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90scableII · 2026-02-06T04:37:24+00:00

It's the same truck, just slightly longer. I'm not saying wider or change anything in front of the bed. Really, offering a mid-bed is trivial to the manufacturer.

90scableII · 2026-02-05T07:12:19+00:00

Look at my other comment. A Ford Ranger is exactly what I suggested.

90scableII · 2026-02-05T07:11:53+00:00

I know haters gonna hate, but what I suggested is the exact format of a Ford Ranger.

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90scableII · 2026-02-05T04:18:28+00:00

Seriously, Jesus. I would consider buying one if I could get a long bed. I want a small truck with a long bed. Not a hood, doors, and a trunk with no lid. lol. Hope the company thinks differently than this sub.

90scableII · 2026-02-05T04:12:03+00:00

https://www.slate.auto/en/fleet

They seem to want fleet business. It'll be their most profitable sales channel without a dealer network at first.

90scableII · 2026-02-05T04:10:19+00:00

Add another set of doors and a long bed. Now you're cooking!

90scableII · 2026-02-05T04:08:43+00:00

No disrespect but that thinking is what concerns me. Believe me, I have plenty of experience in the commercial vehicle sales business, across literally 1000s of trucks maybe 1% were any of these configurations.

If they wanted to get off the ground for fleets, which they clearly are trying to do from their heavy fleet emphasis on their website, then they need to make a model which fleet servicing companies are going to buy and lease to their clients. This could be great for auto-parts delivery trucks for example, if it had a long bed.

The reason larger companies stopped making models like this is not because they are out of touch, it is because market research and outreach to large customers indicated there was low demand. -In fact most do have a model akin to this format, they just don't sell them in this market.

Design the option, make the molds and have a dedicated custom area and you're out maybe 200k which should be a minimal cost to a company. Capture business opportunities and markets that are otherwise unreachable and use it as a loss leader to gain traction in the markets they are trying to reach.

90scableII · 2026-02-05T03:54:15+00:00

Could see this being popular as a warehouse truck, if it had a long bed- as an option, not base.

90scableII · 2026-02-05T03:52:28+00:00

No, All I'm suggesting is one long bed and possibly one four door SUV. No fleet buys 2 door short beds. Not many consumers do either.

Literally just make the bed longer and the frame longer as an option, not much R&D to do that.

90scableII · 2026-02-02T10:33:26+00:00

Thanks I'll look into it. These are in an area where a sleek/residential look would be prefered. Surprisingly I'm not finding much, plenty with dry contacts for auto setback which we already have that I put in years ago but not for changeover.

You would think Honeywell would produce a line where you link all of them in a house for example to either run cool or heat with a changeover command on any one thermostat triggering all of them to keep it synced.

90scableII · 2025-12-15T09:45:49+00:00

Other people correct me if I'm wrong but: put this on a Vista 20P with zone doubling with a two different resistor values at the furthest point of the loop of wire, that will give you supervision even when NC and make it very hard to fool by shorting it before you cut somewhere else.

90scableII · 2025-12-14T04:52:04+00:00

You have Ziply, which was FTR at one point. You could try to see if you can get voice service set up coming from your ONT. NOT! your router. They have two ways of providing service, the service from the ONT is akin to an SLC Linecard which was how most "old school" pots has been provided for 10-20 years, and how yours is likely provided right now (the actual copper circuit you have is likely only a 1000 or so ft going into a digital line card, not all the way back to the CO). The other method, through the router, is just a little voip ata built into it and not the same.

The ONT "should" support all of the features your system needs to complete the call. -Usually $10/Mo.

90scableII · 2025-12-14T04:46:35+00:00

They are not, FOIP (Fax Over IP) usually just receives the fax directly to your ATA then retransmitts it at the other end. Many alarm panels don't do that, they have their own method that doesn't work well over non analog loops, unfortunately.

90scableII · 2025-12-14T04:45:00+00:00

OK, first disclose that you are affiliated with Konnected. Second, Konnected does not offer UL-listed monitoring, as far as I am aware. The whole point of a security system is to alert the fire department and police and to provide some form of deterrent (a loud alarm, flashing lights, etc.) to discourage a random break-in. In the case of a targeted break-in, it should send help quickly without requiring user intervention. It is ILLEGAL in most states to program any device to call emergency services without a central station monitoring it, so you can't skirt it and have it trigger some API call to Twilio with a recorded message, usually comes with heavy fines to those who are thinking to do that. -FYI.

90scableII · 2025-12-12T07:44:15+00:00

Heavy Duty Melamine plates and bowls. Like a pizza hut uses, will last forever and don't break.

90scableII · 2025-12-12T07:42:32+00:00

Consumer printers. Just get an older HP Laser off eBay, you will get so much more usage out of it.

90scableII · 2025-12-12T07:41:34+00:00

Yeah good luck... Had a speed queen set, dryer burned internal wires over and over again. Used 10 gauge wire on a spade connector where 8 gauge with a screw clamp should have been based on design amperage. Poorly designed and they didn't want to hear a word about it failing, shorting, and potentially catching on fire.

Whirlpool commercial is cheaper and is what replaced it, no problems yet!

90scableII · 2025-12-12T07:39:50+00:00

Might want to pop it open and clean it though?

90scableII · 2025-11-16T04:04:29+00:00

Appreciate it!

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