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Got some steel to make a bedrack yesterday. Some angle iron and some HREW tube.

Got the bedrail done today:

 

Truck looks good man!

 

Thanks man. Its slowly getting where i want it to be.

 

Finished my bedrack today. Im pretty happy with it. Ill throw my tent on it tomorrow to see how it looks.

 

Got my tent on today
Now i just need to add a few more things to the bed rack before i paint it.
Handling isnt too bad, you can definitely notice the extra weight up there. I think @Blackdawg has the right idea with the collapsible rack. I like to corner the sh$t out of my truck so this will slow me down some but should be ok for now. I definitely need some new leafs though the j59's dont like to hold much weight. Might even try to get some before my next camping trip at the end of the month.

 

yea you can definitely feel it in the corners and all off camber situations on the trail! But looks good!

 

Hey man I got some rear seat covers for an extended cab when I got my wet okles they are practically brand new. Would you be interested?

 

Thanks for asking but, heres my "back seat"

Im in the process of making a bigger storage compartment like @HBtaco02 did.

 

Oh ok buddy

 

I'm sure u will be able to find some one who wants them .

 

I know gonna ask around to a few people I know on here then I'll post them up if nobody wants them

 

Went camping last week/weekend. It was awesome, the tent was soo nice. Such and easy and fast setup. we usually are offroad about 80 percent of the time but this time we did alot of time in hwy 50.

Camp the first night east of Austin Nv
DSC_2777 by Jeremy Pabst, on Flickr
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Saw a buck on the way back down the hill to the hwy
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I was so far ahead of everyone else I was able to stop and take some pics before they got to the hwy.
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Stopped in Ely Nv for lunch. There were a few cool tacos that rolled by.
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Camp the second night about 30 mins from Baker Nv, it was windy as sh$t, didnt go to bed until 2:30am.
DSC_2798 by Jeremy Pabst, on Flickr

And of course gotta have the KTM bowl
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my dog just loves the back seat of the Fj, so thats where he rode for the trip
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Camp the second night in Great Basin "National Park". Idk why its a national park, its not all that great and you cant take your dogs hiking.
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Hiked up to see the bristle cone pines. These trees are just a little old
DSC_2901 by Jeremy Pabst, on Flickr

Found a dry lake bed. I love getting some good poser shots
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The next morning as we left the dirt for the last time and headed home
DSC_3084 by Jeremy Pabst, on Flickr

 

Looking good! Surprised I haven't sub'd here already. How you liking your Ayer? Got mine a couple of weeks ago and used it once. Works great in the rain. Not to mention blue Ayers and Lunar Mists are the best combo

 

I love my tent, makes camping so nice. I put some led lights in mine too, next time i open it up ill take a pic. And yea the blue looks awesome with the lunar mist

 

I haven't put any lights in it yet, probably down the road tho. Only bad part is it holds the heat and living in the South is about 9 months out of the year ha

 

It does get pretty hot. i just got some cheap battery powered string lights off Amazon for like 8 bucks. they work great.

 

That's what I'm going to get, I'll just use my phone for now ha

 

Hi I'm sort of new to Tacoma World but I thought id ask a question. Where did you get those amber running lights along the top part of your grill? They look pretty sick and i was looking to do something similar on my truck.

 

Welcome to TW. My grille lights are these. I have the smallest ones in amber without a lens. They are tiny.

 

Sweet pics! Like the bed rack and rtt!