Media 200 series picture thread (26 Viewers)

[wtmtnterror]

This is my dream setup! Love the get-up-and-go that a trailer affords - especially with a family.

It has definitely made our life easier with kids. We just completed a 4k mile trip to PNW with a 6 year old, good times...

 

[Union]

Sometimes random roads lead to nowhere special, but other times...

Amazing! How do you like the Yeti? Does it hold cool temps as long as you'd like? It looks like a 105.

 

[eatSleepWoof]

Amazing! How do you like the Yeti? Does it hold cool temps as long as you'd like? It looks like a 105.

The cooler is an RTIC 65. I had a ARB 63QT fridge before, and while refrigeration is awesome, I wanted to simplify and not deal with dual batteries, re-charging on the go, solar, etc. So I sold the fridge and got the RTIC. I also bought a variety of Coleman Ice Packs which I freeze in my home chest-freezer before outings.

So far I've only used the cooler on three outings, the longest of which was four days/three nights. Each time the cooler gets opened 15-30 times per day (ie. a lot!), and I've yet to see any of the ice packs melted at the end of the trip. I figure that with continued heavy use, I can get five-six nights out of the cooler without any issue. By that point I'll be out of food anyways.

That said, air temperatures during these camping trips have not exceeded ~27C, so I can't say how well this setup would have worked in the 42C heat I saw in Death Valley last year.

Realistically, I will be back to using a fridge sooner or later. Unfortunately, the trailer's small doors severely limit the fridge options (I can really only fit the same fridge I had before). A fridge in the LX means the dog has to go on the rear seats, and I'm thinking about having kids in a few years, which means I'll need those rear seats. Perhaps take one of the second-row seats out, put a fridge there, and keep the dog in the back, but it'll still be very tight. Basically, space is at a premium.

Another option is to modify the trailer to make new doors. Perhaps enlarge the side door through which the cooler currently slides, or re-do the entire rear to make it into a single, large opening. Frankly, the FreeSpit folks seriously screwed up the design and usability of the trailer with these tiny doors.

I will say though that I will never run dual batteries again, and will either use a Goal Zero Yeti 1000, or build a similar system.

But I digress. Back to photos of 200s!

 

[hyboost]

A few new ones of the wife’s kid hauler

 

[kreiten]

@Ohnoitsbreaux @SchobTime

 

[kreiten]

Photo by Emily Reiten

 

[kreiten]

@JZelnick getting after it!

Photo by Emily Reiten

 

[kreiten]

Top of the World @SchobTime

 

[ElJayBird]

Love the trailer! I added an off-road teardrop trailer to my rig this year and it’s been a total game changer. Love being able to leave camp set up to go explore and then head back later in the day. Also being able to just latch up and head out is awesome.

 

[kreiten]

Photo by Emily Reiten

 

[desmocruiser]

Wow! I never realized a 200 could look that much like an 80 series after the flares are added!!!

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[Khalid1881]

 

[liv2bike]

Came across this...

 

[dmc]

A few pics from last week. A nice long drive to the desert and taking the scenic route home through the mountains.

 

[dmc]

Last summer I went to Japan and spent almost a week in Nagoya with my friend who lives there. I took Koyari-san (Chief engineer of the 200 and now all body on frame Toyota vehicles) to dinner and had a chance to visit one of the off-road testing facilities Toyota uses for R&D. We paid way too much to drive the off-road course but it was cool to be able to wheel an RHD 200 on a course they use for research. I won't share all the other LC (and about 1k other car pics) I took while I was there but here a few from the facility.

Our rig for the day...

Toyota Autobody Dakar 100 series

Mega Cruiser

A fine welcome

 

[dmc]

Yakinikyu with my friend Will, his family and Koyari-san. All of us giving the signature Koyari thumbs up.

Will headed out onto the off-road course.

 

[Itsky]

That is so cool @dmc

 

[catastrofe]

Measuring the departure angle on a Maltec 200
Stock 24°
Maltec 36°

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My friend’s Maltec 200 still under construction in Germany:

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

My friend’s Maltec 200 still under construction in Germany:
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Cool color

 

[catastrofe]

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Just found this pic on the Google. Love the proportions and wheel/tire package. Anybody know anything about this truck? I recognize the Vogue Industries froth bumper and the Rhino Rack roof package.