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Nice rig! F-150's unite!

Sorry to hear about your loss. I lost my mom in 2015, and my dad a year ago tomorrow and I miss them everyday. As for the vehicle, I would suggest thinking of it like this: the problem with engineers is, if the suits upstairs say "build me a rocket ship, you are free to design it any way you...

The first mod should always be a nice stubby antenna! After that of course, tires. But since it sounds like your ride is pretty ready to get dirty, I would start to look into recovery gear. Once you get recovery gear, practice using it and get familiar with it before you leave the pavement. I...

My wife's Jeep goes off road tackling trails more often than most jeeps, but even so, it spends the vast majority of its life on pavement. She daily drives it to work, so we went the AT route it and put a set of Hankook Dynapro AT tires. Really good road manners, quiet, and gives proper traction...

Sweet ride!

Thought I'd leave a few of mine here:

I always keep mine under the rear seat. Whatever you do, keep it in a place that you can access it easily and with one hand.

I am always bringing one of my bikes on my trips whenever possible. The best way I have found is using a hitch mounted rack. I used to work at a truck/SUV outfitter many years ago and I have always used Thule racks. Best quality, best design and sturdy as hell. Look to craigslist, you can find...

I have had an inreach for a while now and it is the ultimate in giving you piece of mind. the minimum plan is about 18 bucks per month, no contract, you can activate it and deactivate it whenever you want. I pay the minimum plan every month so I can always have it at the ready, for quick...

I also started doing this after losing a knife a while back and haven't lost one since as well! Another tip I can give is when you take the clip off to do the bend, wrap a small piece of gaffers tape around it. it adds extra grip and will also prevent the tip of the clip from scratching things...

i carry a kershaw everyday and when I camp. They are light, I dont even notice it in my pocket and they have a very nice quick opening mechanism. They are pretty sharp, and last a long while. I tend to be clumsy and forgetful and have lost a few knives. The Kershaw knives are reaaonably priced...

BUILD UPDATE: After I installed the top, we took our first trip off road into Death Valley CA. For this trip, it was just me and my wife so we were able to pack very minimally, and we also slept out of the back of the truck. The leveling kit, tires and soft top worked perfectly while we were...

The tube is called "the bazooka" made by Flambeau. It has a telescoping length, and I also use it to bring my fishing rods on airplanes. It's really handy and cost about 50 bucks. It can be secured to any set of roof crossbars and a few bungies.

Personally, I am absolutely loving my F-150 with the 5.0 L Coyote engine. This thing has all the power you can ask for. I love the Tundra too, but driving it compared to 2015 and up F-150 it just feels old and tired. The F-150 also gets better mileage. And don't sleep on Ford reliability...

how are you liking that tremor?

Congrats on the purchase! I love a new project. That motor is solid, just keep an eye on the starter and alternator as they tend to get beat up due to their location.

Here are a few Xterras doing work at Hollister hills. Very underrated and slept on vehicle.

If this ride is also going to be something you're going to be driving everyday, add that into your decision. If I am lucky, I can make it out for maybe 1 trip per month. The rest of the time, my rig is used for everything else in my life - family stuff, hauling things, towing my boat, going to...

Hi, my wife and I were there in the first week of December. We were doing some dispersed camping East of Furnace Creek. I believe the shut down started the second day we were there, and there were people camped out at the Stovepipe site, but I believe that site and the other sites are currently...

I know what you mean. Although I try my best to drive my vehicles like an old lady, I would have my moments where I would take my legacy GT with a manual transmission and have a ball driving up and down the mountains going to Tahoe in the snow. Sometimes you just can't help it! I just...