What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Took it through the mountains to deliver a trailer for work. 3000 lb unit.
Calgary AB to Vernon BC .

Returned decent mileage
[12 mpg] 18.9 L per 100 on way there and in 4HI for 3/4 of the trip.

[21 mpg] 11.0 L per 100 on way home and in 4 HI for half the trip.

Funny angle of picture. Lol. Trailer looks humongous and the Taco looks like a toy.

 

A thousand pardons, sir!

 

Nice looking truck. I want to go with wider wheels and tires. They just look so much better.

 

Welcome to TW! I appreciate the humor of the Taco Bell!

 

but have you tasted it yet?

 

Very salty.

 

Someone in the forums said not to use the brass fittings for whatever reason. Maybe clogging? Your experience shows, at least your use case, there is no issue using the fittings and all drains well even with road grime from salting.

Search my profile for the links to the messages with the fittings I used. They are 90 degree elbow since i have a bedmat.

 

Not bad for a run over the Rockies

 

Couple small projects completed today. Pop & Lock tailgate mechanism (forgot to take a picture with tailgate cover off), Seat Jackers for the Drivers Seat and Z-Precision large cup holder. Not sure why the tail gate lock is an add on this day and age.

 

AF and in NWFL...Hurlburt or Eglin I take it? I was stationed there for a bit, really enjoyed my time there on Eglin range poking around with my 4Runner.

 

Retired AF! Im fairly new to the area so not sure where the places to go are yet.

 

Awesome, Thanks for your time of service to the country! I'm retiring at the end of this year from the AF also. When I was there in 2005, you could get a range pass to go out on Eglin's Range and drive the roads out there and get some off pavement time. There wasn't much that was too challenging but enough to get stuck.

 

Good to know and Thanks for your service as well! I have On X offroad and looks like there is some trail down in Santa Rosa area. Might see what thats about. Closer to Tallahassee there seems to be a lot of trails as well.

 

Pedestrian hit me at full sprint while I was approaching a red light to stop behind stopped traffic. He came from in between stopped cars and gave me no time at all to react. He admitted fault to me and responding law enforcement. He was released from the scene and thankfully was not injured.

 

Yeah I wish on x was a thing when I was down there. I left in 2005. I’m use to the great PNW anyway!

 

Pedestrians need to slow down; everyone is in such a hurry these days. They could hurt an innocent vehicle!

 

@slimfl08

Congrats on USAF Retirement!

You're what's called a "Baby Retiree", LOL!

At least, that's what I was called back in 2011 when I retired.

I lived in JAX for a time working at Cecil Field--The Boeing Company's QF-16 program.

My brother-in-law lives in Pensacola; lots of fun places to visit like PCB.

Enjoy your retirement, your new truck and your new environment!

 

Mounted a set of studded snows on some steelies Friday night and put them on Saturday morning. Hopefully we get a decent storm so I can test them out. I miss the look of the aftermarket wheels and bigger tires but it should be a beast in the snow and ice.

 

i have those same seat covers. I love em.

 

well at least no one was hurt. Sucks about your Taco though.