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I liked the Dalton. My one big regret from our Alaska trip was I did not get a picture of the (only) bridge over the Yukon River. Next trip I will get that picture. The Stewart-Cassiar Highway was my favorite gravel highway, though. Mike L |
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| Mike, please refresh my rapidly diminishing memory. How long ago did you take your Alaska trip? I ask because you called the Cassiar a "gravel" highway, but everything I've been reading says there isn't but one 20-30km (about 15 miles) section left unpaved. Be nice to hear the "true facts" from one who's been there. | |
| Likely anything you would want to own would exceed the official limit for your truck. That said, if you stick with a lighter weight popup and put some overload springs or air bags on the rear you would get away with it. The problem of course is the rest of the truck: axles, brakes, transmission. I would check the rear axle rating and not exceed that but the others can be pushed. | |
| Welcome back! I'm jealous of your trip. If only I didn't have to go to work every day I'd have time for those trips. Darn. What speed did you drive for those mpg figures you quoted? | |
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We went up the Cassiar in '99. I don't remember it being paved at all. Certainly, from Stewart and heading north until well passed Dease Lake was not paved. But, don't let that bother you. The gravel roads in the far north are generally smoother than the paved ones. The paved roads get all sorts of frost heaves and huge potholes. Gravel seems to be more forgiving and easier to patch. When traveling on those gravel roads, keep your eyes open for dark spots, or spots with different texture. Those can be soft spots. Maybe a patch of snow sat and melted on that spot, and it is soft, almost mud, and similar to a pothole. They are fairly easy to see and we never hit one at speed. The Alaska highway is more or less completely paved, except for the 100+ kilometers under construction at any given time. The Cassiar is quite a bit shorter than the Alaska highway and runs through the mountains. The Alaska highway from Dawson Creek to Ft. Nelson runs more in the foothills/plains. The largest Grizzly we saw was down on the road to Stewart/Hyder. And the Cassiar is nearly empty. We only had one other camper in campgrounds with us (early June). Mike L |
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| Another good highway to run is the "top of the world" highway. It takes you from Whitehorse in the Yukon up to Dawson and then down to Tok, the highway goes through the Fortymile country and has some great scenery. | |
| I set the cruse control at 62 on the better roads and went slower on the not so good ones. I never shifted into the "tow-haul" mode on the trip. It would down shift from time to time going up steep grades with the cruse control set at 62. The worst millage was coming home into about a 25 mph. head wind | |
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We took the 'Top of the World' highway into Alaska. It was snowing so hard I couldn't see 100'. Snow stopped by the time we got down to the dredge. Can't comment much on the views from that stretch, we couldn't see them! My wife really liked Homer. We stayed in a campground out on the end of the 'Spit'. Great halibut everywhere. Great scenery. Great glaciers. Great wildlife. In case you can't tell, I'm ready to return to the far north! Mike L |
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| Did you make it down to Valdez? If you didn't next time you come up here you should go down there. Valdez has arguably the best scenery in North America. The mountains rise from the ocean up to 7000' everywhere. More wildlife than most people can imagine and fishing to die for. There are several full service R.V. parks there that will even book you charters for fishing and sightseeing. I tow my boat down there all the time to fish for silver salmon and halibut. Also there is a good test for your truck when you leave climbing up Thompson pass, most gas trucks that are towing boats spend most of the time climbing the pass in second gear it is very long and steep. | |
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'01 ado 8.1 LT etc. I have read your post 531 & 533 LINKS a dozen times to see if there was any clue as to how the factory option is supposed to work. I am hoping that either of you or someone knows how this factory system is supposed to function because OnStar connected me with three different dealers and not a one had a clue. Just returned from a week camp out (no 110vac where the hords of us camp) at the annual Oshkosh flyin event where i succeeded to run down all three batteries. One brand new marrine in the camper, the aux and needless to say the standard starter battery in the PU. I (like a fool) assumed that the Aux Bat. Relay isolated the std. bat when the ignition is off and that i was only camping on the Aux. and Camper bat in parrallel. The OWNERS MANUAL does state the following so i thought at least one dealer would have been able to say yeah-thats right because -------!! and i would follow the instructions -- but i would like to know why then, it comes factory wired the way it does. OWNERS MANUAL Page 4-81 "The aux bat provisionn can be used to supply electrical power to additional equip. like a camper" --Shows a drawing of the RELAY located on passenger's side of the vehicle, next to the Aux Bat.-- & Shows cable connected to stud 'A' & stud 'B' (and this is exactly the way the truck is with two different heavy gage RED wires with covers, one connected to each stud) Now the instructions go on --- "When using this provision, connection should only be made to the upper stud 'A'. Do Not make connection to the lower stud 'B' of the Relay. ----- etc. OK- 1- So why does it come factory wired with a heavy red wire going to each stud?? 2- If/When i disconnect the wire to stud 'B' what was it their for in the first place. MY NOTE - EACH STUD HAS BATTERY POWER WITH THE IGNITION IN ENGINE RUN OR ENGINE OFF POSITION so the relay is doing nothing it looks to me. God Help!!! 75v Mike - you back home from the Maidrite Already?? |
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