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Rear Ride height a Design defect caught tooo late?

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Not sure why this came up in my Facebook feed, but OP probably could have benefitted from one.

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Not sure why this came up in my Facebook feed, but OP probably could have benefitted from one.

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I have seen something like that uses in repair shops. They are nice
 

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I watched a video by this Canada guy. He did mention the wobble in the Ranger over the Frontier. He did give the ranger the favored edge - for himself that is. Some have different preferences. I see a lot of these videos where they do the head to head, and it's often one will chose one, and one will chose the other. I'd have to do more reading, but I think I'd take the Frontier over the Tacoma.
I would take a riding mower over a Taco. At least the seating position would be better. And probably a better drive train too. Certainly a newer drive train.
 

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Not sure why this came up in my Facebook feed, but OP probably could have benefitted from one.

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"They" know exactly which forum you're on each and every second...you'd get another product if you had been on PHub...?
 
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I would take a riding mower over a Taco. At least the seating position would be better. And probably a better drive train too. Certainly a newer drive train.
Do the new mowers come with an infotainment screen and Bluetooth?
If so... I should consider...
 

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Not sure why this came up in my Facebook feed, but OP probably could have benefitted from one.

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I bought one similar to that last year. Comes in very handy when you're vertically challenged. :sunglasses: :frown:

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I have seen something like that uses in repair shops. They are nice
I have one after @AzScorpion suggested it. It's nice for reaching the center of the hood when doing Graphene and also for applying 303 Aerospace Protectant to the tonneau cover.

The obvious limit is that it only helps areas near the wheels.

It's secure feeling but will rock the truck a bit. I never feel like it'll fall off and I've used it at its highest settings. I do use it on steelies and am unsure if it could mar fancy wheels.
 

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Ok...Leaf or leaves... I have perhaps too much of both at my residence... Lol
Yes and bah on leaves! Five truckloads so far and probably two more before it's all done. =(

By my calculations, a bed's not as big as one might think (at least as big as I thought).

I think the Scab bed is 51.8 cubic feet and that's almost 13 standard Lawn & Leaf bags (12.92 to be precise).

And continuing to drip fuel on the OP, here's a better look at the bed rake:

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And I had just blown the bed clean, what a silly waste of time! And it's this messy even though I line it with a tarp! Albeit, the tarp is just the perfect size for pulling out all the leaves, it just a few inches wider than the bed and about two feet longer, so it's easy for leaves to get under it, especially as a tamp the leaves in with above-mentioned rake.

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This is a 7'x9' tarp in 10 oz. canvas (finish size is smaller, but I haven't measured it - maybe more like 6'x8'?). I have some larger 18 oz. tarps for total bed coverage but they're too heavy and stiff to use as a way to roll the leaves out (thus the rope attached to one end). This helps keep the fine particles from turning into mud and grinding into the BedRug, which does blow out very clean.

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Yes and bah on leaves! Five truckloads so far and probably two more before it's all done. =(

By my calculations, a bed's not as big as one might think (at least as big as I thought).

I think the Scab bed is 51.8 cubic feet and that's almost 13 standard Lawn & Leaf bags (12.92 to be precise).

And continuing to drip fuel on the OP, here's a better look at the bed rake:

IMG_20221108_144847818.jpg


And I had just blown the bed clean, what a silly waste of time! And it's this messy even though I line it with a tarp! Albeit, the tarp is just the perfect size for pulling out all the leaves, it just a few inches wider than the bed and about two feet longer, so it's easy for leaves to get under it, especially as a tamp the leaves in with above-mentioned rake.

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This is a 7'x9' tarp in 10 oz. canvas (finish size is smaller, but I haven't measured it - maybe more like 6'x8'?). I have some larger 18 oz. tarps for total bed coverage but they're too heavy and stiff to use as a way to roll the leaves out (thus the rope attached to one end). This helps keep the fine particles from turning into mud and grinding into the BedRug, which does blow out very clean.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CI9EUUC
I wasn't thinking myself when I planted my 8 trees over 20 years ago...
Too many leaves .. up to 20 trash bags and still not done... Haven't run the calcs on cubic feet.... But if I made a decision to buy a Ford truck on the anual falling leaves necessity.... I would have bought a dump truck... Not sure if Ford makes one though... and the wife would complain about getting in and out of it...
 

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I wasn't thinking myself when I planted my 8 trees over 20 years ago...
Too many leaves .. up to 20 trash bags and still not done... Haven't run the calcs on cubic feet.... But if I made a decision to buy a Ford truck on the anual falling leaves necessity....

I would have bought a dump truck... Not sure if Ford makes one though... and the wife would complain about getting in and out of it...
They do make one. Here's a sneak peak at Davids @subquark new order which should be ready in time for his spring dump runs. Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce you to "Soupie II" :shock:


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I wasn't thinking myself when I planted my 8 trees over 20 years ago...
Too many leaves .. up to 20 trash bags and still not done... Haven't run the calcs on cubic feet.... But if I made a decision to buy a Ford truck on the anual falling leaves necessity.... I would have bought a dump truck... Not sure if Ford makes one though... and the wife would complain about getting in and out of it...
Oh no! That's a bittersweet situation with your trees.

I do like the dump truck idea and would need to really long side steps!

For leaves ...

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For leaves AND acorns! =D

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They do make one. Here's a sneak peak at Davids @subquark new order which should be ready in time for his spring dump runs. Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce you to "Soupie II" :shock:


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YES, YES, YES!!!

I'll slap some Ranger branding on it so I can stay on the forum, I would never want to deny anyone the glamorous and glorious antics of dump runs! =)

Think of all the graphene this beast needs!
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