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With the amount of propane you have on hand, a propane powered generator would seem like the simplest solution....no stale gas or diesel to worry about between the rare outages, but with the amount of open space you have a ground mounted solar array with a battery (or EV) back up would certainly...

.....unfortunately the other major Japanese motorcycle manufacturers who all used Bridgestone tires on their bikes, decided they didn't like the success that Bridgestone was having, so told them if they continued to sell bikes, they would find another source for their tires. Since tire sales far...

What I've read, is that due to comparable various manufacturing pollution with both IC's and EV's, the EV's are not really green compared to an IC vehicle until they reach about 50K miles. After that is when they have accounted for their manufacturing pollution by reduced operating pollution...

That great WI company Kwik Trip has started adding high speed chargers to their stations recently, so hopefully they will become a lot more commonplace in the near future. https://www.kwiktrip.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Binder2.pdf There are quite a few apps in addition to the ones...

Wait a minute.....didn't you say you were done with WI winters, and taking the big rig south next winter???You could tow your EV behind to the warmer Clime! ;)

Growing up, my best friends dad owned a small engine repair shop which also sold lawnmowers, snowblowers, snowmobiles, and motorcycles. They were a Bridgestone dealer, and through my friend who was a two years older than me, I was able to ride his motorcycles on the back roads where law...

Yeah, it was a sweet ride, but I ended up selling it and buying a Triumph TR-6 with some bolt-on body damage, which I repaired and had repainted...another sweet ride. I thought long and hard about PHEVs. It does sound like the best of both worlds, but then as you say, if 90+% of your driving is...

In 1968 my first car was a '63 Beetle that I rebuilt the engine in, using parts from the JC Whitney catalog. I put in oversized pistons & cylinders, and replaced the single barrel carb and manifold with a two barrel for a nice performance boost. It was painted Cat yellow with a black racing...

I had looked at the VW EVs ( as well as pretty much every other EV sold in the US), and while a VW fan in general, I was disappointed in the range offerings of their EVs, so not too surprised with your experience. Range was probably the main thing I looked at when researching EVs. As EV's go...

Yeah, I think the pent up demand following the pandemic pretty much allowed the manufactures go hog wild on their pricing, but I also think they have caught up with demand for the most part now, and you are seeing a lot of those ultrahigh sticker prices being heavily discounted with lots of new...

I've been using this in our diesel VW in AZ, and our JD tractor with the Yanmar diesel for quite a few years with good results, but I think you're right, three years is pushing it. Star Tron Enzyme Fuel Treatment - Concentrated Diesel Formula They also make a gasoline version that the local...

FWIW The manufacturer of the LiFePo4 batteries we have recommend that when you are storing the batteries for long periods, that they be charged only to about 60% before storing, which is what we do with our EcoFlow sogen units, and bike batteries when we head to the southwest during the winter...

FWIW It sounds like the TD has something wanting to draw power as soon as it's available (probably the charger at least) and there's a little arc between the trailer prongs and the plug contacts as they near each other at maybe not quite a square angle, so one is making contact just slightly...

Sounds like a plan to me.;)

While it's again leaving kicking and screaming, winter is definitely on its way out, along with the ice.

We'll be rejoining the mid-west roller-coaster weather in less than a week now, so hoping the snowblower won't required any further this season.;)

Woke about 6:30 this morning to a Good Friday air show.

For the last several years, as we do our daily walks around the nearby lakes at our AZ winter home, there has been an owl we keep an eye out for who nests in a palm near the walking path and has a brood about this time each year. I try to capture her in a photo, but with usually mixed...

Actually aviation kinda does do that. In most of the certified planes I have owned or been partners in, all of the wiring was white, with no labels, and the only noticeable difference between one wire and another might be the gauge size printed on the fireproof tefzel jacket over the tinned...

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