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6/28/19

How’d you not starve to death during the 70s and 80s when everything was gutless?

6/27/19

Agreed, and I’m not saying it’s absolutely necessary to have a lot of HP or you literally can’t step a toe off-road, but there are quite a few situations where it gets you out of a jamb. And my first off-road rig was a toyota with the 22RE and ‘33s. It was respectable, but would’ve been much better in mud/snow/sand wit…

6/27/19

Exactly. Ignorance is bliss, I guess?

6/27/19

To me, this is the key...The vast majority of truck purchasers consider the least percentage of use when they purchase. They buy what is primarily a daily driver but choose something that is overbuilt for something that they do less than 10% of the time.

6/27/19

Sand dunes????WTF are you talking about?I’ve torn up every corner of silver lake with an NA VW flat four with around 100hp. Sure it was in a really light rail, but HP was not much of an issue and the same rig with a Subaru motor with maybe 230 hp was an absolute monster. Neither was winning sand drags, but once again,…

6/27/19

Have you been in 3ft of snow???

6/27/19

Proper lane mergers, etc. You know, it’s for safety! ha

6/27/19

True that. There are a lot of off-road scenarios where HP is critical. Sand is another I didn’t mention. (we ride in the dunes) Low HP rigs in the sand are laughable.

6/27/19

In rocks, yes. Yanking a friend out of a bad situation, yes.

6/27/19

LOL 15" of snow is laughable. I’m talking snow 3ft deep, and you are STUCK. A gutless engine cannot get the wheel speed up.

6/27/19

Uh......because most people tend to be scared to death by swaying trailers and fiery highway crashes?

6/27/19

It wasn’t purchased for towing as the primary function, but having owned half ton trucks for years he (and us friends) all assumed it would tow a little car trailer with a car on it like any other half ton or even toyota tacoma. Nope. The rear suspension is crazy soft, good for jumps, bad for any load not named…

6/27/19

Good call on the nitrogen shocks. He’s been to several off-road shops, I’m surprised they haven’t tried this? They did search every vendor, nobody is making a kit for airbags (yet), so that option was out unless they made custom brackets and that quote was a ton of money. And just like you said, airbags aren’t the…

6/27/19

Uh, wrong. If you’re stuck in deep mud or deep snow, turning wheels slowly does not help you. Have you been off-road?

6/27/19

Yeah I have a feeling this could be a killer engine.

6/27/19

Good catch. Lockers should be an option on any rig claiming to be an off-road package. They are spectacular.

6/27/19

A raptor can’t haul a box of ping pong balls.

6/27/19

LOL drive to gas station, walk over to diesel pump, smell handle.

6/27/19

There are about 10,000 reasons for the upfront purchase.

6/27/19

Montana is similar. And also people that live way off the highway and fight giant snowdrifts just to get to town (like us). Factory 35's would be killer on a rig that can also pull a trailer.