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How has the Warn M8000 winch been treating you? I've been looking for a winch and have my heart set on the M8000-S, but the M8000 is right there at the 1.5X vehicle weight when loaded with gear, armor, etc.

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I'm really happy with it. It's definitely at the lower limit for my rig's weight, but it's always worked well for me, and you also have the option of using a snatch block for difficult pulls. To be honest, I've been recovered more times by [MENTION=84479]Petromaniac[/MENTION] with his ,M8000S than my own winch, LOL.
 
How did you mount the stock fogs in the bumper? I've got a 4th gen with the shrockworks, was hoping I could see how you built the mount.

The 5th gen bumper is made to adapt the factory fog lights. The Morimo's are made as a direct factory replacement, so they bolted right up. You might want to contact shrockworks for info on foglights that might fit.
 
Next, with more family trips in mind, I decided to change the cargo configuration to a lighter, more versatile cargo shelf. I can easily switch between Plano boxes and Sterilite containers for storage, or just remove them all together.

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First: your truck is awesome, very well done!

Second: I really like the look of your shelf, it's simple and pretty near to the design i have in my head for our 2012 SR5. How did you secure it to the interior of the truck? I have the 3rd row seat with the 4 small folding anchors, but i can't quite decide the best way to secure it.

Third: With the new front bumper, what do you have for turn signals? If yours is the same as mine, the goofy large amber running light next to the fog light is the only turn signal, so with your new bumper, did you have to do any rewiring to get the small marker light in the headlight assembly to now be the flasher? I want to replace the stock front bumper but i only want the fog lights in it, so that means i'll need to figure something out.

Thanks!
 
Next, with more family trips in mind, I decided to change the cargo configuration to a lighter, more versatile cargo shelf. I can easily switch between Plano boxes and Sterilite containers for storage, or just remove them all together.

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First: your truck is awesome, very well done!

Second: I really like the look of your shelf, it's simple and pretty near to the design i have in my head for our 2012 SR5. How did you secure it to the interior of the truck? I have the 3rd row seat with the 4 small folding anchors, but i can't quite decide the best way to secure it.

Third: With the new front bumper, what do you have for turn signals? If yours is the same as mine, the goofy large amber running light next to the fog light is the only turn signal, so with your new bumper, did you have to do any rewiring to get the small marker light in the headlight assembly to now be the flasher? I want to replace the stock front bumper but i only want the fog lights in it, so that means i'll need to figure something out.

Thanks!

Thanks man! I've been using eye bolts and heavy-duty zip ties to secure the shelves. They work great.

The new bumper uses the amber markers in the bumper for turn signals, similar to the factory setup. I didn't feel the need to bother with the-wiring the lighting.
 
Met up with [MENTION=120983]Jkempton[/MENTION] last Saturday. We talked 5th gens and did a little exploring.

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Time to catch up! [MENTION=65827]MasonT4R[/MENTION] , [MENTION=105493]fo' runnin'[/MENTION] and I went out to Explore some private land of a friend near Tahlequah, OK. There's as amazing swimming hole out there!
 

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I dented up my transmission pan pretty bad when I got caught on some submerged rocks during a creek crossing. That was enough to convince me to pull the trigger on some RCI aluminum skids.

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Fast forward to Fall....We headed out to the winding stair mountains to enjoy the perfect camping weather and fall foliage.

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I go the RCI LCA skids back on. Man they look good with the front skids. I think I'll eventually get a fuel tank skid as well, but still trying to decide what material to go with.
 

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On December 10th, [MENTION=65827]MasonT4R[/MENTION] , [MENTION=105493]fo' runnin'[/MENTION] and I went to the 4WheelParts Tulsa winter meet and great. There were some amazing rigs out there and great people too. Del Albright was the key speaker and gave a great talk about public land use advocacy. We set up a little booth for our group The Overland Adventures and spoke on Tread Lightly/ Leave No Trace practices as well as giving people advice on getting started in overland travel.

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Our group doesn't get together often, and we couldn't resist a quick night run out at Disney, OK! Sorry about the crappy quality...I usually only do cell pics

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[MENTION=105493]fo' runnin'[/MENTION] and I edited a little video with clips from the last 3 years. I hope everyone enjoys it!

 

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