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  1. roving1

    HELP: I Bought an Overweight Overlander

    If you have further problems with that rear axle I would just swap the whole thing out for a junk yard axle. You can chase down bearings and seals in a bent axle forever. Most people don't carry heavy loads etc. The chance of success with a used axle is pretty high and much nicer on the pocket...
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    HELP: I Bought an Overweight Overlander

    Not for nothing but that is a 5 lug 2wd truck that someone turned into a Bro-Runner. Components are completely different and weaker than on 4WD. Although 4WD should not be ignored either ;)
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    Increasing Tacoma's GVWR

    Styling for me is not that important. I mainly want the styling to not piss me off. Man does the front end of the current crop fail in that regard. I am convinced you could take a giant bandsaw and cut 10-12"s off of the front of these trucks and not hit a vital component. There is just so much...
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    What Order of Upgrades Would You Make

    Gears and the Truetrac hands down. Re-gearing will literally make every moment of driving more fun and less stressful on the vehicle. Frankly re-gearing should have been one of the first things done. The Truetrac isn't 100% needed but for what it costs it is a no brainer to do at the time of...
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    HELP: I Bought an Overweight Overlander

    Harsh much? I bought a high mileage Taco from an expo member then immediately took it on a coast to coast trip, took probably 5 other long distance trips, drove it to Central Mexico for a work trip, and then back to Michigan. Every trip involving hundreds of miles of challenging lo range travel...
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    Recovery thoughts, ideas, advice

    This is more a lesson in avoiding stupid group sizes than recovery etiquette for me. But I get the point.
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    Webasto (or other brand) GAS Furnace/Heaters??

    Drove trucks for almost 20 years and this was the same experience I was exposed to. Several fleets either abandoned stand alone heaters or switched to Espar. I drove for mostly flatlander low elevation fleets too.
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    Stumbled upon 2 clean 1st Gen Xterras, can I get a crash course on what to look for before buying?

    Unfortunately I am in Central Mexico where the take rate for 4WD on a model where 2WD exists also is like 3%. Northern and Southern Mexico is where most of the 4WDs are here. Hermosillo is 22 hour drive from where I am. :( They didn't get any of the cool diesel Toyotas. In fact other than...
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    Stumbled upon 2 clean 1st Gen Xterras, can I get a crash course on what to look for before buying?

    I always liked these vehicles but never went down the rabbit hole of researching them. Currently in Mexico for work and think I want to buy a vehicle and leave it here for my somewhat frequent travels, I hate automatic transmissions as a personal preference but I have no idea how robust either...
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    New 270 Awning available.

    I do not understand 270 awnings that have such awful coverage at the rear of the vehicle. It completely defeats the whole point of a 270 awning providing wrap around coverage.
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    Next generation snatch block

    What is your usage cycle like that you are using up pulley blocks that fast?
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    Recovery thoughts, ideas, advice

    Most foreign cars. Almost no domestic vehicles.
  13. roving1

    Goodyear Duratrac's on Frontier?

    For me I would only run these as a good almost snow tire substitute. Those sidewalls suck. I have run into 4 of these on the trail with flats due to a pinched sidewall. Then a whole bunch more on trail videos and word of mouth. All flat the exact same way. Some 18" ones just from hitting potholes.
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    New version of Gaia GPS released

    Drives me crazy they are ignoring 52% of the car market and 87% percent of the phone OS market by not even half heartedly starting Android auto compatibility.
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    The Total Approach of Getting Unstuck Off Road, by Bob Wohlers

    Would buy this as a PDF in a second. As a $60 dollar book, not so much.
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    235/85/16? Let's see them

    235/85R16 ST MAXX. Stock. Lifted
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    GFC Product Improvement Tour

    That is a pretty impressive level of engagement that speaks well of them.
  18. roving1

    Tire shopping and questions..

    Very poorly phrased on my part. I just meant sizes one may be interested in in a brand/type one is interested in. For sure there will always be someone selling something. But for me, probably not what I want.
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    Tire shopping and questions..

    235/85R16 ST/Maxx are a good decently aggressive tread that will still gobble of freeway miles. Narrow 32" tires. Mine are holding up better than BFG KO2 I ditched these for. Edit*my bad I missed the 15" wheel statement. I would probably find 16 wheels as was suggested. 15" tires are going to...
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    "New Technology Rage/Hate/Praise Thread"

    Haha. My Tacoma was at the dealer getting the frame replaced right before I had a rallycross to race in. They offered a Camry and a Yaris as loners. I asked if I could sit in both to see if I "fit". What I was really checking was to see which vehicle had a cable parking brake and you could left...
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