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  1. ThundahBeagle

    Running truck idle all night....

    Cross-breeze. Crack one on each side, for example. Still better off than totally closed windows, especially if you have the dash fan running with the a/c
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    Running truck idle all night....

    But they get to not die of carbon monoxide poisoning. It's not as if tempered glass has much insulative properties anyway. Lose a little economy, gain a lot of insurance
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    Perfect off-highway tire = LTX? What?

    The LT type BFG AT KO2 also come in load C. I have some on my truck now. Not exactly 33's but they are 32.7" (LT285/70/17 or thereabouts), and 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake rated. Ride comfort maybe not quite as smooth as the Michelin LTX, but I dont feel like my ******** and back are being treated...
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    The Road Chose Me tackles Iceland

    I thought you were pulling a dad-joke hat trick
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    The Road Chose Me tackles Iceland

    We've got plans and plane tix to Iceland next month. We aren't shipping a vehicle or overland, we only have a few days. Thanks for the report
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    The Road Chose Me tackles Iceland

    Well, there IS the volcano...
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    Offroad capability of full size truck

    True but then you are talking about starting off with a 20 year old vehicle. Unless you do all those same mods with a modern vehicle and that's money, or time or both. Personally I have a GMC Sierra 1500, but for this, I do agree a 2500 gasser is the most likely answer. Agree Dodge RAM...
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    Solid state batteries will make electric expedition vehicles practical.

    I see what you are writing. I have no reason to disbelieve you per se. Seems like you are in the industry and I am not. Call it a product of growing up in the 70's and 80's if you want, but I just cant seem to think Nuclear is safe. Maybe very few bad things happen, but when they do, it can...
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    Solid state batteries will make electric expedition vehicles practical.

    If you know what equipment was handed out in the aftermath of Thee Mile, for the purpose of collecting information on how much radiation had leaked, then you know it was insufficient. It's easy not to see a broken bone when you dont run an x-ray, you can say there are no confirmed broken bones...
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    Solid state batteries will make electric expedition vehicles practical.

    Three Mile Island reactor 2 (meltdown 1979) Half the locations near and downwind of test sites in Nevada, Bimini Island, etc. Closing Yankee Row (safety 1991) , Elk River (leaks, 1968, Fermi 1(partial meltdown 1966, closed 1972), Three Mile Island 1 (2019 no more subsidy) and any number of...
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    Solid state batteries will make electric expedition vehicles practical.

    Three Mile Island reactor 2 (1979). The subsequent restart of reactor 1 was mind boggling. Half the locations near and downwind of test sites in Nevada, Bimini Island, etc. Closing of Yankee Row, Elk River, Fermi 1, Three Mile Island 1 (2019) and any number of other nuclear power stations...
  12. ThundahBeagle

    Solid state batteries will make electric expedition vehicles practical.

    Um...no. I hope not. The environmentalists back in the day would roll over in their graves that the environmentalists today are advocating this, when it was everything they could do to get plants shut down in the 80', 90's and 00's. It's not that it doesn't produce enough power or anything...
  13. ThundahBeagle

    Hunting Boots

    Maybe with gaiters?
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    Hunting Boots

    Ah! What L. L. Bean and Chippewa used to be. I can say that I'm not a hunter per se (though I have hunted) but I will be looking for a pair of the moc toes for my next pair of boots. Big supporter of this ideal.
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    Bolting jerry can mounts directly to tailgate? Talk me out of it...

    Alright. Gasoline = 6 lbs per gallon. 5 gal Jerry can so that's 30 pounds plus weight of can itself and bolt on holder. Times two. So you are adding almost 70 pounds and affixing it just to sheet metal. Bad idea if you go over bumps it wont be long before you wallow out the holes and it all...
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    Will Jeep and Ram Truck Prices Take a Steep Dive Soon?

    I remember the side mirror controls of an old Chevy Malibu I had - later years, 80's, square body model. Same for the impalas of the same generation. There was a small lever in the dash to the lower right of the steering wheel, that connected via a non-electrical cable to the passenger side...
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    Will Jeep and Ram Truck Prices Take a Steep Dive Soon?

    Yes. However, I have to admit I'm a bit of a dichotomy. Part of the reason (aside from initial quality and longevity) Honda was able to do so well is they offered the Civic and Accord in 3 or 4 packages. That's it. DX base models, LX mid range, and EX top of the line. Maybe an HX and an Si...
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