java
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gotta love a snow picnic! Let me know if you need some help, I'm on unemployment this week.
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Ill be working on it Monday if it doesn't snow. I could always use a hand lifting the Bullbar winch combo into place. 12k winch plus Bullbar equals too heavy for me. Plus you can check out the M101A2 and see how it fits behind the 4runner. Ill PM you my phone give me a call if your around.
java
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They are great! No paint to chip off on the unpainted ones. No real fading or gouging from road debris.
java
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sorry i missed your post,
i took a piece of angle iron, cut the top down and used it as the bracket for the basket. i removed the stock cross bars. unistrut 3/8 spring nuts fit in the stock roof rails on the 4th gen. hope that helps, i might have some pics somewhere.
Been camping a bunch lately! almost every weekend.
Lake Chelan, took the trailer with the boat on top, great weather. took the boat to a little beach down the lake so the dogs and kid could roam around and play.
Base camp at chelan
a spot outside of leavenworth wa, that we used to stay at all the time before we had the kid, hadnt been bak in about 4-5 years, but it was still there! bit chilly still as its way up in the mountains.
banks lake CG, happy wife!
it got a little muddy on the other side of the lake where we had lunch, sticky clay nastieness
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been a while since i updated here....
went and had a picknick and played in the snow.
Went and did some snow camping as couple weekends ago, was a ton of fun. Stayed one night in easton, and one in wenatchee. no one else around either place.
Ate lots of delicious food and played in the snow!
kid had fun, lots of sledding!
Dogs had fun.
This weekedn we drove down to Mt Bachelor in Oregon, 732 miles round trip, with lots of elevation difference. got about 11.5 MPG overall. truck did fine but up the big hills is killer.....
camped in the parking lot for 3 nights, was really nice. $10 a night and get to sleep in and still be first few people up the mountain. Daughter had a lot of fun in ski school too!!
skiing waether was awesome, there was an temp inversion, so ti was sunny and clear, got to about 14 at night and was about 50 and sunny by the end of the day.
went and had a picknick and played in the snow.
Went and did some snow camping as couple weekends ago, was a ton of fun. Stayed one night in easton, and one in wenatchee. no one else around either place.
Ate lots of delicious food and played in the snow!
kid had fun, lots of sledding!
Dogs had fun.
This weekedn we drove down to Mt Bachelor in Oregon, 732 miles round trip, with lots of elevation difference. got about 11.5 MPG overall. truck did fine but up the big hills is killer.....
camped in the parking lot for 3 nights, was really nice. $10 a night and get to sleep in and still be first few people up the mountain. Daughter had a lot of fun in ski school too!!
skiing waether was awesome, there was an temp inversion, so ti was sunny and clear, got to about 14 at night and was about 50 and sunny by the end of the day.
java
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Well i got to a project ive been wanting to do for a while now. Removed one of the back seats and made a cooler shelf.
Dont mind the messy car.....'
Smaller section of the rear seat revmoved, i could sill carry teo passengers in the rear.
cardboard template.
Transfer to wood.
Test trim, test trim till it fits.....
Made some brakets out of 1/4" aluminum.
Didnt get any pics of carpeting it, its a bit of a stickey hurry up mess....
Finished
My RTT annex fits perfect
And cooler!
Got my keggerator finished up too! Twelve Bars Supertonic India black Ale! YUM!
Dont mind the messy car.....'
Smaller section of the rear seat revmoved, i could sill carry teo passengers in the rear.
cardboard template.
Transfer to wood.
Test trim, test trim till it fits.....
Made some brakets out of 1/4" aluminum.
Didnt get any pics of carpeting it, its a bit of a stickey hurry up mess....
Finished
My RTT annex fits perfect
And cooler!
Got my keggerator finished up too! Twelve Bars Supertonic India black Ale! YUM!
java
Expedition Leader
Nick, yes they did bounce a bit. Not as bad as you might think but they did bounce. I had the mounts bolted thru the skin and into the inner "strengthening" piece.