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Yep, that's a downside for sure. Same reason I'd never buy a motorhome over a trailer. No matter where you're going you have to take everything with you. [edit] For us as a family with two kids who like to backpack and go out in the bush, once we make camp we really don't go anywhere else that...

I'd be happy to have one as my daily driver if it could go everywhere I want to go and carry what I want to carry. But for your case as a second or third car my advice would be buy a used older Nissan or Hyundai/Kia EV with under 100 mile range -- ridiculously cheap off lease, unless you have...

Breaking camp with the Alu-Cab takes almost no time at all... that's the thing that sold me. Planning to install custom sliders to make the process of putting all the gear away almost as quick.

Mentioned this earlier, but it isn't at all theoretical for us. We live a three and a half hour drive from anyone that could deal with EV issues, but literally never had our Leaf in the shop until last year when we had to finally replace brakes. But we went with Nissan for that reason, I...

This was why my wife didn't want one. I wouldn't have minded so much but she pointed out navigating a ladder to go pee in the middle of the night was not her idea of fun, I couldn't argue with that. Seems like a small thing but was actually a big reason we decided to go with the canopy camper.

This is totally anecdotal, but I know a few people who have model 3s and they haven't reported any more than their share of issues. Also, my dentist let me drive his performance version with my son, and holy s*&# that thing was fast :crazy:, handled really nicely too, very tosable, great...

Not a fan boy, but the two positive things I think you can say about Tesla is that a) they are wizards at securing supply chain, and of course they are also much more horizontally vertically integrated*; they don't have the same insane dependencies that you see in Detroit and b) with some big...

Yep, that was exactly conclusion I came to. Those Teardrops are way spendy for what you get. I could pick up a nice used Airstream for the price of the higher end ones (and almost did). In the end we've decided to go with the Alu-Cab, yes, it also costs over $10k :O and it also doesn't have a...

There is definetely truth to the part about taking care of soil and oceans since they do provide so much carbon storage capacity (and also because it is the right thing to do anyway) but also without getting into a debate I think the big thing people don't understand is the imporantce of the...

Just btw, we take the Leaf up to the ski hill all season long ... Mostly we use the truck only when we have to go up to the hill at different times to pick the kids up or whatever. only been a couple of days where I've felt I really *need* the truck because of road conditions -- and the road up...

They were really cool, and -- aero issues notwithstanding -- pickup trucks are a great platform for evs since packaging is simpler and they are already designed to handle load. Also, people obsess about range, but at least up until now I think a good option is to have a cheap-ass low range EV...

Since so many people around here get a livlihood out of it I am ok with well managed harvests but cutting old growth and tearing up the earth and using up good water to process tar sands, not to mention carbon impact is demonstrably terrible for the environment. this isn't politics, it's science...

The day I can get my hands on a EV Ranger, I will buy it. I'll pay MSRP if I have to. But I don't want an F-150, too big for where I want to go. I'm also not sure about clearance on the Lightning ... it is def built for maximum aero, at least given it starts out as a brick. A little lift will...

That's the funny thing about the old Rangers... they look so damn small, but the beds have basically the same dimensions. Trick of perception.

highjack away, I wasn’t really going anywhere else anyway..

Originally I was planning to tow, but now I think I can get what I want with a good overland setup. We don’t plan on towing much if we go down this route. My guess is we will leave the canopy on for the most part and ok with having the rear end in the air when we don’t. Seems like not a good...

I think I will eventually go with OME, i Haven’t heard anyone who has them say anything but good things about them. And as I’m thinking about it it makes sense that a Tacoma guy would say you need to beef up rear suspension...enough said. Thanks everyone.

Awesome, that makes a lot of sense given just how far up the ass of the truck is now. Of course, my idea of a level is more front lift not less rear lift, but for now this could do the trick nicely. It would be sort of surprising if Ford made a truck rated for 1400 lbs but putting 600 lbs in the...

Hmmm... this sounds suspiciously like one of those dares you wish you hand't taken. To be fair, this was a Tacoma guy and he was very upfront about not knowing much about what works best with Rangers.

Hey all .... so looking like we are going to pull the trigger on an Alu-Cab canopy. Which means a permanent 250KG / 550lbs riding on the back wheels. Almost certain I'll need to upgrade suspension, but wondering a) if I can get away with running on stock for a bit while waiting on suspension...