Manfred's #thicc boi aka 'White Rhino'

I told it to bite the pillow hard, and it did so.

Oooo my sliders are from them, steel or aluminum?

 

Back from a two week trip travelling the east coast with the Mrs, the dog, @Atlas86 and @Canadianguy91.

Truck took a beating but learned a lot on what I need to bring vs nice to have.

1st trail run



Gasket and some bolts to bring it closer but just a bandaid solution.


2nd trail run



Flat tires hurray!


Crescent Beach, Nova Scotia




Lunenburg, Nova Scotia


Oak Island, Nova Scotia

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

 

Solar set up 95% complete. Repositioning the battery to the undercarriage and should be fabbed up soon.

 

Locating the second battery was a toss up

A) underneath where the spare tire sits. Would need lots of fab work and couple holes through the bed. Could be prone to mud and water.

B) In the bed drawer. Would lose a drawer of space. Fab work less.

Opted for in the bed for being able to remove it during the winter months if necessary.



still need to crimp the 1/0 and wire the small 12v and USB closer to the front end of the cap where the lights will run and phones charge for the night.

Need some ideas for storing misc crap (phones while charging) around the cap without losing space

 

Forgot to include

 

Is this how you overland?

 

Full solar walkthrough

Batt runs through the cubbies





Connects to positive and negative terminal with a 100 amp cut up. Amp breaker




All of that shenanigans powers these two banks. One located at the aft of the vehicle, one located towards the head of the cap, each have one 12v outlet and one 2x USB charging port.






Next step would be an inverter of some degree. 1000w would be ideal. Future fridge in the works

 

Some much needed POR-15 pre winter prep before a fluid film party








Work in progress...and a lot of work at that

 

Awning install.
Happy with the results but have yet to cook under it.
Bit of a gap towards the door but overall great coverage.

 

In case you dont follow me on the gram, good little meetup today.

Manfred.Taco

 

Fluid filmed this beauty today. Big shout out to @weight for hosting and @ToyotaRacingDev for assisting with the odds and sods. Heavy application, and 2/3 of the gallon can but overall shes protected from all the salt ever.

 

New (ish) shoes with some rub. Thinking it's on the UCAs due to the height of the lift.



Need to re apply some fluid film after ardbeg towards the front end (@Norilsk you were right) and start the winterizing of the camper.

Battery out, solar off, awning stored and possible removal of the cap in place of my tailgate and tonneau cover

 

Love them Coopers!

Dont think I could have picked a better tire and size for my 1st set after I realized what garbage the stock rugged trails are.

 

Nice rims

 

Well I'm thinking about switching my 17s to a passenger highway tire and have these 16s as a dedicated trail tire. Might be over doing it

 

@ScenicCityOverland



Caught you! lol What a beautiful drive through Algonquin eh? you literally hit the optimal time to visit the park. Also thats a GFC right? I want to get into building my own one day

 

HEY! That was an incredible drive. We spent a day hiking around and exploring the park. The colors could not have been any better. Almost had the wife convinced to rent a canoe, but after watching a family of 3 Asian tourist flip in the cold water, she backed out.

Yep, I took off in June to go get it. There is a full thread on the trip out there and back if you want to see some more pics of it.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/a-mid-week-adventure-4400-miles-in-6-days.618692/

 

It was a weekday too and just so many damn asians lol. Definitely cool, will check it out

 

Skids back on thanks to @bigmw for the hookup


Still looking for a well priced full set in steel and have to deal with some CB shaft shudder but that's a later problem.

 

If you break anything else, I still have a bunch of front and rear bumper parts