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The means is not the goal, the adventure is (something I have to keep repeating to myself recently). As our family grows, so has our need for a slightly larger adventure vehicle; so we've decided to sell our beloved toyota pickup to fund our next build. You can find the listing here. Thanks to...

As our daughter grows, so has our need for a slightly larger vehicle; so we've decided to sell our beloved 1984 Toyota Pickup Xtracab to fund our next adventure vehicle build. The truck was purpose built with reliability, capability, and simplicity in mind and the intention of doing the Pan Am...

Put together a write-up on our half-platform and general camping layout now that we have the Go Fast Camper on the truck, it's been a nice modular setup. One of the things we really like is that you can downstack the frontrunner wolfpacks and extend the sleeping platform to sleep two below if...

We recently ditched our trusty Roadshower in favor of this 10 gallon DIY setup we came up with. Most of the parts can be found at the hardware store, and it's pretty versatile as far as the fill options. Though we use it just as a gravity flow in our setup, you can easily add a 12v pump to...

Yeah, definitely agree that complete submersion is probably not recommended by ARB (that's why I say we "abused" it ?), nor would I recommend it to others. Though the fact that ours is still going strong after years and tens of thousands of miles of less-than-delicate treatment like this...

We've absolutely abused our ARB Elements Fridge, having had it mounted on the exterior of our rig on a swingout for most of our adventures. And it's still going strong! The 63qt size is good for about a week of cold food storage for our family of 3, though obviously mileage varies, but I...

Our current setup works better than any other we've tried over the years, but it's not without limitations. It won't create a signal where there isn't any, but it makes finding at least usable-enough cell service a lot easier for working remotely. We used it extensively in remote wilderness...

For our trip in Idaho (and future trips) we took the plunge and added a cell booster to the truck to improve the process of working remotely - we've worked remotely off & on since 2011 and our current setup seems to be the first combination that actually works! There were several instances in...

Yeah, it was really the only solution still out there without increasing lift. Has worked flawlessly so far, dispite our OME front springs showing some sag after 70k miles.

Just returned from our one month voyage to retrieve our new Go Fast Camper, and got to do some exploring in Western Montana and throughout Idaho. Such an awesome trip, and so stoked on the new GFC!

Thanks! It's always good to hear positive reports on the GFC. The wait is long, but they are doing a really good job of constantly making improvements in their manufacturing process and shortening lead-times for such a young company - they moved our production date up by a whopping 8 months...

Thanks! No, we removed everything and did all the prep work (sanding the decals down and rest of the body) but paint was done by a place local to us.

Didn't really notice any decrease in noise levels, but honestly hadn't paid close enough attention (or measured dBs) beforehand to be able to notice.?

Low-lift OME Crossover Steering Upgrade/Install: The factory push-pull steering on the solid-axle Toyota Pickups and 4runners has always been a weak link, after installing our OME suspension this weakness was magnified and we always wanted to pursue hi-steer but didn't want to install a taller...

MPGs are really hard to compare in these old yotas because there are so many variables on the mechanical side between each rig. Here's a bit of a rundown on our average MPGs with our different setups Drivetrain: 1983/84 22r Engine (the early 96hp one :sneaky:) with 75k original miles (Weber...

Thanks! Yeah we've thought about it, and did love the factory decals - but think we'll leave them off for now. Thanks! ?

Yeah, it's amazing how fast they grow up! We survived without them too growing up in the 80s/early 90s, but definitely offers a bit of piece of mind - especially off-road. ? Thanks! They're definitely easy trucks to love, just all-around great design, reliability, and capability out-of-the-box ?

We installed a bench seat and the kiddo rides in her car seat in the center, so far we've logged over 15k miles this way - it's cozy but works just fine (y)

TRAVEL MODS: We started by adding an ARB front bull-bar bumper & Warn M8000 winch, then got the bed of the truck Bullet lined, and installed a tailgate ladder to make getting into the truck bed a little easier on the kiddo. We also added a Maxxair Deluxe Vent Fan to the $40 craigslist camper...

This leads us to the current state of our build so far: MECHANICAL MODS: Mechanically our goal has been to make the truck as capable as possible without sacrificing too much of the stock Toyota reliability and ease of stock parts availability SUSPENSION: The first thing we changed on...