After fiddling some more I would avoid standard bungees with metal hooks. Medium duty with plastic fasteners. rubber or velcro straps will be much less likely to ding your truck .
These look perfect:
https://clutchstraps.com/
yes sure - closeup of upgraded pvc rod holders. I actually made two. Those rubber moving straps are glued on to provide grip and a bit of separation to protect the truck’s finish .
this is my flyfishing set up. I used old PVC scrap to make the rod holder (since been upgraded to make it longer). Glued a chopped off old fly rod tube and glued that to PVC to protect the reel. It is fastened to the roof cargo anchors
At BWI Fast Park and relax has two large covered awnings with a ton of chargers. I have always been able to get a spot. Saw my first R1S there about a month ago. It was only about $70 for a week and their shuttles are frequent and speedy.
Not quite. They are mounted on my original sport bright 22’s, stored on a tire rack in my garage. Damn near killed me trying to get them up there. They probably have 3k miles of tread left.
Well
After 1,000 miles of winter driving with the snow tires I am getting 1.56 miles/ kwh.
Previous ~12,000 miles on the 22” Pirellis in warner average temps was 1.87 miles/kwh.
I drive my truck pretty hard. Electricity is cheap and I have solar panels so day-to-day I dont really pay it too...
Once you go EV, it is incredibly hard to go back to ICE vehicles. Case in point:
Rivian announces major delay.
I freak out and buy a 2021 Volvo Xc40 recharge.
My wife says, “well I am the one driving the kids around so its cheaper and greener for me to use it daily”.
I cant argue with that.
I...
Wife’s R1S adventure just confirmed with good news!
Res 9/21. White. BMtn. 21” road
First half 2023, then Oct-Dec 2023, now July -Sep 2023
We dont live a million miles from a SC.
I have a LE LG R1T
No problem!
I haven't noticed much difference since the swap. Which probably means its not too bad.
However this is qualified by front end wind noise and I rarely have that Merididan system below a volume of 15.
Nice eye man!
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Thanks! And sure no problem! $600 for all 4 wheels, includig reinstall TPMS, mounting and balancing. Took about 2 weeks.
Not enough sample size for efficiency yet. Weather has been swinging wildly. I also have been driving like a bat outta hell with thees grippy rubbers.
Will let you know...