Building an expedition-worthy 06 Tacoma

[preacherman]

Hi all,

Just checking-in after a busy last few weeks. I just got back from an expedition on the western slope last week. We had some great weather, and the scenery was great!

I was very pleased with the performance of my Tacoma. It got us through several steep, rocky, narrow trails, saving us hours of hiking time.

The amount of mountain scrub was outrageous, though, and my rig did suffer several scratches. I had them buffed out when I returned, but it nearly killed me to see my new truck with front-to-rear scratches :Wow1:

All in all it was a great time!

Some pictures:

That looks like Mt. Lamburt over by Paonia, CO? Is it?

 

[ArchaeoTaco]

That looks like Mt. Lamburt over by Paonia, CO? Is it?

That's the one

We were just north of Paonia on that survey. Beautiful country.

 

[CoastalDefender]

Ain't no stranger to offroading along cliffs (Log Trucking), but man, I would have been nervous as heck going past that boulder.

And we all know the mirage pics create. What the picture shows is only 1/4 of how dangerous/steep/scary it really was.:jumping:

 

[Accrete]

ArcheoTaco your rig is coming along nicely! And your pick of GPS units is spot on, very nice with the overlay's. The Delorme software is great to work with on a PC.

Brush pinstripping is a badge of wheelin' honor...
...or so I've tried to tell my wife - I scratched her '05 up pretty good a few weeks ago.

Too funny Mark. Fortunately for myself, since my wife is the driver [she luvs it and she is really, really good at it!] and i'm the navigator [i luv all the gadgets to get us there and back], any scratches will be put on our TACO by her! But she did rib me the other day when the trail we were on going out to a gold claim turned into what i'd classify as an ATV trail. I heard the branches running along the side and just held my breath. . . Not a scratch when we checked it out at the stream to pan.

. . . though i did have a close call today when my son and i went into the hills plinking. . . a buzzard hit the front bumper. Fortunately there was no sign of impact and my wife got a good laugh when we told her about it.

Cheers,
Thom

 

[ArchaeoTaco]

And we all know the mirage pics create. What the picture shows is only 1/4 of how dangerous/steep/scary it really was.:jumping:

That's the truth! eepwall:

 

[ArchaeoTaco]

ArcheoTaco your rig is coming along nicely! And your pick of GPS units is spot on, very nice with the overlay's. The Delorme software is great to work with on a PC.

Too funny Mark. Fortunately for myself, since my wife is the driver [she luvs it and she is really, really good at it!] and i'm the navigator [i luv all the gadgets to get us there and back], any scratches will be put on our TACO by her! But she did rib me the other day when the trail we were on going out to a gold claim turned into what i'd classify as an ATV trail. I heard the branches running along the side and just held my breath. . . Not a scratch when we checked it out at the stream to pan.

. . . though i did have a close call today when my son and i went into the hills plinking. . . a buzzard hit the front bumper. Fortunately there was no sign of impact and my wife got a good laugh when we told her about it.

Cheers,
Thom

Thanks! That DeLorme unit has turned out to be indespensible. Our company just ordered three more. Good thing it works for both work and play

That buzzard situation is a perfect reason why a custom front bumper can be written off for 'safety' reasons :26_7_2: