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Driving a Tacoma around the world

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Round the world, Jan 4, 2019.

  1. Nov 2, 2019 at 5:37 PM
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    Ah yes thanks for fixing
     
  2. Nov 2, 2019 at 5:38 PM
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  3. Nov 2, 2019 at 5:58 PM
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    . Yes sir, am building quite a list of parts, tools sized for the truck, trying to get an online manual

    wow! Lots of good thinking here.
     
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  4. Nov 2, 2019 at 7:05 PM
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    :hattip:

    All in good humor. :). Hats off to your for the testicular fortitude to attempt this. And probably two hats off to the Mrs for doing it with you.
     
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  5. Nov 2, 2019 at 7:12 PM
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    No problem! Although I had to look that acronym up making me feel old, man! Worst case realistic scenario is we abort the mission with our tail between our legs. Next week it's shots, gotta get the yellow fever vaccine
     
  6. Nov 2, 2019 at 7:16 PM
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    Don’t worry, I had to look it up 6 months ago.
     
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  7. Nov 2, 2019 at 7:26 PM
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    If you are going to start a thread for your adventure, please post a link here. I look forward to living vicariously through you. I’ve spent a bit of time in developing nations, my suggestion; take some sort of hard candy with you, like wherther’s originals or something, it’s a great gift for children you meet along the way.
     
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  8. Nov 2, 2019 at 7:31 PM
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    Thank you! I will post a link. Time for us is getting short, only 10 weeks until we come out and tell our respective employers.

    I wonder about giving candy, I mean I love sweets esp dark chocolate. I wonder if it sets up expectations in the kids for future travelers, would make us heros in their eyes now though
     
  9. Nov 2, 2019 at 8:02 PM
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    It may not be in your budget or convenient for you to bring with, but I have a little Fujifilm instax printer (not the camera, the printer) and you can take photos on your phone and then print them (I use my fujifilm mirrorless camera, then to phone, then print), and in some countries kids don’t have a photo of themselves or of their families or friends. It’s a cool little gift to leave behind to say thank you.

    The nice thing about the printer is you can have better image quality and print multiple of the same photo. The instax cameras aren’t good quality and you don’t have a lot of control of the photo turning out well or the ability to edit it before printing ha.

    here’s the printer we use :)

    https://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-INSTAX-SP-2-Printer-Silver/dp/B01GTKG6RA

    Just an idea! :)
     
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    Oh! now you're cooking with gas. That's a damn good idea!
     
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    GVWR := GVWR - 5.2lbs. :)

    Probably well worth it though.
     
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    If you mean fabrication as if I am still putting the final touches on the truck then you are correct. As in I still have to put on a second set of S2 Baja Design lights as floods, put in the water purification system behind the driver's seat, and put on an ARB snorkel. Getting ready to do some new postings on the progress. sorry I've been slacking.
     
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    Oh on January 7th, I'm announcing my retirement to my boss.
     
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    On January 8th you’ll have short-timer’s disease, or 2 weeks paid off. :)
     
  15. Dec 23, 2019 at 7:42 PM
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    Yup! Either way I'm good. Most likely they'll realize that I'm putting them in a bind but that's the way it goes
     
  16. Jan 17, 2020 at 2:25 PM
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    Hi, I've been following your posts. How did it go with your bosses and how are things coming along :)
     
  17. Jan 18, 2020 at 12:53 PM
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    Thanks Hugh. A week ago last Thursday I told my boss not to bother with writing my annual job evaluation cause I was retiring in three months. He was shocked but quickly recovered and congratulated me. He was actually very into the details of our upcoming trip. I’ve also been pleased that our president (he’s my bosses boss) has been very cool about it, he even joked about me now cancelling my hair cut appointments; I wear my hair a bit longer than most people in my industry. Today, we met a realtor who we’ve known who’s going to list our house. He suggested we list the house in a month - its getting real! Last night we’ve started getting bids for shipping the truck to Rotterdam.
     
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    Have a couple extra seats? My wife and I are dying in this South Dakota winter haha.
     
  19. Jan 18, 2020 at 2:46 PM
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    Ha! That's why we bought the access cab and not the double cab. Didn't want to have to give an excuse as to why we didn't have room with the double cab.

    I've only seen 7 above this winter for a low. But this week we've had 5' of new snow along my commute. I imagine its chilly there
     
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    It’s been 30-40 below with windchill and 40-50 mph winds the last few days. Real fun haha.


    We travel out of the 99 4Runner and obviously the back seats stay down because that’s our bed/house/kitchen/everything back there so we can’t offer rides either! If we did their sweaty crack would be sitting right on our pillows so no go.

    In all seriousness, super stoked for y’all! We’ve been all over but never for more than a month or a few at a time as a couple. Longest I’ve done on a trip was about a 11 months. I’ve always wanted to take a bike or truck RTW but shorter trips just work better for us!

    Will be following for updates!
     
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