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Great post Road. Just food for thought on the typical filter you'd find at camping shops: We bought a Katadyn base camp for our Alaska trip and had to spend hundreds of dollars on filters int he first 10 days. It's supposed to have a very high flow rate to filter water for larger groups (or in...

I've got a Chevy Silverado 1500 4x4 currently that I DD. I had a 2001 Silverado 2WD back in the day. And our overland rig is a GMC Canyon -- I really do love GM trucks. But, the Canyon is more capable than our 2001 Silverado in a few areas, and it's nipping at the heels of the 2018 4x4...

It can be and is, for sure, a bit scary, but I want to underscore just how unusual this is in Canada. It's rarity is probably the driving reason behind it making such big headlines around the world -- obviously there are bad people everywhere and Canada is no exception, but this is super rare...

Hi everyone, This is obviously not a pleasant topic, and we all know there are risks in this kind of travel, but there is some concern about several people who were Overlanding that have been murdered or declared suspiciously missing in Northern BC over the past 10 days or so. The nature of...

Thanks JC! I saw your post last night but didn’t get a chance to comment until today. At the end of the day, obviously a car is just a car, but when we put so much time and energy and create so many memories, it’s easy to get attached. I’m sure lots of folks on this board can relate! Glad you...

Hi folks I mentioned this in my first post of this thread, but beyond overlanding, my wife and I like to document our adventures and I enjoy working with video as a hobby. We are not and have no plans of doing the overland youtube thing as a way of making money — we make these for three...

100% to almost everything said here so far. We have gotten more into birds, largely driven by my wife. She has several feeders in the yard st our house and it’s been interesting to us to observe the various behaviours of the birds. That continues when we are on a trip, but with very different...

2017 GMC Canyon All Terrain. Currently stock except for bed rack, home-made. Lots of mods to come though!

I don’t know enough about the 4 runner to tell you specifics but I do know they tend to go in “generations” and the generations will have rules of thumb about what’s good/not good. I do know the 4 runner changed shape quite a bit over the years, and the more recent ones are a lot bigger in...

You can consider magnetic armour. It can be applied when heading on the trail and removed when you are daily driving your rig. Here is an example of what is available for Jeeps, and you may find some for 4Runners too; these are basically just magnetic sheets cut to fit the body panels of your...

Some great suggestions here. Caveat emptor -- I'm not a good photographer of videographer. I like it but I know that I'm not good at it. That being said my experience tells me that cameras are like adventure bikes -- the bike is rarely the limiting factor in terms of capability. It's usually...

JC, any chance you are experiencing the "transmission wobble" that I keep reading about? Apparently there's something up with the torque converters in these trucks and GM has been chasing a solution for a while. Good to hear those coils are working well. I was looking at them at 4wheelparts...

I’m not able to open the list at the moment so apologies if this is redundant. If you’ve got kids, have a plan on how you will entertain them if the whole trip is spent in the tent. Rain and bad weather can really limit the outdoor activities so bringing along some board games or something for...

Fridge/Cooler. Perhaps it's not traditional "kitchen items", but there are plenty of ingredients, meals, and snacks that do not require refrigerated ingredients.

This is one of the reasons I am a big advocate for simple storage solutions like mounted drawer systems and bringing the concept of "5S" from Japanese management, or "Mise en place" from French kitchens into Overlanding. Most folks recognize these as things that make life around camp easier, but...

Somehow I totally spaced on that entire sentence about the vinyl, I didn't even see it! I don't have any first-hand experience with it but it's a good idea. I don't use flares on my trucks but I do use wheel well liners, which similarly trap grit and grim. The vinyl would totally work but it's...

If you go with these, make sure you pull them annually to clean behind them and rust proof the steel. Flares are notorious for trapping small bits of dust and debris, and they do move a bit so eventually the dust serves as a grinding compound and they wear through the clear coat and paint. They...

That sounds like a fantastic goal for building the rig. Canada has a ton to explore. The downside is, much of the good exploration out east like the TransLab or other logging roads can be quite isolated, so reliability and self-recovery will be the number one priority no matter what rig you buy...

I'm very happy with my Weatherteck mudflats. On my daily driver truck, they look nice and do a great job protecting the finish. They came with our overland truck and aren't ideal in off road as they are hard plastic, so while the protection from spray/rocks/grime is excellent, they have no flex...

Very cool Gabriel! Thanks for that information! If anyone else is reading and has engaged in this process in other jurisdictions, it would be extremely helpful to know about for the purposes of this thread!