Hello all, Yes JT is garbage and everything the liberals stand for threatens our hard working lives, we can all agree on that. I also own a small oilfield business and farm so these new taxation initiatives will be especially hard on me. I got real pissed off, did some digging, sent some emails...
I think a lot of people here are confused by the tuner or no tuner situation. Just because your truck doesn't have a hand held tuner or a gauge style like a mini max that doesn't mean it isn't "tuned" 99% of trucks that are tuned today are done so utilizing EFI live. Yes, with dodges you do need...
Unfortunately I've been through many of the trucks your after for work, just my $.02 on all of em:
#1) lbz duramax or even an LMM, in stock form or not will be a great vehicle, stay away from anything lifted cuz chances are it was bagged hard, just watch what tune guys are running too cuz...
Whoa whoa whoa, there's a whole bunch of BS flying around in this thread.
First off the root of the problem is the recent influx of staff into the F&W and other assorted AB outdoors organizations, these people need to justify to Rachel that all of his ridiculous over staffing will pay off...
My 850 165 3" uses slightly more than my 800 174, on a couple deep snow occasions this year I had to add fuel at 60-70k but that was all wot. On a normal day 80-90k no problem.
Not sure where you're driving but I've had two work trucks with cognito Uppers and I run some of the worst lease roads in Alberta and I've never done balljoints in less than 40k, most lasted closer to 80thou, maybe you're running them at nasty angles with your keys cranked? Also not sure where...
What year is your truck? Classic body 01-07, 285 75 16 on stock rims is the absolute biggest without at least levelling keys. 07-14 you can squeeze a 295 70 70 or even a 305 if you trim the plastic. 15 and up you can squeeze in a 275 65 20 which is a 34" boot on rims with an 1" more offset than...
Talk to Dave at Redline, can't stress enough how good this guy is, it's not just a business for him, it's his passion and he has a lot of years of experience doing it.
The EXC line is a great option as well as the husky FE-S ( new ktm&husky are now virtually identical ) but I would suggest looking at the Betta RR-s, I've had them all and the beta handles on road MUCH better than the others, the 480 beta also has a bit more oomph than the other 500 class...
Polaris is saying the ranger has 12" and can am claims "up to 11", not sure what that means but going from the defender one day and to the ranger the next, it is very noticeable. I should have measured but I would say the defender was more like 6-8" of clearance.
I was able to get my hands on a new 800 for a few days at work to access some nasty locations in the bush. Non biased opinion is this is a great machine but has a long way to go to reach the true utility segment, the ranger is still by far a superior all around machine. The ergos of defender are...
I've owned two of thes units, both wolfpacks, both great units for two quads and some kids dirt bikes or toys but do not and I repeat, DO NOT put a sxs on the deck of one of these units, I tried and it was so sketchy I wouldn't even leave the farm with it up there, the problem is the mass is...
Cross track deck bolted through box and 3/4" plywood box liner in 4 corners with 4" square aluminum plates under neath the box as well as turnbuckles in all 4 corners, that bioch doesn't move.