A secondary benefit to replacing a lot of normal consumables prior to a trip like this is you are familiar how to take it apart and put it back together, hopefully reducing the odds of something going wrong if you need to do it again in the middle of nowhere.  Things also come apart a lot easier the second time.

about a foot shorter, and 1/2 a foot narrower. 10" shorter bed based on a quick search

I think this is exactly right, ford is marketing this toward people that otherwise wouldn’t want a truck. It’s almost a gateway vehicle. First they get a maverick because they’re tired of putting dirty outdoor equipment in their hatch back, later they upgrade to a ranger for more room and capability, then they have a…

Could it be some sort of net metering, liked the power company to encourage electric cars would sell you that power at a lower cost?  Basically subtract this power usage off your regular usage and charger a lower rate for it?

I also wonder if AM spectrum and broadcasting equipment is much cheaper than FM. 

Just scale up the wrangler 4xe drivetrain for a 1/2 ton, and I could give up my ice truck and probably reduce my (gas) fuel use by 75%

Seems high to me, but so does this

Based on my rockauto receipts, apparently AMC

Or apparently a 4runner, just punched my wife’s ‘19 with 20k miles into KBB and it has a private party value $19 dollars higher than what a brand new 2021 with no miles similar equipped one stickers at.  Can people not get new cars now?  Why on earth would a 2 year old car be worth more than MSRP on a new one?

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I’ve been in that cave, and do a float trip on the Meramec River every year with friends right past it. Route 66/ I-44 has countless things like this from St. Louis to Springfield.

If I’m reading it right the second person said their bill jumped from 200 to 400 a month after moving to CA. Assuming the 63k solar covered all their electric needs they would be saving $400 a month, and the payback would be less than 15 years. My guess is the battery back up portion is a significant chunk of that 63k…

Yeah, the number doesn’t mean much without some of the other context.  After 30 years of driving, I’m not even certain what I paid for some of my first vehicles.  My best guess is I’m around 60k for my own vehicles, so 2k a year seems about right for me too.  

Based on a quick look at the roads (or lack thereof) in the area I think you’re on the right track

I’m no bridge designer, but if I was, mine would look a lot like a ferry

It’s true in Missouri, the law even says “not to inspect passenger mirror”  Broke both on my jeep only had to replace the drivers side to pass inspection.

Honestly not sure, I just remember reading that years ago when this came out. It seems recently all of the big three are producing light truck capable of exceeding the 26k combined rating my guess is they have given up on staying under that rating and put the responsibility on the owner to have the proper license

I think these things actually had much higher capabilities but were down rated to stay below commercial drivers license requirements

i agree, tried to mention that in the second part of my post, but did somewhat contradict myself.  It also depends on how you define success.  Did it fail to climb the hill?  Yes.  Did it fail to prevent damage to itself?  No.  In off-roading I would consider the second far more important than the first, I can always…

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