Tacomas in Minnesota?

Thats what i narrowed it down to also. I have chipped the ice away from between my sliders and cab, cab mount, and anywhere I can find but doesn't go away until its ALL gone! Makes me nervous but I can't do much about it without a heated garage.

 

Friend of mine had one at his apartment building so I borrowed it for a couple hours. Did the trick.

 

Does the clink happen when backing/turning, then going/turning?

If your LCA bolts are not cranked to the required HUGE torque value (145ftlb sound about right, but don’t quote) they’ll make a popping/clinking noise too

 

That happens a lot. I just a basically ignore any weird noises that happen during the winter any more.

 

Hey all that use your Tacos offroad in MN: Fill out this survey before Feb. 28th for the Offraod Task Force to report to legislators: https://content.govdelivery.com/acc...Xrtb7sWgBbJ_q67Qg4YvMoLu5gubkne3alKQEAcieeMsk

 

It happens all the time. going over any bump or pot hole. hell even when I start it i hear a little thud

 

Anyone have experience with mounting a Sherpa or Prinsu rack on their topper or have fiberglass experience? I have some shitty Prorack rails and I don't know how I am going to get my Sherpa mounted on them. Might just need to drill new holes and fill the old ones.

 

Yes I do and I just now filled the survey out. OMFG, I didn't know how long the survey was going to be. lol

 

What survey did you take? Took me like 5min hah

 

I've just resigned myself to the fact that the most off-roading I'll do in Minnesota is a bumpy gravel road with a few pot holes.

 

You can come drive through the 2 feet of snow in my driveway and crash drifts on the road

 

Ice is finally melting today - I'm good!

 

Where do I sign up?

 

This is my snow fence (approx 4-5 feet tall) and driveway a couple days ago

 

I'm still able to drive overland up here without serious risk of getting stuck. We have less than a foot, but it is drifted to maybe 2 feet in spots. I never used to plow my driveway either when I had one. It had a inline too. It was quite fun to get my 2wd Ranger up it. It took some momentum.

The picture of your backyard reminds me of the backyard I grew up in. The snow forms what look like water waves from the wind blowing the snow across miles of empty farm field. They get hard enough that you can walk on them.

 

Hitting Carlos Avery for some soft roading tomorrow.

 

That's right next door to me. There much you can even do there?

 

Just riding around enjoying nature and getting a little dirty under the chassis. Something to get us out of our house.

 

Are there unplowed roads and/trails in Carlos Avery or are you going there to hike, ski, or bike?

The closest unplowed forest roads to me that I know of are about an hour away in Sand Dunes State Forest near Big Lake. I would like to find others.

Snow can make otherwise boring timid terrain challenging.

 

Hey folks. Anyone have any local fab spots that make sliders? Would love to buy local for reasons of supporting local, but also to save on shipping from out of state. Thanks for any recs you have.