DFW BS Thread : ********NEW MEET!! CHECK POST #1*******

Really need to hit the meet up one of these times. Newer Tacoma owner myself.

 

Your best bet if you cannot find it locally used would be to see what @eccracer104 can do from Auto Anything.

I was just lucky enough that he had this in his storage unit and had no use for it anymore.

I am going to help him do some work on his GX pretty soon though.

 

I won the rhino rack !! Received this message last night , hope it’s true !

 

FarmByrd is in Plano, down the road from Brickhouse, which was one of the biggest meets we have had.
Here is a map.

 

You mean like this? haha.

 

I was looking to put the mounts between the two bars (wouldn't work well with three I can tell) so I could still use the rail system. Assuming the fork mount required drilling into the bedside? Side note - how's the CB reception with the tailgate mount?

sweeeeeeeet. I was looking at their stuff, $$$$ but from I could tell worth it. Now... where do you park your truck for long periods without any supervision...

 

I was thinking about using 2 of my bed tabs to mount the fork mounts. i need to try it out and see if it works....


CB reception is hard to tell in dallas, but the last time i used the CB it was fine. I think it was in hidden falls.

 

Bay Area Metal Fab has a sale on their low profile racks today...

http://bayareametalfab.3dcartstores.com/Low-profile-RTT-bed-rack-2016-plus-Tacoma-_p_72.html

 

How far out from the rail do your tabs sit? My RockyMounts are about 3" and may want turn them 90-degrees to sit vertical on a tab / bracket. Before I realized I'd probably want to use the side rails instead of the back rail for the mounts, was thinking of getting a piece of 2"x2" L extruded aluminum to build a bracket that would but the mount above the top of the bed.

 

Like the KB vodoo bike mount? I have been thinking about trying to make something like that myself.

 

fyi for those not rocking a RTT or looking for a budget backpacking option: https://www.rei.com/product/878519/rei-co-op-half-dome-2-tent - on sale for $140

 

Dang man! Very nice and congrats on the win on that!

Not a lot of entries for it, I guess it was a random selection?

Dang... sold out online.

 

Friend sent over some pictures he had forgotten about from when a few of us was at Barnwell for an event.

@SuperBad
@greeneggsnspam I am pretty sure you are in the last picture...

And I can't remember the username of the Red 3rd Gen...

 

@Egnaro

 

The wife has thyroid surgery on Wednesday (it’s apparently a bigger deal than it was 15 years ago when her mom had it done; new regulations) and I’ve been officially out of work since Wednesday. Her mother and her mother’s sisters all had thyroid cancer, so the doctors aren’t risking it. I’d like to say I’ve been stir crazy at home the last week from networking and applying for work, but I think I’m nervous about her results. I haven’t slept in days. 99% of people have nodules on their thyroid, but the doctors have been monitoring hers over the last few years and concluded that some are “suspicious” due primarily to growth.

Long story short, we are just able to cover the costs and everything looks promising, but I’m kind of shitting my pants over here. 2016 was bad, 2017 was worse, and I’m apparently in line for the 2018 deluxe expansion pack for the ultimate shit wagon of doom.

So, how’s your 2018 going? What’s in the works? Any exciting plans? Do we think @Zac of all trades will get his rear handled by @ETXTacoma?

And do we think he’ll get his rear axle swapped? HEY OOOOOH

 

I haven't done anything to the truck since just before this photo.

 

When you post a tumblr gif from gify

 

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Depends on the brand... stick a tape measure to em if you want to disappoint yourself...