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  1. dustinp

    Regulator advice

    .....that's the point! ;)
  2. dustinp

    550 / 560 Go big or go home

    Yeah, I was thinking of you this morning when they were showing all the flooding in Indiana....called it a 1000 yr flood. Yikes! Our caretaker sent me a picture two days ago after they had some strong wind storms in AZ on Sunday night. We've had a couple power outages here this summer, and I...
  3. dustinp

    WI / MI Big Trip

    Yes, even though I tried to explain the enormity of it all to you when you were first inquiring about making the trip there earlier this summer, it's really difficult to do justice to it without actually taking it all in personally. Your departure and my arrival pretty much coincided, so I'm...
  4. dustinp

    Update 2026 560 Ultra Build Pictures

    Makes me wonder.....has there ever been a TD ordered with every option available added (of course except the ones that would preclude a different one from being added). Cary?
  5. dustinp

    Silverado EV TV experience update

    My first service went great! However when I tried to get service at my local Chevy dealer, they said they didn't have a strong enough lift when I told them it was a Silverado EV, so I had to go 25miles south to the next closest dealer. They couldn't have been nicer. First service was free on...
  6. dustinp

    Silverado EV TV experience update

    It looks pretty cool, and if it were built by someone with Craig & Cary's work ethic, and engineering prowess, and would work as nicely as depicted in the videos on a long term basis without the problems that Sweeney described, it would be a nice replacement for a second home to follow the...
  7. dustinp

    Silverado EV TV experience update

    My research found that tire wear on the EV's is about 20-40% higher than on conventional vehicles, and no surprise, a lot that depends on driving habits, but a lot also depends on the weight. So being pretty much the heaviest EV out there other than the Hummer, I expect tire replacement costs...
  8. dustinp

    Silverado EV TV experience update

    No, I didn't get it until the end of April, so not too much cold exposure at this point, but I'm sure like most vehicles exposed to that kind of cold, it won't offer anything close to it's best range. If you pre-warm the vehicle before you take off, while it's still plugged in, both the battery...
  9. dustinp

    Silverado EV TV experience update

    There has been a lot of progress in battery technology, and in bringing their costs down, as we have seen with the sogens, and stand alone LiFePo batteries in the last few years. The Chinese seem to have found the recipe for bringing these savings into their automotive offerings as well, but...
  10. dustinp

    Silverado EV TV experience update

    Cameron is on Hwy 8 just a few miles east of Hwy 53, and Barron is just a few miles west of that same Hwy 8/53 intersection. I was not familiar with that website. I've watched tons of videos both before and since buying ours, but tried concentrating on the newer model years, and since his was...
  11. dustinp

    Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

    Forecast today is for 91 with a dew point of 75. So we will graduate from tropical to swampy.....a good day for inside projects.
  12. dustinp

    Silverado EV TV experience update

    So, we have had the Silverado EV about 3 months now, and have taken two road trips. The first was to Rainy Lake where we rented a houseboat with our daughters family for a 4 day 3 night outing. I charged the truck to 100% state of charge (SOC) the night before we left using our off peak charger...
  13. dustinp

    Fridge / Cooler A New Freezer/fridge Option

    Yeah, it may not be worth spending much time or money on. I was getting ready for a quick run over to Oshkosh, so didn't have time to either repair or replace it before leaving. Since it did run continuously and freeze whatever was in it, I decided to use water bottle ice blocks, and had three...
  14. dustinp

    Fridge / Cooler A New Freezer/fridge Option

    Had my Dometic CF-35 give this me some trouble this morning. I used it a couple weeks ago to freeze some ice before heading out on a houseboat trip, and set it for -4F it worked fine overnight, but in the morning after opening it to add some additional things, it went to 22F on its own. We were...
  15. dustinp

    Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

    Yeah, it's a little more smokey here today too. They are saying that with as many wildfires as there are in northern MN and Canada, that they won't all be out until the snow flies. I'm afraid that until then, we are going to be at the mercy of the winds to determine whether or not we have smokey...
  16. dustinp

    Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

    ....and just when you were wondering if you should keep it or not, it comes to your rescue, and redeems itself for a while longer. Probably not a bad idea to run it for a bit anyway, just so the seals etc. don't get dried out, brittle, and crack. :)
  17. dustinp

    Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

    Considerable improvement since yesterday.
  18. dustinp

    Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

    I think a lot of it is from the BWCA in northern MN. There are about 20 fires going up there right now, and the whole BWCA has been closed and campers evacuated for just the the third time in the history of the area. There are hazardous air quality warnings for a large part of the state...
  19. dustinp

    Going to the Sun road...

    It's been a few years now, but my dad grew up in Montana, and most of his 8 siblings stayed either there or further west in WA, or OR. Starting in the early 50's they would have a family reunion faithfully every two years, most of which were in Montana, with an occasional outlier in Seattle, or...
  20. dustinp

    Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

    Hope they get those hay bales picked up before that, or are they the plastic wrapped ones...couldn't tell form the pic. Supposed to be a heat index of 105 degrees today (actual temps in the 90's with humidity in the 90's+, and dew points in the mid 70's), and similar, but slightly cooler for the...
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