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I have had street tires roll off of a bead while off road and fully aired up before, and that was on a 2600lbs Isuzu P/U so I bet your Tacoma could do it too. It is rare, but not unheard of. The fact that you had a steer tire roll off makes this more likely. A more rigid sidewall with a...

If a ball joint goes without warning, then it is a flawed and dangerous design or at best made with materials that are inadequate. Has there been a recall or any TSBs? If not I would say steer clear of OEM ball joints and look to the aftermarket for something more reliable... Looks like Icon...

The first indications of ball joints issues will be very subtle tire wear irregularities, a slight wander and cluncking when turning and going over bumps. To check in the shop jack up the front end and grab a long pry bar. Place the bar under the wheel and pry up then let things relax. If you...

Yeah neither of my rigs are modified, for what I need them to do they are fine. About the only readily recognizable thing is my 2meter antenna mounted to the cowl of the Escape.

A quick note on stickers, when my brother had his car stolen the first thing the police asked him was what stickers he had on it. So they can be used as an identifier as well. Come to think of it, since the Ford Escape and GMC Terrain are some of the most common rigs in my area I even use my...

I believe rendezvous is the same singular or plural. However I believe if you are going for a less formal meeting it could be "recontre" for singular or "reunions" for plural...

Satelite comms are super cool. Spokane ARES has a system (Tough Sat) that is actually designed to patch outages in civilian comms (like LTE and general internet). Funny story the Sherif's department here has a drone set up for mapping accident sites and they deployed it to a wreck about 15 miles...

This is definatly something to keep in mind. Also as the WA state law reads, even a single touch device can be considered distracted driving if you fail to maintain lane position or speed at ANY time. However there is a nifty little Ham opperator exemption in there. A licensed Ham cannot be...

With more infomation provided the intent of this post is MUCH more clear. I can definatly see the appeal and usefulness. That said I am amazed that any critical services are using civilian communications infrastructure. Up here in the Inland NW there have been quite a few times in my life during...

So it kinda works as a phone patch too, interesting...

Sorry if I was too hash man, the last thing I wanted to do was drive you away.

I can certainly see how it would be very useful, like you said, in coordinating over long distances BEFORE you go off grid so to speak or hit areas where LTE coverage is spotty (wich is A LOT of places in the NW, even along main roads). As for the other comments, I think your first sentence is a...

I would say north of Spokane if you are sold on moving here. Just bear in mind that temperatures can swing quite a bit as we are technically high dessert. Also I don't know what your budget is but land and houses here are stupid expensive for what the economy can support (my place was bought for...

I have been thinking about an overnighter or two together. I really want to get back up to the Stagger Inn...

You may want to add fluids to that list. Also of utmost importance is a shovel bucket and garbage bags. If you have a failure where fluid hits the ground it is your responsibility to dig up all contaminated soil and pack it out. Other than that I would add accessory drive belts, ujoints and...

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I am not planning on going to the Expo, it's been a weird year. But I have perfected trail capacinos so there's that, lol. Anyway @stonefoxsally there's a ton of cool places over in the CDA forest that would be accessible also. I'm going to try to do a few mellow overnighters and I will try to...

The key to making any door is paitence and "dry fitting". Never permanently install anything until you have tested it, I would say you will want Clecos to hold parts in place to test fitment. I have fabricated tons of doors (for storage lockers on trucks and replacing/ rebuilding panels on...

I think I saw your rig at the Orielys on Rowan a few weeks ago...

Looks like a good time. The scab lands are such an interesting and beautiful area.