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Using direct hooks is especially nice when securing cars. Good choice. For the most part I use that kind of setup, largely because on the flatbeds all I have for anchor points is the stake pockets. In the toy hauler I have E-track and can use wheel nets or tire straps. The latter are a little...

There are some things you just don't buy from Tractor Supply, or Harbor Freight.

ChargerChallenger has three on order. He may be convinced to part with one. If you promise to convert it to an EV.

No! Not Tractor Supply, please! Macs has great stuff, including kits with nice axle straps and fuzzy sleeves, but you can get similar setups piecemeal from US Cargo Control and other places. Either way I'd strongly recommend flat hooks with clips, not the J-hook stuff that can come undone.

Right here at home, looking out the bedroom window.

What winter? There's a little snow in the hills finally, but not exactly winter. Of course, it's enough to keep the Floridians away.

Apparently about 500 feet too many.

I'm already there, and it hasn't even really got cold yet. I really, really hope that I can get the boiler working again before the heated floor freezes and cracks the concrete. While searching for new control board, I came across the fact that this boiler is only made to work at 0-7,000 feet...

There are only two ways for them to catch fire that I know of, well recalled reasons anyway. One's the transmission, the other the grid heater solenoid. The latter is easy enough to circumvent.

I think a '21 has the old (better) CP3 pump, but don't take my word for it.

I really can't recommend one over another, not really having used much of any of them. The Howes I use for anti-gel has a summer version, too, and Stanadyne is Cummins approved as I recall. Optilube placed very well in the tests I've seen, but those are old. Straying from the established...

Yeah, although I was thinking more along the lines of trucking, ships, trains, and such. The stuff that keeps the world moving. And I do feel sorry for those who use heating oil, diesel, etc. for heating. That's not an indirect hit.

Ah, sounds like you're going by the Lie-O-Meter, not calculating actual mileage. That makes it a bit tricky to know what's really going on, as it shows the mpg over the past 200 miles or so, and not necessarily accurately.

DavidKFla, you may want to dive into the rabbit hole of additives. I generally have to use anti-gel (which shouldn't be an issue for you), as with the limited driving I do, the 74 gallons of fuel often end up being summer blend in the winter and vice versa. Anyway, some additives do promise...

You obviously don't know how miserably low the payload on a Ram 2500 is, do you? And besides, I also use that same little trailer for some fairly porky cars.

It's been a couple of weeks and I don't even have a VIN yet. Or maybe I do, but don't know about it? Oh well, if it happens it happens. And if it does, I have oil, filters, and magnetic drain plugs for it. Even a set of Michelins.

My guess is that it's because the average person (voter) doesn't realize that overall the diesel prices are by far more important than the price of gas. Need to appease the sheep? Lower the gas prices. Done.

No, the 2500 in the first photo was my girlfriend's. She has since got a 3500 longbed. And the ex military pickup is technically a 1-1/4-ton. A civilian version would be a 1-ton...not sure what if anything differs. I haven't had a 3/4 since getting the 3500 cab and chassis in '17.

Oh, you mean more like this?

Something like this then?