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I've been plenty of times in Grizzly country in both arctic Canada and Alaska. Much of this time was tent camping. I make sure to be vegan in my eating habits during these trips. I agree with posters above: More bears, less people.

I'm on the same trip. Have been on the road since May 3. From Ontario, to MI, WI, MN, SD, WY, MO, ID, OR, BC, YT, AK. We're here for now enjoying the AK summer and staying with friends after 15,000km of driving. Heading to Dawson, YT tomorrow for the weekend and some touring then back to AK...

I much prefer the manual trans. In most trucks, you'll be replacing the auto trans at least once in the life of the truck, sometimes at an inconvenient time, like 800 miles into Baja. An auto trans can fail without warning. A manual rarely fails, and if it does you generally have hundreds, if...

You pretty much summed up how I feel about my 2006 CTD except I have the 3.77 diffs for lower rpms on the hwy. Low range 1st is still 75:1 crawl ratio, that's about twice as low as any of the rice burners.

Here is a couple of groups I have done volunteer work with: http://www.habitatwork.org/index.htm and http://lpfw.org/events.htm Mostly it is fence removal for the migration of the Pronghorn and invasive plant species removal. The fence pulls are my favorite!

I've worked with ONDA a few times removing fence at Hart Mountain and doing wilderness inventory at Owyhee Canyon. Great experiences!

Watching the Pronghorns running at full speed.

My son, at 8 years old, fence removal with ONDA, Hart Mt. NWR. He did a man's worth of work, 8 hours a day for 5 days!

2006 Dodge 2500 CTD. 19 to 23 empty, depending on speed I drive. With ATC 17 to 19, depends on speed.

I would recommend the Dempster over the Dalton. By a long shot.

Maybe you will stay up there, your fuel cost would be cut in half. ;) In all seriousness, I will echo what others have said. The fuel prices are hard to swallow, it is somewhat devastating to fill the tank at $5 a gallon. But if you can go now, then by all means go! You do not know what life...

Onda is a favorite group of mine. My son and I did a couple of work trips with them. In the wonderful Hart Mountain NWR removing old fencing back when Michael was only 8 years old, then a couple of years later doing cow damage mapping and inventory along the Owyhee River. It's been 10 years...

I have good mileage luck with my 2006 CTD. Empty, if I can keep it at only 60 mph, I can do 22 to 23 mpg as I just did last week on a trip which included some long grades. With an ATC Ocelot, at 60 to 65 mph I can do 18 to 19 mpg. As soon as I speed up to 70, it drops to 16 to 17 mpg.

with airbags and improved suspension, shouldn't it be able to handle the job. don't plan on keeping it on all the time... only when i'm road tripping. m Handle the job? Don't forget the Toyota has a very light duty rear axle, non floating axle bearings, 1/2 ton chassis and the most...

I too have a subscription to OJ but I hardly consider it a authoritative source on things overlandish (is that a word?). I have actually done, and been doing for over 30 years, a lot of severe explorations that the OJ alludes to. My gear looks a lot different than what OJ is flogging. I...

I know that Jay Aronow had the foresight to stock up on Engle MT45's before the Engle price increase (or should I say dollar decrease). I think he has a couple left at the old price.

I had a FWC some years back with several cracks that I assume came from broken welds inside. I do a lot of washboard roads. A big advantage of a van based camper such as Sports Mobile is that they stay in one piece. The only camper shells that I have seen hold up for years or off-road abuse are...

I had a FWC on my 4 banger, automatic, 1990 Toyota. I drove it all the way to Alaska and back. No problems. I kept the speed to about 60 or 65. Mpg was 20. I had custom rear springs made from some company in El Monte, Ca, I forget their name. And, obviously as I am alive to tell the story, I...

my other hangup is the domestic market trucks and perception of poor reliability, i've been a toyota guy and mid size truck believer true and through even though i've had a few problems and realize they're not the most economical vehicles. i suppose i need to go drive a few rigs and see... I...

Looks like fun, Gene. I'd never heard of the Carrizo Plain. Even though I'm a CA native and lived there the first 22 years of my life, I have almost no experience with the region that's west of the Central Valley and south of the Bay Area...something to explore. BTW: What kind of video...

You are correct about the snow. temperature here this morning is 26 degrees F. The Robert Campbell in that section the picture shows looks very different now, there will be more construction this summer. I drive the Robert Campbell from Watson Lake to Faro return 450 miles usually every 6...

nice! what the heck was the bumper made from? The bumper was a factory "bull bar" with a bracket for the highlift and PSP aluminum sand ladders. Ironically, the only time we got stuck enough to need the sand ladders and highlift was when we'd visit a small town and leave the vehicle...

I guess chains must be BC law, I thought it was all of Canada. The reason I recommended chains to Frank is that I think he has a 2wd truck. I have seen heavy snow on the Dempster even in summer. I have never done the Robert Campbell Hwy but this site has nice pictures from there...

This is what the Vanagon "wish I was a real 4wd" Synchro wishes it could be. I sure miss my Mitsubishi L300 with full ladder chassis, 2 speed transfer case, 1.8 liter diesel gets great mpg, short wheel base yet a huge amount of internal space. Even with a row of 8 Nato fuel cans across the rear...

I have a Dodge Cummins, 6 speed manual, 4x4. With an ATC I get 17 to 19 mpg, depending on if I am driving 75 or keeping it down to 60 or 65. Gearing is so frickin' low that I never get stuck on any roads including a fair amount of rocks and ledges. I would highly recommend diesel. Nobody ever...