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[Mike G]

Welcome aboard. Nice 4Gunner!

Thanks Bryon, and I like your quote "4Gunner" and I will have to steal that one for myself.

 

[Byron Eby]

@Mike G Its pretty catchy but thanks! Post up some cool pics when you get a chance. There are a lot of awesome threads to follow all over these forums.

 

[Wolvee]

Welcome home everyone!

 

[murps]

Hey there, Im from Oklahoma, and I drive a 2012 Tacoma DCSB. I built my truck from basically stock (it had wheels when i bought it), and built it for overlanding and camping precisely. I was a welder for 10 yrs, and have been a mechanic in the US Navy Seabees for 8 yrs. Camping, and outdoor fun is wat I enjoy most, but since I bought this truck my ability to explore has multiplied 10x. My build thread is HERE. IG @long_range_taco, THANKS!
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Outstanding! Welcome and thank you for your service. Had an old chem teacher back in high school, always spoke highly of seebees and the work you guys did.

 

[IronPercheron]

Outstanding! Welcome and thank you for your service. Had an old chem teacher back in high school, always spoke highly of seebees and the work you guys did.

I too have great things to say about the seabees, I was in an Engineer Battalion in the Army. We worked with the seabees quite a bit in AFG.

The womens quarters at one particular camp in one of the northern areas where very nice, i spent some time there, very hospitable ladies.

The Bee's built a hell of a place there, and they welcomed us in.... with our smelly asses, ragged out equipment, some with pissy attitude and sense of emtitlement that was sickening... I wont forget that.... i hadnt showered in so long. And my uniforms where so filthy.... It was amazing. They had areas for us to clean up and re-fit for another go at it.

In general, very good experience working with Seabees. Very capable and respectable department of our military forces. We got to run some joint missions with them and that was great too.

Oh... and they had a great gym lol











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[long_range_taco]

haha, thats because our gyms have all that second hand Airforce equipment lol the Bees are for sure the red-headed step children of the Navy, and we get more love from other branches than our own sometimes. Strong heritage tho, and Im damn proud of it. Thanks guys!

 

[TreyJK]

Hey everyone, I'm from Eastern Oklahoma and I drive a 2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited that I've slowly been building up since it was new. I would say I'm intermediate on the overland scale, I try to get day trips in at least twice a month. However, long Colorado trips are by far my favorite! I'm also getting really interested in overloading by dual sport motorcycles, although I'm not sure if that has a large following on this forum. I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can from other overlanders!

 

[SLO Rob]

Killer rig, @TreyJK ! Welcome!

 

[long_range_taco]

hey trey! nice to see a fellow okie, holler on IG if u wanna trail together sometime! @TreyJK

 

[SLO Rob]

Killer rig, @TreyJK !!

 

[ShawnR]

Hey everyone, I'm from Eastern Oklahoma and I drive a 2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited that I've slowly been building up since it was new. I would say I'm intermediate on the overland scale, I try to get day trips in at least twice a month. However, long Colorado trips are by far my favorite! I'm also getting really interested in overloading by dual sport motorcycles, although I'm not sure if that has a large following on this forum. I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can from other overlanders!

Welcome to the forum. Great to see another JKU with the venerable 3.8 that everyone loves to hate. Mines an 07', slow and steady build.

 

[TreyJK]

hey trey! nice to see a fellow okie, holler on IG if u wanna trail together sometime! @TreyJK

Definitely! I just started following you on Instagram, awesome truck! I've been thinking of getting a Taco as a secondary vehicle in a few years and yours makes me want to buy one sooner rather than later!

 

[TreyJK]

Killer rig, @TreyJK !!

Thanks, I appreciate it!

Welcome to the forum. Great to see another JKU with the venerable 3.8 that everyone loves to hate. Mines an 07', slow and steady build.

I'll have to check your build out soon, and yes, the slow but steady 3.8! Its been good to me so far (95k miles), hopefully it'll last until 200k but when this engine/tranny dies, I'm just going to replace it with another set! I plan to keep this vehicle for life!

 

[rooster_sauce]

Definitely! I just started following you on Instagram, awesome truck! I've been thinking of getting a Taco as a secondary vehicle in a few years and yours makes me want to buy one sooner rather than later!

Speaking of which. Is there a thread with everyone's instagrams? If they wish to share it, I mean.

 

[roamingtimber]

Speaking of which. Is there a thread with everyone's instagrams? If they wish to share it, I mean.

Now that you mention it, I swear there used to be. I can't find it now though. Maybe I'm nuts.

 

[DKDisco2]

Hi everybody.
I'm from Denmark and I drive a 2003 Land Rover Discovery 2 Td5, been offroading for the last 15 years (on/off). Denmark is pretty flat so when offroading here it's usually in rented military training grounds = very expensive = not that often :-(
Talked The Wife in to buying a rooftent 2 years ago and we are getting more and more in to it, started out on a couple of weekendtrips and last summer we went to Britain for a hole 2 weeks roof top teenting only. So this summer we are talking about going to Sweden where wild camping is allowed....

 

[Dunco]

Hi everybody.
I'm from Denmark and I drive a 2003 Land Rover Discovery 2 Td5, been offroading for the last 15 years (on/off). Denmark is pretty flat so when offroading here it's usually in rented military training grounds = very expensive = not that often :-(
Talked The Wife in to buying a rooftent 2 years ago and we are getting more and more in to it, started out on a couple of weekendtrips and last summer we went to Britain for a hole 2 weeks roof top teenting only. So this summer we are talking about going to Sweden where wild camping is allowed....View attachment 1727View attachment 1728View attachment 1729

Hey mate welcome :) that's an awesome setup

 

[ShawnR]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

I'll have to check your build out soon, and yes, the slow but steady 3.8! Its been good to me so far (95k miles), hopefully it'll last until 200k but when this engine/tranny dies, I'm just going to replace it with another set! I plan to keep this vehicle for life!

That's exactly how I feel. I'll just buy a crate motor. I'm at about 97.000 miles and hope to hit 200k as well. I don't drive it like a sports car or treat it like a 1 ton truck. I treat it like a Jeep and hope to keep it till I die. Although, a diesel would be cool someday.

 

[ShawnR]

Hi everybody.
I'm from Denmark and I drive a 2003 Land Rover Discovery 2 Td5, been offroading for the last 15 years (on/off). Denmark is pretty flat so when offroading here it's usually in rented military training grounds = very expensive = not that often :-(
Talked The Wife in to buying a rooftent 2 years ago and we are getting more and more in to it, started out on a couple of weekendtrips and last summer we went to Britain for a hole 2 weeks roof top teenting only. So this summer we are talking about going to Sweden where wild camping is allowed....View attachment 1727View attachment 1728View attachment 1729

Welcome to the forum and very nice rig. Looking forward to hearing more about your experiences overlanding in Denmark and beyond.

 

[TreyJK]

That's exactly how I feel. I'll just buy a crate motor. I'm at about 97.000 miles and hope to hit 200k as well. I don't drive it like a sports car or treat it like a 1 ton truck. I treat it like a Jeep and hope to keep it till I die. Although, a diesel would be cool someday.

I would definitely spring for a diesel if they were cheaper! I just can't justify the price and everything that goes into the conversion kit. I've always had dreams of dropping a SB350, carburetor, and gutting out all of the electronics, now that would be fun!


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