Local Legend Project: Tur-BRO-yota

[dwphoto]

You could.. but then it’d give you an excuse to why you think of me everytime you touch your asshole.. fag lol

What in the Bud Light just happened?

 

[GahnRacing]

What in the Bud Light just happened?

My apologies, that escalated quickly.

 

[Turboyota]

You’re getting soft, Charmin

 

[Turboyota]

December 31, 2022.

Got a few dirt miles in. It worked pretty damn well!

Visited ODRMSE Roy

And then tried to stalk @desert_steve at his work

 

[Turboyota]

Feb 13, 2023
KOH

69 dirt miles at KOH. Truck works fucking awesome. Lots of whitetrashkyle fuckery. 10/10 would recommend avoiding Hammertown and the lakebed.

Lots of broken & lost shit(WTK left his toolbox open and lost my dezert jack, a significant spares package, tools, fluids, etc.) broken wheel, broken D44 front axle shaft, got stuck and I had to pull his 7600lb truck out with my 3900lb truck,

Gave a ride to a guy who has a gayass RZR1000 and the truck blew his fucking mind. He was wincing and bracing before the first few big hits, then realized we weren’t in a fucking dicksuck golf cart…

Passed a guy pulling a trailer thru 2.5’ whoops on Ghost rd who looked kinda angry when they passed us on the lake bed when we were drinking beer later. I blew him a kiss.

 

[Turboyota]

April 8, 2023

Quite possibly the most important update of all time.

I’m a veritable Electrical Engineer now.


First time having working front blinkers in 7 years. Amazing life progress over here.

 

[Turboyota]

April 10, 2023

Hub rebuild (just in case after all the carnage caused by my piss-poor prep leading up to the Mojave Trail trip)

Time: 2 hours
Cost: $113 + 1X lugnut

New bearings
New inner lip sea
New 5/8-18 studs
New 5/16-18 flat head drive plate bolts

 

[Turboyota]

April 16, 2023

Found lots of cracks on the snouts & uprights, and some at the base of my A-pillars. And my lower drivers side uniball barfed out it’s Kevlar liner. This is the second time I’ve replaced the lower front uniballs since I made the new front end. I need to go back and figure out haw many miles I got on the last set. I have a feeling these didn’t last as long because of all the mud and water on the last Afton/mojave rd trip a couple weeks ago.

 

[Turboyota]

April 2023

Ground out the cracks

 

[Turboyota]

Welded.

220A
Er70S2 rod
Couple passes… maybe 3? I dunno…

No I did not spray my welds with WD40.
No I did not pulse.
No I did not use fucking filters on my weld pics for the fucking ‘gram

Welds actually look better in person

 

[Turboyota]

May 1, 2023

Beefed up centerlink.

Time: 3 hours
Materials: 1/8” 4130 plate
Tools: swag brake, sledge, TIG, bandsaw, Ameribrade, AeroBlast sand blaster, 4.5 grinder, dynabrade air grinder with 1” drum sander
Beers: 5 Keystones
Appearance of tig welds on internet: 5/10
Appearance of tig welds IRL: 6/10
Penetration of tig welds: 9/10
Tig passes where it previously broke: 4, bitch

Edit: Pictures are all out of order. Fuck fuck fuck fuckity fuck. Figure it out, dickhead.

 

[desert_steve]

Trucks lookin'

December 31, 2022.

Visited ODRMSE Roy
And then tried to stalk @desert_steve at his work

The truck looks sexy!

Just a heads-up, the water company put up a couple of big ol' pipe gates that are meant to stop people from driving from the river bed and up to Newport Rd. Lame.

 

[Chancegoodman]

Feb 13, 2023
KOH

69 dirt miles at KOH. Truck works fucking awesome. Lots of whitetrashkyle fuckery. 10/10 would recommend avoiding Hammertown and the lakebed.

Lots of broken & lost shit(WTK left his toolbox open and lost my dezert jack, a significant spares package, tools, fluids, etc.) broken wheel, broken D44 front axle shaft, got stuck and I had to pull his 7600lb truck out with my 3900lb truck,

Gave a ride to a guy who has a gayass RZR1000 and the truck blew his fucking mind. He was wincing and bracing before the first few big hits, then realized we weren’t in a fucking dicksuck golf cart…

Passed a guy pulling a trailer thru 2.5’ whoops on Ghost rd who looked kinda angry when they passed us on the lake bed when we were drinking beer later. I blew him a kiss.

Love when golf cart guys ride in a proper built truck and realize how much better it is than their gayzer

 

[dwphoto]

Another little IG mash-up of this remarkable vessel.

 

[Exploder_M]

Like i said, this thing is good

 

[the bodj]

Freaking love this truck. It handles great, was built by an inebriated engineer, fully tig welded, makes all the good whooshy noises, and is a riot to try and follow through Joshua Tree forests!

 

[Turboyota]

New hotness in the background

 

[SByota]

Only bad bitches drive 1st gen Tacoma’s!

 

[Turboyota]

Rip in the local hills with PlannedSon this morning.

High fives: 69
Laughs: 420
Dirt miles: 22
Smooth~ish shifts by PlannedSon: 10+

 

[KingJew_1902]

Such a rad build!