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    OB Approved Overland Safety: Fire Extinguishers

    Great video! The comments on it have also been interesting. It's certainly worth comparing this video to the videos showing the Element in a more positive light. One of the commenters suggested "chimney effect" prevented the Element's stream from reaching the base of the fire, while the faster...
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    OB Approved Overland Safety: Fire Extinguishers

    They do work well. For tests/reviews, I'd direct folks to Youtube where they've been tested by amateurs and professionals in a variety of conditions: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=element+50+fire+extinguisher Roll Happy!
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    What OBD-II display do you use?

    Second question: which sensors do you monitor as a cluster during: (1) on-road driving (2) off-road driving (3) towing
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    Intro post.

    Welcome (in advance) to New Mexico! Where are you planning to land for the new home?
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    (KDSS) Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System?

    Which 285's are you running without lift? Did you have to do any mods to the fender well or do the BMC?
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    GRMS vehicle mounted and handheld with location finding like Garmin Rino units?

    Nice! But perhaps, take note that the Tread is a MURS radio, not GMRS.
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    Bronco vs 4Runner

    I have a 2018 4runner TRD Offroad... One of the things I liked about it was that not being the first model year of a model (or generation) there was a fairly clear maintenance/reliability record. Overall, this might be the best vehicle decision I've made in 40 years.
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    US Rocky Mountain Advice for an Australian couple visiting the USA

    The locals pronounce Ouray more like "yer-RAY" or "yeh-RAY". BUT people in this region are generally pretty tolerant of pronunciation and no offense will be taken - and an Aussie accent with get you some slack. FWIW: in my Colorado drawl, Colorado can some times come out a bit more like out a...
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    US Rocky Mountain Advice for an Australian couple visiting the USA

    I see a lot of great suggestions being added here, but I thought I'd also pass along a note on the UHF radio. If the radio is the typical Australian UHF CB, it operates from 476-478 MHz. In the US, those frequencies are used for UHF TV broadcasts, so you'll have interference from/with TV...
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    GMRS basics info

    Agreed. I think radio choice MOSTLY depends, first on what your crew rolls (if everyone in your crew uses GMRS/ham/CB, you need the same tech to talk to them), and second on where you roll (what kind of repeaters are available). I only emphasized the second, because OP mentioned they travel...
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    Ham mobile thoughts

    I have a Dual GPS that I use to connect to my iPad running Gaia. Works great.
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    Ham mobile thoughts

    Yaesu FTM400XDR would be the third in that group. Very solid radio.
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    GMRS basics info

    I have a Yaesu FTM400XDR, but I was specifically looking for something APRS-capable with a remote head and I liked the touchscreen. Prior to that, I had a Baofeng UV5R that died within the first year - can't recommend it. Yaesu/Kenwood/Icom (all Japanese) seem to be the favored higher end...
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    GMRS basics info

    Hi Matt, First, let me say that my reasons for adding 2-way radio to my vehicle are pretty much exactly what you've described. I have and use both GMRS and ham in my vehicle (more below). Operationally, there isn't much difference between ham and GMRS except that you can run a ham at higher...
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    Sold $630,000.00

    Awww, come on. Dobinsons shocks and a 3-inch lift. Some KO2's. It's good to go!