2006 Toyota Tundra DC hunting rig/family wagon/adventure mobile
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mangymarmot
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What did you decide to do? Fix the bed or flatbed?
huntsonora
Explorer
I found a replacement tail light on amazon for $60 so I popped the dent as best I could and then put the new light in. That will hold me over for now but I have a custom fabricator that hunted bear with me in August thats designing an aluminum flatbed for me. If it's somewhat affordable I'll have him build it but that will be a decision to make when the plans are drawn.
I guarantee this guy will design something awesome. His work is incredible
seanpistol
Explorer
I bet you could pound that dent out pretttttty good.....
4Rescue
Expedition Leader
Aussie Ute-Bed and don't look back. IMO it's the only kind of bed I'd want on a pickup anymore after using them heavily in OZ.
Great looking DC BTW, I kinda wonder if I wouldn't have been just as happy to buy a 1st Gen like that instead of buil;ding the Diesel 4Runner I'm in the middle of now. LOVE those trucks, so many good things about them.
Cheers
Dave
Great looking DC BTW, I kinda wonder if I wouldn't have been just as happy to buy a 1st Gen like that instead of buil;ding the Diesel 4Runner I'm in the middle of now. LOVE those trucks, so many good things about them.
Cheers
Dave
huntsonora
Explorer
This is my truck with the 265/75's but I'm thinking about going with 235/85's
Any thoughts on this? The ST Maxx's in 235/85r17 are 5lbs lighter but are essentially the same height. 31.8" vs 32" and the tire is 1" narrower
Any thoughts on this? The ST Maxx's in 235/85r17 are 5lbs lighter but are essentially the same height. 31.8" vs 32" and the tire is 1" narrower
tyv12
Adventurer
Had 235's on my tundra when I first bought it, drove nice and straight with the skinny tires but the pizza cutter look didn't do it for me, on a stock rim those tires get pretty short and are very skinny, I don't see much advantage over a 265/75
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seanpistol
Explorer
That one was custom built and by far the nicest one I've seen on a 1st Gen.
I bought a snowmobile ramp off Craigslist and it ended up being from this guy... he's a 17 year old kid or something. Checked out the flatbed pretty thoroughly. It's well built, but the styling is pretty goofy IMHO. Just not the way I would have gone about it.
huntsonora
Explorer
Just pulled this stunt on Sunday evening...
I will never leave my house without a Delorme InReach ever again. I was 15 miles from anywhere with no cell service so I loaded up my pack with food and water and walked out. The road was one that doesn't get much traffic, much less on a Sunday evening with a storm about to blow in.
On another note, I need new tires again. I have been on the verge of going with a 235/85/16 the last two times I've purchased tires. I know for a fact that I'll go with an all terrain this go round instead of the ST Maxx tires because I don't really need the ST Maxx until hunting season.
If I go with 265/75's I'll go with the ATP
If I go with 235/85's I'll go with the AT3
AT3's are $580 out the door with certificates which is pretty damn hard to beat. Thoughts?
I will never leave my house without a Delorme InReach ever again. I was 15 miles from anywhere with no cell service so I loaded up my pack with food and water and walked out. The road was one that doesn't get much traffic, much less on a Sunday evening with a storm about to blow in.
On another note, I need new tires again. I have been on the verge of going with a 235/85/16 the last two times I've purchased tires. I know for a fact that I'll go with an all terrain this go round instead of the ST Maxx tires because I don't really need the ST Maxx until hunting season.
If I go with 265/75's I'll go with the ATP
If I go with 235/85's I'll go with the AT3
AT3's are $580 out the door with certificates which is pretty damn hard to beat. Thoughts?
calicamper
Expedition Leader
Umm you cant leave this one unexplained. Broken leaf spring?
AaronK
Explorer
huntsonora
Explorer
I was hustling down to a ranch in NM that I run hunts on and took a "shortcut". It means going about 40 miles on dirt starting in CO and ending up in NM. It made sense because the I-25 corridor was getting snow and I wanted to avoid all that mess. Anyway, I was on a flat stretch of road and my tires got sucked into a rut and it kicked me out a bit sideways and I went off the road and my right rear tire hit a boulder that was buried in the dirt. The boulder won as it sheared the pin that connected my axle to my leaf springs and pushed the entire axle back a foot. I was without jack stands and big enough tools to get it out back in place so I loaded the pack, cussed myself for not bringing my InReach and started walking. I made it to a neighbors ranch and stayed the night with them. Next day had a tow truck come and get me and get it to the shop. The tow cost more than the repair. $315 vs $295 so it could have been a LOT worse! I was lucky I didn't flip the damn thing
huntsonora
Explorer
I have been contemplating either building or buying a Ute flatbed for the Tundra and finally found a guy on Ih8mud who had put a Ute on his Tundra. Doesn't look bad at all and I may do this to mine. I'll research build costs for a custom flatbed first but wanted to share the pictures
