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Expedition truck tour. Help needed.
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hi Seth, Corinne was very anxious about driving our tiny home thru brush scraping on both sides and bumpy trails. once she realized that its not a race the ride was much smoother. She also had to get used to the fact that a 5L diesel will pull easily at 1200 RPM.. she thought that stalling the engine would be an issue. I had her put it in first gear and then we slowly crawled along. when the giggles started it was a good thing. Ontario has lots of logging roads, most are shown on Gaia maps if you have the backroads subscription. our only challenge is knowing how "old" the road is. There is no real delineation on the map for a logging road that is 3 trucks wide, vs one that is barely a truck wide. as a result its really hard to predict travel times. Some of the narrow roads are also heavily washed out which leads to very slow travel speeds (10kph). The 'mains' roads are like highways and can easily be travelled at 60kph... likely higher if you know the roads.
the drive thru Banff, jasper and whistler is an amazing trek ! glad you enjoyed it. love the colour of the water between Banff and jasper.
Hi Dennis thanks so much for the detailed reply. We took a trip
Around ontario for the last couple of weeks. It was a good shake down cruise. A good mix of logging roads and two lane highways. I think the truck is more capable than we are. My wife bailed a couple of times when the drop looked steep or water too deep. https://youtu.be/jQWiOcZEoa4
We may head out west after thanksgiving. Would be great to catch up.
Fuel consumption is around 20l/100.
Thanks again for the advice. Cam
Thanks for all the comments and help You guys are awesome !!
Thanks. That helps a lot We will stick to the mains
Thanks for heads up. I do have backroads maps as part of Gaia maps. It’s just hard to tell which trail is overgrown vs a wide logging road. Appreciate the guidance.
