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Where I travel, it's rarely a traction issue - but the washboard corrugations are just about enough to loosen your teeth and everything else on your vehicle without airing down here. I think it's just that the maintenance is so infrequent. Airing down makes a HUGE difference on the washboard for...

Two dogs pulling a Rubicon? Are they some kind of "winch alternative"? I'd' ask what you're feeding them, but I think I know the answer! :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:

I have no problem running rough trail in my 4runner (not rock crawling) at 15-18psi with standard rims, no beadlocks. Others have said they go as low as 12psi or lower w/o beadlocks. I have skid plates up front. Rock sliders will probably be my next purchase.

This is helpful to put some numbers/ranges on the intake velocity. With your 4" snorkel, the air velocity varies from roughly 16ft/s (like a 10mph breeze) at idle to 114ft/s (77mph) passing at 35mph. A 3" snorkel would change these to 22ft/s (15mph) at idle to 202ft/s (137mph) passing at...

This is for a Tacoma? Which app and ODBII reader are you using? Would you recommend it?

Thank you! This is *very* useful info and clearly demonstrates the impact of pulling the intake charge from inside vs outside the engine bay with a so-called "cold-air-intake" via a fender or snorkel. Based on this it seems I should amend my summary to say that if the stock intake you're...

One of the replies above suggested a little research, so I started looking around, and thought I'd share what can be found and a few personal musing based on what's out there. Unfortunately, this one got long again... summary at the bottom. DUST ASPW of 4xOverland did a short 3min VIDEO HERE...

So, just $0.02 from someone else thinking about a snorkel. They are butt-ugly (though some like the look) and there seems to be too few deep water crossings in my part of New Mexico to justify a snorkel based on fording depth (go figure), but I've been considering a snorkel because air drawn...

A Midland MXT275 - the radio body tucks away, with the display, speaker, and controls all on the mic. The only thing visible on the dash is an RJ45 jack pass-thru where I plug the mic in.

I'm using a dual band ham, but I still have GMRS in the vehicle as a backup. No CB.

My solution was an antenna for GMRS tuned at ~465MHz and a pair of dual band 2m/70cm antennas - one shorter low gain for rougher terrain and one longer high gain for longer trips on the highways. The short 2/70 is a COMPACTenna and it's pretty unobtrusive on a lip mount on the tailgate - not...

The hams here (myself included) have talked a little about the technical solutions and workarounds but we haven't talked about the other side - FCC rules and legal consequences. I'm not a lawyer and I have zero interest in playing "spectrum cop", but anyone considering going down this path...

And here I thought I was the only one. My hammer was a Craftsman - the head spalled and I caught the fragment in my arm. Tools will break - some are better, but none are perfect, no matter how much your spend.

I went with the Midland MXT275 micromobile for the GMRS radio. The display and the controls are all on the mic - works great. For the ham, I went with a Yaesu FTM-400XDR which has a detachable/remote faceplate. This let me put both radio bodies under the seat and keep the dash neat.

The short answer is that the FCC licensing and use rules basically prevent a single radio design from being able to achieve technical compliance with the different rules for those bands. For FRS, GMRS, MURS, and CB, the FCC places strict limitations on radio hardware approved for those bands -...

I have a Dual XGPS160 (SkyPro). Works great with iPad (5th gen Mini) and iPhone (X) - up to 5 devices simultaneously. Using just the internal GPS on the iPad, I'd occasionally see dropouts in the mountains. So far the Dual is rock solid, consistently locking more satellites than the internal...

I'm using GaiaGPS Premium on an iPad. Recently I added a Dual SkyPro GPS antenna to improve satellite lock. It uses both GPS and GLONASS and upto to 5 devices (GaiaGPS iPad, phones, etc) can connect to it via Bluetooth and sitting forward on the dash at the point where dash meets windshield...

I have both GMRS and a Dual-Band Ham. But with that said, what I'm using is probably much less important to you than what what your own crew uses.

Generally, no. I've lived all over the country and I find I really like NM's mostly hands-off approach. But COVID is a serious problem here. It's ravaging the Pueblo's and reservations. It's even hammering the National Security Sites within the state. Even the national labs that manage our...

More Info: Multiple Alberstons and Walmarts in Santa Fe and Albuquerque have been shut down until Dec 2, due to C-19 outbreaks...