Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

That's an interesting idea and I do not know if anyone has tried a bed tent over a rack. It would certainly limit head room. My concern is the rack interfering with the tent poles as they like a gentle curve.
Depending how much weather/ bug sealing you need when camping you could always put a tarp over the rack like @pearing does. Or drape the tent over the rack without poles.

A rack shouldn't add enough weight to require heavier leaf packs. I had Rola ladder rack on mine in part because it was so light weight.

 

When I had the rack I tried a tent inside the perimeter. Worked for a solo, but to tight with my wife too. Never bonded with it...

 

I can't say I've found a rack, until now, that's completely adjustable all around. L×W×H.
I really just want it to get the spare out of the bed. A suspended tire rack that I can still use my tonneau with. Basically.
If I can collapse it as small as it goes I would gain some head/sitting room toward the tailgate. Maybe it would work.

Or like you said...Don't use the tent poles.

At 3 am I wake up and think of bed racks instead of big racks.....getting old.

 

Tent poles instead of meat poles (or pole dancers.... Hmm....)

 

Axle reboot day!! Joy... no rain or snow in the forecast!

 

Today, oil change, tire rotation and mudflap install.
A bit cloudy with temp in upper 70s maybe low 80s.
No rain.
Snow brush gets put back in truck to day.

 

Axel reboot?
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=XinsfpJIzro&si=0fRFlkCgu2emx4-B

 

Why not get the snowblower out too. jeez.

 

Adam @wi_taco hasn't chimed in yet...

 

@rubbersidedown mod day.
Step 1 done.

 

That looks familiar!

 

Surprisingly we are finding Arkansas mud in Deans mall crawler.

 

So... My uniballs are toast. Can you believe it? Only a year and a half and I lubed them religiously. TC no good for Wisco it seems... Hey @BEAR_KNIFE_FIGHT what kind of time frame did you get with them?

Need ideas for a better system for up North climate I guess. Hey Adam @wi_taco what says the research expert??? Jason @Supr4Lo? Others???

 

Sparks are flying

 

I wanna see video when the cutting starts.

Edit: Jon, you posted that pic while I was typing.

 

Scary...

 

Uniballs unfortunately are just a wearable item. What are you lubing them with?

 

The web site said Trifliw and that is what I have been using. Any other UCA options you recommend?

 

We can loop in @906taco; we just redid all my LCA/UCA joints over the summer. I think the uniballs are just the best option for function with the downside that they’re just a wear item that needs to be replaced with some regularity. You can go for some of the other ball joint options but they’ll all introduce some amount of slop/imprecision to the mix.