What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

It is important to understand "cell signal" and "internet (data)" are 2 totally different things.
That means some areas will only provide cell signal, and rarely the case that they only provide data.
I have been in the middle of the mountains with full bars (cell) and only have 0.5 MBPS data speeds.

A cell booster will boost both cell and data but most of the rural areas have cell only for emergencies.

 

what tires are those?

 

They are Yokohama Geolandar x-mt’s

 

Exactly my problem, i need to have 4 LTE bars in order to work. Myabe weboost will work better for other carrier

 

Well i guess thats the reason i bought it to make emergency calls, not browsing internet while im camping . Well anyways im not to impressed with weboost, but my Verdict is , was is worth it $600 for emergency calls? Answer is yes, sometimes all you need is to make one single phone call and there you have it.

 

I did a raptor coating on my rear bumper and finally i got rid of the damn chrome. Packed my shit and left fishing lol

 

My hi-boost does about the same. They have an app that's supposed to show you how well it's working, but I have the one phone the app doesn't work on, so it's a guessing game.

 

Interesting, never heard about the app. I will look into it. Thanks.

 

Hiboost has an app, not sure about weBoost

 

You could also switch (if you have a android) what type of tower's your phone will look for. Helped me in a bind a couple times.

 

inReach mini would be your best bet. You would ALWAYS have reception.
I picked one up this year and it's awesome.

 

My friends got one last year and its not as good as we expected. We were up in the UP and we were pretty damn remote and none of us had signal. They were trying to get the Inreach to send a simple check in and they could not get it to go threw or see if they received anything until we got out of the forest on a wider road. We were guessing the trees were the issue but we still had a clear shot to the sky, granted it wasn't a big area. I'm use they wouldn't have any problem in open areas but if you are in the woods or forests it might not work.

 

Yeah that's because it's a satellite device. Being in a tight but open area doesn't mean one of the satellites are directly above you. You might need to climb a tree or something like that. It's no different than satellite radio; useless in a tunnel...

Garmin uses the Iridium Satellite Network. They have one of the most coverage around the world. 100% apparently. It says they have 75 satellites up there!
https://www.iridium.com/

 

Got my color matched grille surround with TRD insert installed! TRD Pro headlights ordered!

 

How did you secure the bottle jack?

 

Yeah but how much you pay monthly for the service plan?

 

Where did you get the surround

 

https://parts.camelbacktoyota.com/

$218 shipped

 

I have an inreach mini for when I ride long distance on the motorcycle. I think I pay $14/mo? And you can pause/resume your coverage with no fee, if I remember correctly. I keep it strapped to my backpack and it's a nice little piece of mind device that pulls double duty in the real rig, too.

 

Hmmm ok i will look into it