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If you have steel cable, a cable damper should be at or near the top of your list.

Probably yes. I've never owned a Taco, but 9s are likely a bit wider than most Tacos run with 12" cross section tires. Be careful selecting offset and backspace so that you don't mess up clearance with suspension components or body parts at full lock and full stuff. Too little backspace will...

Depends on how you use the truck. Off-road, stick with 15s. Better compliance over obstacles and softer ride because of the taller sidewalls relative to tire diameter. You can improve lateral acceleration on pavement, slightly, by going to a wider rim. Street handling would be improved with...

Weatherpack-type connectors are available at some electronics stores, but are pretty scarce at auto parts stores.

My point was that the article is neither complete nor accurate. Results may be correct, be we can't tell from what they published. Or maybe their proofreading and editing is just sloppy. Don't know, can't tell.

Seems like the writer is not too strong in math, either. Says the wheel/tire combo weighs 106#, then says it's 70# for the tire and 38# for the wheel?

Here is what the article said: Absent further details, I think their acceleration and mpg numbers are questionable. They obviously have a Diablo Trinity, but there is no indication that they even reprogrammed the tire diameter. And if they were running the stock tune, the ECU had no idea...

Re the acceleration, braking and mpg figures, we don't know at this point what corrections they did for tire diameter, either mathematically or for speedo/odo readings or trans shift points. It'a a pretty big jump from a 265/75-16 to a 35-12.50-17, but their numbers look funky to me. And the...

If the Burb uses a Grp 34 battery, you can solve the terminal problem with a 34/78 that has both top and side terminals. Current Optima quality seems to be OK. I just bought two Grp 34 Blue Dual Purpose, and my old truck is running a pair of Grp 34 Yellows. Been using Optimas since early...

They have become commodity items. Mah ratings are all over the board, so check specs before buying.

If it's in good shape, just grab it and don't look back.

If you have any thoughts about adding a winch, look at the Warn winch/compressor combo units. Simplifies things considerably.

The first one I bought came from a Snap-On truck. Do they seriously think we believe Snap-On is selling unmarked refurbs?

I have three bars on the truck that bent a bar, and I'm adding a fourth bar as part of the repairs. That assumes that I can find a pair of the discontinued towers on my setup. The other truck has a two-bar setup, augmented with a Yakima DryDock in the hitch. I carried a 950-pound load of...

If the second guy at Sears tested it right off the charger, it may have tested good at that point in time. Or, if he "tested" it with a multimeter and it showed high enough voltage, he was just getting the surface charge and he may not know any better. Or, if he used a hand-held digital...

Seems like an item about which Dr. Trucknutz would have a pithy comment.

Do it before the warranty expires.

I have had Yakima tracks on two trucks for 10 and 17 years respectively, no leaks and no issues unless grossly overloaded. By overloaded I mean 60 mph through a pasture with almost 500 pounds on the rack. Only issue there was a bent crossbar from the load bouncing around. Now I know that...

I have a pair of aluminum sand ladders and two pair of MaxTrax. If I only carry one or the other, it's the MaxTrax.