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Now is a little too late... I am going to do what obi won kankary does and remove the lower knobs.. -Greg (aka squatting dog)

One of the senior members on the Tesla forum said I should just push him down the highway with the Raptor... With 60kw regen he said it would top the Tesla up faster than a charger.. Lol I suggested hooking up a harness to the front of the Tesla and just dragging it down the highway... I...

At least Jarrett was out of the shop, he is accident prone.. -Greg (aka squatting dog)

I will make my normal non-biased comments.. During the snoball 500 even with my Raptor ass sagging.. The Icon performed wonderfully.. Fast forward to TRR2013, Icons still were functioning as designed.. Until I decided to try and adjust the compression on the rear shocks.. All four of my...

So the Carbon offset between the two equals a pinto... My Raptor meets the need of this adventure so far.. As this project gets underway, we might have to reevaluate the Raptor/raptors... -Greg (aka squatting dog)

Charging while in motion will not work.. It had a double redundancy to prevent people driving off while connected to charger.. At least that is how fully electric vehicles are designed.. 1) The vehicle has to be in park with parking brake set. 2) The BCM (battery control module) which control...

By the way Thank you for supporting my silly cross country adventure... -Greg (aka squatting dog)

Thanks ASS! -Greg (aka squatting dog)

I agree.. Since my pockets have run dry for playing and repairing the Raptor during my offroad stunts.. I have been lucky to take these fairytale road trips with most if not all expenses paid for.. So even though it goes against Raptor code playing on the pavement, as of right now I am still...

The main reason $$$ Tesla has done a great job designing a 300 mile range all electric car, and they have great potential to DC charge full capacity in 30 minutes.. Without their exclusive superchargers, yet they don't want other kids in their sand box... That is why we are using my Raptor...

Okay, I will admit after several weeks on tesla forums... I love FRF! What a bunch of negative nancys, they all drink the Tesla cool aid.. Heaven forbid an outsider has an idea that can radically change the way they do things. It is blasphemy talking about mobile quick chargers and having an...

That has been discussed.. Having two identically prepped Raptors. This way they can leap frog charging stops.. This way they can be fully fueled and waiting for the Tesla and become chase while the other Raptor goes to next stop... Until we work out charging issues, it is pointless outfitting...

The biggest issue I am running into right now is the charging connector and charging protocols.. If you are not familiar with the EV world I will give you a little history... Right now there are two industry standards SAEj1772 and CHAdeMO charging connectors.. No one has agreed on one...

There are no silly questions.. Yes and no... Yes, from laser/radar detection point of view... No, the Tesla has such a low coefficient of drag, that it would hurt it aerodynamics by drafting a Raptor. The reason is because the Raptor sits up so high with a very dirty (lot of crap hanging...

I am planning on doing some offroading when I can afford it again. These silly cross country adventures are being funded by others. I am lucky to be apart of them.. We are working on having a generator powered superchargers installed in the Raptor, this way we always have one available. We...

Hopefully, I can stay close enough to provide needed coverage, since his roofline is pretty low.. We have discussed moving radar detector head to the light bar to give it the highest vantage point as possible.. He might still run a valentine one..we will see how his long distance test turn out...

It will not effect mine at all... Everything is already installed in my Raptor and worked flawlessly during bullrun.. Keeping it out of the Tesla will help because there will be less draw on batteries. Just like we are planning fall/spring for cooler temps so they don't have to run a/c or...

Yes, it is nuts... Driving across the country twice (kansas city to new york, new york to la, la to kansas city) is the easy part.. That's if Guinness lets us only do one run or two back to back.. Keeping the Tesla crew on speed/distance/time and not burning through the battery driving...

Oh yeah... Anything over 48vdc shit gets scary very fast... -Greg (aka squatting dog)

That is why we have to be extremely careful to keep the generator/charger isolated from vehicle ground.. 440volts dc on a 12v system would be very bad! Just like when we stop to recharge a ground rod will have to be driven to ground the gen/charger system.. It is definitely going to be...

The Tesla allows 3 types of charging Level 1 - 120v 15amp AC (6 hours) Level 2 - 220v 40amp AC (3 hours) Level 3 - 440v DC charging (30-45 minutes) AC charging requires it converted to DC to charge. So it is more efficient and faster DC to DC charging.. -Greg (aka squatting dog)

Believe it or not, being a DC generator it is lighter and small compared to an equivalent AC generator.. Plus needing no rectifier, filters or conditioners there is less equipment. The whole system wet weight as quoted by the manufacturer is 620lbs without enclosure... This just in: " Greg...

It is a Tesla S, not a prius! As far as charging while driving.... I have looked into this, unfortunately the Tesla will not charge unless it is in park... It is a designed safety feature... I thought about a trailer and loading the tesla to charge it and still racking up miles. But that is...

Tesla S has an advertised range of 300 miles, I believe it is closer to 260 range. Jeb will be doing some practice runs with the Tesla to get me some numbers. This way I can build the charging system around it.. This one is going to push the limits of the Raptor, the Tesla, and my electrical...

You read that correctly! Squatting Dog Racing is teaming up with team Wheelzup to break the current coast to coast record for an EV. Which currently stands at 84.5 hours.. We will be using Team Wheelzup Tesla S and have Squatting Dog's Raptor be the support/charging vehicle. We will be...