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group buy on Yetis?

 

now is the time - their shipping dates have gotten significantly better

 

I'm torn between an rtic soft LB or 20. I've got these and an 20L Engel fridge/freezer. I want something for the front floorboard

 

RTIC, although I'm bias you saw i have the RTIC 40 in my rig and a custom RTIC 30oz Gzilla designs tumbler with the rock therapy logo

If i were to order another cooler id probably just get the RTIC 40 in white, NOT TAN, the tan is a cool kids color but it sure does get hot in the sun!

 

Ozark Trail FTW

 

how well do those yeit and or pelican coolers work? how long do they hold ice? Heres another day trip teaser

 

Depends on a bunch of factors, but they hold ice very well! If I were to buy one right now I would go with RTIC. That said I love my yeti!

 

yeah ive been debating the price here in Canada makes you cringe

 

I got my pelican for $200 brand new from a guy who knows a guy that dates his daughters best friends cousins neighbors school teacher. On par to Yeti as far as I can tell. Stays cold longest with not opening the lid and leaving it open to long. Sounds stupid but I keep a separate smaller cooler for beer and bottled water. Knowing that You will be opening it very freq. Atleast I will.

 

Might not be the best place to ask but we will see what you guys come up with first... It's starting to become winter in Canada and I'm looking for a good winter tire that looks agressive and comes in maybe like a 32-33. What do you all recommend?

 

nokian makes a nice winter tire

 

Cooper ATW maybe? I've been looking into those.

 

I like both the nokian and the cooper. Wish they came in a more agressive tread but that's okay rather not slide off the road like last year

 

If you looking for an AT tire that is also winter rated you're options are basically durtracs, KO2's, and the cooper stt. Out of those I have personally put 35K on the KO2's and they've been great in deep snow on the trail and on the streets. As far as the coopers go I've wheeled with many guys in the deep snow and they do great as well. I'd personally stay away from the duratracs. Nearly everyone I've spoken to says they're great until about half life and then they really take a crap.

 

I used my RTIC wheeling last weekend, strapped in the back of the bed in full sun all day long.

Put maybe 30 room temp sodas / la croix in it on friday night with a bag of ice, sat went wheeling and still had ice. The cooler was opened probably 20 times through out that day, still had ice that evening and the next morning. Put cooler in my garage where temps reach 80 during the days. Drinks were still cold the next sat (8 days) from sitting in the cold water in my garage during the week. Yeah id say they work GREAT!! well worth the $174 bucks and ill never use a crappy coleman cooler ever again

 

x2^ RTIC works great especially for half price of a Yeti

 

Thank you! Those tires look like they handle snow pretty well! Not sure how much snow we will actually get this year. Heard it's supposed to be a lot but last year basically got nothing.

 

I found this video the other day... and went with RTIC

 

Posted this in the 3Gen forum, but maybe better suited for here...

Anyone running hitch mounted tire carriers? Looking at Hitchgate solo, maybe a Gate-R. Best answer is bumper mounted swing out, but that's still somewhat far down on the build order.

Looking forward to some good input...

 

~x4. $550 vs. $2200. Or a full set of under armor plus most of the cost of sliders...