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  1. Stocky Taco

    PICTURE THREAD: Post up your Mobile HAM setups

    Here's mine from a previous thread: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/143503-2005-Tacoma-Communications-Package Icom ID-5100 with a Comet 2x4SR antenna on the front left fender of my 2005 Tacoma. Antennas are ALWAYS a compromise (coverage vs feasibility). A roof mount wasn't an...
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    2005 Tacoma Short Bed Sleeping Deck

    High altitude and cold temps seem to keep the bugs at bay. Haven't really had a problem with bugs so far, but it's probably due to where I camp. They could eat me up if they wanted with this setup.
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    2005 Tacoma Short Bed Sleeping Deck

    The extension is pretty solid. The legs are as far out as possible and held steady by the slots in the tailgate. Never had an issue with it falling out; maybe just shifting a quarter inch (it would take 1.5" of movement to fall out).
  4. Stocky Taco

    Camp Kitchen for the 2005 Tacoma

    I recently retired the beaten up plastic bins we used for all our camping gear and built a couple wooden cabinets for our new Camp Kitchen. Each cabinet is approx 20″x42″; designed to fit perfectly under the sleeping deck I built in the bed of the Tacoma. With this design we can setup our...
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    2005 Tacoma Short Bed Sleeping Deck

    Several people have asked about our camping system in the back of the Tacoma, so here’s the details of what I’ve done so far. The Gen 2 Tacomas have these wonderful cutout and ledge on the bed’s sidewalls to install an elevated deck very easily. They’re designed for a 1×6 support under a...
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    2005 Tacoma Communications Package

    This is just the 1st step of a electronics package I’m installing in the Taco. So far I've installed the auxiliary fuse panels, stereo, in-dash CB, ham radio, plus a lot of wiring and infrastructure for items to come. I installed three fuse panels under the hood over the left front tire...
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