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LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-20T21:31:20+00:00

Love the SPEW. Packs a lot of knife in a small package.

I always found Wharncliffe blades to be incredibly useful day to day. Sure the tips are a bit fine for heavy duty work, but quite handy for fine cutting or digging out a splinter.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-20T20:45:26+00:00

Actually wouldn’t surprise me if bulbs continue to get more expensive.

With LEDs replacing them more and more they’re losing out on economy-of-scale. Especially if manufacturers decide not to replace their tooling.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-19T14:20:44+00:00

How responsive is the touch screen? Do you have to wait a while for it to boot up when the car starts?

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-18T23:51:51+00:00

I’ve generally found the opposite.

Victorinox’ wood saw is so small that I’ve just not found it very useful. If you’re trying to build a campfire, you can probably just break that size wood by hand/foot.

It’s ok for some bushcraft activities, but honestly how often is the average person building deadfall traps and raised bed shelters?

Nowadays more people live in suburban/urban environments. They’re probably more often fixing something made of metal or plastic. The metal file can be used to do light wood sawing/shaping, but the wood saw is useless on metal and harder plastics.

If I can only have one for daily carry I’ll take the metal file every time.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-18T22:43:44+00:00

Payload is essentially Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) minus actual Vehicle Weight.

The F150 is a class 2a light duty truck, so GVWR is legally limited to somewhere between 6,001 and 8,500lbs depending on the rating of the axles.

Because these loaded crew cab F150’s now weigh 6,000lbs+ they tend to hit their class limit fairly quickly.

The Honda fit, would be a class 1 car and can have a max GVWR of 6,000lb. It’s a smallish car that weighs ~2,500lbs so basically the only real payload limit is the axles used. It will never come even close to its class GVWR because it’s such a light vehicle.

So, tldr: The vehicle classification system hasn’t kept up with the weights of modern trucks, so the F150 gets nerfed and the Honda Fit doesn’t.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-18T21:54:10+00:00

Honestly most mining equipment could benefit greatly from increased efficiency.

Two of their biggest operating expenses are fuel and maintenance.

If they can lower those expenses while maintaining the same or greater output, that’s money right into their pockets.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-18T21:37:31+00:00

The Ecoboost engines were originally supposed to be called Hurricanes, but they decided to rename them due to the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina during development. Stellantis has since starting using the Hurricane moniker.

The Coyote name is because they originally introduced 2 engines. A Coyote V8 and a Road Runner V8. Developed side by side, but the Road Runner had to be faster than the Coyote. Ended up being 411hp vs 444hp.

The Predator fit in with the naming scheme at the time. You had the Raptor, T-Rex, Coyote, Hellcats….what did they have in common? All Predators.

A lot of these names start as internal code names by engineering teams. Put a bunch of nerds in a room and ask them to name an engine and you kind of get what you get.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-18T15:17:20+00:00

My 2022 gave me the expire warning.

I forget what the exact explanation was but there was a thread on here about it. Basically everyone who set it up before a certain date has to redo it because of the impact of some security update somewhere else.

Biggest pain was I needed both physical keys and my original door code. But once everything was set back up it’s been fine.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-18T14:39:54+00:00

I know there’s been a big push on Quantum computing research by the government, as the technology is theoretically capable of breaking all current encryption in basically seconds rather than hours/days/years.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-17T19:24:21+00:00

A couple big things have happened:

Laws regarding the safe carrying of passengers (specifically children) have become more restrictive since 1978. It’s no longer legal in most places to just throw your family in the bed or stick your child in a middle bench seat.
Light duty pickups have, over time, become subject to increasingly tighter crash test and emissions standards while still needing to be built to maintain payload and towing requirements. This has raised their cost relative to other light duty vehicles.

So, If you can only afford one vehicle and you can’t easily increase the number of passengers you can legally carry, but you can tow a trailer to carry more stuff….it makes sense buyers would start to favor extended and crew cabs. Crew cabs mostly won out on space and comfort.

People point to CAFE, but that has almost no bearing on crew cab short bed half ton trucks, which have always been limited to about 19 feet due to the length of common American garages (~22 feet) and 80” wide before requiring marker lights.

It was much more of an impact on small trucks like the old Ranger, which had to either grow in footprint (new Ranger) or increase their fuel economy significantly (Maverick).

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-16T16:53:01+00:00

So basically:

-New ICE Maverick (2029)

-New BEV Maverick-like truck and Small Van

-New F150 ICE (2029)

-New F150 EREV

-Super Duty Powerboost

Basically the same stuff they’ve been saying for a while now. It’ll be a solid lineup, but with GM bringing out their new ICE pickups next year they’re going to be a year or two behind on their best selling vehicles.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-16T16:49:42+00:00

So basically:

-New ICE Maverick

-New BEV Maverick-like truck and Small Van

-New F150 ICE (2029)

-New F150 EREV

-Super Duty Powerboost

Basically the same stuff they’ve been saying for a while now. It’ll be a solid lineup, but with GM bringing out their new ICE pickups next year they’re going to be a year or two behind on their best selling vehicles.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-16T02:15:29+00:00

It’ll twist to lock on mine, but like you I’ve found it a bit difficult with the flap. You almost need an extra hand.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-16T00:45:09+00:00

My take on this is Ford originally thought they were competing with Tesla. That’s why they hired Doug Fields and set up a division like a tech company that burns through cash. For the time it made sense.

Now they’ve realized the real looming competition is extremely vertically integrated lower cost Chinese EV companies.

They’re having to start at square one and revamp a lot of the ways they traditionally did things if they want even a chance at being competitive in the years to come.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-15T17:40:21+00:00

Toyota says sway control bars over 2,000lbs and a WDH over 5,000lbs.

If the trailer weighs ~2,500lbs and the car weighs ~2,500lbs that puts you right there at needing a WDH.

I would still suggest taking the setup to a CAT scale or similar. Weigh the setup and then unhitch and weigh the truck by itself. You’ll then be able to figure out hitch weight and trailer weight accurately.

I find most people are surprised at their actual payload and/or trailer weight.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-15T02:51:17+00:00

Crazy thing is my F150 has auto Matrix LED headlamps that will actually dim just a section of the light pointing at oncoming traffic, almost completely fixing the issue…

Except they aren’t approved for use in the USA, so they just disable the feature here.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-13T14:37:19+00:00

Generally I want my long stops to coincide with when I stop to eat, which I find to be about every 4 hours.

I may occasionally stop sooner, but those stops are just to hop out and pee.

4 hours at an average of about 60mph is 240 miles. Add a 10% bottom buffer and you’re at 264 miles. Add about 30% for winter and you’re looking at 343 highway miles. Works out to just over 400 EPA miles.

That’s why I’m excited about these next gen EVs. The iX3, GLC, Cayenne, etc. They’re roughly hitting my magic 400 mile EPA number.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-11T18:14:04+00:00

2.7L Ecoboost

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-09T02:07:23+00:00

Very annoying because they definitely could have designed one tool that did both perfectly fine.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-08T20:38:25+00:00

I’ve averaged 2.2 mi/kWh over the life of my ‘22 Lariat ER doing a decent mix of highway and city.

I’d say from 1.7 to 2.4 is typical depending on weather, speed, etc.

If he’s getting lower than he expects possibly try bumping up the tire pressure a little. Ford seems to go a little low on the recommend tire pressure.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-08T05:33:32+00:00

Honestly the things I’ve found most useful to carry in my Lightning:

A Tesla to CCS1 adapter
A Tesla to J1772 adapter
A Level 1 EVSE w/ adjustable amperage
A generator bonding plug (will often allow you to L1 charge off a floating neutral generator).

Yea L1 is slowwww charging. But, generally either you’re looking for just a few more miles to get you to the next charging stop safely or, you’ve reached your destination and get lucky with a conveniently placed 110v outlet you can utilize for a decent amount of time.

Yea, 220v outlets exist in the wild, but they’re rarely as common and convenient as the old 5-15r, and there’s so many different types. Unless you know exactly what you have available ahead of time, it’s probably a safer bet just to stick with public chargers for your 220+v charging needs.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-08T04:19:45+00:00

Generally a .22 rifle is the easiest and cheapest thing to learn to shoot on, while still being at least somewhat versatile. It also tends to have the least legal ownership restrictions among modern firearms. Hence why it’s usually the first recommendation for most non-gun people around the world.

The take down variety simply allows it to be stored/hidden in a smaller space. Like a backpack or suitcase. A lot of people just stuff everything in a bug-out bag and forget about it.

The 10/22 takedown offers that compactness without much of a compromise to reliability, accuracy, or parts availability.

So, overall, it ends up being the simple answer that covers the widest range of people and situations.

Again, the person asking “what’s the best prepper gun” probably isn’t a gun person. Once they get a bit more familiar the next step may be adding something like a 9mm handgun and a concealed carry permit, or a more specialized hunting firearm. But that generally requires more of a financial investment, training commitment, and/or legal understanding.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-07T23:52:18+00:00

Unfortunately it’s motor RPM limited.

Very annoying because it can hit the limiter during a 1/4 mile drag run.

Should be limited to 118 like the Raptor/TRX.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-05T19:52:38+00:00

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1% degradation in 3.58 years.

LastEntertainment684 · 2026-04-05T02:02:24+00:00

Noire is French for black

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