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@MiamiC70 Ah but that is true of every activity, hype and consumerism is rampant. It is up to you to filter it, I get though in a smaller location like FL it can be hard to get away from that when you are out and driving.

Well I don't trust my GPS so AI is right out. The other problem is any decent AI needs an internet connection, so for preplanning it is okish, beyond that it is pretty useless at least where I travel. The best AI's are the ones specifically trained for tasks, because it is not AI really, What...

@CR-Venturer Get a 12 gauge shorty, 14 in and 12 in barrels are legal in Canada, and pretty inexpensive. 9 mm can work but shot placement has to be pretty perfect, remember stopped can just mean a shot was fired and the bear left the vicinity.

@KS_Explorer Studies are really hard to find but here is one on Bear spray specifically: https://bearwise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/efficacy-of-bear-spray-smith-et-al.-2010.pdf This is not a study but is actually pretty helpful Non-Lethal Bear Managment Tools - BearSmart.com

@genocache The other aspect to bear spray is most bear charges are bluff's, so bear bangers, bear spray, and rubber shot work incredibly well. It is the aggressive "I am going to put you down" attacks where bear spray fails, and usually to fair at close range. A lot of the articles are about...

@Downs got the basics, very loud noises will generally move a nuisance or curious bluff charge bear off, that is why bear bangers work well. However an aggressive - territorial, predatory or Mom in defense mode bear is a whole other problem it is estimated that a grizzly or black bear from a...

Living in BC black bears are incredibly common, everywhere. The biggest thing is being aware of where you are going to camp. If there is a lot of garbage on the ground, or bear crap move on. As noted most bear problems are bears used to eating human garbage/food, older less capable predatory...

@Quacken it will work , but as noted check your radio. My Kenwwod pulls 4/6/13 ish amps Low/Med/Hi power. Most radio docs will provide the amp draw

Just going to toss this out there, I am in BC and regularly camp 50 or more miles away from anything. I rarely see any large animals at all, camped near small lakes and flats along creeks. Could Bigfoot exist sure, lots of food and basically empty wilderness for most of BC, but until the...

@Septimusus Given the stock truck had a gross vehicle weight of 3200KG they added 460 KG before you put anything in the truck that engine and transmission are going to struggle. But not knowing the construction method and having an unknown air suspension system, would be a hard pass for me.

Well this route been rumored for literally 50 years that I am aware of, and while it is possible that one did exist, the trick would be to find it. A lot of the transmission towers are brought in and serviced by helicopter so even the pipeline trail could be very marginal. In the old days a lot...

I am going with stay away, it looks like they added an axle to support the camper. It is really more of an RV than a camper, you can see the access from the cab. So it will be very underpowered, unless a significant engine upgrade was done

And the range is the issue at least here in BC, where charging stations are still pretty rare outside major highways. You can definitely car camp to major campgrounds but there are not many of those in comparison to no service campsites. So the big one here close to Vancouver is Manning...

Keeping to a narrow stock sized tire will help

Not a vanlife person but nice picture

@Downs Well in a automotive sense you more limited, space and weight really. Although I suppose you could set up an on demand system, run on electric when the battery gets to a certain point the diesel kicks in and starts adding charge to the battery to keep you going. I do not know how...

@Downs that is an interesting idea diesel/electric heavy vehicles for short range heavy gear.

Just a note the all-in-heaters one are not really weather proof and there is no such thing a 8KW heat are just 5KW marketed as higher

And jet packs damm it, but to fair Ev-points abut city use for Ev's are pretty valid in a lot of places, and finding better power generation is a good idea. But Wind and Solar are a best band aids on a commercial/utility scale as they are not power on demand but great for home owners. On the...

7 years old in the back of station-wagon, with my 4 siblings a dog, mom and dad. 100 or more miles from nowhere fishing for 3 or 4 days. It kinda of stuck with me and I have been wandering for nearly 60 years now.