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ALittleTexanAbroad · Feb 12, 2018

Greetings All,

I bought my 2017 TRD Off-Road, double cab, 6’ bed Taco in April of last year. When I pulled him off the lot, he had 32 miles on the odometer- 9 months later, we’re pushing 26,000 miles.
A little background on me: I spent most of my career in the medical field. In 2015 I walked away from that career (which was literally killing me) and hopped on a plane for a 14 day internship in South Africa, one thing led to another and I ended up not being Stateside again until 6 months later. That “all-in”, “fuck it, why not?” mentality seems to be a running theme in my life. I am a licensed PH in South Africa, I work alongside anti-poaching units in RSA, Mozambique, and Namibia, and I am also an FAA licensed UAG pilot. I am a Principle in Independent Drone Services which covers a wide range of services. Along with being an NRA certified Range Safety Officer.
I am constantly on the move and am currently looking at a 2016 Launch Ultra Lite 24RLS travel trailer to full time in while I am in the States.
Any helpful tips/tricks on full-timing and towing would be GREATLY appreciated! I am a complete novice outside of stock trailers.

Cheers!

irayfz6 · Feb 12, 2018

boogie3478 · Feb 12, 2018

ALittleTexanAbroad[OP] initial post: ↑

Greetings All,

I bought my 2017 TRD Off-Road, double cab, 6’ bed Taco in April of last year. When I pulled him off the lot, he had 32 miles on the odometer- 9 months later, we’re pushing 26,000 miles.
A little background on me: I spent most of my career in the medical field. In 2015 I walked away from that career (which was literally killing me) and hopped on a plane for a 14 day internship in South Africa, one thing led to another and I ended up not being Stateside again until 6 months later. I am a licensed PH in South Africa, I work alongside anti-poaching units in RSA, Mozambique, and Namibia, and I am also an FAA licensed UAG pilot. I am a Principle in Independent Drone Services which covers a wide range of services.
I am constantly on the move and am currently looking at a 2016 Launch Ultra Lite 24RLS travel trailer to full time in while I am in the States.
Any helpful tips/tricks on full-timing and towing would be GREATLY appreciated! I am a complete novice outside of stock trailers.

Cheers!
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Welcome to TW!

Hobbs · Feb 12, 2018

Welcome to The Forum!

ALittleTexanAbroad · Feb 12, 2018

@boogie3478 thank ya kindly!

ALittleTexanAbroad · Feb 12, 2018

@Hobbs thank ya! I look forward to learning from the forum!

THATCH11B · Feb 12, 2018

Welcome to the forum

ALittleTexanAbroad · Feb 12, 2018

@THATCH11B thank you!

ZekeR7 · Feb 12, 2018

ALittleTexanAbroad[OP] initial post: ↑

Greetings All,

I bought my 2017 TRD Off-Road, double cab, 6’ bed Taco in April of last year. When I pulled him off the lot, he had 32 miles on the odometer- 9 months later, we’re pushing 26,000 miles.
A little background on me: I spent most of my career in the medical field. In 2015 I walked away from that career (which was literally killing me) and hopped on a plane for a 14 day internship in South Africa, one thing led to another and I ended up not being Stateside again until 6 months later. I am a licensed PH in South Africa, I work alongside anti-poaching units in RSA, Mozambique, and Namibia, and I am also an FAA licensed UAG pilot. I am a Principle in Independent Drone Services which covers a wide range of services.
I am constantly on the move and am currently looking at a 2016 Launch Ultra Lite 24RLS travel trailer to full time in while I am in the States.
Any helpful tips/tricks on full-timing and towing would be GREATLY appreciated! I am a complete novice outside of stock trailers.

Cheers!
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Welcome! Nice resume! Haven’t been to South Africa, but would love to go. Mostly only been up north (Asia, Europe, North America). Haven’t been to South America or Africa.

buckhuntin-tacoma · Feb 12, 2018

Welcome to TW!!

ALittleTexanAbroad · Feb 12, 2018

@ZekeR7 spectacular! What did you do in Europe and Asia?

ALittleTexanAbroad · Feb 12, 2018

@buckhuntin-tacoma thank ya kindly!

ZekeR7 · Feb 12, 2018

ALittleTexanAbroad[OP] said: ↑

@ZekeR7 spectacular! What did you do in Europe and Asia?
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Drink...

ALittleTexanAbroad · Feb 12, 2018

@ZekeR7 hahaha! Fair enough!

ZekeR7 · Feb 12, 2018

ALittleTexanAbroad[OP] said: ↑

@ZekeR7 hahaha! Fair enough!
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Lol
I’ve been to Guam, Japan, South Korea, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar, Philippines and Thailand. For the most part, it was business (military), but I would also go for vacation to see some friends since I used to be a volunteer for a culture exchange program and became friends with a lot of foreigners. Most of my times oversea, I was underage, but they are more laxed over there so overdid it a bit =p.

tn_popo · Feb 12, 2018

Howdy

ODNAREM · Feb 12, 2018

Welcome Logan!

Zac of all trades · Feb 13, 2018

ALittleTexanAbroad[OP] initial post: ↑

Greetings All,

I bought my 2017 TRD Off-Road, double cab, 6’ bed Taco in April of last year. When I pulled him off the lot, he had 32 miles on the odometer- 9 months later, we’re pushing 26,000 miles.
A little background on me: I spent most of my career in the medical field. In 2015 I walked away from that career (which was literally killing me) and hopped on a plane for a 14 day internship in South Africa, one thing led to another and I ended up not being Stateside again until 6 months later. That “all-in”, “fuck it, why not?” mentality seems to be a running theme in my life. I am a licensed PH in South Africa, I work alongside anti-poaching units in RSA, Mozambique, and Namibia, and I am also an FAA licensed UAG pilot. I am a Principle in Independent Drone Services which covers a wide range of services. Along with being an NRA certified Range Safety Officer.
I am constantly on the move and am currently looking at a 2016 Launch Ultra Lite 24RLS travel trailer to full time in while I am in the States.
Any helpful tips/tricks on full-timing and towing would be GREATLY appreciated! I am a complete novice outside of stock trailers.

Cheers!
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Long beds for the win!!!

Welcome from North Texas!! What part of Texas are you in? We also need some photos of this "new truck"!

Oh yeah, here's a tip... Don't tow in overdrive! Haha.

mattgecko · Feb 15, 2018

Welcome!

ChadsPride · Feb 15, 2018

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...k-just-make-it-a-toyota-and-were-good.411172/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/dfw-bs-thread-next-meet-drink-tbd.442133/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/houston-area-along-with-dbs-not-from-houston-bs-thread.309119/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/san-antonio.139967/

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