Pulled the Decked drawer system out to start some wiring and compressor mounting projects.
Have 8ga wire coming into the bed through a grommet in on if the bed plastic plugs. Anderson plug ready for a splitter for a hard mounted 200 watt solar panel on the RTT and 200 watt solar blanket ready...
Moved the Warn EVO 10s winch over from the Tacoma. Added a 500 amp isolator connected to one of the Aux switches.
And added a groove fair lead. Still need to cut the end of the winch line and redo the brummel knot so the loop on the end of the line is big enough to hook to the grove fair lead.
I had decked drawers in my Tacoma for years before this. And the camping set up lived in there permanently, ready for adventure. Kept everything dry. Stuff in the drawer would get dusty but never wet. The new design is supposed to be a little better about that. The system had a 1000 lb load...
To be honest I literally haven’t driven it. I will likely lift it soon and add heavy duty rear springs. If not I will at least add heavy springs in the meantime.
One of the perks of living and working in Yellowstone. The cat also finds the wildlife entertaining.
Of course the negative is that I was one of the federal employees that got fired illegally then reinstated and now the federal government is not a quite the stable job that it used to be...
Got the Leitner ACS forged bed rack and CVT Mt. Hood tent moved from the Tacoma. Had to buy a few parts from Leitner, since the bed is a foot shorter.
Have the medium sized storage box and water jug on one side. A custom mount for my pelican case (recovery gear) with 5lb propane tank on the...
Went from this:
To this:
Note the Tacoma in the background. I had that truck for the last 7 years. Put 200k miles on it all over the west. Knew I wanted a gladiator and knew I wanted a similar overland set up. Had to buy new decked drawers. But with a few spare parts ordered from Leitner. I...
I know this is an old post, but this for anybody searching this…
Jesus Christ you guys seriously. Pulling the rear panel is super easy. Took me three minutes and I didn’t break or lose a clip.
So to start use clip tools. A set of them is like $12 at Amazon. I used two little pry tools that...
We had Decked drawers in my Tacoma. With their re-design, the short bed drawer set up has as much space as my Tacoma 6ft drawers. We like to be organized when camping.
Next step moving the bed rack and tent over.
First set of mods are a few overlandy things. After years of ridged stupid tailgates designed, it seems, specifically for spilling beers, I got a cheapo Hooke Off-road tailgate panel
Next mod was a 60% seat delete from SHW Offroad. Pretty excited for this. So much room for activities.
Recent addition! Leitner bed rack and accoutrements, and CVT Mt. Hood RTT (both pulled from my Tacoma)
This thing needs lifted bad :piggybank:
I’m super excited to have a new 2024 Jeep gladiator rubicon! After years with a Toyota Tacomas built as an overland rig, that did do some hard...
Im looking for good sliders and stumbled into these. Nobody has concerns that these are mounted to the frame and body? Like hard wheeling and constant bashing on rocks, since the Gladiator’s frame and body flex independently, rigidly connecting both with a rock slider could twist or crack body...