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Just getting into Yellowstone via Gardiner, there is a gas station with a green dinosaur (Sinclair?) That offers block ice. I filled my cooler with regular tube, broken ice and my brother in law bought a block. The win went to the block, no contest. Could I put a block in my coleman and crushed...

Lady Beagle makes that as pasta sauce. Adds diced up carrots and corn. Deeelish

Learned just about the same thing back in the late 90's. One early spring, after a late snowstorm and subsequent melt, I was driving a Chevy Baretta (obviously "too fast for conditions") and slid off the roadway and into a ditch. The ditch was full of water. I just remember looking at my buddy...

I want to do that Mongol Rally!

I could argue that weight distribution is not more important than total weight, but weight distribution is very important. I built a deck and drawer system, and if everything is put away right, it's already distributed pretty well. Distribution IS ver important

Dont forget to add yourself and passengers. Or a Leer truck cap. Just those factors alone can take up over 509 pounds. That counts against payload. All machines have limits, and no, your machine was not built to run just fine at maximum payload capacity all day every day. Half capacity maybe...

About that living in one room with a fireplace for 2 weeks...back in December '79 we did that for the remainder if the winter. We had moved from Boston to a rural area in upstate New York, between Lake George and Champlain to a house built right after the RevolutionaryWar. It was so cold you...

Ice storm of 2008, yep. I was there. Ice storm of 1998, yep I was there too. I've been here for the holy trinity of storms here. The trifecta: Blizzard of '78 April Fool's storm of '97 That crazy dumping of 34 and a half inches back in 2015 Plus some others, life the Perfect Storm and what...

I dont imagine this is meant for offroad really at all. Regarding an internet search of bad issues with the Escape, I dont refute that, but the Silverados and Sierra 8 speed transmission has it's own scary past as does the AFM engine, if forums are to be the high water mark. Granted they are a...

I like this body style. Reminds me of a mini, unibody Avalanche. I like it better than the new Ridgeline, although I hear the new ridgeline is mor capable. Too bad it looks more car-like. By the way...since when is unibody totally frowned upon in Overlanding - or even off-roading? What? Nobody...

This is true, of course. However, this truck is not meant for any serious payload, and that's ok. Front wheel drive will have better traction when empty and not using 4 wheel drive, than a regular pickup will have because regular rwd/4wd pickups have more tendency to fishtail in wet weather if...

OP was last seen here the day he posted. Wouldn't expect a response. Hope it worked out ok

Actually it is possible to plan for a once in a 100 year event. Its hard, though. Town and city planners take that into consideration all the time, but likelyhood vs cost comes into play. If the merrimack river rose to x height 100 years ago today, we should not plan to build houses in the area...

My neighbor had a Maverick when I was a kid in the 1970's. A nice darker blue. Cool little car. I have to say, I'm a little put off by car manufacturers lately taking iconic nameplates and turning them into something totally different: - Chevy Blazers now a crossover - original Jeep Gladiator...

The Honda Ridgeline does not have much market share, but has enough that they funded and produced a second generation. This is currently unique as the only hybrid "pickup" offering, so maybe they are onto something. Not for me, though. I'd prefer the Ranger.

Right. The average person in the city, going to get supplies at home depot, or going camping at state parks, big grocery shopping, kayaking, mountain biking.Things most guys with more capable pickups do, which dont need all the extra weight of a body on frame and dont tow, and want to be able to...

By the way, i saw some schematic type drawings in an article somewhere, with some measurements. It's not much smaller than the Ranger. That's what surprised me. I expected it to be much smaller. So it's not really a smaller truck. That's a little disappointing. See the difference in size between...

We were followed by tornado while driving through Nebraska en route back home from Yellowstone a couple weeks ago. This all reminds me that while I am mindful of these things (we get cold, snow, nor'Easter and the occasional hurricane here), I'm not as prepared as I should be. Some stuff I...

You may already know that your JKU Sport is very capable of overlanding in stock form. And with an upgrade in tire size, even more capable. Just get your gear and go. You should be able to put a light plow on it as it is., with some caveats. I wouldnt keep the plow on all winter - only when you...

Top right. I dont think I go through that many water purification tablets in 5 years. 10, even. Wow. Very nice setup, though!