SPARES NEEDED FOR 2019 TRD PRO WITH CAMPER

New to me is a 2019 TRD Pro access cab 4wd that I am having a *very light* camper installed in place of the bed, on a custom cradle. The emphasis is on lightness and a very capable offroad rig to explore with, in remote locations, so I must be self reliant.

I need to determine what spares to carry with me such as perhaps a water pump, V-belt, alternator, etc.

Tools I will need is a different subject covered in a separate link, search for TOOLS TO CARRY, WHICN SPECIFICALLY FOR 2019 4WD ACCESS CAB WITH CAMPER?
And
TIRE REPAIR ITEMS NEEDED FOR 2019 4WD ACCESS CAB WITH CAMPER is also covered in a separate link.

Maintenance supplies needed is a different subject and covered in a separate link, search for MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR A 2019 TRD PRO WITH CAMPER. These will include items such as electrical tape, fuses, wire, electrical connectors, inner tube, valve stems, etc.

So spares that I can think of AND that are necessary for the weak links (none that I know of?) in a 2019 TRD Pro are:
V-belt

I do NOT agree with carrying such as the following and it is too much weight; I will maintain my vehicle very well, and I don't intend to over stress it or break parts (time will tell though
Not needed:
inner and outer tie rods, complete CV assembly, rear driveshaft, usually at least one extra spare, etc.

SO what other spares do you guys think I may need?

Thank you!

 

Are you saying you dont plan on carrying a spare tire?

 

Barnitz, I DO have a spare, it will be stored between the camper and the back of the camper, so not in it's stock position under the rear of the vehicle. That space, where the spare was, plus more made by cutting out the big X between the frame rails (and suitably strengthening that area), will be for a storage area accessible from inside the camper.

 

If you aren’t planning on leaving North America with it I wouldn’t even stress about spare parts. Realistically tens of thousands of people wheel remote sections of this country without belts or fuses. That’s why you bought a Toyota after all.....

Spare tire, tire repair kit, maybe even those valve stem repair kits sure, recovery gear, fuses, electric tape, pliers, some wrenches ext....

wheeling a brand new Tacomas isn’t like one of our 40 year old Land Cruisers. I’d say with regular maintenance I can’t imagine you not get many hundreds of thousands of trouble free miles.

Perhaps just look into insurance that’ll cover extracting you or your vehicle during a break down/ injury far from the beaten path.

And of course an InReach or other means of remote communication just in case.

#alsonotapro

 

Ummm...But Toyota doesn't make a trd PRO access cab?

 

Dealer had a couple of spare PRO badges -slapped em on -- told the guy it was a PRO and walla!!

 

drbeemer73 -sorry for the sarcasm -- your truck sure looks like a "offroad" body style. Unless you got a REALLLLLLY RARE (special build) truck -- someone told you a "PRO -STORY" !!!!

 

Also you may want to look up the guy on here who is outfitting his Tacoma to take around the world (several continents sp?).
I think this may be in the overlanding section of this forum. Not sure what they call it but you can find it with a little looking

 

why would you not carry a CV? if your worried about like 4 extra pounds you got bigger probs

 

Hate to burst your bubble but your truck is not a TRD Pro. They didn’t make an access cab Pro and your wheels are TRD Off Road. No Pro fog lights. Definitely a TRD Off Road.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/taking-a-tacoma-around-the-world-need-advice.585792/

there it is

 

Thanks

 

Your should carry the following:

A spare air filter (yours may get clogged or wet or damaged when you check it).

A bottle of premix coolant and a hose repair kit and a bottle of radiator stop leak (self explanatory)

A bottle of brake fluid and a means of clamping off a torn or damaged brake line (a real possibility). The brake fluid is for topping off after a repair.

A differential drain plug and bottle of gear oil (for when it loosens off, or you knock it of. This happened to my friend)

A reasonable length of general purpose 14 AWG wire and some butt splices (for when the rats or porcupines chew your wiring harness)

A headlight bulb and a taillight bulb

A selection of metric bolts and screws for when things rattle loose on the washboard roads.

hope this helps.

 

Thanks guys.
If I said my truck was a Pro, that was a typo. I had to purchase an OFF ROAD model to get the 6 foot bed, a requirement due to the camper being mounted on the cradle. The bed was removed.

Stockholder, good list, thanks.

And Mark, I have been following the RTW build, it is good; I hope he does not run into any serious weight issues! I don't think he has the option of being light due to the requirements and limitations of his wife. He IS doing the right thing though, he is making their rig to suit her so she will go on the trip with him.
Happy Wife = Happy Life
and she is half of their team. I'm glad I can pursue my rig being light for many reasons, if none other than it will be far easier to extricate myself.

BTW the builder of my camper suggested and I agreed with him, that I should NOT mount a snorkel, and after a discussion, I agreed. I will set up a link to explain the why and the alternative in another post titled "SNORKEL, WHY *NOT*".

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/snorkel-why-not-and-the-alternative.636672/#post-21923869

 

Happy wife happy life is a load of shit. Just avoid the wife part and be happy doing whatever you want.

 

Looks nice, where do you plan on taking it?

 

Happy spouse happy house.

If it’s not a selfless two way street with no double standards walk away and stay away.

 

Long answer, sorry:
My wife and I have been "overlanding", that's a new term for car camping :- for 33 years, 30 years or so out of our '86 Land Cruiser, an FJ60. (Before that it was an FJ55!)
What's an "Iron Pig" you say? BTW it rusted away, holes literally everywhere, hood, floors, etc., sold it to a farmer to drive on his farm, no more on the street.

We ground tented, and the 60 has been upgraded with a fridge (no more soggy sandwiches) and water tanks, so it is far better than "before"

We are keeping that rig, at least for now, in the eastern US (eastern PA). We will continue to ground tent out of it as the downsides to a RTT is that they are taller, heavier, increases the COG, and once set up you can't easily go to town, or wherever, fetch milk, run a trail, etc.
Trailers have their own set of downsides for us, even though I have one of those ex-Canadian M101 1/4 ton trailers, easily convertible to any purpose. We will use it on this new rig if a need arises but don't want to.

So now, we want to arrive someplace, hop out of the cab, open a door and immediately climb into bed and have heat. This way there is no tent set up or take down, etc. and we can more comfortably handle cold and snow, because we like to go lots of different types of places.

As with most ALL choices there are pluses and minuses.

And we want "small" so we can go on Jeep trails and shelf roads, narrow trails, etc.

And we want light so we will be far less likely to get stuck, and if we do get stuck, it will be far easier to get unstuck (perhaps "destucked

So we looked for about 5 years for "our" set up; Maltec in Germany was almost "our" rig for instance, but the bed was too small, a deal breaker for us. Our new rig has a bed 5 inches wider than a queen size bed (HURRAH!)

So to finally answer your question, this rig should be finished in a couple of months (started last Feb) and it is being built in AZ. SO we will "explore" the western US, while a big consideration will be the weather (cold in Feb) and maybe immediately go to Baja as it will be cold when we finally take delivery of it, etc.

I've motorcycled all over the US, Mexico, Alaska and in Europe, and now my wife wants to go places I have been, as well as other places.

It will be "one step at a time".

My wife and I are willing to take chances (hey, we both ride motorcycles extensively) and are looking forward to camping out of this Tacoma/Tern Overlander and going exploring.

Toyota's name for the color of this truck is "Cement" so our rig is named "The Cement Truck".

Our license plate is "WE ROME" which we got years ago in anticipation of our traveling in a rig like this one.

We are excited.

Wanna go too?


SO we will start our west and go from there.

This camper won't fit inside a 40 foot container with the camper on the cradle, but it can easily (there's that weight thang again!) be unbolted and lifted off its cradle and both the camper and the truck put end to end inside a 40 foot container and then shipped anywhere w/o being molest-able, and at modest cost.

The ONLY downside to this camper is that is is hard sided so the top cannot be lowered, to say fit directly inside a container. The other side of this argument is that it does not have canvas parts to possibly flap in the wind, deteriorate, leak, etc.