cruiseroutfit
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Clay Croft at two. . .
Awesome!
Expedition Overland 2013 Tacoma Build
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Awesome!
So, are you driving through Canada?
If so the chances of secondary inspection will increase if they see your gun mounts.
Our rules are that your gun must be unloaded (including any side saddle or buttstock shell carriers)
and you can't leave it unattended if in plain sight in the vehicle.
I understand the need for a gun in Alaska as your bears are nowhere near as polite as those found
in Canada.
If so the chances of secondary inspection will increase if they see your gun mounts.
Our rules are that your gun must be unloaded (including any side saddle or buttstock shell carriers)
and you can't leave it unattended if in plain sight in the vehicle.
I understand the need for a gun in Alaska as your bears are nowhere near as polite as those found
in Canada.
RangeBrover
Explorer
Well in their first season one of the guys got caught quite literally with his pants down lol.
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john101477
Photographer in the Wild
:xxrotflma He has a point...
My wife and I have both enjoyed the episodes that X Team come up with. You know it is all about the "Journey" or was that Clay singing to T Swift?
http://youtu.be/cfbCyL-64HI
This AK trip is going to be epic.
wingysataday
Adventurer
Love the Big sky rack!
If I may add to this: I had the same concerns with the ARB on my 5th gen 4runner. When I switched to synthetic line, I also wanted to go with the cleaner look of a hawse style fairlead. Most of the ones available on the market have a much lower profile than what I wanted, as the mounting plate for the fairlead on these bumpers is recessed a good 2 inches into the bar. After much searching, I decided that the Viking 350 series fairlead was the best, and possibly only non custom made option for my needs. The issue is that Viking no longer stocks these and could not give me a firm date on their next production run. If you search around, there are a handful of off road parts distributors that still have a few in stock (simply because most folks either don't know about them, want to pay for them, or don't need a fairlead with such a high radius).
I ended up getting mine from Quadratech, as they were probably the 4th company I contacted and the first with any in stock. If this is the route you want to take, I definitely recommend looking into this particular product.
Note: I did have to source my own mounting hardware (easily found at ACE hardware) since the mounting bolts supplied with the fairlead were not long enough to work with the ARB an my winch (Warn 9.5 xp)
ExpeditionOverland
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Here is a quick peak of the final product. Lots of installs yet to post and some yet to come in. The truck here is not quite finished. Dual battery, long range automotive, maxtrax, tire swing outs, roof rack install etc... are all yet to be posted.
uscg2008
Explorer
1. Damn that thing turned out nice
2. Wish I had all the monies to do that to my truck
3. Thanks for updating the original post
4. Do you think you could give the first post some more detailed specs?
5. What led bars did you go with?
6. As always faithfully Sub'd, can't wait to keep following this. And keep up the stellar work
2. Wish I had all the monies to do that to my truck
3. Thanks for updating the original post
4. Do you think you could give the first post some more detailed specs?
5. What led bars did you go with?
6. As always faithfully Sub'd, can't wait to keep following this. And keep up the stellar work
getoutside
Observer
NAV
Clay,
tried to squeeze in a question a couple pages ago but I think it kinda got lost in the firearms discussion. What are you guys using for a Navigation setup in the new rig? I and another guy on the thread remember seeing an ipad/tablet setup in the old truck. Is that just transferring over from the old taco? Or are you guys planning something completely new? Also what topo/ mapping software are you guys using? Hope I am not jumping the gun on a future build update.
Thanks,
SFC Morgan Merrill
Vicenza, Italy
Clay,
tried to squeeze in a question a couple pages ago but I think it kinda got lost in the firearms discussion. What are you guys using for a Navigation setup in the new rig? I and another guy on the thread remember seeing an ipad/tablet setup in the old truck. Is that just transferring over from the old taco? Or are you guys planning something completely new? Also what topo/ mapping software are you guys using? Hope I am not jumping the gun on a future build update.
Thanks,
SFC Morgan Merrill
Vicenza, Italy
