Yeah, I'll keep an eye on it. I used vinyl coated 1/4 in cable so I don't think It could saw through plus they will only be up there a few times a year.
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Rtt wind deflector
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Yeah, I'll keep an eye on it. I used vinyl coated 1/4 in cable so I don't think It could saw through plus they will only be up there a few times a year.
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All loaded up and ready to head to Oregon, got everything to fit plus 3 kids, wife and dog. Drove around town a little to see how it drives with all the extra weight up top and was pleasantly surprised. Not near as bad as I thought it would be. This set up will get me by for a while but there is definitely a expo trailer build in my near future.
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griplimited
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I want to drop off my 4runner to you for a month. Amazing skill and craft Benc, have fun on your adventure with the fam
escadventure
Adventurer
Awesome truck...
I got home from Oregon yesterday, everything worked great. The only prob I had was the bushings in my dakars are shot. There is prob only 6000 miles on them. Bobby at cvt was great! He met us at his shop on Saturday, let us use his shop and tools to mount our tents and awnings and had a waiting room with toys for the kids and wife. My brother in law and I both bought a few more things and bobby gave us the 30% off even though the group buy was over. While we were there my wife saw there ground tent that mounts to the awning and wanted one so I asked if he had any un accounted for and he didn't. At the same time we were there a guy had brought one in that had broke so bobby gave him a new one and fixed the broken one and gave it to me for $100 bucks. I would highly recommend them! From there we headed over to the coast and camped at a lake about 1/2 way. The next morning we drove to the Oregon dunes near Florence. The dunes were cool but we couldn't find anywhere worth camping so we headed down 101 and found a pretty nice spot right on the beach. I think we did about 1400 hundred miles round trip. My mpg were definitely better. At worst I got 14.5 at best I got 16.2. The wind deflector did help plus it kept all the bugs off my gear. The truck did ok with all the weight up top but I'm definitely going to build a trailer ASAP.
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gunnermoose
Adventurer
I was looking at the CVT ground tent and awning combo. What are your thoughts? I want to stay away from a RTT and like the idea of the ground tent, awning and then adding the awning walls. You seem to be the only one that has one that can answer the versatility of it.
Nice photographs, I miss that area. I grew up in Oregon and spent as much time at the beach as possible.
Nice photographs, I miss that area. I grew up in Oregon and spent as much time at the beach as possible.
The ground tent is nice. Setup is very quick and so is take down. Once set up there is more than enough room for 3-4 people. It is a lot more bulky than a standard tent so you would need to take that into consideration. It wouldn't be a bad set up as long as you have the room for it. I believe it is about 6 plus feet when it's packed
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gunnermoose
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Thank you
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Claytonburns
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Great idea with the wind deflector.
By far the nicest and coolest looking 1st ten tacoma i have ever seen, love how it all ties together with the rack.
Would be awesome to see a build thread!
By far the nicest and coolest looking 1st ten tacoma i have ever seen, love how it all ties together with the rack.
Would be awesome to see a build thread!