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Not sure how Cathy feels about it, but my wife Sam would be more upset that I hurt “Her door”than the actual event itself.
A few years back with my old rusty 4Runner, I used a low tree stump as a pivot point (to perform a front dig) to get out of a place I should not have been wheeling. Despite a successful exit with “Security” on our tails, my wife (gf at the time) was still plenty upset about the dent she had to look at everytime she got into the truck. It was about the size of a baseball, low on the rocker panel….but it was “Her door”. I evened it up with a headlight to taillight scratch down the drivers side a few months later (unintentionally), and that somehow brought closure to the issue. I guess the scratch was uglier than the dent in her opinion. Still I maintain it was unintentional and not a plan I care to endorse.
That Sami sounds like a rigged wonder beast. Wonder how tough it was to drive, doesn’t sound very intuitive haha. Makes for good fun though, and prolly an interesting learning curve.
I’ve been trying to get a RTT for a couple years, now that the girls are getting bigger, not sure if it’ll work for the 4 of us. Just like at home, I might be the one voted out of bed, and I’d still be sleeping on the ground.
That’s awesome, love the 45-min fix. I find recreational vehicles way more satisfying to wrench on, no sensors/computers to interfere with Fuel-Air-Spark
My buddy and I got a Honda ATR 3-wheeler in the same condition, partially disassembled. Was told it ran great, just stopped wouldnt re-start. 10-minutes of disassembly, I found a single blade of grass blocking the main jet. Blew it out, fired back up on the 2-3 year old gas that was still in the tank.
@Slick Awesome!! I’m hoping to get authorization (from my wife, not Doctor) to get back on the bike before the season is over. Not feeling too confident on that stamp of approval though.
I’ve been trying to convince my neighbour to come along for a riding/camping weekend in Ardbeg for almost 3 years now. He’s not much for camping, but without a truck, trailer or even trailer hitch, he’s kinda powerless to decide where we’re going to be riding.
Thanks for the pintle trail review! I swear my parents had that same pop-up tent trailer when I was a wee-little one, but I don’t recall the roof crank coming out the passenger side there. Ours could have been an older model, but the colour scheme slapped me right in the face as being incredibly familiar.
Sweeet Sami you wheeled with! Those wheel wells look stuffed with 28’s, 29s maybe? Love it!
Jason: Might be a bit cliche to say, but “That’ll buff out.”
Sorry if it’s too soon. Glad nobody got hurt, and you had enough friends around for a solid recovery. With how high up the dents are, pretty amazing that neither side windows were broken.
Slick: sweet bike, will keep an eye on your build thread. I love buying mostly complete, nearly running machines. Hopefully I can keep this clavicle intact so I can ride my RMZ (or whatever may be in my shop) around Ardbeg next year.
Thanks for the kudos on the BigRunner, but my term has already come to an end. I sold it to Nick_386 about a month ago.
*Hi-jack alert*
In the 14-months I owned the BigRunner, I only managed to get it out once, and Mark almost put as many km on it as I did in Ardbeg. 4Runner was great, just not quite what I needed for my family. Essentially I’d be undoing 75% of Mike’s fab work to get it where I wanted it to be, and that wouldn’t be fair to the truck, which was built right for the task.
Grabbed myself a low km 1986 4Runner, 4″ bracket lift, chev 350, TH350, and almost no rust for less than half what I paid for the BigRunner. Way more tame for family trips to the beach taking the roads less travelled, yet still capable of handling my adventure needs on 33’s with air lockers.
Anyways, looking forward to the next updates on the Taco.
Ahhhhhhhh!! So much deconstruction!! Your cab and floors are really clean for being an epic adventure truck for at least the last decade I’ve known you.
Looks like a good chunk of their week will be sorting through “The Pile” which was previously your Tacoma.
Are you required to buy new OEM leaf springs for the swap, or did you bring them your originals from pre-63 swap?
Oh man, those are some awesome camping spots. Great write up, jealous of your trip. Glad the truck is coming along!!
Mags, glad to see you’re still making progress on that truck. Been watching this since you dragged it home on the old SONTT board.
Keep at it buddy!
Wow the top of that 4Runner tank looks much uglier on my desktop monitor than it ever did on my iPhone, or when my head was wedged between that tank and frame rail. That definitely explains why the tank leaked after I overfilled it before winter storage.
You decide where the F150 tank will be hung yet? Do you know the total capacity of that tank?
Evan, thanks for the wisdom, I’ll be sure to protect the tank I have in the ’86 from accumulating mud and gunk on top.
Ouch, that coilover really bit you eh. Springs and electricity always make me uncomfortable, too much potential energy in storage.
How’d those 4.7s work for you on your first trip out?
Side note to dual cases, another benefit being an even lower than 4.7 when in low-low.. think it’s like 5.20:1 or close to that. I’ve never driven dual stock cases, but I’m sure it’d be pretty legit as well haha. Purely a mathematic viewpoint, no experience to add.
For the trailer, are there any on-road behaviour that are undesirable other than the rattling when using a pintle hook? I’ve seen the crazy triple pivot hitches the Aussie’s use, but wondering if it’s overkill in the name of Professionalism.
