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After battling for three days laying in the gravel of my driveway with the sun beating down and my goggles fogging up every ten seconds, I FINALLY cut through/bashed off/punched out the final rust welded bolt and got my bumper off, revealing some pretty nasty rust. Fortunately the rust on the...

Hauled a load of garbage to the dump. The garage is finally getting close to being finished. Part of the parameters of my vehicle build is that it must remain usable as a work horse and be able to carry children. Good to go on both counts as I took my 3yo with to give my wife a break from his...

Awesome. Reminds me a little bit of one of my favorite bush camp spots in Chilliwack, BC, called Windy Knob. I love a camp with a view.

WOW now that's a camp site! What part of the world are we looking at here?

I forgot to mention that I had the front passenger CV axle replaced at the mechanic due to a ripped open boot, and in the process found out that actually this truck has had a pretty significant spacer lift applied prior to me buying it, perhaps 3 or 4 inches. The mechanic had a heck of a time...

I'm planning on replacing the bolts and nuts with brand new ones anyways, so I don't need to be careful about damaging them. That's basically the concept I'm going with, though - cut through the nut and split it open.

I spent a couple of hours battling with the horrendously rusted bolts holding my rear bumper on. I managed to get two off, but the other two are stuck fast and now rounded off. I resorted to attacking the nut on one of them with the angle grinder to grind through the side of it and split it off...

Attached the aluminum rack I scored off Kijiji for $100, and set the roof rack from Ganbaru on top for a visual and to consider how best to marry it to the rack. It looks good but my wind faring is a little short now lol

The only thing you forgot was to put some kind of amusing message on the strap :D

I wish my truck bed looked that clean and rust free! lol

Yeah, they usually are a blend. What about those old school Coleman stoves that run on white gas? Those are pretty decent actually. We used them in the army.

Just curious, did you consider butane, or does that also trigger your allergy?

If it wasn't for solo travel I would pretty much never go. Unfortunately my wife isn't so much into the kind of deep bush, off grid adventures I enjoy and she has some medical struggles that all but preclude it even if she wanted to go, and my kiddos are all a bit too young for it yet, although...

Very slick. I was considering something like this for my Dakota. I've seen it done on one other, so this gives me some more food for thought.

Very nice build! Plenty of food for thought here. I may come back with questions at some point. Cheers! :D

It's an old saying among backpackers and the military, ounces equal pounds and pounds equal pain, and I think it's true in Overlanding as well. Tons of good ideas on this thread. My first adventure vehicle was a 99 CR-V: The curb weight of the vehicle is only just over 3000lbs, and the payload...

Did someone say Semi-gloss black? \ Rust remediation phase 1 has begun.

Rust remediation phase 1 has begun: 2 coats so far of Tremclad Rust Semi-Gloss black. I used this paint on all the trim and wheels of Ganbaru and found it exceptionally durable, especially for it's affordable price. I will probably add another coat. I tried to remove the rear bumper in order...

Most likely I will be in my plain Jane Dakota with the cheapo tonneau cover it came with, as I don't think I will be able to do the mods I want to do before the expo. No biggie, though, it just lets me think further on what set-up I want to run.

Very nice!