Frostbitte
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Re: Tesla Cybertruck
free radical wrote: Frostbitte wrote: Looks like a 70's/80's Sci-fi b-movie prop and about as useful too. If the ecoturkeys want to sell me on full electric, this isn't helping. For now, I'll still stick with the 3 R's. Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Hmm Id think electric truck w stainless steel body would last much longer then your Ram w Cummins and be way cheaper to run too. Btw Hows them Tar sands polution up there lately? Ive heard cancers are quite comon in people livin downwind My RAM is running great. No rust either. Not sure why that's a thing. Not here anyways. Maybe in the North East US. EV cheaper to run? Hmmm, maybe, for now. But wait until more people convert over to whatever it is. Hydrogen fuel cell, EV...Doesn't matter. Eventually, they'll find a way to make you pay. Firmware updates on your EV? Engineered obsolescence for parts. Road tax, electric tax. Doesn't matter, eventually governments and business will find ways to replace revenue generated from the ICE ecosystem. If you can, enjoy it while it lasts. Be cautious of what you hear about the Tar Sands. There's a lot of misinformation that has been deliberately spread for years. We all have a to pay a price for civilization. I'm more worried about plastic pollution, cities dumping raw sewage into the rivers and oceans and shipping our garbage overseas rather than recycling and disposing of it properly. Those Lithium mines for EV batteries aren't very eco-friendly either. Same with fracking and other forms of oil extraction. As for cancer rates...not sure. I know lots who've worked or are working it the patch. Nothing cancer related sticks out. More stuff related to working long hours. Not everyone is able to do it. I'd wager my carbon footprint in my diesel is far, far less then than those that fly (business and/or pleasure) multiple times a year or drive exceedingly long distances no matter the vehicle, take cruises every couple of years. Not to mention all the container ships, tour boats, airplanes, buses, trains everyone uses. I'll keep improving my home to make it more energy efficient and eventually I'd like to add solar panels, if possible. My original point still stands. I don't like the truck and find it would be next to useless for any of my applications. I really don't care how it's powered but if it can't do what I already can do with what's available, then I'm simply not interested.312Views0likes0CommentsRe: Tow/Haul off or on(ram)
I use Tow/Haul all the time when towing either my 5'er or cargo trailer for all the good reasons already posted. Even on flats I use it. I couldn't imagine towing anything these days without a vehicle that has some form of tow/haul mode or another. To answer your question on driving on the flats. It might keep your converter locked at the higher gears allowing the engine to hold the right gear suited for your driving conditions (wind, slight inclines/declines). Leaving it on while you're towing even on flats might keep things optimal for towing in those conditions present at that time. If you turn if off, even the slightest change might make the transmission downshift or try to upshift when you don't want or need it to.708Views0likes0CommentsRe: Jay Leno predicts demise of vehicles running on gas.
I think so too, eventually. However, it won't be for quite some time. The current fleet of battery/electric vehicles, while amazing, are still fairly limited. Infrastructure isn't there yet and won't be for some time. Personally, I think we'll find ways to crack water cheaper and easier and run vehicles on hydrogen before we figure out all the hurdles to pure electric, but that's just me.285Views0likes0CommentsRe: Towing 5th wheel near the trucks limits
Hmmm, all things added up, I'm sure you'll eventually be over the stated payload limit of the truck after you load up the trailer, add your hitch and people and whatever in the truck. If you do decide to do it this way, the RAM will squat pretty hard and I'd make sure your tires are E rated tires and not P tires that some half-tons come with and maybe airbags or timbren overload springs will help with the squat.728Views0likes0CommentsRe: Downshift or exhaust brake?
Both. The automatic transmission when set to tow/haul and exhaust brake on does most of the work for me. However, there are situations for manual intervention so that's where I upshift or downshift manually, or rather on the RAM it sets highest gear available. Works great and I really couldn't imagine having a truck tow the weight I do without an exhaust brake and a modern 6+ - speed transmission.462Views0likes0CommentsRe: How fast do you go
I'm in Canada so I do the posted limit up to 110 KM/H which is about 68 MPH. Secondary highways are only 100 KM/h. I only go faster temporarily to pass if I need to. If someone's doing 108 in a 110 zone, I'll just stick with that. I try not to exceed this as after that it hurts fuel economy and the road is usually crowded so sometimes even less. I can stay just under 2000 RPM's at 110 even while towing. 100 KM/H seems to be the sweet spot though. I try to not be in a hurry. I'd rather get there all in one piece.664Views0likes0Comments
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