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[Eastbaylightning]

Went to Costco to buy some eggs, came out with 2 upright freezers!!

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[lazjen]

@lazjen
how did you make out with Cyclone Alfred.

Thankfully, it was anticlimactic. Most of the effects were further south. Better to be prepared than not. Over 330000 homes were without power, some for over a week. However, we didn't lose power at all.

 

[K6CCC]

My Lightning up at a local 2-way radio site. The site lost utility power a few days ago and our site generator was not working. We temporarily had two 2 KW Honda generators keeping the site battery charged. But those needed to be fueled regularly. This was a trip up to fuel the temporary generators. However a luck would have it, the utility power restored about an hour after I arrived, so I removed the two Honda generators are the extension cords I had used.

What gets better was that there are eight battery chargers and each generator could power one. However when I was at the site each trip, I could power three chargers from the inverters in the truck in order to get an extra 100 AH or so into the battery. Although the photo shows a nice day, the first two days, it had been raining and the road was really muddy.

Got to admit that it felt weird driving an electric truck into a gas station to buy gas for the generators.

For the technically curious, the site battery is 4,400 AH at 12 volts, or 52.8 KWH. That is good for about a day and a half.

 

[lazjen]

More truck stuff. Bought an electric ride on mower (can't use it yet because of the rain!). It almost fits in the bed without the tailgate down. Bit nervous driving it up the ramps into the bed as the angle was quite steep.

I've got an electric push mower and brush cutter/strimmer on order as well. With that I should be able to completely divest from using fossil fuels directly.

 

[Power P]

My first 'Lightning doing truck stuff' post...Had the pleasure of using the truck's Pro Power Onboard to power some sawing up of old decking boards before hauling them to the local dump...

I just love the convenience of hooking up power tools to the back of the truck and not having to drag out a long extension cord. And the F-150's bed sure beats mauling the back of my SUV, which is what I had to do previously for such a job. Go Lightning!

 

[iam-s-Hon]

First spring. 30x 3 cu ft bags. Would have been 3 trips to her nursery in the Mach E, then vacuuming it out.

Would have included a pic towing the log splitter for service but I forgot… that I was driving past the shop and didn’t hook it up. Doh. I guess another reason to do truck stuff another time.

 

[iam-s-Hon]

More truck stuff. Bought an electric ride on mower (can't use it yet because of the rain!). It almost fits in the bed without the tailgate down. Bit nervous driving it up the ramps into the bed as the angle was quite steep.

I've got an electric push mower and brush cutter/strimmer on order as well. With that I should be able to completely divest from using fossil fuels directly.

Love my cub cadet electric lawn tractor. Headed into 3rd summer with it and don’t miss the gas, fumes or noise. Went w a tractor to be able to use as a tug for a yard trailer and log splitter. Enjoy your greenworks; the brand is on my list for a trimmer replacement, and other cordless yard tools to replace the corded ones.

 

[RickKeen]

My first 'Lightning doing truck stuff' post...Had the pleasure of using the truck's Pro Power Onboard to power some sawing up of old decking boards before hauling them to the local dump...

I just love the convenience of hooking up power tools to the back of the truck and not having to drag out a long extension cord. And the F-150's bed sure beats mauling the back of my SUV, which is what I had to do previously for such a job. Go Lightning!

I learned the hard way - don't saw stuff on the tailgate because all the sawdust goes into the bed and all over the truck.
But it seemed convenient at the time since no extension cord or sawhorses were needed.

 

[K6CCC]

And at least make sure of where the blade is. I dug a nice slot in the tailgate of my Dodge a few years ago. Good carbide blade did not even slow down when it hit steel (I was doing a plunge cut into plywood).
And no, the only "fix" I did to the 4 inch long slot was file the edges a little so there were no ragged edges I might slice a hand on later.

 

[USA EV]

Love my cub cadet electric lawn tractor. Headed into 3rd summer with it and don’t miss the gas, fumes or noise. Went w a tractor to be able to use as a tug for a yard trailer and log splitter. Enjoy your greenworks; the brand is on my list for a trimmer replacement, and other cordless yard tools to replace the corded ones.

I researched cordless electric trimmers quite a bit and landed on the EGO (Model #: ST1623T). I was primarily focused on power, and I've been happy with it.


Side note: the batteries may be interesting for playing with because I don't believe they require any communications to get the power out. They do have a bit of a BMS in them that after a month or two of inactivity will purposefully dissipate a fully charged battery to a lower level for self-preservation.This just means you have to charge it again before use, pretty cool.

 

[Phil D]

One cubic yard of compost.
1872 lbs
Zero Struggle, didn’t notice it was back there.
2.0 miles/kw. Same energy used if I was empty.

 

[Migaloo]

Just hit 1k miles, so it was time for the inaugural boat towing and launch. Pulls so much better than the old Tundra.

 

[bmwhitetx]

One cubic yard of compost.
1872 lbs

You're actually over 1872 lbs! That number at the top is NOT the current weight (a common misconception). It is your load rating. It should match your tire/loading placard on the driver door jamb. A much requested feature is to display the actual weight. The fact your bar is red, not green means you're over. How much - don't know.

Here is my Onboard Scales with Passenger/Cargo off (just me in the truck and a tonneau). Note the top number is 1682 lbs:

My tire/load placard (same 1682 lbs)

Also note the little +150 in blue that you had. That is the Passenger/Cargo load amount. Use it to tell the truck the weights of passengers that are currently not in the truck (because they are loading the truck). It adds this weight to the bar. If you are in the truck, it is measuring you, so turn that adjustment off.

For example, I turn on the 150 lb. adjustment (bar gets higher).

There is also a scale mode - but you need to reset that to 0 before you start. I haven't quite figured it's display out. Kind of a moving estimate - it seems to underestimates my weight.

 

[Whammy Bar]

You actually over 1872 lbs! That number at the top is NOT the current weight (a common misconception). It is your load rating. It should match your tire/loading placard on the driver door jamb. A much requested feature is to display the actual weight. The fact your bar is red, not green means you're over. How much - don't know.

Here is my Onboard Scales with Passenger/Cargo off (just me in the truck and a tonneau). Note the top number is 1682 lbs:

My tire/load placard (same 1682 lbs)

Also note the little +150 in blue that you had. That is the Passenger/Cargo load amount. Use it to tell the truck the weights of passengers that are currently not in the truck (because they are loading the truck). It adds this weight to the bar. If you are in the truck, it is measuring you, so turn that adjustment off.

For example, I turn on the 150 lb. adjustment (bar gets higher).

There is also a scale mode - but you need to reset that to 0 before you start. I haven't quite figured it's display out. Kind of a moving estimate - it seems to underestimates my weight.

And what... Take 2 trips?? No way Jose.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Doing a little offroading near Moab (offroad entrance to Arches National park). This truck is not a rock crawler. But it can handle some light offroading.

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