Ontario BS Thread

Aie, I run it.

It's not the slowest thing but it does work and work well. I like the "set and forget" feature on airing up, Set desired PSI and let it run until it stops. I find the best inflation when the truck is flat on all 4s, Uphill/down hill skews pressures.

Also box it comes in fits perfectly behind the double cab seat slot storage.

 

overinflating tires and pontoon system to cross Lake Ontario

 

Shhhhhhhhhh. My human smuggling business dose not need any negative press...lol.

 

The garage clutter clear out was a success!

Thanks to @Saturnine for running the brakes for a pre tension spool up.

Total weight added - 74.1lbs
Lost suspension height - 3/16” - 1/4"

 

That's a nice clean install...

 

Thanks. Running the littlefuse z-case fuse terminal made the wiring pretty tidy as well at the battery side.

 

But it does need positive press. What is the survival rate?

 

I’ve got bunch of overland magazines (about 20 issues) available if anyone would like to pick them up. Free of charge along with BRMB for Southern Ontario.

 

LOOKS MINT

what was the hidden bracket did you end up going with?

 

so is this like, National Geographic but with adventures?

 

Can I call dibs on the brmb?

 

I went with the bulldog bracket BDW23001 (was also available from a Canadian vendor, Raven truck accessories). It's overall design is good and fitment was mostly good. It's ecoat and not powder coat so rust protection should be better. TLDR, good design but could be built with much better tolerances.

The issues I had were,
- the bolt hole clearances on the frame ends could be much tighter, 2-3mm. Might make up some washer plates for this in the future.
- the bolts that come for the fairlead bracket are low quality and stripped with not much tightning (for an M10). Replaced these with grade 8.8s.
- the holes for mounting the winch also suffer from lrge clearances so torquing just causes the washers (supplied by smittybilt) to sink in. Adding na additional M12 washer in the stack fixed this. A large heavy duty M10 / 3/8 washer would also work.
- the tabs that fold under and attach at the M12 bolts that hold on the extensions are poorly dimensioned and leave almost 1/4" gap after biasing the assembly upward. I had filled this gap with my reinforcements and a washer. Pic of this below.

 

You got it!

 

FIFY

 

Couple more things available, I’ll spam here.

Coope Discover STT Pro 315/70/17 on the 4runner rim for $100 production year is 2018. Plenty of life, good for test fitting before commuting to 35s

gas can is free

 

I swapped out my Amber BD Sports for Clear BD Pros. I might swap back if these are too bright, I plan on using them up north & not around traffic. I might sell the extra pair in future because I only need one pair. Couldn't pass up the deal, I got the pros for cheaper than the sports.

 

On the way back from the meet this weekend for the motorcade. The wife and I went back North through Barrie. The 400 was bumper to bumper less than 30KM/h on the way in and we didn't want that on the way out.

So she navigated us through Barrie.


It had just stopped raining, and we are downtown somewhere. We come around this sharp left turn and there is a stop light at the top of this really steep hill.

We are 2nd in line so right on the hill, no weight in the back end, slick roads. I push the gas when the light turns green, only tire spin.

Let off and shift into 1st gear, push lighter. Only tire spin. The lady behind me in a CR-V was like 'WTF is going on up there?' Starts to get out from behind the guy who cant go forward.


I reach over and flip the switch, for 4H. My wife busts out laughing at me.

Wife: 'Yea that will get more wheels spinning, flipping a switch that does nothing'








When you forget you did all the things.

 

I'm interested in the overland magazines if they're still available. I'm in London though so not sure how when I could get them.

 

@Norilsk will probably come see me in Cambridge. From there it’s not too bad.

 

we can arrange TW express there, I’ll set them aside for you.
Lots of great stories to read through that aren’t posted online.