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    Overland Medicine

    This is a good topic and one that is often missed. We seem to have no issue spending a lot of time and money on gear for our rigs to go and play outside but the number of people roaming in the back country with little or no training is a bit scary. Here are a few pointers coming from a former...
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    Thoughts? Expedition camper 135k

    I guess for that sorta coin you probably have the money to run the upkeep on those for super duties. the 6.7 is a damn impressive and powerful motor but far from turn key and relibial. Our fleet rigs take a beating, to be fair. However the 14 has been in the shop at least five times before it...
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    Types of tire chains?

    With weight in the back and a good tire chain on the rear you would be surprised just how far off road you can get a freighted truck in deep snow. Our work tundras had to run year round in north central utah and off road at that. Now, keeping in mind it was light utah snow bumper plowing height...
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    Small Used Lite Weight Motorcycle Suggestions.

    The Kawi Super Sherpa or ther very near twin the baby klr 250 are both excellent choices. The Sherpa has eletric start and is air cooled, the baby KLR aka the AKwi KLR 250 is kick start only and liquid cooled. I have had the KLR 250 for a number of years now. They basically made the bike...
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    This used Toyota T100 - Opinions and Pricing

    Seems like the price is high for the miles. At the end of the day the truck is old enough to buy a beer and has over 200k. The 3.4 is a great motor but at that age and milage and given that is the salt air near seattle you can count on plenty of little problems springing up. YMMV but if it was...
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    WTB 7.3 F250

    This one is for sale via the portal here. Looks like a super clean truck. Guess it depends on how one defines high mileage. https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/1999-f250-superduty-7-3-crewcab-shortbed.215730/
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    Low BTU AC options ---> turned cheapo 5kBTU install in the Idacamper2.0

    It seems to be that you might find some options in the trucking world. Specifically, I have seen some micro AC units rigged up to hotshot trucks ( full size pickups ) A lot of those folks get a micro sleeper unit or convert the rear of the crew cab into a bed. spotted a few units similar to this...
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    4 cyl. Tacos?

    I have a 2012 Tacoma 4x4 5 speed regular cab, 2.7 with 160k on the clock This truck is putting out similar power numbers the older v6's from toyota and others. " power" is more than fine. I live at 5,000 feet in the mountains of Idaho. This truck has been north and south east and west on...
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    235/85/16? Let's see them

    After following this thread for some time, and also starting a one of my own looking for suggestions I finally bit the bullet and got on the 235/85 train this winter. Have always been stoked on the general look of them. For me, the bigger reason was snow traction. I spend a lot of time driving...
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    Let's talk lifts (2013 Tacoma)

    The topper, as mentioned is great for dogs, dry locking storage etc. For me having the regular cab it was absolutely needed due to the lack of storage in the truck. I also got it as a place to sleep. I just leave a foam bad and sleeping bag in my truck most of the time. Always nice to have bed...
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    Let's talk lifts (2013 Tacoma)

    DaveinDenver. This is true. I guess a better way of trying to communicate my point would have been to say something a bit more specific. Or more to the point, if one lifts a Tacoma much beyond an inch or two without making adjustments to the rest of the truck then it is going beyond what all of...
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    TopperLift....might be a RTT alternative?

    I always thought that the Topper EZ lift, with a mid high cap, a Cap Pack Sport, and a decked system would make for some awesome setups. And, thats easily five grand worth of kit at that point so the price point is not all that far off from some of the better options out there on the market...
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    Let's talk lifts (2013 Tacoma)

    This is the way I look at it. countless hours from toyota went into setting the tacoma up as it is stock. Anything that gets changed is going to have impacts on the rest of the truck. Lift is mostly cosmetic and I personally think over rated for what 99 percent of what most of us use the truck...
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    FWC + Tacoma suspension upgrades -- NOOB questions...

    Custom Leaf pack is the way to go any time you are going to have set weight that is always on the truck. I found that for about the same price as aftermarket I was able to take my truck to a local shop and they designed and installed a custom pack in the rear of the truck to meet my...
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    Les Schwab (Dean) Back Country SQ-4 A/Ts? Impressions?

    A good friend has them on his two door late model Jeep that I have spent some time running about in up here in Idaho. In general, they are not as good as the Wild Country XTX sports I had on a former 4runner which I felt was a closer clone of the toyo AT then the back country is. On road noise...
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    Just bought a 2013 Tacoma SR5

    The people with non trd yotas are too busy having fun and or working off the beaten path to post of videos of it. MY 2012 Reg cab I4 5 speed manual taco with open diffs has gotten me plenty of places. It never fails, you end up hours into the middle of no where get to a trail head and two things...
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    SOLD! Ford F600 4X4 1979 Popup top, Cummins Allison, make me an offer!

    Without a doubt one of the coolest rigs I have seen on the portal. The truck alone is old school cool but the camper has a practicality to it that is so far lost these days is so much we do with our rigs. Simple, functional, rugged. I feel like most of that has gone the way of the manual...
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    Truck Caps

    I have been fairly pleased with my ARE MX mid rise on my tacoma. It has been on for 150k since put on when the truck/ cap was new in 2012. All things considered, it has held up fairly well. Just recently the plastic coating on the Yakamia racks has started to fall apart but the tracks and bars...
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    Tacoma on air bags?

    I was going to put a set of the air lift bags on my truck but ended up with with a custom leaf pack added into the old leafs in the back instead. Truck rides level when towing something with similar hitch weight on the tacoma. I had them design the leaf pack to support the full weight of what...
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    What have you broken/replaced on your overweight Tacoma?

    Lots of good thoughts on this thread. My .02cents. I think it really comes down to how to loaded rig is driven. if you are at or over capacity, and drive it the same way as you might if it was unloaded, well.... crap breaks. My second gen taco could barely be called modded for the first hundred...
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