Recent content by Quint

I live in the Twin Cities but routinely drive out onto lakes to ice fish and haul my snowmobile trailer on unplowed roads up on the Iron Range. I've run Duractracs and Falcon Wildpeak A/T3W on my two 5th gen trucks. My brother-in-law manages several Discount Tire stores, so is my new tire...

Maybe he's more knowledgeable than most, but if I went to get my windshield tinted I would not have understood that any of my electronics had a chance of getting fried. If they told me that was a risk, then that is a different story. I guess it's like hiring painters. You might expect the risk...

That $90 gasket must be made out of magic materials and sprinkled with glitter....

Rain or light snow. Deeper snow is 4-hi. I do put it into 4-low several times per season to ensure that everything gets used. Use it or lose it.

I had a misfire on my 2015 truck starting around 74k miles. It ended up being the cam and lifters. Prior to that diagnosis, I replaced spark plugs and coils but that didn't fix it.

I've heard it when guys are trying to drive around the city or park in a tight parking garage!

I'm happy that you got it done. The last starter I did was on an '85 F150. The starter was so easy to access - it took me only 20min. My Ram took me 5hrs because I couldn't get that bottom bolt out until I found the right tool combo.

The starter went out on my 2021 Ram back in May. It was the same thing - one click and then nothing. I picked up a remanufactured starter from one of the chain part stores for $215 or so because the two dealerships near me didn't have any OEM starters in stock. The new starter has been just...

At least Ram is looking into it. There are always ghosts in the machine...

I never saw the e-bike or the rider. I was out on a 30-mile bike ride myself that morning, so everything was done by the time I returned home. I suspect that his bike was in worse shape than my truck. That was an expensive morning for him considering his bike damage, any medical/re-hab bills...

Ironically I was out on a bike ride myself (no, I don't own an e-bike). I guess that he and his bike continued down the street until he realized that he was too disoriented to keep moving. Eventually the police showed up, thanks to my neighbor. Otherwise he would have eventually gotten his...

As I understand importing, whomever you work with for the logistics will have to go through customs. They will pay the fees, taxes, and tariffs on your behalf and then you compensate the logistics company for their work and all payments incurred on your behalf.

When you authorize the shop to "clean the pipes and replace a sensor" then the payment is for those goods and services. The verbal or written contract is for the parts and service, period. The only grounds you have to stand upon is if you took the truck in, said that it wasn't working, and they...

A guy on an e-bike slammed into my parked truck over the weekend. He got beat up pretty good trying to ram my Ram. He left behind a tooth, a few drops of blood, and a lot of broken bike parts. Luckily a neighbor saw it, called the police, and they wrote up a report. My insurance is involved and...

I thought this said '...could fall off or fly during ELUSIVE driving....' Visions of Smokey & The Bandit crept into my mind.