How has ownership of your truck been so far?

window said:
I have an '07 Access Cab, 370k miles. I had the frame replaced in '18 and have about 60k miles since.
Fluids, plugs, tires at 50k miles, oil at 5k. Then there's my 2020 Dual Cab. It sits in the garage when the
snow arrives until it's gone.
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Did you put that 370k on all yourself?
 
Naw it was a lease. One driver. Turned in after three years 15 thousand a year. Pretty much average. Mostly highway. Brakes have a seven out of ten. Wear rating. So I took that in to consideration when I bought it.
 
Well crud, I was wanting a good story of finding a stash of whatever behind the glovebox that would be confiscated at the border lol
 
JayQQ97 said:
Well crud, I was wanting a good story of finding a stash of whatever behind the glovebox that would be confiscated at the border lol
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You'd have better luck looking under the rear access cab seats. Lot of good stuff you can store under there.
 
tacojoel said:
You'd have better luck looking under the rear access cab seats. Lot of good stuff you can store under there.
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do the customs border inspectors go back that far during a search?
i had to surrender my truck to a search in Montana but I could not see what they were doing, i had to remain and wait in the office out of the cold while they were looking for whatever they were looking for
 
JayQQ97 said:
do the customs border inspectors go back that far during a search?
i had to surrender my truck to a search in Montana but I could not see what they were doing, i had to remain and wait in the office out of the cold while they were looking for whatever they were looking for
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All the times I went to Canada snowmobiling I was never searched at the border by Canada or u.s. Only one time back in the 70's when we used a van for a fishing trip in Quebec were we searched coming back by u.s customs. They were checking every 8th or 10th vehicle. They confiscated our fireworks we bought a few miles north of the border.
I did recall on one snowmobile trip, while stopped at customs going into Canada, the border officer noticed a spray can of mace, as the guy I was with in his truck, was a correction guard at a state prison here in Connecticut. They took the mace saying we couldn't have it. Other than that no issues.
 
i was stoked the border patrol did not confiscate the deli-wrapped sandwich i had just bot at the last big Montana town exxon while getting some tacoJuice an hour before, i was getting hungry navigating the treacherous un-salted icy roads + battling those fierce crosswinds that were absolut bone chilling
 
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JayQQ97 said:
i was stoked the border patrol did not confiscate the deli-wrapped sandwich i had just bot at the last big Montana town exxon while getting some tacoJuice an hour before, i was getting hungry navigating the treacherous un-salted icy roads + battling those fierce crosswinds that were absolut bone chilling
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A buddy of mine got some sort of flour confiscated by us customs he bought for his mother that does a lot of baking. They told him that this type of flour falls under some sort of agriculture law, that it often contained these bugs that they want to keep out of the states.
 
tacojoel said:
A buddy of mine got some sort of flour confiscated by us customs he bought for his mother that does a lot of baking. They told him that this type of flour falls under some sort of agriculture law, that it often contained these bugs that they want to keep out of the states.
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Flour , bugs?! Eeeeeeeee
 
Very common for Border Agents to confiscate food or ag products. Its all in the effort to prevent invasive species be it food, insect or crop diease from entering the USA.

I've had my Tacoma for 3 years. All good. It just needed some love at the 105,xxx miles. Nothing unusual, just things like fluids, sparkplugs, some weatherstrip around doors, U-joints, valve cover gaskets, serp belt & pulleys, mostly age or wear related items.

Of all the trucks I've owned, this is one of the best.
 
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JayQQ97 said:
How do you need those u- joints already at 105k ???
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Simple. When I pumped grease into the "originals" they took an extreme amount of grease expelling water, dirt and rust.

So, I took pre-emptive action to replace all 5 U-joints and the carrier bearing.

When the "original" U-joints were disassembled, there was significant wear on the needles and on the races.

This pre-emptive action cost less than $150. A failure somewhere in BF nowhere would be MUCH more expensive plus the replacement would still be needed.

I tend to repair BEFORE a breakdown. I've been stranded due to a breakdown. The cost was significant. To me, it doesn't make sense to run parts to ultimate failure, because the failure will always leave you in a worse situation.

Parts will give you indications they are nearing failure. That is when replacement is warranted.
 
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