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Well it is helpful...at notifying everyone to ignore this person's opinions!

Call it the F-Ranger or F-100! Then they can add those sales onto the "F-series"!

Congrats on being the first person ever to actually WANT ASS...(oooo that looks bad once I read it...) There are long lights where I am OK with it, but other than that, it is an intrusive "feature", especially in parking lots where it can cause your car to surge as you are trying to gently...

Well then I guess it is confirmed... You can never be too sure that you got an actual mechanic vs a Parts-Swapping Monkey (TM)

In modern cars, when all sorts of sheet starts going crazy at once, I think battery or other electrical, as modern car electronics seem to be very touchy. Did they actually CONFIRM coolant in the cylinders or oil, or just guessing at it?

Then it could become like Minority Report after Tom Cruise got new eyes. "Welcome Mr Nakamoto!" 😁

What does one of these back country recoveries cost? I assume a lot of variation depending on location, difficulty, etc but what kind of figures would these two people be looking at?

I now boycott Batteries+ Bulbs since my visit a few months ago. I asked for a watch battery that I had in my hand. The guy looked it up and said while we have them, we only sell those as a service where we change the battery for you for some ridiculous fee. Well I had the battery in my hand...

Pull the rear seats and it will be staring at you.

Choices should have been Yes and Not Yet 😁

Hardware cloth (galvanized 1/4" steel mesh) works well:

Nice electronical fun but how is this an issue for you?

Extensive conversations on trailering in Tractor by Net, Welding web, other forums, and locally in person. Empty weight is important to know how much a trailer can carry, but the weight rating is what drives all the requirements around brakes, registration, etc

By convention, when someone says "a 3000 lb trailer" they are referring to the gross weight rating of said trailer, as that is what matters for regulations and registration. If someone is specifically talking about the empty weight OF the trailer they would normally note that. For example, WI...

Trailers are rated by gross.

It is rare to find a trailer in the <3000 lb class with electric brakes, IME. That being the case, then a controller will have nothing to control. But as others said, it is a lot nicer if you have it on any trailer. I even have an old P3 Tekonsha from my F250 that I saved that you could have...

Odd. My '23 (bought new by me) has the stupid plastic clips and I need to change that out for my next oil change for sure! So if they changed to bolts, it looks like they changed back...

I'm suggesting to fab new brackets that match your existing one, but with thicker metal. I'm assuming they are one-piece, like the ones you show. No welding, just cutting to shape and bending/forming. Trace a pattern with some heavy paper from your current ones, and start cutting. Or perhaps...

Maybe either bend your own at that point, or find someone local to fab them. You have the pattern you want already. Just have someone match them in thicker metal.

They are aluminum. That's why they are so light. A welcome change from my previous truck: F250 where the tailgate was a clean and jerk to get it lifted up and latched.