penny.

In the Texas ice storm example the hybrid F150 is a better solution than the full EV. Same issue as those who had solar power and Tesla walls on their house. They either ran empty by day 3 or rationed power heavily and kept a close eye on their solar generation which was near zero for 4-5 days...

My bare Tule round bars are a 1-2mpg hit on a stock 2019 Expedition with heavy tow pack. My old Sequoia and J80 never noticed them. This 1-2mpg hit at highway speeds is in alignment with the cars I have run the bars on. These modern trucks especially with the 10spd are pretty slippery in stock...

I went from an Outback to a standard length Expedition. U turns require about 6 more inches than the OB. In town I typically got 20-21 mpg with the 2.5. Towing the 4x6 utility/ camping rig 18-21. The expedition is 16-17mpg in town and 20-22 on road trips with trailer. One thing is for sure...

Nope! My Indiana family is over GVWR every time they take the Buick to Chik-fil.

They don’t drive 70-80mph either

When your still building 1992 iron piggys but selling them for 2028 prices you need to run heavier stuff just to keep them sprung. LOL I ran Toyotas for 27yrs had a beautiful J80, nice 4runner and a 2007 Sequoia. They were all pretty good but the Domestics in the family were more or less just as...

All the controllers I know of need stand alone wired directly to the battery otherwise you mess up the voltage monitoring ability and they don’t charge the battery correctly. No reason to tie them to the bus bars which are tied to other stuff and will no doubt cause voltage monitoring issues...

Yep No different than my Subaru days with growing kids and bigger bikes to haul. Plus each trip typically has different gear and supplies needs so swapping bike weight for extra water supply etc was a typical move. Most people upgrade to a heavier platform when braking ability is a noticeable...

Lol drank the coolaid ey

I power my 2700sqft house on a 3500 watt generator using the standard 30amp feed. The EV f150 is 7500 watts on a 50amp feed. Not really a big deal just a very smart inclusion of useful hardware?. What bugs me are the home owners that buy a construction site 7500 watt generator to use a 30amp...

Neighbors family of 5 had their sprinter setup as their family base at our local sporting even. They have a pop top ie top bunk area and rear bunk so they definitely have it set up for 5. I didn’t see how the seating setup was done.