Recent content by Thedude

If you want this to be off grid you need more tank capacity. Only having 60 gallons of water and 30 gallons of grey capacity is not enough. I spent two years living off grid in a trailer with 80 fresh/40 grey and that’s only about a week of navy showers and dish washing for one person before...

Along with higher fuel prices have come higher electricity prices. Due to fuel cost increases my rate just went from $0.29/kwh to $0.37/kwh.

I wouldn’t get too excited. The HT2 and AT2 are OEM tires on Ram 2500/3500 trucks and they have a reputation for wearing out fast and being an all around below average tire.

Or…don’t rear end someone with a hitch installed?

I was going to say just use a quarter but you got fancy and cut up a toonie instead.

I don’t think there’s as much money being saved between a Rivian and an ICE pickup/SUV maintenance as thought. It might seem like it because you aren’t paying for an oil change once or twice a year and a differential/transfer case service every few years but you’re buying a $1000+ set of tires...

I didn’t know gender and ethnicity had anything to do with developing a vehicle.

It’s a one hand lift and slam, not exactly hard. Most of my trucks have been on par with effort required, more than one has had a heavier and bulkier tailgate.

How do you figure that? The engine sits in the same space it does on an ICE truck, the motors sit in the same space as the solid axle differentials, the battery sits under the floor in space previously occupied by a transmission, transfer case and driveshafts. The chassis has more than enough...

I guess you're just somehow lucky. There is visible wear on every vehicle I’ve ever owned that’s driven frequently on dirt and gravel roads. Every brand of side step I’ve used to include custom made rock sliders all exhibit wear from road debris and gravel kicked up by tires. Even with mud flaps...

Driving down a dirt road is sandblasting. What do you think comes off your tires when they’re rolling over loose terrain? Most vehicles have little mud flaps to help protect the rocker panels and most rocker panels are painted with a thicker, more durable paint coating as compared to the rest of...

Pretty normal for any brand on any vehicle. You’re sandblasting them every time you drive on anything but the cleanest asphalt and grinding them with anything in the soles of your shoes every time you step on them.

Bald and the glass roof on my gen 1 R1T and previous vehicles weren’t an issue.

If it’s the same style collapsible spare that most manufacturers use you are able to inflate and deflate it without a problem. It’s a little weird collapsing it back down but nothing a quick YouTube watch won’t familiarize yourself with enough to make it happen.