Betsy the Long Travel Expedition Tacoma Build

You going LT

 

Not sure but i do want to go to 35s

 

Great looking rig! similar build types. LT + EXPO setup!

 

Great looking truck. You need more photos though.

 

is your op not updated or have you never regeared?

Love the truck btw!

 

oh.. I have a build thread?

Dang, lots to update here.... Since May of last year its been pretty slow go for me and the wife. We had our last big trip of 2016 which was Moab for Rock Therapy and then stayed pretty low key as we welcomed my baby boy Harvey Brooks into this world. Its been an amazing experience and can't wait to share adventures with him in the spring as we get ready to get back to exploring for 2017

I'm about to photo dump so bare with me.. Overland Expo West 2016, our 10 day trip throughout Moab, and Slickrock Trail with the TW homies in late august 2016, and gotta add a few of the kiddo for good measure


Overland Expo:

All-Pro invited me out to the expo to feature Betsy in there booth. This is the second overland expo ive been to and the first I was featured in. Met lots of like minded people and got to check out some pretty well thought out full #EAF builds. Here are a few snaps of the booth and a new friend I made, Walt from TAV LLC in Albuquerque NM, @tavgoat








Moab Utah:

Moab is nuts. Loved every minute of this place. For our first time going its definitely going to be a tradition or at least an annual occurrence now. We loved everywhere we explored and the people we met along the way. Being that my wife was 6 months preggers at this point we didn't keep up with most of the TW crowd but instead decided to seek out camping spots with minor off road conditions to keep the baby bump happy. This proved to be just as fun as we slept in a different spot just about every night until we bunked up in a condo for some running water and AC... again Happy Wife, Happy Life!

On the road to moab


on a hike in zion national park



bartlett wash road





Our AM shower setup. After 4 days of traveling it was refreshing to say the least! Theres something about being bare ass in the woods taking a shower

 

poison spider trail








gemini bridges trail - wifey wanted to check it out since she's a gemini... therefore we had to take this great photo:



hells gate

 

lost canyon camp spot... some of you may recognize the white tacoma for those that are on instagram (@jonburtt)









and of course we had to be tourists and do a boat tour on the colorado river while we were there. It was a nice way to break up being in the car the whole trip. It just happened to be 99* that day to so being on the water was the perfect way to spend it.

 

Slickrock Trail August 2016

 

Just added @duvinclunk

 

Very nice!

 

Sorry guys I kinda forgot about the build thread. No I am not regeared. Still on stock 3.73's. Eventually it will happen but ive been fine with stock for now. I'm not crazy with skinny pedal off road... slow and low, nice and easy so stock has worked fine for now. It'll happen sometime in 2017 though. @ragincajun35 @Pirhett

 

Great pics! And a few cameos by some of Norcal TW's coolest! What a great trip

 

Are you running the 14" pack rack height?

 

@jluu44 Yessir!

 

All right.... i need the low down on this.....Lay it on me! what do i need? What is the lease expensive route. What are things i need to do to prep for something like this? I noticed you guys mentioned spindle gussets and weld on cam tabs.

 

I thought you said you wanted a mod under $500, not $5,000!

 

Nice rig!! Missed it at Rock Therapy somehow... hmm.

Congrats on the baby!

 

Go big or go home....

 

Getting ready for the season! Thanks for the extra hands @tacomgee