Will Either Gen FJR fit on a 2nd Gen Shortbed Tacoma?

[BwanaDik]

Lots of speculation in this thread.. with NO experience only conjecture.

That's not entirely correct...

What? Which part??

Now, some explaination here. This is a 2001 so the bed is a little smaller than the new ones. I'm trying out a new electric winch I got at, I think, Harbor Freight. The kind you clip to the battery. I've got it hooked to the channel I have mounted to the back of the bed to stabilize the tire once the bike is in the bed. You can see the channel in the second to last picture. I was also clever enough to realize that when the bike was only half way in, the winch plus tie-down strap length would two-block me. Not unlike the situation in the vid above. So I used a shakle on the channel and tied the winch to the tailgate end of the bed. I'm using two long ramps, one to run the bike up, one to walk along next to it. My neighbor Pete is running the electric control, I'm handling the bike.

Prior to this, I've motored the bike up with the engine. Much much easier with an AE, you just throttle up as required and walk along next to it. Still not for the faint of heart (or balance). In this series, Ms. Piggy bent the channel AND almost tore the bracing out of the bed of the truck. You can see where it tore in the next to last shot. So the winch thing is out. Driving it in is about the only way to do it.

I have used a loading dock kind of thing before. British USA has one out back for this specific exercise. It works like a champ and is comparitively safe.

The big problem once loaded, as can be seen in the last shot, is how high up the load center/roll center is now that Ms. Piggy is installed. Makes for some real interesting cornering.

I've given up on the truck thing, U-haul is the only way to go if you truely can't ride it there.

I always get the enclosed type so I don't suffer the embarrisment of passing a Hardley enroute.

Edit: Some interior shots

 

[RadioHowie]

BwanaD,

You completely, TOTALLY cheated!

You used your brain! That's not allowed!

You're supposed to do this type of thing by relying completely on your "Man Skillz", not your gray matter.

And since your pictorial was photos, not video, I'm calling "Photochop"!!!

 

[Fred W]

I've given up on the truck thing, U-haul is the only way to go if you truely can't ride it there.

I always get the enclosed type so I don't suffer the embarrisment of passing a Hardley enroute.

Edit: Some interior shots

Quick question, Dik. What kind of tie down points are provided inside of those U-hauls? I assume that they must be fairly substantial if you trusted them with the weight of your feejer.

The reason I ask is I just had to haul a bike out to Upstate NY (my old VFR) and back (my new WR250). I was thinking about renting an enclosed box trailer like this one, but I didn't think it would have the required tie down points. So I ended up just using my open trailer which has been modified for the purpose, but risk getting a bunch of winter road salt spray on the bike. Luckily it was a very nice weather day for the transfer and no bikes were harmed.

 

[BwanaDik]

BwanaD,You completely, TOTALLY cheated!You used your brain! That's not allowed!You're supposed to do this type of thing by relying completely on your "Man Skillz", not your gray matter.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Something I really try to do these days. I don't bend nor heal nearly as well as I used to.

What kind of tie down points are provided inside of those U-hauls? I assume that they must be fairly substantial if you trusted them with the weight of your feejer.

They are normally just welded D-rings thru brackets in the floor. They look really skinny but seem to be made of some high strength steel, possibly stainless. At first I thought they were not going to work but after a number of trials, I now trust them. Make sure the trailer has them installed (I've found some that don't have them in the back) and make sure you can see the welded part. If it's just bent together, it will probably fail.

 

[iiXioM]

This covered trailer may be ideal in my case.

Not to side-track my own thread but...

I found an 07, with top case, 21k miles, for $6500. Supposedly taken care of, normal wear and tear with scratches, no major accidents.

Yay or nay?

 

[wheatonFJR]

What kind of tie down points are provided inside of those U-hauls? I assume that they must be fairly substantial if you trusted them with the weight of your feejer.

They are normally just welded D-rings thru brackets in the floor. They look really skinny but seem to be made of some high strength steel, possibly stainless. At first I thought they were not going to work but after a number of trials, I now trust them. Make sure the trailer has them installed (I've found some that don't have them in the back) and make sure you can see the welded part. If it's just bent together, it will probably fail.

There were no tiedown points in a rental I had to use(surprised and disappointed the heck out of me) in an emergency to get me and my bike back to Wheaton back in 2010...

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