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personally i have been switching over to dacromet coating. It passes a longer SST than galvanizing and is much thinner than galvanizing, so incase you need to replace the nut with a standard one. ( 9 microns vs 60 microns). Whats nice about dacromet, is you dont have to worry about hydrogen...

I have both styles. flat fixed and reversible with and without pivot head. I find myself going to the reversible fixed head the most with the flat fixed in second. the pivot head is good for really tight areas where nothing else will fit, but over time the head will loosen up. +1 on the...

I have had a Smittybilt awning on my jeep for the past 4 years. Its pretty much identical to the ARB and Tapui. I think they all come from the same factory in china. I've been happy with it , its the 8.5'. as with all of the awnings like this , it can be a chore to setup alone, but once you...

No one has mentioned it but always make sure you "Buy where you burn" when it comes to fire wood. This helps keep any type of bugs/disease that might not be native to that area from spreading infection. A good fire starter is wax paper with some saw dust rolled up into a fire burrito. you...

Ever thought of CO2? Instead of building your own system, viair has some nice kits with everything included. I've built my own before kits were available and if i had to do it again id just get one of the extreme duty 100% duty cycle kits. ARB also has a nice high cfm compressor in a box...

Ive ran a ton of different tires, recently am on procomp A/T sports and their xmt2 tires. Both quiet and was very surprised on the mt's low noise level and good mileage. Last set were the xmt gen 1 and got over 50k out of them. Most of the new tires are pretty quiet from BFG , procomp, toyo...

I run a dedicated circuit for my fridge and accessories in the rear with an inline 50 amp ANL fuse under the hood. Used 8 awg wire to run from the battery to a multi output (3 cigarette sockets and 4 USB) My old superduty and jeep factory outlets had too much voltage drop due to undersized...