Recent content by TheFabFour

Who was just driving north on 85 near the El Camino exit?, I was southbound. Super white, with a CVT awning and snorkel I think and lots of other goodies. I think a saw Aluminum storage cases on the roof rack, I have been looking at those myself. Anyway it looks like you were off on a grand...

Just spotted my first Army Green going south on 85 in the carpool lane, that side of the freeway was shaded and the color looked a lot darker than I was expecting. I love my white but that Green is my favorite Pro color. Less than a minute after that was a modded MGM so hello to you too. It's...

We had a Forester before this and while it was fairly capable it wasn't cutting it. My boss has a fully modded Taco and he recommended we upgrade to the 4runner for the types of places we were going. Now with the truck the family asks why are we going down this road, my answer is because we can...

We only saw one, the one on the garage wall! but we were only there a few hours. This was the first time we had them in Mitchell, a lot in Summer Lake and nothing biting at all when we camped on the North Fork of the Malheur River. The younger guy who works there has a Taco, real nice people...

I was on a thread about this a while ago, the issue was the weight. 4 adults could weigh anywhere from 400-800 lbs. With our 2 teenagers the total weight would be 550lbs and that was considered too much weight on the roof by someone else on the thread. So in my case my Bajarack can hold 600lbs...

Trip to East/SouthEast Oregon. Stayed at Mitchell, Malheur Forest and Summer Lake. The shots of the stormy weather are from outside Mitchell. We don't get much weather like this in the bay area and I miss it from where I lived before I moved here. A shout out to the guys at Chewaucan garage in...

Hi there, I was hit by a truck a few weeks ago. I need a new front panel. The issue I am having is the paint. So everything I read on here, the Taco and Tundra forums all say the Super White is a single stage paint (clear coat is mixed in). People have said they have letters and emails from...

This is probably not what you were looking for in terms of the best setup for loading up a rack but we have a Bajarack long with a mesh floor and the high sides. When the kids were little and we didn't camp on trips they would hang out up there for lunch breaks etc. On our last trip we had...

Spent the week in Petrolia. We saw a lot of great 4runners and Tacos. The week was spent on the beach and walking along the coast. The photo is on the Mattole Road on the drive back from a day trip to Ferndale.

Some people use the UCO candle lantern for heating a tent. Candles last 9 hours and the 3 candle lantern gives off quite a bit of heat. You would could put something metallic around it to lower the light level but still give it air. We have the single candle lantern and spare candles in our...

Add me to the list of grumpy old men. I understand having good high beams and installing lightbars like you spend your weekends lamping but consider other drivers coming the other way. Try driving in a different vehicle towards your own vehicle and that should tell you if you are being an...

46, biochemist, married with 2 kids. Got the 4runner as my boss at my current job has a heavily modded Taco and told me of all his travels, I drove a Forester at the time for trips. I didn't learn to drive til I was 27 (when I moved here from the UK).

We looked into cots but we didn't have room for them, even for two of us with all our gear an air mattress takes up way less room. Some parts of Nevada are not very hammock friendly, but they are a good idea for packing space

Thanks guys, I will wait til it's just the two of us and no kids. A big reason for us to get one is what RaisedbyWolves and others have mentioned is uneven ground. Last trip we spent a good while in one of the Sheldon National Refuge campgrounds trying to find a place for a ground tent. Tall...

I have a question about room, can any RTT fit two adults and two teens in there comfortably?. Our ground tent is 12 x 7ft. Fits 2 queen mattresses with space for shoes. I have always written off a RTT for us as even the bigger ones that I have looked at seem like too much of a squeeze for that...