I'll have to check it out.
Goal for the next build is to have something comfortable with a minimal interior build, room for two massive dog crates and our gear. We'd like something we can wheel pretty aggressively, both at low speeds and faster, thus the minimal build (probably a welded frame for the dog crates, gear and the fridge, a diesel heater, 200W of solar and some water).
With that criteria, we'll probably end up with a short wheelbase van with solid axles. Twin locked- probably Harrup (bad experiences with the ARB lines failing in the middle of an obstacle), front bumper with a winch and likely sit on 35s. Eventually bypasses front and rear. Maybe a rear bumper if I crunch the stock on rocks. Should be able to manage most 4x4 trails and some light rock crawling without being too heavy, and while having the space for us. My biggest concern is height on a lot of the trails we run most often. The Tacoma was supposed to be a nice compromise between our crawler and weekend camping but ended up not being big enough/having enough payload after some armor and sacrificing too much off-road as it was built.
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