What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

If you need measurements let me know. I can also give you the part number for the drain plugs.

 

Where are in MT? Im in South Central MT now. But basically in the same spot almost as I was in Wyo. Miss Wyo though..

Anyways. your going to MSU but which one?

 

MSU Bozeman. that answers both your questions i guess. always forget that there's a campus in Billings and Havre too.

 

Well you are trading in all that rain for cold and snow. Lots of snow.

It will be almost impossible to avoid driving in some sort of snow storm at some point for something while out here. I've driven through some serious shit the last 4 years I've been here. Comes with the territory.

Bring some decent tires and don't be a dumbass and you'll be fine.

 

Or get some shitty tires and an even shittier beater and be like everyone on the road here in winter haha. I love blowing by people at 55 in a blizzard when they're only doing 25 on the highway cause their shitboxes aren't prepared. You throw a pretty good snow roost sideways off the tires on an unplowed highway

 

God I hate those people..haha

 

25 years of salt took its toll on the drivers floor.

 

jesus dude.

 

admittedly the cold was what initially attracted me about Bozeman. not only am I a skier, but i'm also a hockey player and the prospect of a real ODR (outdoor rink) was just too tempting. i'm not particularly worried, i made a point of asking on the MT thread about tire selection when i went up to 285s. as long as i don't do anything stupid i should be fine, then again... i'll have to remember not to do anything stupid.

 

Very true... My mother lived off the 93 in Arlee, MT and she would state that the snow drifts would be as tall as the house she was in.
Hot summers, cold winters.

Couldn't have said it better.

 

Did you just fiberglas over that?!?!?! da fuq???

 

frame and underside was always fluid filmed every fall but i guess it slowly rusted away from inside. that pic was taken after i cut out alot of it though. was like swiss cheese. stripping the frame down to bare metal now, then on to the bumpers

 

yup. cleaned it up some more up top and underneath to bare metal then 4 layers of fiberglass. seal it when cured and your golden.

 

well that's one way to prevent rust...

 

weve never had any further corrosion issues with this method. shaping a metal patch for that large area would have been very time consuming anyways.

 

no disrespect intended (just being clear). wouldn't have been the first method to come to my mind but it actually makes sense if you think about it.

 

yeah you'll be fine. The extreme climate changes make it worth it. Its about a 120 degree or more annual temperature swing haha

 

I lived in Bozeman for 5 years! It was a cool place, but it started to grow too much for me. Lots to explore. I wish I would have spent more time down around hebgen and earthquake lake south of Ennis. The mountains there are beautiful.

 

Yeah I'd love to live in MT, or at least part of me thinks that. My brother and I went on motorbikes through ID, MT, WA and Montana was so damn beautiful it was just unbelievable. Though McCall, ID was a pretty darn nice little place to visit too. Spent a couple days there to relax and recoup.

@razhick4x4 This may seem a bit extreme but when I used to truck through the cold parts of the country, I'd keep a full set of serious cold weather gear (HD, very insulated), food for at least 48hrs (doesn't have to be fancy, just something to keep you alive), snow chains/ cables and a good quality light. Given I was in a semi so things are bit different but the point is still the same.

These are in addition to the usual stuff one would expect a 4x4 to have in it... tools, spares and recovery gear, hopefully some type of comms also.

Man I gotta get this truck of the garage, I am starting to lose it. Need to get out and explore!