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It truly is a game changer for the longer trips...

(in keeping with the spirit of good-natured banter... I'll defend the FJ above, lol) The FJ was high-centred on the snow ridge... not much to do when your tires aren't touching the ground. FJ's have a rear locker but no front locker. There is A-Trac (which is great) but a true front locker...

Yep. It should work like an ignition over-ride they put on serial drunk drivers... they're asked a few key questions and then the car will either start or not. LOL. We would see a much slimmer population I think with the amount of people that would be walking instead of driving.

http://theweek.com/articles/464674/8-drivers-who-blindly-followed-gps-into-disaster :sweatsmile:

I agree whole-heartedly with disabling guest chat ability. :sunglasses::sunglasses::sunglasses:

I'll stop now.... lol.

Just ignore the obvious Toyota bias ;)

Summer is over.... leaves are falling.

^Ouch! Looks like your passenger side tires found a little hole at the wrong time...

I only use the "less expensive recovery straps".... use proper recovery techniques so everyone is safe if/when things go wrong and/or break and you'll be fine. I've never been too offended to lend someone a piece of equipment. If it became a habit I'm sure I would tell them to get their own...

We use that all the time with BBM. It's a feature within BBM itself as well. When I'm out and about I share my location with my wife. I also share it with my family when we're on our way to visit them so they can see our progress and we don't get a text every hour asking us where we are, lol...

I also noticed our location is under our avatars now.... that's great! :sunglasses:

I hear ya. I'm sure at some point my luck will run out but I'm still throwing those dice out there. At the end of the day if 1 or 2 things get stolen in all the years I spend out in the bush then that's a small price to pay I guess. My most expensive items are the tents and I don't see people...

The last trip out we used 3 bags for 10 days... (2 adults and a 12 and a 10 yr old). Definitely take more bags than you think you will need though for a little pee-s of mind, lol. Just keep the lid on the toilet to keep out the flies. Admittedly we made the first bag stretch a bit longer than...

Luckily I haven't had any issue with theft. I leave everything out and set up and only lock up guns and electronics in my FJ while I explore on the quads. So that means my extra gas cans, chainsaw, stoves, etc. etc. are all sitting out. Granted if anyone gets where I'm camping they are...

I'm a number of hours WAAAY into the bush when we camp. We use the bag system. We have never had any issue with critters wanting to be anywhere near the privacy tent we have the toilet set up in. The privacy tent has a removable floor and would not be difficult for any type of critter to get...

Whenever I've had to shovel the ground has been soft.... which is why I had to shovel, lol.... it was TOO soft. I can't honestly think of a time I used a shovel Overlanding (off-roading) when it was too hard to shovel with a basic $15 shovel. IMHO a longer handled shovel is more important...

I'll second the recommendation for Duratracs with regards to snow performance.

I've seen that before.... but it can't get to the places I like to go to ;)

LOL.... yep. That's my first stop once I win the lottery, lol. Or maybe when I retire and sell all my worldly possessions (and THEN take out a loan as well!) I will buy that and travel the world, lol.