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    How to fix my Maggiolina?

    I’ve not done that actual repair so this is mere speculation. You mention “…remove the gear from one end…”. are you able to access the other end? If so, could you thread both nuts from that end, spacing them appropriately? Looking at your first image it appears that the slotted end has a...
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    Starlink on overland rack: Old vs New Style?

    A couple of observations: 1. The 2nd generation (articulated rectangular dish) is designed for winds up to 50 mph. Ours packed up in January after some very windy nights in southern Arizona (antenna mounted on roof rack while camped). The culprit was the articulating motors being fouled by...
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    HUMMER EV EarthCruiser

    Great report - must have been a fun trip. Hope to see one of these this year sometime. Howard
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    Options to insure a GXV Adventure Truck XT?

    Glad you got some quotes. Yes our EarthCruiser is in the US. EarthCruiser USA has been producing EarthCruisers for the North American market since 2013 or so and there are over 100 of them in the US. They're located in Bend, Oregon. Howard
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    Options to insure a GXV Adventure Truck XT?

    A friend has his EarthCruiser insured through Progressive. I don't know the details. We have our EarthCruiser insured through State Farm along with our other vehicles and homeowners. I've heard that State Farm is more likely to insurance a unusual rig if your other coverage is with them and...
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    My Fuso4x4

    We’re now on our 2nd US Fuso based camper (EarthCruiser) and both have the spares vertically on the rear. I never thought much about alternative placements and was happy. However, we then took a 6 month, 16,000 mile wander about the northern half of Australia in an Iveco Daily 4x4 with the...
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    Probably newbish DRW vs. Super Single questions

    One thing I haven't seen mentioned is the potentially greater probability of damaging the sidewall of the outside dual tire if you travel in areas of sharp rocks or hard wood stubs (think of the 6" pieces of fire hardened sumac left after a brush fire). I realize that a very careful driver...
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    Probably newbish DRW vs. Super Single questions

    Lots of reasonable advice so far. For us the primary issue with DRW is the lack of being able to air down for off pavement driving. While reducing tire pressure certainly helps traction the main advantage for us is ride quality on miles and miles of corrugated (washboard) and/or rocky tracks...
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    What AGM battery to repacement of old Odyssey Battery pair in my '05 Ford 6.0 L ?

    I’d use a pair of Odyssey Extremes. Now going on 6 years in our EarthCruiser and they behave like new. Howard
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    RUNVA OR SHERPA?

    I don’t have any experience with RUNVA, but I have watched a Sherpa self destruct when subjected to running for a period of time a comparable Warn winch could easily handle. Depending on what type of winching you anticipate you might research the duty cycle of your options. I do have...
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    Yamaha TW200? Looking for feedback

    Hodakaguy has a current thread on his new TW200 modifications & how the bike fits into a stable that includes KTMs and you guessed it Hodakas! Howard
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    Surprised no one is discussing the Cybertruck today.

    One reason for that is that some countries didn’t need amendments for those issues as the constitutions provided for them without amendments. Check out Switzerland for example. There’s a reason it’s listed as number one country for human freedom. Howard
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    Surprised no one is discussing the Cybertruck today.

    I think the point @rruff was making is that us Americans (that is all of us - not just one or another group of us) really have fewer ”freedoms” that the citizens of 15 other countries and less economic freedom than the citizens of 25 other countries. Interesting point. I’ve only visited about...
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    New to AGM , and my first one is an Odyssey ODX-AGM34R, any one care to help, please ?

    I agree with Dstefan. we have two 100 AH Odyssey Extremes in parallel as the start bank for our 2017 Fuso FG Canter based Earth Cruiser. The batteries were first put in service in 2017 in our previous 2014 EarthCruiser. We moved them over to the current truck in 2018. They've now gone 5...
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    Yamaha TW200? Looking for feedback

    I’m late to the party, but thought I’d add my observations to the list. Background - rode dirt bikes alot as a teenager in the late ‘60s early ‘70s (back when bikes had two rear shocks). Honda Trail 90, Hodaka 100, Penton 125. Mostly desert, a little motocross. Most fun was on my own getting...
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