TheGrrrrr
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Post-LCDC Update:
The Timbren Active Offroad Bump Stop upgrade was probably single biggest improvement I've made to the vehicle since upgrading to 4.88 gears and Eaton Lockers front and Rear. The truck was loaded heavier than it has been for any event trip I've taken and yet my rear bumper did not make contact with anything, and I never bottomed out even when dropping off shelves with more speed than is ideal. Before I upgraded the bump stops, I was pretty consistently scraping up the rear bumper corners and more than a few times I landed the rear end on the spare tire underneath. None of that happened on this trip despite plenty of situations where it would have happened in the past.
Before this trip I switched to Mobile 1 synthetic 5w-30 and was keen to see if it impacted fuel efficiency at all. It did not. If anything, I probably had my best overall fuel efficiency for this type of trip. I averaged 13.94 mpg over 1827.98 miles, including trails, according to OBD Fusion (calibrated to manually calculated efficiency before the trip), but did not track manually during the trip. The truck seemed to run smoother with better overall engine sound (hard to explain aside from sounding less like a diesel sewing machine) and temps were great even under heavy load on mountain passes.
iPad mount worked great, but still not happy with the data setup. Will probably upgrade to a 5G iPad and ditch the hotspot. Gathered a lot of good feedback on the WeBoost option I've been considering and not really thinking it makes enough of a difference. Open to data indicating otherwise.
The Timbren Active Offroad Bump Stop upgrade was probably single biggest improvement I've made to the vehicle since upgrading to 4.88 gears and Eaton Lockers front and Rear. The truck was loaded heavier than it has been for any event trip I've taken and yet my rear bumper did not make contact with anything, and I never bottomed out even when dropping off shelves with more speed than is ideal. Before I upgraded the bump stops, I was pretty consistently scraping up the rear bumper corners and more than a few times I landed the rear end on the spare tire underneath. None of that happened on this trip despite plenty of situations where it would have happened in the past.
Before this trip I switched to Mobile 1 synthetic 5w-30 and was keen to see if it impacted fuel efficiency at all. It did not. If anything, I probably had my best overall fuel efficiency for this type of trip. I averaged 13.94 mpg over 1827.98 miles, including trails, according to OBD Fusion (calibrated to manually calculated efficiency before the trip), but did not track manually during the trip. The truck seemed to run smoother with better overall engine sound (hard to explain aside from sounding less like a diesel sewing machine) and temps were great even under heavy load on mountain passes.
iPad mount worked great, but still not happy with the data setup. Will probably upgrade to a 5G iPad and ditch the hotspot. Gathered a lot of good feedback on the WeBoost option I've been considering and not really thinking it makes enough of a difference. Open to data indicating otherwise.