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Thread: Trucks.
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07-11-2021, 02:46 PM #2776
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07-11-2021, 09:34 PM #2777Banned
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That torque vertoring is what my uncle liked for his incoming Ridgeline project. We just finish installing the headache rack and bakflip cover on his F150 before being picked up by the new owner. I will try and see the capabilities of the Ridgeline.
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07-11-2021, 09:58 PM #2778User
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07-11-2021, 10:02 PM #2779
Oh shit^
Who had is worse, though? ..think that’s a Tacoma face down
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07-11-2021, 10:12 PM #2780
Two f150’s off the road in apparent single vehicle accidents at the same spot 3 hours apart.
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07-11-2021, 10:21 PM #2781
This thread has gone full ghey.
This is the truck thread. Jfc.Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
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07-16-2021, 09:30 AM #2782User
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Why is it whenever I see a truck with a ‘leveling kit,’ it looks nose high to me?
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07-16-2021, 09:33 AM #2783Hucked to flat once
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07-16-2021, 09:42 AM #2784User
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Ha, as good of an explanation as any I guess!
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07-27-2021, 08:29 AM #2785
Slight thread drift, but didn't want to start a new thread as this seems to be the location of the experts. Just sold my sprinter for what I paid for it 4 years ago, but now I need a replacement for the wife. I have a stock F-150 and it does 99% of what I'd ever want. Wife has decided she wants an SUV, but we need this thing to be able to go on some gnarly dirt roads quite a few times a year. No rock crawling, but we have a cabin that requires a drive up a fairly long pass and then 30 miles on a dusty, washboard dirt road... 4 Runner? Bronco Sport? Anything else I should consider? Some weird crossover I could put 8-10 ply tires on?
Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't
help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...
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07-27-2021, 08:42 AM #2786
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07-27-2021, 08:50 AM #2787
Git yerself a wrangler!
Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
Cletus: Duly noted.
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07-27-2021, 08:50 AM #2788one of those sickos
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30 miles on a dusty washboard road a few times a year does not justify a big compromise in fuel economy or on-pavement manners. Unless you need big clearance for real rock crawling or are going to hit 6" tall things at 60mph you'll be fine in a regular car. Regular tires are fine if you're not driving over pointy lava rocks.
FWIW my '82 Winnebago slays washboard at 50mph. My GF's Nissan Rogue also does fine on washboard and even mild 4x4 terrain. Would you choose Lotus 120s as your only daily driver for 250 days so that you can enjoy 5 days of powder?ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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07-27-2021, 09:01 AM #2789
Yeah, I'll still run the f-150 90% of the time to get there, but still want the ability to run over from time to time in another rig.
Note that the 30 miles of washboard is after a notoriously nasty pass for destroying tires (broken axel had the road blocked this weekend). Plus the washboard is Idaho shale... just nasty.
I should have prefaced this with no Jeeps. Personal grudge that has nothing to do with actual performance, just hate em.Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't
help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...
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07-27-2021, 09:07 AM #2790
And here I was coming to say the grand cherokee is actually a really capable machine and I love mine.
Oh well...
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07-27-2021, 09:19 AM #2791
In my 20s I worked for a geology field camp that spent a few weeks in the Copper Basin. We had our own 25 MPH speed limit on those roads because the shale kills tires. Our kitchen crew routinely ignored that and flatted all the time. I was in a service station in Mackay when someone came in for a tire repair after flatting on Trail Creek Road. I distinctly remember the mechanic saying “God bless that road.”
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07-27-2021, 09:57 AM #2792
Nice deduction work! We're at the far back by the airstrip if ya know the area... What sort of geology were you studying?
Used Lexus GX? Spendy, but capable?Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't
help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...
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07-27-2021, 10:03 AM #2793Registered User
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Gx470 is great, buyer's guide:
Make sure the timing belt/wp has been done, due every 90k and is expensive ($1200ish)
Airbag rear suspension usually dies around 150k, best to replace with mild lift and coil springs
Front axle boots last about 150k also.
Otherwise bulletproof cars.
Also, stock nav system is shite, finding a non nav car is great as it allows aftermarket head unit swap. Folks have been putting tesla style tablets in place of the nav, but i personally don't trust it long term.
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07-27-2021, 10:53 AM #2794Registered User
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On the tablet front, experience from the motorcycle world is that most electronics don't like excessive vibration. A tablet in a street car is probably reasonable, but I wouldn't expect frequent washboard driving to be good for lifespan.
The Bronco Sport looks really good on paper. My wife, like lots of other people, had had one on order since March and expected delivery is now November. If you want one in a timely manner, you're going to need to find one on a lot, and good luck with getting a well optioned one that way.
Also, if you haven't put better rear shocks on the F-150 yet, that can make a huge difference on washboard. I liked the way my Fox 2.0s performed when I got them, but one appears to be leaking now at 46k. Not sure if I should hold it against the shock, though, as I did get them "lightly used" and the original buyer could have been full of crap.
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07-27-2021, 11:26 AM #2795
Oh has anyone seen the new Bronco (not the sport)? It is beefy! Looks bad ass and bigger than a regular Jeep
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07-27-2021, 11:37 AM #2796
Wife's Tahoe Z71 definitely the bill. Put some Coopers on it and call it done.
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07-27-2021, 11:49 AM #2797
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07-27-2021, 11:57 AM #2798______
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07-27-2021, 12:00 PM #2799
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07-27-2021, 02:36 PM #2800
A CHEVY, REV? Blasphemy!! Cabin partner has that Z71. Rad option, maybe a hair big? She thinks the F-150 is too big, so.......
I think I've narrowed her down to a new Taco TDR, Bronco Sport Bad Land or a used Lexus GX. This whole experience reminds me why I hate buying cars.Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't
help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...
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