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...and who needs a tacoma work truck when you already have a 4rrunner?

yes, I bought the plans from etsy, got the steel plate CAD file burned locally at maine fabricators in gorham and welded up by a friend who is a great TIG fab guy. the maine fab. guy even tweaked a couple of small things on the burn file for me before that sent it over to production...good shop.

I swapped out my big ass HF 4LED pod lights for a smaller set of HF 4LED cube lights for ditch duty. surprisingly bright with the given size and very easy on the wallet. I finally got my front winch bumper that I internet sourced and built locally ready to install with or without a winch...

exporting as a single file not an option due to size as mentioned already but I guess there is a share function after all...I honestly hadn't noticed it till I looked for it. here are a few test links. Musquacook Stream Campsite...

getting north maine woods season year stickers are hard. they seem to usually come in just before moose season. I try to get one, two and sometimes three every season. this year they were not available all of my three visits in late summer. on my last visit I told the checkpoint attendant this...

I wish I could export them. I have tried a few times before but OnX chokes every time saying the file is too big...sorry :( if anyone has any ideas for a work around, let me know, thx

I have been busy in general and haven't updated this thread in awhile. I have added a full length sherpa crestone sport rack. I like the low profile a lot. still getting use to the weight limitations but it is a great rack regardless...with rack unloaded there is little to no impact MPG wise. I...

I have been visiting the Maine Northwoods for the last 3 summer-fall seasons. Visiting the Maine Northwoods requires solid planning especially when going solo which I do 90% of the time. Much thanks to fellow forum member Wigsajumper for posting a cleaned up GPS campsite file for the Northwoods...

rock sliders built, test fitted, prepp'd and primed. my buddy just finished these up for me last weekend. they are built out of scrap generator shipping brackets and a hair thicker than 1/4" and weight at least 75-80lbs each. the mounting flange (to the 4runner frame) is a single 50" long 1/4"...

man, Toyota 4runner e-brake linkage springs are a nightmare. I almost miss German cars...till I remember how cheap Toyota's are to repair.

off to do the third full brake job in 5 weeks, at least this one is on my 4runner. coated high carbon rotors are the only way to fly. rock sliders install is on hold till I can drop on 4runner off for a few days for fit up. in other some what exciting news I finally burned the winch bumper...

just completed the second test run of my bedslider/sleeping arrangement and my second solo (no dog or peeps) trip of 2023 to the Maine North Woods. I came in via the golden road and the telos checkpoint. I camped the first night at a nice small partially hidden camp site in the bottom third of...

rock sliders almost done being built. they are made from scrap steel generator shipping brackets. the open channel side will be faced out. the two parts that stick out are the (longer)front door step and the (shorter) roof rack step just ahead of the rear tire. My buddy and I also came up with...

I finally made the first solo trip (3 days) of the summer 2023 to maine north woods. I thought it was going to be sooner but...life. I also did my first camping test run of my bedslider in the 4runner and it was awesome! it started raining halfway thru cooking dinner so I popped the hatch...

5 spray cans of fluid film later..my rusty undercarriage is happy again. I even went the extra step and popped the body plugs that run the length of the rocker panels and sprayed in there too. I also replaced the broken center console lid plastic catch. I was happy to find a metal version on...

second AGM battery and battery charger relay installed just in time for a trip up north...check.

no work on the dual battery setup this weekend. I was going to go with a full manual caveman (no relays) underhood battery switch setup. I decided to make life easier and instead ordered a rago fab 2nd battery box and a blue seas charging relay from amazon instead. this install will be much...

the plywood spacer is intentional to spread out the weight/footprint of the welded brackets. the majority of the weight if not all of it is being carried by the seat mount connection and the original forward cargo area tie down mounting points, both bolted connections. I still need to swap out...

the next task on the 4runner this weekend...underhood dual battery setup. I run an odyessy AGM battery in the TDI and love it but I can't justify buying two odyessy AGM batteries plus the cost of the other items for a proper install on the 4runner. I ran this same NAPA AGM battery before and...