If you are interested in seeing from day one take a look at my t4r.org build but I won't clutter my build thread here with that crap lol.

The origins of this build stem from the sale of my 05' Tacoma to pay for school among other things. The Runner was at one time my Dad's who picked it up from an older women in Michigan. She kept it very clean. It will never be the same again..... The plan is to build a capable overland vehicle, just enough to get my girlfriend (soon to be fiance) and I to where we want to go. It's going to be a long ride so please enjoy!

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Looks like you're off to a dang good start, I'll be following along to see what's next.

 

Thanks! I went wheeling this last weekend I'll throw up a couple pics from that. I also should have my roof top tent this week sometime

 

Well had to use the winch for real this weekend. I was bored at my parents house and figured I could take a drive out in the back 40 to see how much snow was left. It was not bad at all so I pulled up on mound to take some poser shots.




Now here is where the stuff hit the fan lol. I went pull down the back side of the burm and it looked like nothing, but being the west side more snow accumulates there. As I got to the bottom I had a bad feeling and a as soon as the rear wheels came off the hill, bam. It was like hitting a wall. The snow was about 2-3 feet deep and had water flowing under it. Luckily my skids went into sled mode and I didn't sink down to the slushy junk. Only problem is now the front is at full droop and the rear axel is stuck in the snow and the rear bumper was dragging....



Eventually after fighting my winch's bad clutch I made it to here and was almost out. The passenger side is still sunk other wise I would have just driven out. The smittybilt had plenty of pulling power now if I just get the clutch fixed it will be perfect.



It eventually came free and I was able to make it to high ground again.

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Then today I buried It again on a turn row. This time it was no where near as bad though and didnt need the winch just a little digging, 4lo, and locked and she walked right out.