Broverlanding Tacoma build and adventures

Forgot

Also had to pull this guy out.
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What was the guy driving? 4wd or no?

john cotterman said:

What was the guy driving? 4wd or no?

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of course not

Ive been a little lax in updating this, but alot of stuff has happened.

Old bed setup was just bolted to the frame. no structure. No bueno
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I built a frame for the flatbed consisting of three lateral bars and a few ladder bars to stiffen it all up
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Used 2 x 2 x 1/4" 6061 and 1.5 x 1.5 x 1/4 6061 to build the frame out. appropriate spacers for levelness.

Laying out tailights
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bent the panels to make the rear tailight panels as well.

I wanted to put patches up, so I ordered some veltex from industrialwebbing, and got to work

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Turned out great!
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Tacoma by Grant Wilson, on Flickr
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Then we had a hurricane.

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I was on the news

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finished up the side doors and latches. 1/8 6061 aluminum with a nice bend in it so i can use the downward shooting lights on the camper.

^ Beauty. Thanks for posting this. I think it's a dynamite option for those looking outside storage. Oh ! to have access to a milling machine .

klahanie said:

^ Beauty. Thanks for posting this. I think it's a dynamite option for those looking outside storage. Oh ! to have access to a milling machine .

Look like you have a a rigid lip under the camper sides. We used cove base as a inexpensive "seal" against the folding side. Different set up but just a fwiw idea for gaps.

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Nothing is designed or intended to be at all water proof or resistant. Just a method to store and keep majority of debris out.

Looking good.

Is the Taco frame stiff enough to not be concerned about flex translating into the camper?

GoinBoardin said:

Looking good.

Is the Taco frame stiff enough to not be concerned about flex translating into the camper?

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maybe, maybe not? Its no different than the tacoma bed it was mounted to before?

https://youtu.be/jTHa-dwuKNg


Video from the weekend with offroading and shenanigans

So we got a bit more work done.

Framed out for the rear storage box/wheel well.
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Have a sheet of 1/8 on the way, will be making the other side frame, backs and doors, then moving on to the front boxes.

Driver side rear storage box is built. Have to put the hinge on and latches for the door.

Other side tub is built, but not installed yet. Will be finishing up next week after work over a few days.

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Very nice work Grant!

Very impressed with your fabrication skillset!

Advmoto18 said:

Very nice work Grant!

Very impressed with your fabrication skillset!

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good lord don't be. I just figure this **** out as i go. I have been lucky and haven't had issues.

I Learned how to Tig on this project, so its still a big work in progress

BUT. Ill always take a pat on the back lol

Really cool rig and nice photos. Bookmarked the DC camping for a future xc trip. Thanks!

got more cool stuff done

Did some more camping on Amelia Island (My go to for sure)
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even saw my old subaru i built! NOw dubbed Subaraptor
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got the rear doors on the flatbed, and waited a week for lathes to get here
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got some 316 stainless tie downs to replace the shittiest tie downs known to man. Youd think on a 20,000 item they'd spend more than 3.00 a piece for a turnbuckle.

Installed a Midland MXT115 GMRS Radio because CB super sucks. Still have the CB though to talk crap to stupid people while driving on the PA.

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And finally got the latches in and the rest of the doors in. Headed ot Ocala this weekend for a big group trip. Just rolling out on sunday (hence no camper in) and having a great time taking it off sweet jumps!

That turned out very very nice!