Apart from being crazy (I am), I am planning a long dreamt road trip to Panama, and perhaps even beyond. The "beyond" would entail shipping the vehicle via container from Panama to Cartagena, since there is a gap in the Pan American Hwy at the Panama/Colombia border. The timing is Nov, 2019. If I succeed in getting pretty far, I may ship the truck back to Long Beach.
I would like some input from people on preparing and outfitting the vehicle for the trip. I am retired, and can afford a hotel every night, so no camping is planned, except in emergencies.
The vehicle is a 2015 Toyota Tacoma 4WD 6-speed manual (42k miles).
This is what I have so far:
I'm pretty sure the brakes are in good shape. Tires are fairly new BF Goodrich All Terrains
Thanks for any input on what I've missed. And yes, I'll be getting Hep A and Yellow Fever shots. Already had Hep B. I speak fluent Spanish, and have been to Latin American via airplane many times. Wife is Colombian, and I will meet her and the kids in Colombia for Christmas. At least that's the plan
Here is more info on how people do it:
https://www.drivetheamericas.com/
https://www.liferemotely.com/trip-s...the-darien-gap-panama-to-colombia-part-1
I would like some input from people on preparing and outfitting the vehicle for the trip. I am retired, and can afford a hotel every night, so no camping is planned, except in emergencies.
The vehicle is a 2015 Toyota Tacoma 4WD 6-speed manual (42k miles).
This is what I have so far:
- Replace factory battery
- Replace factory air filter.
- Replace wiper blades, and bring spares.
- Spare Rain-X (tail-end of rainy season)
- Bring 2 Fram XG filters, and Mobil 1 EP to change in Panama, leaving me with 1 spare.
- Spare drive belts?
- Grease gun for u-joints (required every 5k miles)
- Portable air compressor
- Spare Toyota anti-freeze.
- Replace transmission fluid with Amsoil GL-4. Gearboxes were replaced with Amsoil SVG synthetic 6k miles ago.
- Sockets, wrenches, etc.
- A few bottles of Techron. Central American gasoline is supposedly lousy
I'm pretty sure the brakes are in good shape. Tires are fairly new BF Goodrich All Terrains
Thanks for any input on what I've missed. And yes, I'll be getting Hep A and Yellow Fever shots. Already had Hep B. I speak fluent Spanish, and have been to Latin American via airplane many times. Wife is Colombian, and I will meet her and the kids in Colombia for Christmas. At least that's the plan
Here is more info on how people do it:
https://www.drivetheamericas.com/
https://www.liferemotely.com/trip-s...the-darien-gap-panama-to-colombia-part-1