Summit Expedition Trucks Ltd. - NA Produced Trays for Midsize Trucks

Update on the first page! We have finished our first "Tourer Package" tray system!

 

Hate the forum, i miss out on things like this.

Congrats on the official release and getting paired with SEMA!
i'm very much interested in your ditch light mounts that you have on your site! Stumbled across your post about them on fartbook

 

Hey everyone, I did a walk around video with Jason from Overland Alberta! Some insight to the design and how it all looks!

Check it out here

 

Looking great man, looks absolutely mint!

looking forward to the fight against Ontario to get these on our trucks without needing to fight against the MTO for forums to fillout on a daily basis. just want to turn the truck into a home, not use it as a flat bed to pick up cars off the road

 

Oh I hear you there.. I'm hoping there's something we can do so that they leave 1/4 tons alone..

 

Just point out that a Tacoma doesn't have the payload to carry the gear bags of your local Oil Barons junior hockey team, let alone a full grown moose. That should be a convincing enough argument.

If that doesn't work, just slide some Tim bits and a double-double across the desk surreptitiously.

 

@Shveet I'm honored you found that quoteworthy

 

I Laughed a lot harder than i should have for that

 

This is really cool! Super clean and looks really functional. I like what you are doing.

If I may make one suggestion, why not go with an amber/orange/yellow turn signal? They are much easier to see in full sunlight.

 

Glad you like it! Great suggestion! The reason we went with a red signal light was the the factory 3rd Gen Tacoma is a red signal light. That being said, we have the orange lights available as well, and can supply them upon request. Majority of North American vehicles also use a red signal light, but we can certainly accommodate that request, no problem at all.

 

@socalexpeditions you need to give these guys a peep

 

Only way this could be any better is if you could have a fuel tank for another 50 litres or so.

 

This will still work with the Long Range Automotive extended range fuel tank. There's also room for a fuel tank underneath the tray itself. Or... Remove the spare and install a spare tire fuel tank, and you can easily add that in there too, since the spare can live on the tray or on the canopy!

 

I know this is a Toyota Forum, but I'd like to showcase our latest tray option, for the Jeep Gladiators!

 

Good day everyone!

Here's another build utilizing our tray/flatbed system! Bison Overland Campers is now building composite campers to suit the Mid-Size trucks and will be utilizing our custom 76" wide version flatbeds to carry these awesome campers!

Shown here is a 84" long, 76" wide flatbed on a 2017 DCLB Tacoma TRD Off-Road.

Let me know what you think!

 

oh that looks solid...

 

wow so great to see these awesome products being made here in Canada and the USA

 

This looks amazing. Did you guys weigh the bed assembly when you were removing it? I'd love this but the DCLB has the lowest payload of all 4x4 Taco's cause Toyota didn't increase the GVWR to compensate for the longer truck so we get docked 150ish lbs for wanting a more function truck. Would hate to further increase function and lose even more payload. Seriously my DCLB has like 150lbs more payload than my awd Matrix did. I know it will depend on configuration for the weight of your flatbed, but just curious. Would love to have this with a half canopy setup and side load my sport ATV without having to go back to a Tundra because of payload.

 

Thank you! Glad you like it! The DCLB bed weighs roughly 275~ lbs. Unfortunately the moment you load a quad into the back of the factory bed, you're over the GVWR.

If you upgrade to Dobinson's heaviest leaf pack, you'll unofficially gain some serious payload capacity.

If you went with the Contractor 84 set up you would be at 320lbs without tool boxes or drawer. The 3ft (half) canopy will weigh about 100lbs as well.

GVWR sucks, but if you're not concerned about the number and get bigger springs under there, you'll operate without issue! Hope this helps!

 

The GVWR does stink but properly upgraded, my MT AC has been doing fine w/o any breakdowns for 40,000 miles carrying a constant minimum load of 7,000 lbs over some tough terrain.