Betsy the Long Travel Expedition Tacoma Build

Sick... Loaded up the bumper. Its heavy...

 

Yeah just did that last night! Its on 4 dolly's in my garage so I can move it around if need be. Loving the new setup and having the tent on 100% during summer for those last minute pickup and go trips. Once we get through our crazy busy June ill have some time to join you guys on the trails.

 

Haha I bet. Didnt have time to pull my rear off last night so we'll have to do that also tonight. Im bringing a cordless impact that should help speed things up for us. Ill text ya in the early afternoon to give you a better time when ill be leaving Santa Rosa.

 

Awesome. Im busy till august but I have a few wheeling weekends in the schedule for june and july.

 

Cool. Ill bring mine too.

 

New rear setup...



Got Nick's (Mademan925) old CBI from him. Full size spare & matching rim on the way. Planning to rework the gas cans and go with Rotopaxs. Have to mount my hilift & shovel to the rear bumper tonight or tomorrow. More updates coming shortly!

 

Just ordered a custom plate.... XOVRLND due to arrive in 8-12 weeks. The old school Black plates that CA is bringing back.

 

Nice looking truck! Question about the RTT / Bed bar. I'm looking to do a similar setup by going with the relentless bed bars and an RTT. Was wondering if 2 bed bars are good enough for the load of the tent + people or if I should get 3 bars? Thanks!

- Rob

 

@rob1208 Personally I think 2 is perfect. They are super beefy and Ive camped 3 nights in the tent with no issues. Compared to being on the top of my camper shell before.. the difference is night and day. Way more sturdy.

 

@stroM- cool. thanks for the info. I'll save some cash and just order a pair.

 

update photos w/the spare now:





Rotopax will be ordered before the end of tomorrow!

 

There ya go, looks real nice!

 

Few new updates:

- Rotopax have replaced the jerry cans on the rear swing out (2 gas + 1 Water)
- 21" LED Bar went on the front bumper
- Hood Blackout from CRAWLORADO - to be installed before the weekend
- RCI Rear Diff Skid (Because BAMF no longer makes them )
- Safari Snorkel has been ordered and should be on the truck before the first weekend in September.

 

Might be installing the snorkel sooner than I thought...

 

do it... do you have the hole saw.

 

I'll be picking one up tonight along with a punch that I can't find anywhere in my garage.

 

Use a pointy screw driver. That's what I always do

 

Snorkel went on in about 3 1/2 hours. My wife helped me out with this one and I am sure glad she did. She is all about making everything "cosmetically" pretty haha. We had to cut the inner tube of the snorkel and flip it, then re-welded the plastic using a heat gun. This really helped the direction of the plumping to the engine bay.