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    Legal Weapons and Overlanding

    Definitely don't recommend trying to smuggle guns through Canada either. Jail time and deportation for life is the likely result. If anyone does show up at the border with their guns accidentally - ie, took a wrong turn and didn't mean to come to the border - just declare all firearms to the...
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    Legal Weapons and Overlanding

    No, it's not as bad as England, but if our clown prince PM gets re-elected in October, it surely will be. What most people do is just ship their restricted or prohibited firearms to Alaska via Fedex or whatever, and transit through with their non-restricted stuff documented on the temp license...
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    Rig Photos

    Hope I git to be inyo national forests someday too! :P Don't worry, I'll leave no trace inyo forest.
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    When is enough really enough?

    You could have two sets of wheels and tires and swap them as the occasion requires, if you're so inclined.
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    When is enough really enough?

    This made me think of you
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    When is enough really enough?

    How on earth do you misplace a set of wheels? :P
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Yeah, and then I finally decided to improve my departure angle and access to my recovery points - been considering this for a while.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    After driving it to and from work, I Jacked it up with the new-to-me jack stands I bought off FB Marketplace for $10, crawled underneath to start measuring and thinking about how to build a skid plate for the carrier bearing. While I was at it, I noticed that the safety hangers and the carrier...
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    What is your rigs name

    That's an awesome console. I did something similar with mine by using a 20mm mortar can bolted down in place of the fold down table the CR-V comes with. I've never seen anyone make a console by using the cans sideways, though - very clever.
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    When is enough really enough?

    This is why I'm fairly certain that if I ever did buy a new or almost new rig, I would spring for top level ceramic coating. If you're already spending 30-50k on a vehicle, what's another 2k to make the paintwork essentially bulletproof and totally hydrophobic?
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    When is enough really enough?

    How good of a vehicle could you get for that $5000? Is there an option to sell it or trade it in to get something better? 5000 seems awfully high for 1 year's worth of maintenance. I don't think I've even spent $1200 on mine, and that's including a new radiator installed, building a roof rack...
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Drove it 72km to work. lol Thank goodness it's Friday...
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    Show off your campsite

    Forgot this one. I was camping inside the CR-V on this occasion.
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    When does cost of a vehicle to build matter to you?

    Yeah, I wish my CR-V had low range too. The cool thing is that the lowest two gears are actually extra-low, so they have more engine braking than the equivalent Civic, which is based on the same platform. It helps significantly, but low range would be preferable.
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    When does cost of a vehicle to build matter to you?

    You bring up a good point. The phrase that comes to my mind as I read what you're writing is "diminishing returns." In my mind, I try to strike a balance between economy and diminishing returns. The thing about my particular vehicle is that it has a lot going for it in this department. The...
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    When does cost of a vehicle to build matter to you?

    One word: Honda. In all seriousness, though, yeah there comes a point where the vehicle is just getting so long in the tooth that it's having so many costly problems that you might as well sell or scrap it and buy something newer that has a solid track record of reliability. I plan to spend...
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    Harrison to Pemberton FSR 11Aug2018 - (2019 update)

    Well, I actually made the trip today. Went all the way up to Tipella, the little first nations villages just past the end of Harrison lake. I started my day by driving up to Ten Mile Bay. The entrance was a fun little technical trail that opens to an amazing wild camp spot. I launched my ill...
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    Legal Weapons and Overlanding

    The issue is that you have to pass through a heck of a lot of Canada to get to Alaska. Ironically, it's actually much easier to get a long gun into Canada than it is to get it out of the USA. Import is a $25 fee for a temporary license, which is a one page form, and as long as you have what is...
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    Where did you install your OB emblem?

    If you're putting it on the back, position 1. If you like the side better, go with 3. I put mine on the side, pretty much exactly where you're showing it.
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    Did you guys see this article?

    Ray is one of our very own at OB , as a matter of fact. Wonderful family, and I'm pleased to say, friends of ours. They organize BC Overland Rally every year.
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