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If you are planning to actually haul stuff, don't waste money on leveling the front end.

I'd go with a rear locker before the winch, and add a set of MaxTraxx to get out of places. I'd also go for E-rated Toyos as my first choice in tires. Expensive, but you will have them for a quite a while. And a decent portable or OBA compressor so that you can air down/up when things get...

Could be a lot cheaper, though. We have a local chain, Orchard Supply Hardware, that often puts them on sale for about $30.

My Indel B sits on the back seat platform in my Dodge (much bigger cab than the Taco), but one big advantage in this climate is that when the truck is rolling down the road, the fridge has the benefit of the cab's A/C to reduce the load on the compressor. And the cab's factory tinted rear...

In my opinion, powder coat is no better than a GOOD paint job. Powder coat came into being primarily because of the restrictions on paint solvents, especially in places like So Cal. If you can get your hands on some good quality paint from some source, and if you have spray equipment, it...

A travel bag will help a lot to keep dust out of the fridge and maybe away from the vents. It will need to be a snug fit if it's mounted where it will create drag. Depending on where and when in the southwest you will be, heat may be a bigger issue. Late summer temps in So Cal will go above...

Per tech support at Odyssey, that is not a good idea. The threaded stud is not designed to handle high current loads. They told me to not even charge the battery from those studs.

The Noco whack-a-mole crimper works OK on smaller cables, but I won't use mine on 1/0 or larger. Solder plugs seem to be the way to go.

Might depend on how you define "heavy." There are a lot of videos (YouTube) that show MaxTrax being used to recover large military trucks in sand. I have MaxTrax and aluminum sand ladders, and I prefer the MaxTrax. My stucks tend to be in sand and loose silty soil and the MaxTrax have worked...

I know a guy who sold his F-350 diesel with a cab-over camper and replaced it with a Sprinter conversion. He and his wife are much happier with the Sprinter, but it's also much newer.

It is tolerable if you don't have the manual transfer case. Dodge cabs are pretty wide.

I have an '08 Tundra CrewMax and have not found a good place (yet) to put a big aux battery. The battery box in the Tundra is big enough to drop in a Grp 31, so that might be a sensible upgrade. And then carry a lithium ion jump pack as backup. I have a Northstar Grp 31 AGM in mine. It looks...

Ram 1500 EcoDiesel with split bench front seat.

I do that before the season, and then we go through water fast enough that crud is not a problem as long as we refill from a known source. If it sits for a month of more, I flush and clean it again.

Wider tire, bigger contact patch, turning will be heavier.

Longer bolt through the clamp and copper ring lugs on the wire is the shade-tree way to do it. I have seen mil-spec battery post clamps that are designed for multiple leads, but have not used them. Blue Sea Systems probably has something suitable. Another possibility is to use a marine...

I don't know about the Lifelines, but I'm pretty sure that with other AGM batteries (such as Odyssey), the battery will gradually lose its ability to take and hold a charge if it is deeply discharged (despite the fact that they are advertised as deep cycle batteries). That means that the...

When I ordered mine over the phone a few days ago, guy told me they had bought pallets of the $29 version, so stock should be good. FWIW, there is a movie prop lot in Orange County CA that is selling H1 jacks for $35. They rent a lot of vehicles for movie shoots and it sounds like they just...

I just ordered one of the $29 H1 jacks, shipping was another $31 to So Cal. The difference between the $29 jack and the $200+ jack is that with the cheaper one you get a bag. Guy told me the pricing is just an anomaly in the Am General pricing structure. Both jacks are new, current...

The shorter the sidewall, the less ride compliance you will have. Shorter sidewalls will handle better on pavement with lighter loads. Taller sidewalls will work better offroad and ride better onroad. For your truck, 17s are the sweet spot. Anything larger is just for looks and will...