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Howdy from AZ....
I have been watching OB videos and liking pics on Instagram for some time now. I guess I just figured out today that there was a forum and so much more to this community. So here I am.
I have camped out of the back of a truck or next to a truck in a tent for a long time, I have also been to most of the OEX events in AZ and two in NC. I am now just getting ready to start my own "official" overland rig. I have a new to me 2014 regular cab Tacoma that I am gonna outfit with a bed rack and RTT. I should have the basic starter package ready just in time for OEX in May. I know once the bug bites you, the upgrades can spiral out of control.... I'm excited.
Thanks for having me, I hope to get a lot out of being here.



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Welcome from WA! I hear ya on the spiral! As hobbies go it can be as cheap or spendy as we make it. Best analogy I have is. To play football we certainly don't need pads or cleats but they do make it more bearable when ya get hit.
 
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Arizona Overland said:
Hey there. Tacoma World has a group buy going on for CVT. I got mine a few weeks ago, so I missed out, but you will probably get a pretty decent deal through the group buy.
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Thanks for the heads up, Bobby (CVT) was in town a few weeks ago for the Sportsman Expo. I was able to buy a tent directly from him. I'm just impatiently waiting for the rack I ordered to arrive. I did it backwards. ;-)
 
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First off - welcome fellow Phoenician. I think that you have the perfect vehicle in the US of A to make a bed off Australian looking Overland vehicle. I had a friend named Robert, who had the first Supercharged Tacoma extended cab custom built by AllPro in southern CA with a solid axle swap and a flatbed on the rear. We called it - FrankenTaco.tx1 2.jpg This was an early picture of it before all the camping gear was added to it later.
 
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SpranK_13 said:
Thanks for the heads up, Bobby (CVT) was in town a few weeks ago for the Sportsman Expo. I was able to buy a tent directly from him. I'm just impatiently waiting for the rack I ordered to arrive. I did it backwards. ;-)
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Ah. You and me both. I get my rack, or more precisely, bed bars, tomorrow. Then all I have to do is assemble the thing,( why do I need to assemble it like I got it from IKEA when I spent so much on it?) And get a hoist hooked up to get it on the truck.
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Arizona Overland said:
Ah. You and me both. I get my rack, or more precisely, bed bars, tomorrow. Then all I have to do is assemble the thing,( why do I need to assemble it like I got it from IKEA when I spent so much on it?) And get a hoist hooked up to get it on the truck.
Yea.............
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Who did you go with for bed bars? I was thinking that myself, but chose a mid cab height rack instead. Figured it would provide more configuration options down the road.
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Arizona Overland said:
Went with Avid. Real happy with how they came out.

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Oh wow, that looks great!
Not what I was thinking when you said bed bars, I was imagining low profile straight bars close to the rails. I like what you chose.
Now after I looked at their page, I see they are local to boot. I see things I want from them now.


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SpranK_13 said:
Oh wow, that looks great!
Not what I was thinking when you said bed bars, I was imagining low profile straight bars close to the rails. I like what you chose.
Now after I looked at their page, I see they are local to boot. I see things I want from them now.


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I had a great experience with them and will be doing more business in the future. I will be having them build me some sliders next, soon. Great guys and they do great work.
 
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