TigersnJeeps

My fear is that our 2013 will get wrecked/stolen or suffer a catastrophic failure and w have to buy a replacement pickup.... between start/stop, fuel mgmt, nanny crap and cost, I would be searching hard and long for something older.

My favorite option on ours (Lariat FX-4 with Luxury pkg) is the 36 gallon fuel tank.

Downside of the truck is small payload (<1k lb).

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The experience and expertise was back in Washington.

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And corporate moved to Chicago... which didn't help

We had a 2002 FX-4 Crew with over 200k miles then the electronics went wonky in 2017 or so (we were the 2nd owners). It had 5.4 2V.

It would randomly not recognize the keys. Tried new keys, and replaced ignition and other stuff I don't recall. Neither Ford nor an independent shop could fix it.

Traded it on a 2013 FX-4. Nicer more comfortable with more power. But I'd still rather have the 02 due to its relative simplicity.

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"several thousand times" over the course of several years.

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The department and FLock should be embarrassed at a minimum...

We live on 5 acres in a rural area. Our driveway is about 350 long and I would like to monitor it, esp when on vacation. We have some pine trees that are about 75-100 ft from the house. Home WiFi is weak at potential mounting locations plus cellular would potentially be available even if power lost.

Currently no other security cameras on the house.

Neighboring lot owner uses Moultrie. I have been looking at Tactacam.

We have decent ATT 5G signal. 2 bars on Iphone typically.

Appreciate any advice, suggestions or lessons learned

Which brand did you get?

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Raising Canes but in true LSU fashion Todd stole the concept down to,the sauce from Guthries. A company that originated in Alabama.

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My wife and I are AU alums and we both said that when we tried Raising Canes for the first time a couple of weeks ago. They recently opened in Pensacola - busy whenever we drive by.

I was the one that metnioned that.

Part of the issue I think is that a single site could have 2 larger (30amp/50amp) draws simultaneously that the individual power pedestals aren't designed for.... multiply that across multiple sites, and the whole system may be stressed. Newer or updated CGs may account for this but older ones may not.

I haven't seen it yet but it has been discussed....

When I worked construction in the FL summers in the 80s while in college, I would hit the surplus store for Vietnam era/style jungle boots.

They worked great.

Used jump boots during winters in Iowa.

I go to a surplus store now to buy long pants for working in the yard etc. Mostly USAF BDUs in this area....

So words on a board are responsible for individuals being marginalized.

How would you define "marginalized"? Is it an abstract where individuals have opinions about a segment of society yet have no direct impact on them?

Or is where individuals by physical action or enacting policy that prevents others from improving their station?

I like Neal Boortz' term: urban outdoorsmen

ETA - dang someone beat me to it!