Alabama thread!

there is absolutely nothing wrong with mine...... so i dont believe you would make much money...... plus its all under warranty for a few more years.

 

TacoFMS how do you like the OME set up on your truck and specifically which one do you have

 

885's with nitro 90000 up font and dakars with n182's in the rear. i like it, however it is very rigid, especially at highway speeds on a rough alabama road. the back end has gotten squirrelly on me once or twice since switching to the dakars. but i expect a truck to drive and perform like a truck so i dont mind how loud my tires are nor how rough/harsh/rigid, whatever you may call it, the ride is. ive done several lift options in the past from spacers to eibachs and billies to the full ome up front and anything from blocks to single aal to progressive aal to the dakars on the rear. i must personally say that nothing i have had up front does as well as the ome does, but the progressive aal was def the best ride, yet the dakars do perform better. if that makes sense.

 

In your opinion, do you think the dakars and n182's in the rear would be stiff enough to prevent sag while towing a decent size offshore boat? 21foot palm beach?

 

i would think they have the best chance over anything else that i know of.

 

Thanks man I appreciate it anything i should be aware of with installing the Complete OME kit with the 885's before hand
tools : 2 1/2 ton floor jack two jack stands and a craftsmen tool set and pipe for cheater is what i got to work with

 

Well heck, you have to do maintenance don't you? hahaha. Or do you do all that yourself? (Which isn't uncommon)

 

I am certain he does his own maintenance that he can.

 

Depending on the tongue weight you might want to look at airbags. Nothing fancy with a compressor on board is required, you can plumb them into a schraeder valve on the bumper and just fill up when you need to tow. The shocks aren't going to help the spring rate, just going to dampen oscillation of the spring. You might want to go with the Dakar HD or whatever the part number is that has the additional overload leaf for carrying heavy loads.

What's that boat weigh? I mean at the end of the day it's still a V6 Tacoma, and it tows well for a truck its size. It isn't a full size 1/2 ton by any stretch of the imagination though.

There's a towing thread around here somewhere that has good info for towing at or near the rated capacity.

 

right now toyota pays for that. when they stop i already have the supplies for my first 2, and my 30 and 60k maintenance

 

Yea its not a massive boat, (Cape,Contender, Yellowfin...) weighs close to 3800 pounds give or take 100 pounds. 21 ft palm beach with 150 Yamaha The yota should be able to tow this pretty good if not I will add 4.56 and a locker to help give it some pep

 

This is the thread I was looking for... easy enough to find, but it has good info:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/towing/4031-tacoma-towing-bible.html

 

Thanks man will check it out when is the next meet be pretty cool to go up there and check yalls trucks out I couldn't do much riding besides donuts in the grass but still be pretty cool for sure

 

The TW folks get together on kinda an consistently inconsistent basis, and stuff just pops up here in this thread or over in the offroad thread. (http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/south-east/215769-alabama-off-road-mods-meets-thread-88.html)

Sometimes there are several meets back to back, sometimes it may be a couple of months. There are a couple of us who still hang around even though we're post-tacoma, like Paul (FlawedXJ) and me.

I also hang out with some guys here in town that are Toyota 4x4 enthusiasts as part of a TLCA club. We have monthly meetings every second Wednesday of the month at Cahaba Brewing Company in downtown B'ham around 7:30PM. It goes until everyone quits hanging out in the parking lot. Info on our junk can be found over on mud at:
http://forum.ih8mud.com/al-dixieland-cruisers/ We're always looking for folks to come hang out, ride, and / or drink beer. It's a fun crowd.

 

I guess I will just tell the kids that Santa Clause skipped us this year....















LMFAO....

 

maybe do like some of the others and just come right out and ask for charity?????

 

you shouldn't have any problems towing that boat my boat is 21ft and around the same weight with a 225 merc. My 2010 tacoma pulls it just fine and with the lift I have it still has a slight rake so when tow anything it sits level.

 

Great idea! Works every time.

 

Good deal what lift do you have?

 

Hasn't worked for me yet.....