undefinednomad
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Summary of primary uses:
My Taco is my only vehicle. Those that read my driving post know that I have already put more than 30k miles on it in less than a year (I hope to put on a few less in its second year). I go off the pavement pretty regularly, but I usually stick to things that at least resemble a trail. Most the time I drive off the pavement to get someplace to do other things (hiking, biking, rock climbing, camping ect.) Most of these trips are solo (because I have the best truck of the group going
but I could walk out if I HAD to. When I am on the highway I often find myself pulling people out of the ditch. (NM has a lot of drivers with little experience driving on snow/ice)
Mods:
Spray in liner that goes part way over the bed sides.
Ideas I have had for mods:
I am currently planning to get a Tonneau and add a bike/snowboard rack to that.
Once I have a bed cover to hide it I was thinking I would get a high-lift jack.
I dont want to total the truck if a deer jumps in front of me, so I would like to build a better bumper for the front w/ a hitch receiver. I also plan to mount some kind of better lights on said bumper.
I would like to add a winch at some point, I was thinking of making it attach to the hitch receiver so that i can us it in front or back.
I figure I will wait till someone hits the current rear bumper and let them pay to replace it with a real one.
Your ideas?
This truck is my first and I could use some advice. I would like thoughts on other things that I should really look into getting and what kind of priority you would place on it based on how i use the truck. I would also appreciate recommendations on the types/brands of parts to get. Money is definitely an issue so mods will be done over time
Thanks
My Taco is my only vehicle. Those that read my driving post know that I have already put more than 30k miles on it in less than a year (I hope to put on a few less in its second year). I go off the pavement pretty regularly, but I usually stick to things that at least resemble a trail. Most the time I drive off the pavement to get someplace to do other things (hiking, biking, rock climbing, camping ect.) Most of these trips are solo (because I have the best truck of the group going
but I could walk out if I HAD to. When I am on the highway I often find myself pulling people out of the ditch. (NM has a lot of drivers with little experience driving on snow/ice)Mods:
Spray in liner that goes part way over the bed sides.
Ideas I have had for mods:
I am currently planning to get a Tonneau and add a bike/snowboard rack to that.
Once I have a bed cover to hide it I was thinking I would get a high-lift jack.
I dont want to total the truck if a deer jumps in front of me, so I would like to build a better bumper for the front w/ a hitch receiver. I also plan to mount some kind of better lights on said bumper.
I would like to add a winch at some point, I was thinking of making it attach to the hitch receiver so that i can us it in front or back.
I figure I will wait till someone hits the current rear bumper and let them pay to replace it with a real one.
Your ideas?
This truck is my first and I could use some advice. I would like thoughts on other things that I should really look into getting and what kind of priority you would place on it based on how i use the truck. I would also appreciate recommendations on the types/brands of parts to get. Money is definitely an issue so mods will be done over time
Thanks