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He is smart and went back to sleep. When I wake up he takes my place and buries himself under the covers.
hmmm, that's a good point. I imagine most of these trucks are not left unattended very long. Plus, the batteries are so heavy, they need a forklift to remove and replace...I'm sure they're fine if they've been sealed and whatnot correctly. Whats the worst that could happen?
I know it'd take a lot of work and they aren't something you can exactly just lift and move, but I'd be more worried about theft. When will battery thefts become a thing? I can only imagine how many $$$ those are worth.
Easier to just steal The Whole vehicle.
So... mid-2024?
Ease of swapping the packs out? I wonder if they're designed for that?kids are back at schoolthe peace and quiet are so loud my ears are ringing!
spotted my first electric delivery vehicle in the wild today:
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the guys working in it said today was its maiden voyage... said it was strange and took some time to get used to... not sure what that means. but it was pretty dang quiet which was cool. I'm no expert, but the batteries seem awfully exposed to the elements there:
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ease of saving the rest of the vehicle when the battery becomes an unquenchable fire
I just received a bill last week for my being nearly covid dead in July, $1900 owed from a $13k invoice to insurance on this one.
On the cost breakdown there's $300 for physical therapy and $300 for occupational therapy. Well I don't recall any physical therapy and the occupational therapist spent less than 10 minutes with me, because they tried to make me stand up and I blacked out.
I wish I could invoice at those rates.
This.
We have a ton of custom battery operated vehicles at work and there is a requirement that the battery packs can be easily replaced using a fork truck or crane. These are old school lead acid units so the don't catch fire, just release hydrogen gas and explode.
So much rain, so many overland dorks with their LED lightbars on on the freeway, my kill-list just keeps getting longer and longer
Overlanding? For sure, I'm thinking 25 year mandatory minimum for being caught calling yourself an overlander
no, just running the lights on a roadway.
Not enough coffee in the world right now. Baby kept us up all night, and then we lost power around 6:30. I consider myself to be more prepared for emergencies like this than most, but there was a fatal flaw in my planning: No easy way to grind coffee. Inverter to the rescue. I need a manual grinder, or I need to keep some ground coffee on hand.
“Overland”, is this the condition where Jeep owners become obsessed with unnecessary accessories for vehicles that seldom go anywhere other than the grocery store and Autozone ? I pass by one of their nests on my way to work. They leave the Jeeps adorned with various neon colors illuminating the underside for all to enjoy. Occasionally one will be up on blocks in the front yard getting fresh accessories. The grass is being gradually replaced with some hybrid mix of trash and old car parts. Very peculiar indeed.
It *is* illegal, I think, in most states.
If you have a ziplock bag and any kind of blunt, heavy object (like a hammer or a rock/brick) then you can “grind” coffee. Just stop when the bag starts to break so you don’t get plastic bits in your coffee.
True, but that's an absolute last resort option. Like "the end of the end times" option. I still want good coffee during emergencies, or even at the very beginning of the apocalypse. The "life is too short for bad coffee" mantra applies doubly so when the end is nigh.
i've got manual grinders for both regular coffee and espresso. and a manual espresso machine, plus the aeropress. camp stove to boil water.
It is illegal in WV I know that. Heading to snowshoe in my buddies brodozer we got pulled over at 2am in one of the small towns just before you get there. The cop was not pleased, $150-200 ticket.
They looked at me weird when I stressed the importance of linking my coffee making/grinding outlet to the whole home battery back-up. "But you already have the kitchen backed up", uh sure, the fridge, but not the important one.
It was amazing how many of those dorks I saw around Big Bear over new-years, all parked at hotels of course. I'll occasionally be forced to interact with one and listen to them tell me about all the necessary equipment they have in order to drive up a fire-road, then blow their minds at some of the trails I've done in a stock Tacoma without color matched gas gans at all.
Maybe we could make that like a Gang Enhancement, if you get caught with a gun it's 5 years, but if you're caught with a gun while doing gang shit we give you 10, same with LEDs, if used in conjunction with a roof top tent you've never slept in, fast track to the electric chair
no i'm fine with them having them on their bro dozers. makes it easy to identify the idiots, like a maga hat but for trucks
i question your judgement for being friends with a brodozer owner
This is true. He makes me question my own judgment. But he is always willing to drive.
never offer to pay for gas.
“Skip trowel” texture, or my half-assed attempt at it. I’m pleased, this being my first time doing drywall.
And you said you didn’t trust my judgement.
Running around to home depots, Lowes, harbor freights, and ace hardwares in the greater Phoenix area for parts is strikingly similar to Mario cart in real life.
Say what you will, but light bars are awesome to have traveling back roads where the threat of an animal strike is high or offroading at night. I've had several close calls with deer, bear, and moose that were avoidable because I saw them way in advance (if at all) of when my headlights would have illuminated them.
i never said they were pointless. just that driving with them on in traffic is a problem. same with the assholes driving around with their high beams on
have you met Bubb Rubb?have you heard about the carolina squat?
jeep owners are their own subset of problems.Paging @CrabJoe StretchPants
It's true. I can't tell you how much shit I got from the Jeep Club/brodozer crowd here for my completely stock Wrangler during the time I owned it. Their were variations of course, but the general theme was "HUR DUR BARBIE JEEP", to which I would reply with "It does everything I want it too and gets me everywhere I need to go, why would I pour a ton of money into it just to fuck with it?". To which the inevitable reply was always:
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