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RE: Ram Cummins/Aisin Failures
from tranny failures to ball joints??????????/:h
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Huntindog
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03/27/23 10:01am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
the bottom line is the human species has been too successful.with an ever increasing population, no matter what we do, it will impact the planet. but in the big picture, it just doesn't matter, earth has been around long before humans and will be around long after we are all gone. thru all that time it has been changing. and it will continue to change.
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Huntindog
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03/27/23 09:55am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
Just out: Ford projects it will lose 3 billion dollars on its electrical vehicle production in 2023.
Margins on Rivian's products are at negative sixty-two percent.
It has been three years since Tesla teased their Cybertruck - no trucks yet. Word is market viability is a large concern.
Those that tow may be forced into EVs by a certain date in certain states. However, there may not be anyone manufacturing product for them to buy. Companies cannot eat losses like these and remain viable. .
Yet Tesla makes bilions on their EVs.
Ford just doesnt have the know how to build at profit,why is that?
Check Munro live chanel for answers
Cybrtrk is delayed bc of batery shortage.
1) It took tesla 10 years before they turned a profit. And it's not clear to me if one looks at Teslas net lossed during startup and net profits if the number is yet positive.
2) Ford and other mfg have developed Mfg lines to support volume production, until they hit those volumes profit suffers, not unusual just like early tesla
3) I big part of Tesla profits in the past wasn't from selling cars but from selling the energy credits for the cars to other companies. Even in 2022 Carbon credits were 20% of Tesla profits.tesla's lifetime profit picture is even worse if one takes the time value of money into consideration.
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Huntindog
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03/25/23 05:31pm |
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
Huntindog: And folks talk about towing, which is a real issue for RV'ers ... and no one has considered hauling a 2000 lb Truck Camper (the lightest) or a 3000 lb, or 4000 lb, and a boat, which is the reason a lot of RV'ers choose a TC, as well as for getting in the back-country where most TT's and 5'ers can't get. Everyone has a reason for the RV they choose, but the discussion of EV's runs only around the lightest and smallest RV's or trailers, and how far it can go without a charge.
Regardless how anyone words it, or the technology and engineering we describe, as RV'ers we are a long, long way from the ability to do what we want and why we choose RV over other modes of travel. RV's probably a small percentage of vacation travelers over all, but we do spend plenty of bucks for RV travel and support local and mostly rural areas when we do travel.
Product and produce transport fits in an entirely different category, as do working vehicles - caterpillar and JD tractors come to mind - as well as extended area distribution. Charging delivery trucks (Amazon, FedEx, UPS) may turn an eight hour work day into six productive hours, depending on the route it covers and the charging it requires.
EV's have a place in our culture, and eventually might become more variable in size and capacity, but will never replace energy consumption, they will only displace some methods of obtaining the mobility we want and need. my dad was a farmer before he got married. he used to tell us about the long hours.
when it is time to plant, it is time to plant.when it is time to harvest.....he spoke of his tractor running 20 hour days. there is no way he would have put up with a electric tractor
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Huntindog
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03/24/23 03:53pm |
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
I have been towing rvs since 1992.they have gotten larger over the years.
my current rv gvw is 21k
i tow it with a diesel dually
i find the ev tv towing discussions.... amusing.
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Huntindog
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03/24/23 12:36pm |
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
way2roll,
While i stated a hopefull goal, i did not state some things that worry me. ie many of the things you mention. Which hopefully as part of permitting process, some of the things you mention will be ways to control run off, slides of left over muck etc.
i have a (multiple/ superfund site in my backyard per say. dept of ecology etc, know their is no way to clean these places up. its more of a how to contain these sites. The one im thinking of, i drive in and on it weekly at a minimum.
other projects like the oil line from canada to gulf states. i have no issues saying im ok with it, but the part some want to run across an aquifer, thru known sacred lands etc. Boo Hoo that the longer route costs more. At the end if the day, as noted my many, oil gets tax write offs for this, so we the people pay for it.
Hopefully, their will be better options, better lives ahead. If not, hopefully some if us can say we tried.
marty
You're not wrong and I appreciate the positive spin. I like technology when it makes a difference. But to me, EV's aren't better, they're just different. I don't see where we've solved a single problem. We've just created new ones and kicked the can down the road. I feel with the technology we have available we can do better. Maybe it will come. We'll see.
I don’t think EV sales are taking off like they are because they are solving a problem or because they are some kind of ecological panacea. People are buying EV’s because they like them. The biggest reasons people buy EV’s are still
Better performance on every metric.
Convenience of fueling at home.
Great tech (a big crowd pleaser)
Low maintenance.
Cheap fuel.
Super quiet.
For those of us who get winter EV’s are super convenient compared to gassers or diesels. Never worry about starting in the cold and for those of us who park outside a lot it’s toasty warm and defrosted with no window scraping within 5 minutes. Much faster than a gasser or diesel. Probably half our neighbours went EV shopping after they watched us go thru the first winter with ours 7 years ago. It’s nice. And gas pumps in winter are never any fun. One of our older neighbours switched last year before winter. She loves not having to deal with a gas pump in winter anymore.
But to each their own. Everybody has different preferences.
Your missed these metrics:
Highway distance between charges
Time to recharge
Distance between charges while towinga lot of people forget where they are.
this is a TOW VEHICLE forum.
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Huntindog
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03/24/23 09:44am |
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
I assume a bison expels much more gas than a cow??? But the greenies love those bison and say nothing about their gas expelling.
I have never had a bison burger. Maybe someday.we now have almost 40 million cattle
there used to be 60 million bison. so we reduced our 4 legged fart critters by 20 million. yet the greenies blame supossed increased methane levels on the cattle. there are two basic flaws.
1.nobody was measuring methane levels back then.
2.with 20 million more bison which are larger than cows,the bison farts had to produce more methane than todays cattle.
so todays cattle ranchers should be able to claim credits for reducing methane production.
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Huntindog
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03/22/23 07:41pm |
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
the greenies like to complain about cow farts,when the us had about 20 million more bison than we now have cattle.
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Huntindog
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03/21/23 05:57pm |
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RE: Tire Rotation
mine get rotated whenever i go camping:)
seriously, the tires will age out long before the tread is gone
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Huntindog
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03/21/23 01:44pm |
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RE: Ram Cummins/Aisin Failures
i have owned all of the big 3. my 96 dodge was a nightmare. that does not mean i would not buy another one.
i keep an open mind and pick the one i feel is best at the time. last time it was an easy call. after living under the cp4 cloud for 9 years, i did not want another one. GM was the only choice at the time.
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Huntindog
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03/18/23 02:01pm |
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
U Haul registers all their trucks in AZ (look it up). How does the lack of U Haul trucks in CA relate to CA regs on registrations? I cannot fathom why they would choose AZ.
we get raped on vehicle registrations here.
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Huntindog
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03/18/23 09:12am |
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
There are viable alternatives to all electric now and coming. One of course is hybrids as mentioned. One gaining traction is eFuels made from captured co2 and water, then there’s Hydrogen.
I’ve been thinking about the Wrangler 4Xe. For my at home needs it would be fine for my normal daily activities in regards to electric only miles. I can charge it at home. As a toad, not so much due to weight. At over 5k lbs not viable with my gasser mh.people talk about all of these fantasy fuels as if they are the solution.
i read once about an experiment producing diesel from algae.
very interesting until i saw how many acres of ponds it took to make a few gallons in a few weeks
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Huntindog
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03/17/23 07:08am |
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RE: Ford 150 lightning recall
Haha, no you’re not…but anyways
Thanks for helping the 17 potential Lightning owners on this forum. (Of which I’m pretty sure there’s zero, or they’d be blabbling about their truck! Lol)
Oh and speak for yourself on the old timer thing.
You may have heard about what the word assume actually means! Hahahahave they built that many yet????:W
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Huntindog
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03/14/23 09:14am |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
Fossil fuels still receive massive government subsidies.
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute found that the US government alone spends $20 billion every year on direct fossil fuel subsidies. This has been going on for a LONG time.name some that can be verified
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Huntindog
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03/08/23 11:33am |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
Do any of us take a highway trip without filling up first?
My day use of an RV would be supported by level 1 charging.
My preferred charge level around town would be 50% and I'd recharge when I reached 40%. I would certainly not exceed 85%.
If, on the other hand I were going 205 miles, I'd fully charge, and do a lunch stop at 100 miles.i cannot fathom a stop at only 100 miles we often go 7-800 miles a day.
I’m not sure how to read this. Are you under the impression that EV’s charge every 100 miles?i dont know ask pianatuner
running a BB 454 towing i got around 150 to a max 175 miles per before i was looking to fill up my 35 gal tank. 250-300 pulling the same trailer with a 6.5td and 35 gal tank.
doesnt matter what my propulsion is, it doesnt matter what the actual fuel is for many of us, its how big of a tank do i have! gas has fewer BTU's than diesel, so with the same sized tank, same lbs, frontal area, im going fewer miles per tank same will hapen with DC power. if i dont have enough AHR in mt tank, ie battery pack, i wont go as far as one with more AHR's.
at the end of the day, choose your poison! At least at the moment, u have some choice in what fuel I use. Hoping it will stay that way!
marty
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Huntindog
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03/07/23 12:51pm |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
i cannot fathom a stop at only 100 miles we often go 7-800 miles a day. I cannot fathom going 7-800 miles a day.
In very few parts of the country can a professional run over 600/day without tripping interest of Fed.
But may accept somebody that drives a desk 40 hours a week is just fine spending 13-14 hours alert enough to drive.i said "we" as in multiple drivers.
go ahead and report us.
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Huntindog
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03/07/23 12:44pm |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
Do any of us take a highway trip without filling up first?
My day use of an RV would be supported by level 1 charging.
My preferred charge level around town would be 50% and I'd recharge when I reached 40%. I would certainly not exceed 85%.
If, on the other hand I were going 205 miles, I'd fully charge, and do a lunch stop at 100 miles.i cannot fathom a stop at only 100 miles we often go 7-800 miles a day.
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Huntindog
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03/06/23 01:50pm |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
The amount of EV haters and EV illiterates on this site amazes me. What I don't understand is if you have an RV and you boondock, you have an EV. You have to determine how much battery power you have, how long you can go on that battery, and what to do when the battery gets low. You have all the same issues as any EV vehicle has, range anxiety, charging concerns, etc. How do you go through your day with all those concerns. I know, you use a generator that burns gas. Without one you can't boondock!! hmmm... Only lots of people on here find ways to use things like solar and other power sources.
How is driving an EV any different? Hopefully everyone understands our government is doing every thing it can to change how many charging stations are available and where. Not that you will find one off grid, but you might have one within a few miles of that dirt road. If you have a 200 mile range and you are leaving pavement, you probably won't run out of electricity unless you just aren't paying attention, but as someone said, then you would probably run out of gas as you don't pay attention to that gauge also. I know, you lose lots of range when you hook up to a trailer. There are only 2 EV trucks on the market today, there are 2 more coming, what's coming after that. What will you think when range with a trailer is 600 miles and you have more torque than any diesel truck out there... you might change your mind?
Also, EV really does not mean Electric Vehicle, it means any vehicle that doesn't burn fossil fuels as its main source of power. That opens a lot of doors in the next 10 years.
I don't have one. If I had an extra 100K I would be looking at the new Sierra with 400 mile range. It wouldn't tow my RV, but that will change in the near future.take the basic math you learned in high school and do the math on just what it would take to recharge with a rv solar system or generator. then get back to me.
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Huntindog
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03/05/23 07:47pm |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
How many of use carry a spare gas (or diesel) can full of fuel as we travel on well travelled highways?
I do agree that for off road EV may not be a wise choice.i usually am far away from civilization i need to carry extra fuel
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Huntindog
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03/05/23 07:36pm |
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RE: Alarming spalling failures on 7.3 Godzilla
I’ll see your megazilla and raise you a Helephant!
At what cost $$$$ ?Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?
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Huntindog
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02/14/23 06:32pm |
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