A Pack Mule with a Transfer Case...the Grey Mouser.

Herein lays the tale of a humble, little truck. A truck that has been tweaked and fiddled and fitted to support the adventurous activities and backwoods wanderings of its wanderlust inflicted owners. It bears the burden of hauling the gear and the supplies of those adventures like a pack mule of the past. A beast of burden if you will. It will never crawl the Rubicon, or be the darling farkle strewn show truck of social media fame, nor will it be the focus of the adventure itself. But it is loved for being what it is, a damn good truck. Introducing the Grey Mouser, or Mouser for short...

2015 Tacoma TRD Sport DCSB

Latest photo:




Drivetrain: 4.0 V, 5-speed automatic, 3.73 gears, LSD

Suspension: Bilstien 5100s front set at 2.5”; OME Dakar Heavy Springs with Bilstien 5100s at the rear; Firestone Air Lift bags with Daystar cradles

Tires/Wheels: Factory Toyota split 5 spoke Tundra rims: 255/80/17 Cooper ST Max

Exterior Upgrades:

^Leer 100RRC contractors cap: dual solid door sides; dual toolboxes; Thule Tracker rack system; carpeted headliner; LED interior lighting; LED cargo box lighting

^SOS Off-road Concepts Aluminum Streamline Front Bumper

^ComeUp 9s Winch

^White Knuckle Off-road Rock Sliders

^ Yakima Jaylow kayak mounts

^Wilco Tire Carrier

^Autohome Maggiolina Extreme RTT

Interior Upgrades:
^OCD Console Organizer and Storage Tray
^Husky Weatherbeater Floor Liners
^Covercraft Ballistic/Waterproof seat covers front and rear.

Adventures to Date:

>Little Juniata River run: 4/15/2016
>Ohiopyle State Park: 5/25/2016
>Upper Peninsula of Michigan: 8/6/2016
>Pine Creek Gorge; Pa Wilds: 7/28/2017
>Canadian Maritimes: Nova Scotia/New Brunswick 8/6/2017
>Pennsylvania Wilds: Loyalsock State Forest, Worlds End & Rickettes Glen State Parks 7/20/2018
>Hocking Hills State Park & Serpent Mound 8/5/2018
>New York: Rock City State Park
>Allegheny Nation Forest 5/10/2019
>Pocono Mountains/Hickory Run SP 8/10/2019
>West Virginia Backcountry 9/1/2019
>Hickory Creek Wilderness; ANF 1/2020
>Moshannon State Forest 3/8/2020
>Allegheny National Forest 5/2020
>Pennsylvania Wilds; Quehanna Wild Area 5/2020
>Pennsylvania Wilds; 5 Forests Wander 6/2020
>South Dakota Road Trip 8/2020

 

Wow those are some serious trip reports and awesome truck!

 

It all started when the wife wanted a truck of her own, something to commute to work in the wintry conditions here and to haul her kayak without having to borrow my truck. I was tooling around happily in my modified 1st gen Tundra known as Fafhrd. He was our adventure truck and had pretty much been up and down the east side of the country taking us on numerous adventures...



So we bought the last ‘15 model truck on the dealers lot for the wife’s ride.



Together they were a good paring between modded and practical. Her plan was to keep the truck as stock as possible and fit it out for travel and commuting



But plans, as you know, seldom stay true to their original intent.

 

that's a badass tundra.... updates?