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I'm looking for global experience. I recognise that local road conditions are relevant, however I thought it woul;d be interesting to gather experience from everywhere. We've never had a puncture in ColOmbia; our only unrepairable punctures have been one in Australia and one in Bolivia. We've...

Has anyone ever had two tyres punctured and unrepairable on the same trip, so that two spares were actually necessary? We’ve carried two spares on a couple of long trips, however have never actually needed more than one. On the two occasions we’ve experienced unrepairable punctures we switched...

As others note, you don;t need a CdP for America; however we consider it a good option, and have used CdPs not only where necessary (e.g., Australia) but where not necessary. This is NOT a recommendation, simply a recognition that it offers some protection which TIPs do not. Bear in mind that...

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General advice - based on our experience: You need to estimate how long you want to drive each day, and how much time you want to spend in each place. You can then determine whether you need intermediate stops and how many. Use multiple sources of information to estimate travel times: bus...

Update - sold

We’ve just completed our last long trip, 51,000 km around Canada, and are selling the Jeep Wrangler JK Sahara Unlimited 4 door which was perfect for the trip. We took out the rear seats and fitted a bed frame and custom-made mattress, with storage space below the bed. The forward section of the...

Current plan is July 11th (subject to change, our mileage may vary). A lot could change before then.

We plan on travelling the TLH in July, then to Newfoundland. Will seek to update the thread once we have done so.

It occurs to me that one advantage of a winter trip is that there are few forest fires. We're wandering across Canada now and having to consider the impact of fires and smoke, which is significant - as bad as Australia!

Vancouver to St John's and back, including Labrador. Starting next week, ending mid-October. This is part 2 of the trip we started last year, on which we went from Vancouver through BC, Yukon, and NWT to Tuktoyaktuk and Yellowknife, returning via Northern Alberta and BC, then back to Vancouver...

You're never lost - everybody else is!

So, Tuktoyaktuk is more or less between Alaska and Newfoundland, so make sense. We were there last year, and this year plan Vancouver to St John's and back, including Labrador.

Never noticed an issue, although this was most recently with a 1997 LC80.

Hmm - you'll get a range of views however for what we do the 4 Runner would be the better choice. The older vehicle is going to need more work as stuff wears out. Not a problem for you in terms of the work, however if (for example) you blow a radiator in a remote area (which happened to us in...

Hi: so we may coincide in Canada somewhere. At present we plan to be in Calgary mid-May, then again briefly in October. We leave Vancouver early May, arrive Labrador mid-July, Newfoundland a little later, then the Maritimes in August, then west again. We head home mid-October. I see you plan to...

2010-2018 - Tyres we have used in South America: - Dunlop Grandtrek AT3 - good tyre on the highway, OK offroad - Pirelli Scorpion AT - similar to the Dunlops - Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S - the best of these three - good on the highway, more capable offroad. 2017 - In 2017 we made a "big trip"...

A couple of thoughts: - if there's no signal there's nothing to boost - if you find yourself in such an area the booster will not help. This is a lot more common where we do most of our local travel, however is less of a concern in Europe (at least Western Europe - there are major gaps in...

Stick with the Pajero, in my view. Big trucks mean - more fuel, more wind resistance, heavy tyres, less agile (tight village streets, narrow "offroad" trails), too big for some situations (if we'd had a bigger vehicle than we had at the time we would not have been able to get into the cargo...