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The backflip has drain tubes? Do all tonneau covers do? I don't own one but will be looking for one soon and never imagine they'd need drain tubes

Socks are approved as chain replacements in all states. Some studies claim you get better traction. I'm sure it depends somewhat on conditions.

I've been curious about tire socks, my son said he loves his and gets better traction that chains. I suspect they don't last as long, but I think I'm going to get those and there should be no clearance issue with that.

Yes the truck meets the traction law with its regular tires, not the chain law. The few times I used chains on my other vehicle was when we unexpectedly had to put some on coming home from somewhere and the weather had turned.

I read the user's manual and it says to put snow chains on the back only? It also only lists tire sizes starting in 265 but my tires are 275/65R18 I bought the truck used, does it mean the owner added bigger tires? It also says no self-tightening chains. I think these will fit 0233805...

In Colorado you are required to carry traction devices (chains or socks) in certain areas, even if conditions at the time don't require you to use them. I almost never use them (I had an SUV for 24 years and used chains maybe twice, my Subaru Sedan is 11 years old and the chain packaging has...

Yeah I've got a large deductible on my homeowner insurance so not worth filing a claim (time for "well self-insure for the small stuff" statement to become a reality). The cops think the petty thief was after the credit cards and cash, likely tossed the purse and keys in a ditch. As you say...

Does anyone know if the Autel MaxilM KM100 programmer would program my 2023 F150 key? Because it might be cheaper for me to buy the equipment to reprogram 2 vehicles than to pay 2 dealers for reprogramming.

Ah, if only truck fit in my garage, but the garage is at least 4" too short. They don't make them like they used to.

Yes wish I had known about this earlier

That's a good question. It looks like on my Nissan they can't program a key to match an existing one, they reprogram all keys including the blank one, which invalidates the stolen fob. My Nissan fits in the garage, the truck is parked up front. And the Nissan doesn't have a physical key/blade...

My wife's purse was stolen, canceled the credit cards, said goodbye to the cash but the keys to both our vehicles were in it I can't lose sleep over the fact that they have my address and my truck keys, they're petty thieves that were after the credit cards, unlikely to come for the truck (and...

The "ultimate camera setup" for me would be: (25' travel trailer for me) - rear camera, on the road to supplement the mirrors, but especially for backing in and out of site. - side cameras to supplement the mirrors, ideally automatically switch to the side cameras automatically when using the...

My garage door opener. I don't want to leave it in the truck when parked at home so people can't simply smash my truck window and have the run if the house, but I keep losing it in the cavernous storage console between the seats. And mints. Gotta have mints within reach.

gotta love the fit on those! Mine have a "carpet" topper that is removable for cleaning.