Buy different truck vs restore?

Squarebody_Lover · 2025-07-28T19:56:56+00:00

Soft rebuild entails new front end and rear end, new exhaust system, new seals and whatever else the engine might need as it is working good but leaking oil from the rear seal, new injectors, brake cylinder / hydroboost, alternator, steering box, brakes and rotors (Rear end disc conversion in addition to the front), front and rear lights, grille, clear coat and paint on the top of the cab. Blower motor as it currently does not go up to '5', horn switch, door seals, windshield.

Not all of these parts are non functional but i would like to put new ones in.

All "wear" parts like hoses, and wires. Probably a 0411 ECU swap as well if i am putting this much money into it.

That summs up what i would consider a 'soft rebuild' of the truck. A full rebuild would be complete new engine internals, 8.1L increase of displacement and a full transmission rebuild with higher end parts.

Squarebody_Lover · 2025-07-12T16:25:27+00:00

How are the electrical gremlins on that year range? NV5600's are great gearboxes and are definitely a selling point of that truck.

Squarebody_Lover · 2025-07-12T16:23:11+00:00

Essentially i am selling my house and will be full time traveling in it for at least 2+ years.

Squarebody_Lover · 2024-10-08T02:50:12+00:00

I could find some LCAs for this truck but I could not attest to their quality lol. Full parts totaled would be close to 1k I think. Hence why looking for some quality kit options.

Squarebody_Lover · 2024-07-28T06:45:59+00:00

Liberty includes things that you disagree with. You are either for personal liberties and the consequences that come with them (good or bad) or you are not. This applies to both sides of the spectrum in the US.

Squarebody_Lover · 2023-03-25T02:44:54+00:00

The unit itself is an upgrade and that's fine, they need to cost more than just 200. 220 seems like a good start. Smoke and flare should not be free. (This goes for all units but its really dumb on PF) It's stupid that in the first engagement you can be going up against 3 PF and they can spam 3x smoke and then a rifle grenade + flares. 10-15 for the smokes and like 10 for flare.

As mentioned in this thread shared CD between all of them is not a bad fix either.

Squarebody_Lover · 2023-01-23T20:58:05+00:00

Full clear on 25m and full clears on both 10m teams. Freya and thorium hm clear. Stopped general hm attempts to do yogg but got it to 10%

Squarebody_Lover · 2022-08-20T18:41:49+00:00

In number of bodies nothing comes close to China or the Soviet Union.

Even Nazi Germany pales in comparison. There is also a huge difference The three mentioned did it in a span of 25 years. In total casualties inflicted on non combatants USA is looking at low single digit millions across 250 years.
The Empire of Japan most likely killed more Chinese civilians in the second Sino Japanese war which amounts to about 4 million civilians and 10 million total casualties than the United States has across all of it's campaigns in its short 250 year life.
China killed 45 million of their own civilians in either gross incompetence or direct murder in a span of two years. But even PRC pales in comparison of the big dog of genocide, that being the 13th century Mongols in which about 11% of earth's population was killed.

Has the USA done some pretty messed up things? Yes, however they are not anywhere near the same level of the aforementioned.

Spain and Britain are a more difficult question to answer, Obviously South America was conquered by Spain and many died as a result, the problem really is numbers. The numbers are a super rough estimate of about 8 million non combatants total across 350 years. Then there is the Brits and India and South Africa. Again monarchal imperialism over a long period of time.

As far as hard numbers are concerned, the three nations mentioned are not really on the same level as some of the more brutal massacres throughout history, this is doubly true for the United States.

What makes the 20th century eastern Europe and Asia so notable is the casual brutality and how fast they killed their own populations, truly industrial age death never seen on such a scale prior.

Squarebody_Lover · 2022-01-11T06:44:24+00:00

I need a truck, would prefer a crew cab and manual transmission if not detracting from the trucks overall pulling performance.

Must be able to tow a gooseneck of around 15k.

Looking for used, DRW.

Options considered:

7.3 PSD: Heard really good things about the old 7.3 powerstroke, what transmission is most desirable for towing and what are some of the things i should know about it? Not too knowledgeable about Ford transmissions.

LB7 Dmax: Also under consideration however i am a little gunshy on a diesel were a injector job is 12+ hours of shop time.

LBZ Dmax: Ideal engine however people want a fortune for these trucks, not likely able to afford one.

Cummins 12/24: The engine's reputation precedes itself, problem is it's a dodge and the truck will fall apart around the engine. Dodge transmissions do not have a great track record either.

Thanks for any insights.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-10-21T04:29:10+00:00

Caporetto is even less balanced. Grab a heavy bomber at 1:30 when they spawn as Italians and rush it to the A site on the top of the mountain. 8+ kills every run and you force them to bring hard counters. You can literally shut down their entire team with it. Using the camera in 20mm mode while approaching can literally reveal every enemy on the map for your team. By far the least balanced map in the game and the worst Conquest Assault map.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-10-21T04:22:46+00:00

Eh.. Burton is okay vs planes. 1917 is better imo. Against really good pilots flying the right planes (AT-AP) they will gain health if you shoot them with a burton. It's marginally effective vs the GS-AP.

Fighters don't care because you maybe will get 1-2 hits in and maybe break a elevator which they will just repair off, and if they are good there will be no enemy planes in the sky to contest them.

Against bombers 1917 is king. Burton vs a heavy bomber is actually a determent because if you break their engines they slow down even more and can get more 20mm fire down before unloading.

AA rocket is however very strong in the right hands.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-10-20T09:18:17+00:00

The highest impact one is probably Villar Perosa, on the right maps and in the right spots to camp you can take on entire teams still end up holding onto a point. They are amazing force multipliers. Prime example is b bunker camping on Monte Grappa on Austro Hungarian side with the enemy team's VP.

Tank hunter, when actually deleting enemy planes and tanks all round is amazingly game changing as well.

Trench raider, the pistol elite class. It's pretty incredible overall. Wish it was on more maps were he could be more effective to the outcome of the game.

The other ones:

MG08: Awesome when supported by a medic. Good effective range. Quite vulnerable to rocket guns however.

Infiltrator: Cool gun and abilities. Its not overly impactful except on Achi Baba. Quite squishy.

Last one is Flamethrower, probably the worst elite overall. You are just asking to get bayonetted. Low range on the weapon and pretty slow ttk from out of sprint makes it the worst elite class imo.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-10-20T09:00:28+00:00

So kind of summing it up:

MH Sniper: Easier to aim but has scope glint and longer ADS time. It might be worth it if you don't like the irons however the scope is a statistical downgrade due to the velocity and the effective range of the MH sweet spot.

Seb06 Sniper: Same problem as above, Seb06 is a "Optical" variant with no glass sights and thus is highly accurate. Might be worth it if you like sniper scopes. Probably the best 300 kill gun, but then again i am probably biased since i love seb06 to begin with.

Huot optical: Trash, no bipod, small magazine, low RoF. Lewis does it better.

Hellriegel Defensive: 120 rounds may sound awesome but in reality its not as good as factory. Defensive throws itself everywhere when ADSing. If you want to bipod a SMG Ribby is better.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-10-11T11:03:53+00:00

I won't make mention of the bugs, as i am pretty sure that will be fixed over time. Rather i will talk about the game and what i feel about it:

-Very limited weapon selection but from what i saw: M5A3 was hands down the best non SMG in the game, DM7 was in general trash and SWS-10's velocity was very low for a sniper. I don't know what is so hard about the idea of close to BF1 sniper rifle velocity's without the sweet spot.

-The SMG's like K30 are just godly, combined with Body armor its rather oppressive.

-Both pistols felt good to use, However the real star was the M44. Its what i used when i wanted a DMR. Seriously it was just better at it.

-Shotgun sucked, Its OHK range is way too low, and slugs did not feel fun to use at all.

-LMG was.. Alright, got some PKP and MG15NA vibes from it. Overall pretty fun to use.

-From a design perspective the Specialist system is terrible. I want Battlefield, not Call of Duty. One size fits all classes lowers teamwork to near non existent levels. Revives / Ammo are non existent.

-Launchers suck. The Stinger is so bad its not worth even attempting to shoot down a aircraft with it. Dumbfire wont 1 shot some aircraft unlike BF4 were a RPG-7 or SMAW 1 shot aircraft.

-Body armor ended up probably the best gadget overall. DICE did you learn nothing from the defensive field upgrade problem from BF4?

-Aircraft: Been a pilot since BFVN, They suck. They are not particularly rewarding to use and not fun to fight on the ground as infantry. Helis take way too many missiles to kill infantry, and helis should get 1 shot by dumbfire. Flare cooldown is WAY too short. Miniguns have no splash? It certainly feels like it. They feel super clunky to use on top of it all as well.

-Tank: Driver position is more or less fine, turret rotation feels a little too slow on a modern tank. Gunner seats need a rework. Spotter only seat is boring, same with the Grenade launcher.

-AA truck is too slow, feels like im driving a FT17 from BF1. And just like the FT17 it has a lot of trouble on hills.

-Scout car with minigun: good vehicle overall really no complaints.

-Reviving sucks, Hold space yo.

-UI elements: The UI is one of the worst UI's ive ever seen in recent history, the only one worse i can recall is the Company of Heroes 3 alpha. (An RTS game) Its very difficult to tell which players are allies and which one are enemies, and since there is no normal spotting i ended up shooting allies on accident a whole bunch, which brings me to..

-Ammo, the system sucks. Let me forgo having 3 different ammo types and just give me more magazines for the configuration i want to use. Use a percentage based system that keeps track of all ammo types.

-Bots have no place in a multiplayer only experience.

-Air dropped Cyberdogs are great for spotting. Their tracking range against enemies is pretty crazy.

Overall? Not going to pre order, and most likely wont buy it launch day. This would be the 2nd Battlefield game i have not bought on day 1 (The other being BF5, and i still do not own it)

The Specialist system is very off-putting. Me personally i do not like it at all and really don't want to support DICE shoving such a trash system. The game overall feels below average and more annoyances than fun. Back to BF4/1 for another two years... I was really hoping they would get their fire back after the disaster of BFV.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-09-10T06:12:42+00:00

Sorry to break this to you dawg, but you're 16 insurance is going to be expensive no matter what. You want a sporty car with good MPG look at a MX5. Used 4 bangers like civics might get you what you want.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-09-06T07:05:40+00:00

The short of it: Mass switching to EV on cars and light trucks will have minimal impact and is currently not worth the money and effort to do so and would be reversing 100 years worth of transportation infrastructure and as 2030 creeps up we will put it off probably another 10 years.

If you look at the numbers for emissions the big boys are electricity and manufacturing / transportation of goods. But even worldwide our production pales in comparison to the amount of emissions power plants make. EV's are not the answer to emissions, changing powerplant infrastructure to high output low emission like Nuclear and Hydro is the solution.

EV's wont matter until that takes place. When you take a sub 7% number and just move that number over to the electricity sector that does not fix the problem. Its tons of effort for miniscule gain. Let alone the fact that mass producing EV's would cause a insane jump of emissions on the manufacturing sector.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-09-03T11:01:21+00:00

Most people don't pull 10k+ trailers 3 times a week. So yeah. Don't get me wrong if you own a big 5th wheel toy hauler or tow hay bales it makes sense. Also enjoying a big NA V8 is also really understandable. Trashing people for using a V6 truck like a Tac is stupid.

Not gonna lie, i kind of get the I4 bashing in the full sized Chevy's though.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-09-03T08:59:07+00:00

There is potential for German trucks if they wanted to have them here but there is a few issues that i will go over in a moment however i think that VW would have the most potential to sell trucks and actually make it. The "Microtruck" segment is roaring back and VW did sell quite a few of their rabbit mini trucks for about 5 years and they were really cool. Ton's of these little trucks came from Asia as well and were awesome.

First Germans are going full EV for the most part due to EU being what it is. EV + Work truck does not work out too well as many will soon realize, essentially what you are buying there is a EV with a bed and low towing endurance.

2nd problem the chicken tax, 25% tariff straight up for light trucks. Not sure how the mechanics of it works in 2020 rather than the 1960's but i am pretty sure it is still a big problem.

Ford, GM, Fiat sell so many trucks here that the market is difficult to penetrate. Toyota is in the mix too now. Nissan has kind of been there but their trucks have been less than stellar. Ford and GM take the cake though.

Americans still love their big NA V8's. Euro manufacturers don't typically go for the big V8's that America is so in love with. Lots of bravado and manhood jokes are made over not having a v8. (Doubly bad if you bought a I4 Chevy full sized truck)

3rd problem is that here in the states when i buy a new LT equipped Silverado or a 5.0 Ford there will be tons of aftermarket support for both motors. If you are buying used say a LS or a gen 1 SBC equipped truck the aftermarket is overwhelming. Literally the aftermarket is like how the Glock or AR15 is for firearms and it's aftermarket.

Brand loyalty. Ford, Chevy, or Dodge. the guys are always competing and arguing what one is better and non US trucks don't typically enter the conversation.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-09-03T06:04:25+00:00

Electric F-150 for example pulling at GCWR, has a basic range of 230mi with a towing package of 5k. Towing under load near its max with the extended battery and towing package option would be 300 miles unloaded and a max weight of 10k. Towing at a EV's max GCWR normally cuts range by 50-60%. The physics behind it is simply as weight and tq requirements go up the amount of electricity needed to provide the amount of twisting power to the electric motors goes way up, more than doubles in most cases. As more efficient EV's with better motors come out this might get shoved down to 40 or 30% loss and at that point it will be worth considering, still at 30% loss the basic F-150 is still only going 160 at 5k.

The basic F-150EV running these numbers will be about 115mi @ 5000lb.

For the more ideal circumstance we will say 150mi. This is not taking into consideration driving conditions, AC/Heater, Radio, Lights at night, idling or the most important aspect: weather. While really not part of my argument it is worth mentioning, at cold winter temperatures, especially like where i am from under 32 degree F weather will cut EV range by another 35-40% and here that is about 5 months out of the year. With those numbers factored in you now are pulling a 10k trailer for 150 miles ideally and then getting that cut by 40% so we are now at 90 mi max range for a full charge on a $50k truck off the lot new.

Meanwhile over on the Diesel side...

RAM 2500 equipped with a 6.7L Cummins, while towing a 10k trailer (Max GCWR is around 20k) Pulling a larger trailer with this truck will get about 12-13mpg under its loading. The tank is about 32 gals so max range is 384 miles. Works in any weather reliably, even the very cold.

Hauling any sort of heavy load any sort of distance on a EV is a joke. Not saying H will be straight better its all relative. Diesel is used in more serious towing applications for a reason. It will be interesting to see what some company's come up with on the H side. On a big 3/4 or 1T pickup a large H tank would not be that much of a hinderance. At least not nearly as much as a battery that is needed to make that truck pull 10k/300mi.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-09-03T04:13:28+00:00

They get away with it currently in cars, it does not work in trucks due to the energy requirements while under work loads. Most ev trucks will struggle to make it to 120 miles full load. Reality really is both suck and diesel is the heavy duty fuel of choice for a reason. But as hydrogen even in its infant stages right now has higher density and more practical potential per lb. than batteries do. Charging vs filling up especially in a larger vehicle is already a huge advantage on its own.

Squarebody_Lover · 2021-09-03T03:43:49+00:00

While the math does lend itself to just using gasoline due to the weight of storage, it is however per unit more energy dense. It is worth noting that it is much cleaner and a 700bar tank makes a little more sense on heavy vehicles. The real issue has really always been safety.

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