Long Travel BS Thread

anyone here want to weld on a bed cage for me in the near future? dont have it yet but if i find someone that will do it i will get the cage.

 

how does that even weld up together i cant figure it out? wheres the little tube go?

edit: nevermind vigured it out

 

i got you spacer boy

 

Strange's car is pretty cool looking. RIP

 

definitely the baddest rolls ever..and what a cool dude..a little strange but who cares..RIP

 

I think the center link yota lost momentum when he heard of the yellow that "did it already"

Regardless I'm getting a ride

 

I'd put that together for u but im pretty far. Honestly tho Just have a shop or someone who knows what there doing build a custom bedcage for you or a basic shock hoop set up with an appropriate pillar connecting them together that you can beat on and never worry about. Dont use generic crap honestly. Example, look at some of the bolt in bedcage's DMZ has built individually for customer's and ect

 

hit up adam for a cage.. not this.


youll be happier, trust me

edit:just saw this but i though 8's were to small to run a dual rate. check it out



http://www.camburg.com/news/long-travel-tundra-build/

 

I'm pretty happy with my engage bed saver cage. I added a couple extra tubes..pretty solid

edit: and its good for the price

 

Can someone point me to a page that talks about all of the gusseting points on a 2005+ truck? I've been looking around and found some cool info, but was curious if we had a thread on purely gusseting. Before I knew it, I had a busted motor mount and would like to avoid things like that in the future- just gotta know what to look for. Thanks for any help.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lo...enance-long-travel-advice-after-going-lt.html

 

It's Stickied in the LT Section.

Basically:

UCA Double Shear.
LCA Cam Tabs
Motor Mounts
Engine Cage (usually last, but if you got the $$, do it)

There are more but those are the basics , every 2nd Gen Taco LT truck should have installed prior to ever going out (only applies for the first 3) IMO.

 

i have an older gen and dont know of a page just for gusseting. go on Dezert Ranger's and look at build threads of fully built trucks of your same generation and learn off there mistakes is always a good way to start haha. see what failed and what works.

Plating the frame in the front and the back and gusseting the upper control arm mounts and lower arm mounts is a general good rule of thumb. Connecting the shock towers in the front end will really help minimize vibration which equals less things cracking and ect or a full engine cage as said but that's alot of work to relocate everything so more money. Same when u do a bedcage or ect with just shock hoops because it makes the vehicle more stable and solid, make sure to have the shock hoops in the rear and front connect and be solid because solid components = less movement = less breaking.

 

Excellent info and input, guys. Thanks much.

 

it took me a while to figure it out to lol

how long do you think it would take to weld it in?

the engage bed saver is pretty much exactly what i want lol....could still fit 2 dirtbikes! the dualrate looks so crammed in there.

isnt it like 300$ or something? pretty sweet

 

Have a custom cage made

 

no point...

 

the new 05+ American MS bed cage is tits... i'd rock that for sure

 

i sent them a pm about it....so cool