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Calls it a "glamping trailer." Description states "no frills."

 

I just picked up a 10 gallon plastic RV Water tank and parts off Amazon. I hope to have them installed under my sleeping platform this weekend or next week.

You're gonna love the aux tank. I have a 19 gallon aux tank in the spare tire well. It's super handy to never worry about refuelling. I go to Baja once a year with a few guys on motos. We can refuel the bikes from the aux tank as well.

 

What sort of aux tank is it? My spare wheel well is currently empty also.. would be cool to be able to fill the space with something.

 

I know some of you have already purchased hammocks based on my previous posts, so I reached out to the manufacturer about a group buy since there was considerable interest. Here is the link to the group buy if you are interested. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/hobo-hammocks-group-buy-closes-7-19.500576/

 

sounds interesting. I've been contemplating upgrading the fuel tank to the larger 32 or 36 gallon tank. Cant remember the name of the company, but do remember it was pretty pricey!

An alternate fuel tank might be a solution now that you guys mention it. but.. at what point is it just easier to carry a couple gas cans. for me currently, I bring 4 gallons of gas with me, not a lot at all, but better than nothing until I figure out a solution. Gas mileage smash mileage... range is my issue.

 

I think something like this would work pretty well. I would just drop an electric pump in it and have it pump into the main tank when turned on. Looks like it would fit in the spare tire location but I would probably add a skid under for protection. The real problem would be routing the fill hose.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-293220-s/overview/

 

I personally have the capability to carry 10 gallons of fuel outside of the truck on my CBI bumper. but more fuel never hurt... except maybe the weight

 

I guess I could double up on my fuel, I have the room, but like you said, weight.. plus.. I would like to leave those areas open for other stuff. thats why the larger extended range tank is so tempting. fits in the stock location and all. but $$$$$

 

Range is the issue for me as well. I sleep in the back of the truck so I don't want to put cans back there. I don't really want the complication of a swing out. I go in an out of the back of my truck often. Having to open a swing out each time is a huge pain in the ass. I know this because my hitch mounted bike rack is a pain in the ass. For me having 19 gallons of extra gas the flip of a switch sounded great. I really enjoy building stuff so that was a bonus too. It was a lot of work but it was worth it in the end.

The most I've gotten out of one fill up was 600 miles and I still had a quarter tank left. I was also drafting my buddy's box truck going 60mph. Normally I get about 450-500 miles a fill up. Off road I get about 350 miles a fill up.

I go to Baja once a year for a week or two week trip. It's been my two friends on motorcycles and me in the truck (we take turns on the bikes and the truck). The motos are KTM 640's with 7 gallon tanks so they have a similar range of about 350 miles. The 1st year we had a bike with a 200 mile range so we would just refill it from the aux tank.

 

Gas is 6 pounds per gallon. If you need it weight isn't really an issue. Your CBI bumper is probably heavy, right? But worth the protection.

 

It's from a 1990 Ford F150. It's in my build thread.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/otis24s-build.372874/

 

totally agree. checking out your build now. may be picking your brain here in the coming months.

 

Ah yes! I remember reading this build from ages ago! Definitely an awesome build man. I wish I was as creative to modifying and building shit.

 

This should help with crawling in/out of the bed!

 

There was just a group buy. Ends tomorrow actually. Im not sure if i can post the price. More than 500, less than 800

 

Really nice.

 

Wanted to share some pictures of the drawers I've been working on for my truck. They're not finished yet, but they're good enough for a trip to Canada next week. Went with skateboard bearings and steel c-channel for the sliders and did a sliding top for my cooler on the left side. Definitely not professional grade, but they should clean up pretty nicely once I get latches installed and finish the fronts and sides. Don't mind the paracord handles on the fronts, I'm waiting for the latches to be delivered today.

 

I currently have a roof top tent mounted to the cap on my Tacoma. It's been great sleeping up off the ground with a nice view. But I'm strongly thinking about selling it and going back to a ground tent. I'm curious if anyone else has made this transition as well.

One of my biggest gripes about having a roof top tent is that I can't use my truck when the tent is deployed. And to be honest, setting up and tearing down the RTT is a bit of a chore for me. I'm short, and the truck has a 3" suspension lift.

I've put together some pros/cons to the situation.

I could build an adventure trailer. But this has a lot of additional cons:

1. I live in the city and have no place to park a trailer
2. The added expense of building a trailer
3. I really don't want to tow something around when I go camping

Pros for the RTT:

1. Up off the ground
2. Doesn't take up ground space

Cons to the RTT

1. Can't use truck when deployed
2. High center of gravity
3. Heavy
4. Reduced overhead clearance
5. Difficult to setup/tear down
6. Lost roof rack space
7. Expensive
8. Can't stand up in it

Pros for ground tent

1. Can setup camp and still use truck
2. Standing room
3. Lightweight
4. No need for ladder
5. Inexpensive

Cons for ground tent

1. Need flat open space for setup
2. Takes up room inside truck for storage

Of course the price of a ground tent is much more variable than a RTT. Depending on quality, brand, size, and features. And in reality I'm trading space from the roof to inside the truck. So some of these can kinda be a draw.

 

One pro for RTT and one con for ground is rain/mud. Would much rather be in an RTT in a torrential downpour/mild flooding in the RTT vs a ground tent. But this is coming from someone who still only has a ground tent.

 

Check out this thread:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-getaway-croms-build-and-adventures.362772/