Lone Star Toyota Jamboree

I want to give a huge shout out to @G.T. for being a pretty great guy to hang out with and for the TacomaWorld sticker he gave me that will be going on the truck this afternoon. Met a bunch of you on Thursday night at camp but can't think of every name to tag, didn't get to wheel with really anyone from TacomaWorld this weekend unfortunately. But did end up wheeling with some great guys that camped beside me that had an FJ and a Tacoma.

Ended up buying multiple patches from @SMKYTXN that now reside on my headliner and probably the best purchase of the weekend was one of the TrailToys Koozies. It got used a ton...

Competed in the Stocker Poker run and got a hand of a 3,4,5,5,6... so close to a straight that could have won a new US Offroad Bumper for the truck. Still had a ton of fun on the run and did some great trails and then repeated it later in the day and ended up helping a couple FJs and a 4Runner do them as well.

Didn't win anything at the raffle but now I have better game plan for tickets next year in terms of what to put where. I do have to say that the generosity of Jambo people is out of this world for both the Women Rock organization and the couple that was helped as well that night.

Ended up buying a SnugTop from the camp neighbor @ElChingon that we installed Sunday morning while he installed his new Demollo bumper he won at the raffle.

Here are the pictures that I took from Jambo. I should have gotten a lot more general pictures of different trucks and so forth but for some reason just didn't think about it at all.

 

I won the demello bumper and a full set of Budbuilt skids for FJ/4Runner! Installed the bumper at camp! Thanks @ETXTacoma for the hand!

 

Actually won something for the first time in my life. Got the ironman fridge:



Funny thing, the fridges were pretty much the only reason I bought raffle tickets

 

Very nice! Pretty awesome a TW member wont that fridge!

I made the mistake of only buying $50 worth of tickets when I should have bought $100 worth. Then I ended up putting a lot into the Demello bumper that @ElChingon won, a couple in the ARB and a couple in the CVT. I should have just put all of them into the General Raffle instead as I would have loved some of the Gift Certificates and such.

 

Dumped 50 tickets in the ARB fridge bucket, a few into the tent, a few into the wheels and only a couple in the general raffle. Worked out though!

 

Yep, now that I think about it, it would have been worth it even more to just dump most of the tickets into the general raffle instead of the buckets as they gave away some stuff that was better than the buckets.

 

Lucky bastard, I didn't win shit!!! LOL

 

I had a blast! Did the poker run but no luck, I did get me an Ace of Spades and kept it for good luck... Which seems to have paid off. Camped w 3 FJ's and 2 4runner buddies from Austin, met @ETXTacoma and caught up w @SpartanXTaco super clean white 16 taco! Did a run w a feller named nick who was rolling a stocker 94 taco I think w a self fabed bumper . We went through some gnarly shit a couple times and that dude kept up like a champ! Added the camper and bed slide last Monday and ran outta time to do my rear suspension to compensate for the weight. After the first day I decided to throw on my OME Dakar's and Icon rear shocks w resi at camp. The trail ride difference from the stock leaf and billies to the upgrade was like night and day! Sold the camper to @ETXTacoma and the rack to another member at the event. Good times and already planing mods and additions to the TacoTruck! Sending a pair of 2.5 icons w resi to be rebuilt that my uncle gifted me , thinking Light Racing UCA's and a full set of armor next... @Joshp767 and the folks at RCI were super nice and had some awesome products.

 

Don't forget meeting me @CajunCubsFan

 

Right on, good chatting w you too . Lots of good folks out there wish I woulda made it on TW before rolling out to meet up w more TW members .. Next year for sure

 

Wanna sell the skids?

 

well broke my phone.. so I only got photos Thursday was amazing seeing everyone

 

@SMKYTXN i grabbed a few nice patches from you thanks! Did a bit of cooking at camp , and being a chef big fan of that patch. W all that work at camp I must have earned me some sort of new one! Going to install my mirrors today . Thanks!

 

Selling them to my buddy but he will be selling his that are on the FJ now if you're interested I can ask the brand and price...

 

Another successful event I think. Thank you everyone for coming out and being a part of it.

 

Also... to whomever decided to take the banner and flags at the entrance, those weren't part of the swag bag. We use those year after year and would appreciate their return.

 

They were still there when I left at noon. Pretty ballsy to take something that out in the open.

 

In case this someone(s) doesn't want to be known, you could provide an address or link to an address where it could be boxed up and mailed back, with no return address provided.

 

We left around 2pm and I don't recall seeing them...

 

Chow bros for the win! Your buddy told me that you wanted to get that Hi-Lift off of him but then I talked him into adding it into the deal that he and I made for the Toytec suspension.

And for everyone else, if you want to win stuff at the raffle you have to be one of the first three in the Saturday night BBQ line.

Oh, and buy a couple tickets too.