Search results

You are wise to research chains when tires are not enough. Stop by a couple local tire shops and check out modern chain set ups. Some are lower profile and pretty easy to install. IMO chains are better than cable over distance and a variety of situations.

Just do it! Your wife can start door dashing and your kids can pick up cans and bottles along the highway. It'd only be for a couple years while you're motoring to coffee in style. :like::crackup:

Welcome and congratulations. Check the tire pressures before you leave, and keep an eye on the gas. Even with 47K on the odometer I still find myself with the gas gauge's red light lit up on long trips; this rig is so comfortable the miles roll by.

OnX user here, but be careful. Like all the mapping devices, it can take you down a trail you can't climb out of.

On cold winter mornings I sweep the snow off the door frame, get in and start the rig, turn on the heat and defrosters, and use the key from the fob to lock the doors with the driver's side door lock from the outside while I go in the house. Then use that same key in the same door lock to unlock...

HoptownBob, I did the same. It's the one place the wife does not lose her phone and can keep the charging cables out of the way while listening to audiobooks when traveling.

Good on you for getting quality time with your Tacoma. Thanks for sharing (holler the next time you're coming thru Eastern OR, we'll share a couple favorite sites.)

Looks like you Found a playa. Is that the Alvord? Your mentioning Austin, NV says you look for routes less traveled. Good write up.

Thanks for taking the initiative, sharing the results and how you got there with us. Good work.

That sucks. I got rear ended at a stop light in my '87 Toyota pickup. Replaced the rear bumper and tailgate, drove it for several more years.

Welcome to the forum. Good luck with that price. I paid $35 a wheel on Craigslist for my winter tire set. Also used one of the OEM tires to replace that light spare and gave the remaining two to the tire shop when putting 10 ply's on for daily use after ripping out a sidewall.

An hour in either direction....? Eastern WA is a big area.

If you don't get any takers, swing by your local body shop. Mine loves free undamaged OEM Taco parts.

One thing? A jack that works for the situation you're in.

Decisions, decisions. You like this rig and think you want to keep it, buy it. Put your money into something that will give you a level of enjoyment you haven't had in ten years. You got a good one you love, don't overthink it on what might be.

Nice, but be careful. At 78 my hearing aids cost 7K and I don't listen to music with vocals much any more. I miss it. (Not wanting to piss on anybody's leg, just sayin')

Purchased my TRD OR without running boards. Removed the OEM bolts and used those that came with my choice of running boards. They seemed to be a stronger made, slightly longer bolt than those filling the holes from the factory.

Gotta respect a man who looks at that river and drives into it. Gotta wonder if the driver said "Hold my beer and watch this." or "The Lord hates a coward....":like::crackup:

I have just learned to expect the warnings to come on in sleet and snow, then wait till the storm passes, or I need to stop for some reason. I brush off the sensor and the backup camera before continuing, fully expecting the warnings to return if it's still snowing. It's a thing.

IDK what your limits are, but on a previous Taco we replaced the OEM tires. A dealership had a tire sale, buy three get one free type sale. After talking to the service guys and the parts guy we bought a hardy passenger car tire that served our needs, was more comfortable, quiet and a little...