BigBrother-84 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Ok, I finally got the Titanic engine finished. Here are the pictures of the completed model: Wow Bill, really impressive model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Ok, I finally got the Titanic engine finished. Here are the pictures of the completed model: Wow! Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85lebaront2 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 It's keeping you occupied. How's your back? Still bothering me. I am scheduled for an injection on April 15th at 10:40 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Still bothering me. I am scheduled for an injection on April 15th at 10:40 AM. Tax day. How fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85lebaront2 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Tax day. How fun! Did you catch the time significance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Did you catch the time significance? Yeah, I get it Next you're gonna tell me it's in room 1099 bld W2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Still bothering me. I am scheduled for an injection on April 15th at 10:40 AM. Hope it works Bill! I had three and no luck. I have stenosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch47 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Did you catch the time significance? Impressive model. I really appreciate attention to detail, and that is good stuff right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Impressive model. I really appreciate attention to detail, and that is good stuff right there. Thought y'all might enjoy Motor Trend's 2024 Tesla Cybertruck vs. Rivian R1T vs. Ford F-150 Lightning: The Only Comparison Test You'll Need. And here's a telling set of charts, which explain why I'm not in the market for an e-truck. As previously said, when we take Blue we are going for 500+ miles/day. But these trucks only get about 1/2 of that and then need an hour and a half to over two hours charging to get you the rest of the way. And towing a really sleek 3000 lb travel trailer cuts that range significantly, to 160 to 200 miles at an average speed of 50 MPG. So towing Big Blue (~9000 lbs with all the spare parts + trailer) would probably have cut that to 100 miles - if that. Compare that to towing with Blue where we ran 75 MPH, got 9 MPG, and went 300 miles per tank on our 1000 mile overnight return trip. We did that trip in about 15 hours with four 20 minute gas stops for an average speed of 67 MPH. But it looks like an e-truck would need about 10 stops for charging, which would be another 15 to 20 hours. So with the 13.33 hours of driving at 75 MPH plus 18 hours of charging (the average of the three) the trip would have taken 31 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat in tn Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Thought y'all might enjoy Motor Trend's 2024 Tesla Cybertruck vs. Rivian R1T vs. Ford F-150 Lightning: The Only Comparison Test You'll Need. And here's a telling set of charts, which explain why I'm not in the market for an e-truck. As previously said, when we take Blue we are going for 500+ miles/day. But these trucks only get about 1/2 of that and then need an hour and a half to over two hours charging to get you the rest of the way. And towing a really sleek 3000 lb travel trailer cuts that range significantly, to 160 to 200 miles at an average speed of 50 MPG. So towing Big Blue (~9000 lbs with all the spare parts + trailer) would probably have cut that to 100 miles - if that. Compare that to towing with Blue where we ran 75 MPH, got 9 MPG, and went 300 miles per tank on our 1000 mile overnight return trip. We did that trip in about 15 hours with four 20 minute gas stops for an average speed of 67 MPH. But it looks like an e-truck would need about 10 stops for charging, which would be another 15 to 20 hours. So with the 13.33 hours of driving at 75 MPH plus 18 hours of charging (the average of the three) the trip would have taken 31 hours. and I can fill my flareside in 5 minutes. cover 600 miles at an average of 75mph. repeat! and this affords me the ability to go see dad and only be away from home for four days. 2k mile round trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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