What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

With a 60 quart orca cooler, 5 gallons of water, 2 gallons of gas, Tool box, Camping gear(sleeping,cooking etc), and either backpacking or climbing gear. At least a couple hundred pounds and then add 2 kayaks to the roof. I go camping a lot, Ive been the past 7 weekends lol Going backpacking again this weekend.

 

According to the weight station slip, this is what a load of 860 pounds, or 0.43 tons looks like. It wasn’t sagging that much.







I did a load of concrete a year ago, and that was probably some of the worst sagging I’ve ever had in the rear end. I think I was pushing the GVWR at that point.



Those stock leafs sure put up a fight at 96k.

 

So everyone says put the thermostat in with the jiggle valve in the 6 o'clock position. Well taking mine apart, it looks like this:

That's factory original. I'll put the new one in at 6 o'clock, but it's curious how it came from the factory with it in the 12 o'clock position.

 

the Expos are +400-500lbs. But Is that +500 from stock weight? Lol Im way beyond Stock weight. My high top camper shell is probably 150-200 plus my bed platform, slider and soon to be rear bumper. haha my truck is a fatty

 

So with out gear my truck weighed in at 2.650 tons. So .55 tons more than your truck with out gear. 1100lbs

 

Oh yeah I forgot about the camper shell, those things weight a ton. I bought a simple one just out of impulse for $50 and it takes 4 people to move it around.

Have you considered a trailer? I see a lot of guys taking those

$17 M1102 Mobil 1 M1-102 / M1-102A Extended Performance Oil Filter

M1102 Army surplus trailers and turning them into off-road trailers. They’re already built for it and they’re relatively cheap.

 

Holy shit... 1,100 pounds unloaded? Camper shell and sleeping platform can’t weight that much.

 

Sliders, winch, front bumper, and full skids my man

 

Haha shit, I have a plated bumper and sliders too. Just haven’t welded them together yet.

What kind of fuel economy are you getting?

 

Lol terrible. 13-14 around town. 16-18 hwy

 

Man I get 15 MPG average now on my relatively stock 4x4 conversion. When it was still a PreRunner the fuel economy was a little better. It’s definitely going to get worse once I get all the armor on, and the lift I still have to get rebuilt.

Doesn’t help I only have the Auto 3RZ and I drive like a maniac. I’m always Pedal-to-the-metal trying to get up to highway speeds because it’s slower than loaded semi trying to go up a 14% grade.

 

It's a truck, who cares about MPG. Go drive your Civic around if you wanna get good gas mileage.

 

My wallet, 87 is $4.13/Gallon here.

The Civic would be a good daily. However, it’s just about the most boring thing you can ever drive.

The Honda Civic is the Soylent of cars.

 

That's where 4mpg gone lmao my front bumper and winch.

 

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I had the same setup on my trip to mammoth in the bed minus the Kayaks but I have an RTT...was at 500lbs+ easy. Water and gas cans when full add a lot of weight. That was when I learned I needed to beef up my leafs with AALs, I was nearly on my bump stops the whole time.

 

A big give and take, just as anything in life.

Hard to find a fun car that gets good gas mileage, that's dependable that's cheap. You can only pick 3 if not only 2

 

Definitely, and sometimes add in things like firewood, chain saw and stuff like that. It adds up so quick lol

 

I just took a look at your Supra build, that sounds like a totally fun DD - but I also can't imagine that gets good gas mileage either.

 

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