MARYLAND TACOMAS

Just got a vehicle from Bayside for the wife. Thank you Cody.

 

fuck a tent heater, get a quality zero mummy bag and live large!!

 

Hmmm, one 30 degree sleeping bag that I can use year round and supplement with a $65 tent heater, or spend hundreds on a sleeping bag I can only use in the winter. Decisions decisions

 

Just had my 07 Tacoma inspected and they found some rusted holes in the frame. The dealer sent the pictures and details to Toyota to take advantage of the recall but I was told I’d have to take everything back to stock for Toyota to cover it

 

What all is done to your truck?

 

Lift, tires, armor and some other stuff. They made it sound like it had to be completely stock and I don’t have any of the original parts so I’m SOL

 

That sounds like a crock of shit. I can understand taking off armor, because that's more labor for them to transfer stuff over but as far as lift and wheels/tires that's crazy. A coilover is a coilover, regardless of if it provides lift or not. Takes the same amount of effort to move it over.

 

Find another dealer. Thats bullshit.

 

They are full of shit, they accepted Homertacos truck, and he's got full armor, 35's, welded sliders, body lift and a crawlbox, among other things.

 

It wasn’t the dealer that told me no, they seemed perfectly okay doing it. It was I guess the Toyota rep that said no. Maybe I should get it inspected else where and hope another rep pushes it through.

 

Hard to believe people use an open-flame Mr. Heater in their trucks or tents.

Coleman catalytic heaters are much safer ... flameless.

 

I like to live dangerously. That's what camping is all about.

 

I Normally just burn my rain fly but that seemed “excessive”

 

Just watched some reviews of that Coleman and there mixed ,outside area gets extremely hot and can burn or melt something on contact so it doesn't seem much different then using a mr buddy it also releases carbon monoxide so either way you take a chance with both of them.

 

From what I've found, the only really way to use them "safely" is to have lots of airflow through the tent, so the CO doesn't build up.

 

They're supposed to be totally safe indoors, and give off negligible amounts of CO. They also have a few safety features built in like auto shut off if tipped over or the pilot light goes out, and a low oxygen sensor.

From everything I've read it sounds like people are using them in "sealed" tents and are just fine. Just as an extra precaution though I plan on using a CO detector and having windows cracked for more airflow.

 

Yeah. When I was camping a lot I had a mr heater for the super cold months, and I never had a saftey issue with them, but most times I did wake up to it having shut off partway through the night

 

I need to get in the woods this weekend!