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No problem, switching from a Tacoma back to a 4Runner was an expensive lesson so I'm happy to share my experience. On both the Tacoma and 4Runner, tire size is generally limited to a body mount that attaches to the frame behind the front wheel (a frame outrigger). Google "body mount chop" or...

Will this be your primary vehicle? It would come down to what my daily drive is and who else I'm transporting (kids primarily). FJ60's are on leafs front and rear and, to state the obvious, every nut and bolt is going to be 30 years old. I daily my 80 but only because it has abs and airbags...

Small build thread if you're interested, there's a few pics of the Tacoma and my brother's Grand Cherokee mixed in there as well: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/236107-wampa-jr-build.html and a quick cellphone video sending Mengel Pass:

I may be able to help. I drove a 2-door JK for years, 3" lift on long arms and 35's. I then had a 2013 4Runner, then a 2016 Tacoma TRD Off Road, and now back in a 2016 4Runner. My brother also drives a built 2014 Grand Cherokee. It's kind of a long story but I'll keep it to the key points and...

No photos, but we had multiple simultaneous failures on a bad Craigslist deal once. Friend came over with what I believe was a 73 Chevy stepside, small block and 4x4. 4wd linkage was broken, fixed that. It had a dual gas tank setup who's functionality was unknown. Put gas in it and turned the...

I don't think I've seen any upright rotopax mounts for a roof rack but it should be easy enough to fab using some of those rotopax swivel mounts. If you don't do it yourself I'm sure a local shop could do it relatively easily. Manufacturers do make upright mounts for your standard 5gal military...

My brother coming up Lippincott Road, just a quick clip nothing special.

It looks like Camp TIme has several new cots designed to be used with air mattresses, I think these would be worth laying on. I agree that air mattresses can be a pain, I had one go flat on me at the bottom of the Grand Canyon once. They are not fun to fix in the field although it is possible...

Oh got it, I didn't catch that. And I wish mine was that nice, I pulled that photo from Hi Lift's website haha. Mine has a nice coating of wd40 and anonymous grime all over it.

In this case it sounds like one of those wheel adapters would do well, uses the hi lift to jack directly at the axle so you don't waste jack travel cycling through the suspension. I've never used one but it could have come in handy a few times.. we almost took my brother's door glass out last...

I'll cast another vote for the Camp Time Roll A Cot. I've sat on a lot of cots trying to find one that doesn't squeak or feel clumsy. A friend introduced me to the Camp Time and I feel they're the best by a margin. Only other cot I'd be interested in is the Byer of Main Hertiage Cot (wood...

Nice looking truck!

Jasper waiting on my slow butt while picking up some cots from a dude on Craigslist.

I'll add one tool I consider to be both last resort and indispensable due to the number of times it's saved me.. a pickle fork. I'm not sure there's a job where another tool wouldn't be more appropriate, but it gets things done. Other than that, last time I weighed it I take about 70lbs of...

I have the digital torque wrench adapter from harbor frieght. It's well reviewed and tested online, packs small, and has its own hard plastic case. For what it is I'm pretty impressed.

I'm right there with ya.. requires at least one binge watch. If history repeats itself I'll binge all previous series' from them as well.

That begs the question, will we watch each new episode as they're released, or wait and binge watch them at the end...?

I suppose I'll start this off and see where it goes. My father lives in Baja California Sur, Mexico. According to him there is no equivalent to the types of services offered by the USPS that American's are familiar with. He uses a 3rd party logistics company called Postall out of San...

A recent discussion with @Jeff Graham got me thinking that it might be nice to collect resources, strategies, and other tactics available to travelers when shipping items across international borders. This may pertain to auto parts and technical items such as personal computers or camera...

Oh Jeez, yea my old man has enough problems getting stuff down to Baja, I can only imagine. Lots of factors there.