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When you were on the jeep run with the local club, were you hearing other people on the radio (and they just weren't responding to anything you said)?

There are multiple ways for an engine to produce the power/torque necessary, a large-capacity engine spinning at a slower speed or a smaller-capacity engine spinning at a higher speed. I'll just point out here that someone could make a similar post and ask similar questions about a diesel and...

I'm a bit confused as to why you say you are having trouble maintaining speed up hills without dropping "all the way to 6th" as though the downshifting is a problem. 6th gear is 1:1 ratio, 7 & 8 are overdrive gears. If the truck downshifts to 6th or 5th to maintain speed going up a grade, is...

Thanks, I don't want to totally derail this thread but I have been debating replacing my front springs after installing a bumper & winch, but didn't want to make the ride stiff (and if anything would like to improve it) and had also considered air bags in the rear for towing, so it seemed like a...

What air bags are you running, and which Synergy springs did you go with? Or do you have a build thread with more info?

I just want to make this absolutely clear, you weighed your trailer and sxs as part of this process? So 500 lbs or in the truck in addition to the 250 lbs of the tent and rack? What does the truck itself weigh? Covered, but then something you seem to ignore the impact of (as you seem to be...

Just a question, are the weights you listed the actual (as in you weighed the whole rig as it was loaded up and ready to roll) weights, or the "curb" or "dry" weights for the trailer and SxS? . And what about camping gear and anything else you had in the trailer/truck? How many people were in...

I'm not finding a great source on the efficiency of direct natural gas fuel cells; but from what I can find they are less efficient than a hydrogen fuel cell, as in essence they do still have to separate the hydrogen out from the natural gas and that takes some additional energy compared to a...

The 80% figure might be accurate for some individual step in the process (perhaps the fuel cell turning 80% of the energy in the hydrogen fuel into electricity), but the total cycle (extracting the hydrogen from water or natural gas, compressing it and getting it into the vehicle, generating...

What is missing here is the assumption that the total amount of capacity that needs to be added is equal to the amount of total usage added, which would only be the case if all of the additional usage is added at peak times. Interestingly, the large difference in peak demand vs baseload has...

This is ignoring the time of use factor; a quick google search is telling me that there is a much greater difference than 21% between peak power usage during the day and the current power usage overnight, in fact peak-to-average ratios range from 1.5 to over 1.8 regionally. And of course your...

Are these vehicles that have ignition keys that are separate from the fobs? Or are they using the same sort of push button start system as the JL/Gladiator where the fob being present in the vehicle is needed to turn on the ignition?

If we are comparing an ICE vehicle powered by hydrogen vs CNG, what you said is probably true; the increased energy density of hydrogen is almost certainly going to be outweighed (quite literally) by the need to store it cryo or at such high pressures. The only real advantage I can see would be...

The info I'm finding with some quick searches doesn't bear that out; the actual driving efficiency of ICE engine vehicles is low enough that you will actually get more miles out of a unit of natural gas by converting it to hydrogen and using it in a FCEV, and even better than that by using the...

Hyrdogen from water is one possible source, I believe the most common source currently is extraction from natural gas. The note about it being a storage medium is really important, and there are some interesting articles and videos out there pointing out that there are some issues with it in...

Since you just posted a link and no comment, I'm not sure if this was meant to refute some of the comments you were replying to, or to serve as an example of the point about checking the sources of information for potential bias?

It isn't just looks; the folded back portion of the top sticks up quite a bit higher than either the closed soft top, or the hard top, and it seems to be just tall enough to hit a lot of people's garage doors (in addition to acting like a bit of sail at highway speeds). The other issue I have...

That is assuming that the box isn't already destroyed (or stolen) by the time it gets to the dealer. You may want to check out the order/build/tracking guide to get an idea of the process, but after the vehicle comes off the assembly line, it can be quite some time before it arrives at the...

Exposure to the elements is certainly an issue, and with the amount of time between when a vehicle ships from the factory, arrives at the dealer, and is picked up by the buyer, the chances for the soft top packaging coming apart, losing parts, or simply disappearing completely would be pretty high.

For the dual top group, it is required because the soft top comes in a big cardboard box in the bed.