SirDerpy

It could be the northern Rockies. It could be Iowa (flat). Most of the miles will be interstate and highway. I’ll be pulling the 2.5t trailer almost exclusively for 10-12k miles. Then, I’ll have many short haul loads in the 1-4t range for maybe 2k miles. Then, it’ll spend maybe a third of its remaining life with that same 2.5t, the other two thirds with less than 0.5t payload.

Based on what we’ve both said, it seems like you’d favor a 3/4.

I’m not worried so much about pull power acceleration as efficiency at 70-80mph.

My first year was about 1500lb payload. I went easy on it. But, there’s no such thing when pulling at the limits of the transmission & drive line. This is why I thought of a 1/2 ton, 2.5t sitting at around half the max capacity. But, because I’ll be towing full time for awhile, the accepted perspective seems to be to overkill even a bit more.

OK. Then, I ask with humility and respect, “Why?”.

My objection to the Tundra is that I could buy a diesel for nearly the same money that’d give me double the fuel economy and double the miles. And, it’s not going to be much more reliable than a domestic tuned and maintained by myself.

If I had to have the best gas 1/2 ton on the market then I think it’s a Tundra. But, I’m not looking for the best tool. It seems a 1/2 ton is a mistake. I want best value under the assumption labor is free.

What am I missing?

If I ever tell you who to vote for, don’t listen to me. -B. Sanders

He’d be disappointed that, despite all his educational efforts, you still fucking refuse to think for yourself.

Content wasn’t important, only this. I understand.

Canyon Village isn’t wilderness. Yellowstone isn’t wilderness. No one makes stupid threats in the wilderness.

He wasn’t laughing with Jews about the overbearing kindness of their mothers. If you say the quiet part out loud then you’re of little use in sustaining and increasing profits. It’s easier to burn witches than to acknowledge the quiet part said out loud.

This isn’t rocket science. It’s apathy, an incarnation of MLK’s white moderate.

My friend, it’s so stupid it’s looped back around into extremely wise. If you perceive a wildlife threat then the two most effective tactics are:

1. Put a rock or tree between you and the threat, then keep it between you.

2. Angrily yell at it while waving your arms to appear large (an air horn or a warning shot is a very effective punctuation)

I’ve angrily told off dozens of bears.

THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK! SHOP SMART. SHOP S-MART! YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT. HIS PAWS ARE SWEATY. DARMOK AND JALAD ON THE OCEAN!

You’re right, Obama. I’ll load my AR and start teaching some chemistry. But, rest assured, I’ll never match your kill count.

It seems to me groups have people have been choosing a king to do their reasoning for them since the beginning of humanity. And, the application of computers to communications and profits has significantly raised the bar of adequacy for wise decisions while (US) educational efforts have been in decline for nearly a half century.

How do we encourage the critical mass of free thinkers to break the current paradigm, let alone the ancient one?

Sincerely, does anyone see some sort of plan here? I often feel like I’m shouting into the void for little more than dying with self-respect. Can we reason our way to revolt, already?