What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

You have to drill holes. Two in the lower bracket and another two in the upper one. Lots of how to videos on you tube. Just take your time and make sure you have a good riveter. The rivets need at least 4 squeezes ( in my case ), I only used a $15 riveter it helps if you have a fancy/professional riveter. They (Spiker Engg.) have an online instruction that you can watch too if you want.

 

Yup they can drive a forklift to the side of it to load it. The front folds down as well in case I need more room. I can fold all sides to 30° for wider loads or pull them all off to use it as a stage. Genius design.

 

Hell yeah Cancerslug! Wasn't expecting that on TW.

 

Hopefully you don't have to dig to replace a post. I did that last year on three of them and they kicked my ass. Thank God for Sika Postfix Mix in the Bag which was a life saver.

 

I wish I bought a little beefier trailer like yours. But my new little guy is working out great. Have about 400lbs in the bed and 1500lbs on the trailer (pavers are underneath the mulch). She was squatting a decent bit.

Building some side walls for it today.

What do you guys think? Sumo springs, leaf pack? Not really wanting air bags.

 

Congrats again brother! I am on here as well… but still learning how to use the forum!!

 

Smeared some trim restorer on my oem cover. Looks 10x better!

 

I suggest installing RoadMaster active suspension.

 

Sure. I guess it is part of the hinge assembly. On the opposite side facing inwards, there is a protruding tab that rubs on the cover as you open and close the seat back. I have it slightly stretched over the outside portion so the tab does not rub. Just looks a little loose though.

 

Yep, did that on the nails. Finished the back seat and headrests today. Will try the fronts tomorrow. Only issue I had with the back was trying to get the top seat belt opening of the cover stretched around the plastic insert on the seat. Took awhile. Anyway, I think they look nice.

 

Time to fit these tires

 

I wanted an aluminum trailer but couldn't find any at the beginning of the pandemic. Found the Karavan trailer at Sam's Club which was 2ft wider and 2 ft longer than the aluminum I was looking for. The Karavan was $600 cheaper and I can fit a sports utv in the future if I decide to get one. I'm glad I settled with this one. The only mod was the 1x10 drop in boards to carry loose dirt.

 

I like this quote, these ARE great trucks and you can do some tricked out shit to them. Sometimes even do shit that you really think is awesome and someone comes along and rags on it. But hey, its their opinion, and as they say, opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. Be happy.

 

Actually I did. I've had to replace 4 post the past 2 weeks while working on the fence and I had to replace 3 last year. What a pain in the ass to get those up in concrete especially when a few of the post were rotten at the ground and broke off. New post are all in the ground now and setting up. I still have some more of the 2x4's and dogs ears to install as well as stain to match everything else. Rain forecast tomorrow and Monday so I hope to finish up by the end of next weekend.

 

You need to look into the Sika Postfix at home Depot. It's better than mixing concrete and it only takes like 5 min per pole from start to finish. The hardest part is digging the hole.

 

did the "license plate lights - disable in reverse" mod today...

the harness for this is top notch, better than an oem harness, imo.

thanks daveeasa

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/license-plate-light-disable-while-in-reverse-dir.707546/

 

Used it to haul away our old sofa. New one is being delivered Tuesday and the old one went to the local Second Chance store.

 

looks great! Love my clazzios