Chicagoland area members

Check out the facebook groups I usually try and put some meets together throughout the year

 

I'm not facebooker lol.
I may have to be just strictly for Tacoma stuff though haha

 

lol

 

I have been posting events in here the last few times for you non book facers

 

Much appreciated I seen your last event to badlands in may. I'll be waiting for next one!

 

I woulda gone to the last one just a couple weeks ago (meet and greet) but I had no idea it occurred.

 

I think we are planning one in 2 weekends to Badlands

@GARSHA91

 

yes august 11th

 

Count me in!(I hope) would be my first tacoma meet and first offroad trip. Not quite sure if my truck is ready for it yet. I am not trying to damage anything just yet lol. I imagine my front bumper may fall off, I'm okay with that cuz I want a new one anyway

 

I've ran stock bumpers for the longest time there. No issues.

We've even had a completely stock grand Cherokee and Chevy Colorado. No issues. You'll be fine.

If you don't feel comfortable, you can always hop in someone else's rig.

 

Haha that's true that would be cool! Just the only recovery item I have is a recovery strap haha. I need to at least get some traction boards or hi lift jack soon.

 

A lot of us have all that.

I have a hi-lift, multiple straps, shackles, winch, full set of maxtrax (4), shovel..etc etc

 

Yeah I've never been yet so I've been trying to slowly get everything but it's not worth getting until I'm gonna go kind of deal lol. And go often. You get stuck often? Or more so use them on other stuck vehicles in your group?

 

Stuck? Never. I drive a Toyota

Use it on others that are stuck. This thing's a Jeep recovery vehicle. Except when @GARSHA91 got high centered in the dunes in an ATV "donut"

 

Hahaha so I should be okay for my first trip without gear and then I'll start working at getting some, money is tight, I'm a father of two and still young, wifes in college.

 

You'll be fine. There's everything from stock rigs to rock crawling. Nice park for sure.

 

Sweet, trying to get my buddy to come too, hes got a dark gray DCLB. But his is 2014 and expensive and hes a little nervous and doesn't wanna get stuck going down a trail with you guys that hes not comfortable with, I'm like hell maybe I'll stick back with him then if it's that difficult of trail haha. So I'm still working at convincing him.
This a day trip or camp trip?

 

Like I said, if anyone feels uncomfortable in their own rigs, there's plenty of spectator seats. Just hop in and go!

We do day trips and also overnight. Just depends

 

Okay, I might not be prepared for camp trip yet
Well I'll check back in a week and see if it's all still a go.
I do need to get a 2 way radio though, you guys use those right? I see the Baofeng one in the products discussed. I'm guessing that's a preferred one.

 

I and a few of us have hard wired CB radios in the rigs. Not a bad setup for roughly $50 in Amazon parts.