Tow Vehicle

The EV truck question has gone around and around in my circles. As my daily driver it would be great! I don’t have payload or towing most days.

But when it comes to recreation time, where I used to hunt you can’t even find a power line. I’d have to drag my 3k genny with me to go on a day long chukar hunt. With no cell service there is too much uncertainty.

Now, I would love the quiet to get into deer hunting spots, or driving the canyons looking for birds. Definite advantage there.

When we would go camping, I would have to tow the boat 37 miles with 3000 ft elevation gain, launch boat, wife drives boat to cove, I meet here there, get boat moored, head back to house to pick up trailer, and tow to campsite with no hook-ups. Add several 14 mile trips into Truckee, lather, rinse, repeat. No EVT is going to handle that without running the 3k genny for an afternoon charge.

Nautique’s EV G23 would be essentially useless in this environment as well. The Tahoe NF is years behind in replacing fire rings and tables at camp sites let alone putting in any electrical infrastructure, and the Dept of Reclamation isn’t going to foot that bill.

I love the idea of an EV, but in reality I think we need to be looking at Hydrogen hybrid (EV with hydrogen IC generator) vehicles to go carbon neutral and make for reliable range. Energy from the battery could catalyze water into hydrogen for IC generator to recharge said battery.


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The irony of using a gas generator to charge an EV….. love it


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Originally Posted by larry_arizona

The irony of using a gas generator to charge an EV….. love it


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You could always follow him around with your new F150 and be his "fuel cart". Claims you can run a house, should be able to charge an EV.

I kidd, I kidd.

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Originally Posted by 2in2out

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But when it comes to recreation time, where I used to hunt you can’t even find a power line. I’d have to drag my 3k genny with me to go on a day long chukar hunt. With no cell service there is too much uncertainty.


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I guess I'm old school....I use dogs to flush chukar. Where I hunt, no vehicles or cell service would be a welcomed reprieve. [emoji2375]

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Originally Posted by RC_Hinojosa

I guess I'm old school...

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don't know if I'd call it old school or differences in the country in hunting. always found it funny that:

idaho deer hunting- 3 days off hiking miles and miles up and down mountains tracking deer that you have been scouting all summer. shoot a deer. quarter it and spend a day or 2 packing it all back out to a car. no shower, no phone, no vehicles. horses or 4wheelers MAYBE. and doused in deer urine daily to hide scent.

wisconsin deer hunting- saturday, grab a lunch, 6pack and cell phone. climb up in the deer stand and turn on saturday college football and deep into a 6pack, deer comes by your blind you have been baiting all summer. shoot. drive truck up to stand, load up deer and home for dinner.


neither state can understand the appeal to hunting in the other one.. always made me laugh when talking to hunters about it.

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Originally Posted by sandm

neither state can understand the appeal to hunting in the other one.. always made me laugh when talking to hunters about it.

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This is funny because I’ve done both of those hunts and live in MN now, I love telling people about MN hunting because they just can’t believe we call it hunting.

Also we have an R1S deposit for my wife. We wouldn’t tow with it, just a grocery getter. Im trying to convince her to switch to the Cadillac lyriq.

I agree, it will be a while before you could get an EV tow vehicle. There needs to be a big infrastructure change, but it will happen.

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Originally Posted by sandm

don't know if I'd call it old school or differences in the country in hunting. always found it funny that:

idaho deer hunting- 3 days off hiking miles and miles up and down mountains tracking deer that you have been scouting all summer. shoot a deer. quarter it and spend a day or 2 packing it all back out to a car. no shower, no phone, no vehicles. horses or 4wheelers MAYBE. and doused in deer urine daily to hide scent.

wisconsin deer hunting- saturday, grab a lunch, 6pack and cell phone. climb up in the deer stand and turn on saturday college football and deep into a 6pack, deer comes by your blind you have been baiting all summer. shoot. drive truck up to stand, load up deer and home for dinner.


neither state can understand the appeal to hunting in the other one.. always made me laugh when talking to hunters about it.

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These two scenarios aren't necessarily state specific... there is a pretty wide philosophical divergence when it comes to hunting and the push to the extreme "Idaho" hunting model seems to be favored in today's instagram world. Hunting doesn't appear approachable by the hobbiest these days because they think you need the finest tactical gear while spending a whole year training to shoot the biggest buck ever measured, and if you don't post a picture of this world record buck then the last 12 months of your life were a compete failure. Nothing but the utmost respect for those types of hunters, but we can't sustain the sport without the hobbiests.

Hunting should be more about the experience and the people, no matter how "extreme"... I'm in Texas, so I might be biased in the home to deer feeders and box blinds. But I love being able to walk out before sun set in a t-shirt with my 5 yr old son, hop in the blind, and see 5-10 deer and a handful of pigs every hunt. I can also bath in no scent soap for a week and hop in a tree stand to bow hunt for el jefe that I have been patterning for a year. No pressure hunting that is approachable for any family member or friend that likes to join me is what it's all about...

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Originally Posted by RC_Hinojosa

I guess I'm old school....I use dogs to flush chukar. Where I hunt, no vehicles or cell service would be a welcomed reprieve. [emoji2375]

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I’ve never hunted with a dog that was worth a crap, and that includes 3 western regional champions.

I don’t know what it is about hunting dogs around me, but they malfunction every time, owners are so embarrassed. These are dogs I’ve known too. The scenario also usually ends up in the dog having explosive diarrhea.

I was too poor as a kid to have a hunting dog, but I never needed one as my dad always got us on the birds and he could almost always find them. I have a deficiency in being able to discern grey colors, so I have trouble finding downed birds.

My friend and I were considering getting Surron e-bikes to get into some hunting areas vs using his Teryx or beating up our trucks to get there. Nice quiet approach and fast.


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If the terrain isn't horrible....an EV John Deere Gator is a great hunting vehicle. Quiet, can haul gear in and gear and kill out. Hills and rough terrain will eat the battery though, just like towing with an EV.

The disability hunt charity event they do around me uses them and they get a pass so they can hunt from the vehicle (otherwise illegal).

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Originally Posted by 2in2out

I was too poor as a kid to have a hunting dog, but I never needed one as my dad always got us on the birds and he could almost always find them.


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I was too poor to have a dog as a kid, period, let alone a hunting dog.

I've owned dogs since college when I had my own place and my own rules [emoji6]. All I've ever had were Labrador Retrievers and while they may not be the nimblest chasing quail & chukar, they keep me out of the nasty when it comes to duck & geese.



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