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Good news! Repeat highway test after reinforcing all the load areas was a success. No breakage. My Energy usage on a 10 mile out and back at 65 mph was 448 Wh/mi. Not too bad considering I was displacing that much air. My energy usage for the last 3,000 miles this summer, averaging 70-80 mph...

Whoah!!!! They make all sorts of connectors for square tubing! https://www.eztube.com/product-category/connectors/?srsltid=AfmBOorMslVBpjF2ImCbI8T2gxSg3nqa8jKZRbjySjtcz-iXHQOXAriY

I may take you up on your offer. We are flying out Sunday afternoon now, but I may be busy in the morning, so it would have to be end of next week. I haven't heard back from the people that rent the Bambi if I can rent it for a few hours. On Outdoorsy you have to rent it for at least 2 days, and...

So this morning I bit the bullet and took the roof panels off, and moved the transverse supports to vertical as well as the longitudinal ones for the panels. Thanks God I did, because even after having done that, the light 3/4X 1.5 inch pine pieces were flexing on the highway. My wife was...

At 4am I was trying to sleep, but thinking about my wind deflector. I need to make another run to Home Depot to get harder would for the 8 blocks attached to the truck to make sure that isn't a failure point. I also want to strengthen the supports running front to back under the plastic sheets...

Reading the aerodynamics article that was posted on the first page, I wish I could easily round the corners on the back of my wind deflector. Maybe if it works, I'll spend more time on improving it by adding vortex generators as well.

Thanks for the offer. Sunday we fly to ABQ to visit my son and possibly buy him a trailer, so I'm REALLY hoping I can do some testing before that.

Construction is complete. This turned into a MUCH larger project than I originally intended for a simple aerodynamic test.... Tomorrow I will have my wife drive as I sit in the bed and we slowly speed up to make sure everything looks ok. Then I hope to rent an Airstream Friday or Saturday. My...

I don't know if the inability to use current from the plug while moving is a software limitation, or a hardware problem. If software, they probably did that so people wouldn't rip the plug out of the car/wall.

Since the CT has plenty of power, just a way to run the CT with an external battery attached, or the charging plug in the port.

Thanks for your post. What range are you getting at 60mph? Did you put road tires on the Basecamp and get rid of the super knobby mud tires they come with?

I spent an entire day building this. Attached to the truck using the 8 crossbar mounting points. I can remove the eight screws and remove the entire structure with my wife on the other side. Or I can remove 4 more screws and remove the front section separately from the rear section. Will start...

I've been trying to find information on range with different trailer models. It's piecemeal all over the internet. I would like to bring it all into one place. Please post you trailer (pics would be helpful) and the range you get at different speeds (particular 65mph since that is usually the...

I wonder if you can use a stretchy fabric to seal the gap between the back of the CT and the front of the trailer.... I wonder how much range would change?

Are you inflating them to 50psi?

Please keep us updated on the road noise. I'm worried that they will be loud without the foam inside. The stock Goodyears are surprisingly quiet.

I'm not worried about the bed. I'm worried about carbon road bikes and surf boards getting scratched. I lay a moving blanket down, but that is a pain. Which bed liner is a fabric type material? Am I understanding correctly that the Tesla Textile mat might be what I'm looking for? Thanks!

Problem is the Dueler LX is different from the Dueler AT TireRack has for the CT. Michelin Defender is also a different version.

The wheel covers stick out so far that I'm not sure that they improve range. I think they are ugly, so I have mine sitting in the garage.

I had patina all over the truck after salty winter. The bar keepers friend, not the foam one, applied with orbital buffer was fast and made the truck better than new. I only rinsed with water from the hose. No need to use windex or ammonia.