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  1. Optimistic Paranoid

    Durability of DCU shells?

    I've just bought a 2012 F250 and I'm planning to put a DCU shell from either ARE or Century on the back. On a different forum I frequent, some body posted the following comment on them: "I have an ARE DCU on my Ram 2500. I also had one on my previous F350. I love them for working out of...
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    Question for Ford SuperDuty owners

    Howdy. I just got a 2012 F250. The stock tires seem to be 31's. For those of you that have gone bigger, how do you carry a matching spare? I guess I'm really wondering how big a spare tire you can fit in the stock underbed location? 32? 33? 35? (would be nice). Thanks. Regards John
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    Ford Rear End Question

    I'm in the process of looking around for a truck. Still doing a lot of research. According to the Wikipedia article on Ford SuperDuties, The one ton (350s) all come with Dana 60 front ends, but some of them have Dana 80 rears and some have a Sterling (Ford Corporate, I think) with a 10.5 inch...
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    Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network

    I just renewed my annual membership in the Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network. On a whim, I checked to see if anyone had mentioned it here, and I didn't find anything on it, so I thought I would post something. It costs $85 a year to belong. Of that, 25%, or $21.25, goes into a special...
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    S&W M&P Question

    I have an idea for a project gun. It will be based on a full sized S&W M&P 45. But only if I can get EXACTLY what I want - which is NO external safety and NO internal lock. I've been on S&W's web site. It's obvious that some M&P 45s have the safety and some don't. And from looking at their...
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    Fridge-in-a-box?

    Hi all. So far, I've read through about 50 pages of back posts. Say I want to build an off-road camping trailer, and I want it to be capable of fording small streams, so I'm thinking a solid, waterproof main box. And a solid lid to keep the rain out, natually. I want to keep an electric...
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    Dogs in the back country

    Hi all. New guy here, first post actually, so perhaps I should tell you a little bit about myself before I post my question. I'm getting ready to retire in a couple of years and am planning to full time RV in a more or less expedition style. I'm thinking a 4X4 pickup and small - 16 to 20 ft...
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