What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Mounted my bed winch for pulling the ice shack into the bed. I used 1 inch box tubing mounted to the header rail and the the side rails. Since the weight I am pulling will be about 130 lbs max, and is designed slide (sled with runners on it) the mounts should be more than enough to support the load.

I will say this winch is loud as hell, but it might just be due to it being in a enclosed bed.

 

No but I do work for a delivery company. I guess they are all about the same when it comes to accidents and safety. Funny thing is they want you to be safe, be accident free, try and blame you even if it's not your fault but not do much of anything to compensate people who earn many years of safe driving. Some incentive from the company to drive accident free would go a long way. If you are saving them thousands, possibly tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars in accident cost, then they should show some appreciation to those who are accident free.

 

Added to the things I didn't know I needed/wanted. Brilliant

 

Ive been wanting to do it for over a year, finally I decided to do it. I got the winch at horbor freight for $80, came with a wireless remote too so I can guide the kayak or ice house up and not get tangled in wires.

 

Adding to ass… be it his or mine!

https://youtu.be/Vqbk9cDX0l0

 

Got these in

What grill did you go with? looks good

 

Ready for these

 

Got my truck back from the body shop on 9/30, had the bumper cover repainted after getting it side swiped while sitting in my driveway. I'm satisfied. Took the SD card out of the FitCamX last night, and watched the body shop move the truck all around their lot, I'm impressed they had respect for the vehicle, well, except when they let it idle for about 20 minutes but that's petty I suppose. I felt a little vulnerable, I drove to the gas station to fill up and forgot my SD card in the laptop sitting at home, that was like a shot of reality realizing I would have no evidence if anyone else decided to bounce their vehicle into mine.

This ever happen to anyone? 2 days ago I stop into the gas station, and insert my key to the locking gas cap, then rotate counter clockwise, click-click-click ad infinitum. It wouldn't come off. I bring it home and with a large plumbers pliers finally get 'er open. I quickly applied anti-seize. Drove back to gas station and was able to top off the tank.

 

I just put in the driver rear seat jackers. I had a back surgery a few yrs ago and the extra 1.5 inch lift on the back of the seat felt great this eve. It was pretty dark when I got them in.

 

Just a suggestion, but I would let the dealership do the maintenance until the warranty is up. This way should a problem occur they can’t accuse you of improperly performing the maintenance. Just my .02

 

Improperly performing what maintenance tho?… Oil changes? Rotating tires? Topping off fluids? Adjusting floor mats?… Lol. Come on, fella.

 

I have the same (but older version) of this HF winch that I used as a hoist for my Jeep hardtop in the garage rafters. Now that I dont have the Jeep, I removed it from the rafters and have been contemplating what to do with it. Your setup looks like a great solution. Although I admit it would be more than overkill for my kayak and 2 person ice shanty....LOL. Great idea!

 

Its way overkill for mine, but lets be honest, lifting a flip over ice shack thats fully loaded by your self is just not easy. There is no good spots to grab, its wide, its heavy, and your on snow/ice trying to lift.

I dont like to unload my sled just to put it in the truck then have to load it again each time. So this will let me leave everything in there and just pull it up into the truck.

 

How much fuel did the uhaul take?

 

Skyline Drive

 

Submit that picture here...

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...n-3rd-gen-tacomas.779693/page-2#post-27889470

 

Everything was rattling in there. Not sure I’ll put them back. If I do, I’ll use 3M with Velcro for easy removal and spray the inside with deadening material.

 

whats the mod?

 

dirt

 

I know it may be painful, but think about it; the warranty usually calls for an ASE certified technician to perform the work. Unless you’re a certified ASE technician, then excuse me fella. LMAO!