New reality TV show called "No Man's Land" follows 3 gents in Texas, Utah, & Arizona who live far from civilization & off-the-land essentially. Living in AZ myself I found the premise interesting enough to check out.The guy living in the Sonoran Des...
I think I need a break; it seems lately that about 2 of 3 threads become argumentative, and the same skillets of hash get reheated over & over: half-ton bashing, Toyota bashing, GVW vs do what you want, get a dually, gas vs diesel, torque vs HP, etc ...
Much lighter F150Some "experts" predict 30mpg.Sounds wildly optimistic to me but what do you guys think?Can shaving 750lb result in that dramatic an increase?Will that 750lb loss result in less control when towing?
I had a 2008 5.4L F250 (heavy, crew cab 4x4 XLT) and I went from 3.73 to 4.30 and felt it made a big difference. Having said that, in my perception, that heavy of a chassis calls for V10 or diesel power. 300hp/365tq in a 3400lb sports car is one th...
About 3 years ago while pumping gas I was next to a guy filling up an 8.1L/Allison tow truck.I was truck shopping at the time & I asked about reliability; he said he had either 300k or 400k (it was 3 years ago, don't remember the specifics) and it ha...
NinerBikes wrote:Drive two vehicles... buying a rig for a 1x trip with special requirements is crazy.Winner winner, chicken dinner.Do what makes ya happy but going this route opens up all the possibilities.
Grandpere wrote:Dog Folks wrote:One ton dually. Much more stable.X2Get a Kenworth :W. 600hp Cummins, 18 speed Eaton-Fuller.On here, towing anything more than a canoe requires a dually so do it once, do it right, yes?
Haven't read through the responses but I spent years "fixing things that weren't broken" on my vehicles and now see that it was a bit excessive/obsessive. Most vehicle components will warn you rather than just going toes-up (there are exceptions of ...
