Michael's NorCal Tacoma on 35s Build

I ran my duals for 8yrs with only the stock crossmember, I only recently changed it when I SASd it. Worked fine when I was on 33s, not so much with the 37s.

 

Ran the rubicon this weekend, had a great time and was really impressed by the truck and the crawl box.

 

Nice job man. That's no easy thing to do. WHered you start/end?

 

Started on the Tahoe side and ran backwards. I’m not sure how far we went I know we weren’t far from buck island before going back to our camp site.

 

Nice Big sluice is really the only thing between the springs and buck island but ive never gone up it, only down as we usually start on Loon lake side and finish in Tahoe. Big sluice is a challenge going down so im sure its a challenge going up.

 

Yeah I’m pretty sure we went through there the guys I was with said we made it through old sluice is what he said. But I don’t know all the names of the sections yet.

 

I added a poison spider 3 way tire strap to my bed before my rubicon trip. Noticed a big difference in the ride of the truck, it’s much smoother with extra weight.

 

Made a short video of my trip to the rubicon.
https://youtu.be/Nr3t_1t_Qqo

 

Nice build! I like your idea of mounting your hi-lift and shovel across the bed. I've been trying to decide where I want to put mine and this might be the winner. Can you share any additional pics of info on what you did to build that mount? Anything you would do differently if you had to do it over?

 

The bed bar was actually built by a friend that I bought off him but it’s just a long piece of square tube basically angled to the bed. I can get some more pictures of it tomorrow if you want. I think it’s perfect it holds my high lift with some bolts and I bungee cord my axe and shovel to it. It also has two mounts for cb antennas.

 

My girlfriend was awesome enough to surprise me with a nice kobalt tool box to fit all my gear in. Fits nicely between the bed bar and spare tire.

 

Added some mud flaps so I don’t get pulled over. Getting ready for another rubicon trip on the 20th

 

Ran the rubicon this weekend with my dad and some of his friends. For a little ifs truck I was pretty impressed. Made it past the little sluice.

 

Backed into a tree and bent my tailgate a bit as well.

 

https://youtu.be/GYl-Nm2OQCw

 

Almost forgot I passed the 300,000 mile mark this weekend.

 

Added a sidekick to my build he’ll be coming along on many adventures and many hours in the garage soon.

 

Cut the side hoops off my all pro bumper. Always hated them anyways. Going to take a few inches off what’s left to line up with the fender. Also straightened the bumper up, it always had a forward lean to it.

 

Digging your build and how much it looks like you get to use it!

Is your front diff still open?