And we all know that no one ever does a poor job prepping a surface for adhesive.

This isn’t normal urban traffic. This is drive 60 ft, stop, drive another 60 ft, stop.... All day long. I’d bet your Fit wouldn’t get 20 in that scenario.

Not defending the choice of these turds in any way but consider that these trucks are basically doing stop and go every 60-80 ft in an urban neighborhood and I can completely understand how the mileage is going to be complete crap. I expect that if you did this drive cycle in a Honda Fit you would get crap mileage as…

You would have to use up to 20 times as much bleach as liquid chlorine. While they are the same chemical, the concentration is very different. 

That Ranchero is the first thing I saw. I’ve got a ‘65 that my father bought new sitting in my garage. 

A quart of whatever oil your vehicle takes. A flashlight in the glovebox and a blanket in the trunk. Use the blanket to put down on the ground to kneel on when you have to change a tire or if you get stuck waiting for AAA use it to keep warm.

A quart of whatever oil your vehicle takes. A flashlight in the glovebox and a blanket in the trunk. Use the blanket…

I get that is the idea. Take a look at the video of the wreck in this and pay attention to the dividers. They are just plastic and when hit at freeway speeds they just kind of disappear.

The trouble I see is that in todays world, keeping just the no-tech plastic shoulder markers in place seems impossible. A fatigued driver just veering off onto the shoulder would take out the sensors. How long until they get fixed/replaced?

He’s actually really good with diy. He just chooses to work on old, crusty vehicles. When a car is as old and crusty as some of DT’s gems, you have to get creative.

Dukes mayo and potted meat on saltines is where it’s at.

“But if the gauge isn’t high enough, you’re not going to get enough juice to the battery. If it’s too high, you risk frying it” This makes no sense. You want a lower gauge to handle higher current. I would say 4 gauge would be a good choice unless they are very long then I would go for 2 gauge.

“But if the gauge isn’t high enough, you’re not going to get enough juice to the battery. If it’s too high, you risk…

I’m interested to see info supporting these ideas. 

It’s actually not aluminum. It’s galvanized steel.

No GPS, no RFID. Just a unique, identifiable design.

U-Haul uses their own designs and never sell their trailers so they can easily ID them when they are stolen. When you attempted to register and plate it, the VIN would come up as belonging to U-Haul and you wouldn’t have any sale paperwork. U-Haul Are Field Mangers regularly pick up wayward trailers so if it was…

LOL. Pedestrian safety? Lower hoods? I’ve heard some interesting explanations for things before but this has to be the best left field reasoning ever.

Agree on the better hardware with the Raven update in 2019 but you are way off on range. Current long range is 351 miles which not even close to double this ones 235.

I imagine every model frame would require its own custom jig so that might be a show stopper.

A three on the tree is still just an H pattern, not really different at all.

Brazing is often used where you don’t want to raise the temp of the base metals to the point where you drastically alter their properties or when you want to join two dissimilar metals.