My truck is in Nevada, I bought Nokian Hakka LT3s and I regret it. They're stellar on snow and ice on the road, but I destroyed a tire and damaged a wheel on a rock as soon as I took them off road because they aren't really off road tires.
I wish I had just got the Duratracs. Optimizing for 1%...
The main problem I'm looking to solve is running a fridge 24/7/365. It needs to be powered always.
Currently no way to do this without leaving a ton of systems on drawing 500W or more using sentry mode. Less concerned about the inefficiency of DC to AC back to DC conversion, more concerned that...
Only problem is removing the whole sidewall like that is a bitch and a half. The upper sidewall is easy, but you are highly likely to break the clips, which are made of some sort of cake.
I'd give it a shot without removing any sidewall at all.
Removing the upper bed sidewall is really difficult without breaking the clips.
I would attempt to remove the rooftop applique and the bed floor, and then try to fish the wire through the sail without removing any sidewall. From there I would probably try to make it come out via the tonneau...
I absolutely HATE sliding on ice. I think I want to go studded... What do you guys think of Nitto Exo Grappler AWT 285/65r20?
Nokian has their SUV tires available in 285/50r20 but not 285/65r20. They'll fit but they're smaller. They're also not in stock anywhere.
Thoughts? Is studded going to...
So I finally designed the parts that I've been meaning to design all along. I hated that I had to move all the shit off the gear locker to get to the hose, so I moved it all into the bed.
This is 100% tent-compatible. I'll be moving everything forward so the pump lives under the tent. Although...
There's also like 6-7 inches of nothing underneath the gear locker?!? What's up with that?
Is that where they deleted the steel frame for the trailer hitch? ?
I also notice that the casting has a semicircular cutout. I suspect they designed it for spare tire storage at some point. The rear...
So, I removed the bed floor today. There's a fairly large empty area under the floor in front of the gear locker, behind the rear drive unit and above the rear sway bar. Not sure why there's so much space - maybe the Cyberbeast rear drive unit is much larger.
There's also significant space in...
After doing an overlanding trip with the water bag in the gear locker... It is really inconvenient to have to move stuff off the top of the locker and open it to get the hose out.
Also, storing the pump on top of the water bag was a bad idea. Inevitably a little bit of water pools on top of the...
Oh, I realize now I could have grabbed my traction boards and shoved them under the rear wheels.
Or maybe both traction boards stacked under one rear wheel.
Hmm. Not putting the tires in the ruts seemed impossible at the time because they were so deep and the banks were so steep but maybe.
There was already like 700lbs of shit in the back and the only person I had available weighs 105.
Extract mode was useless, I think it limits torque too much.
If you're thinking of ordering an AWD or if you wish your Cyberbeast were an AWD, contact me and we can make an arrangement where you get an AWD cheaper than new and I get the Cyberbeast I should have ordered in the first place!
Hey guys, I got a hi-lift jack for my off-road recovery kit, for use as a jack and as a come-along winch. It looks like the jack points on the truck are too far inboard for it to be useful.
Should I ditch it and get something else?
Or maybe I could get one of these, I think I would need a jack...