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Part 3: The Build List Here is our plan for building out Pac; I'll come back and edit this post as our plan evolves and gets more detail. Objective: Build a vehicle capable of driving around the world and sustaining two people (plus possible children) and two dogs indefinitely. Modification...

Part 2: Why a GMC Canyon? Great question, and an easy one to answer. In my opinion, the Canyon/Colorado is the best Overlanding platform on the Canadian market. Let me explain why I hold that opinion, which is just that, an opinion, and worth the every penny of the price you are paying for it...

Part One: Our Rig History Welcome to our build thread, everyone! I'm working on editing a video of our build too, and I'll post that once it's finished. This content will be posted on our blog and on Expedition Portal and I'll try to keep all updates easy to find. First, a bit about us and our...

But the gold leaf nozzle gives you 2" extra ground clearance and 10% more horsepower, dontcha know? ;) All jokes aside we shopped around for a nozzle for a long time but eventually just spent the money on the one from Princess Auto. It's VERY durable, but whatever nozzle you go with have a plan...

You are very welcome Tex! I hope you guys have a fantastic adventure in my adopted home province and if you have any other questions in the lead up or while you are on the road, feel free to drop us a line! Safe travels and happy adventuring!

I’ve got a few pics! Actually our whole overlanding system is a combination of 4x4 and 2 wheeled vehicles. On almost every trip my wife will pilot our Jeep (We just replaced it, more info soon) and I’ll be on my Tiger 800XC. Lots of advantages — having a spare vehicle to go for help if needed...

The maps make them look much closer than they are! It only tweaked for me because I remember enjoying Liard very much, but still having to spend many days cold and wet in the seat of my motorbike to get back home, and I'm in Edmonton so it's not even that far. The last few days of my trip...

Personally not familiar with that brand but if it's 1/4 as good as a Dometic or ARB, you did very well for the price. It seems to have very favourable reviews on Amazon as well. I'll be interested to hear your perspective after long-term use!

Welcome to the boards, Ben and Makayla. We just traded our JK for a different platform. The JK is an amazing rig in a lot of ways, and the Sport model is basically a blank canvas to paint with. You mentioned wife and kids so the biggest thing to remember is that your JK has a stunted payload...

5 days will be a pretty short timeline to go for the whole FTR route up to Liard -- did you mean the Miette hot springs near Jasper? For what it's worth, from the US Border to Liard is about a thousand miles, so you'd have a two thousand mile round trip which means, in 5 days, you'd have to...

In terms of "bang for your buck", Maxtrax or equivalent are probably the best investment. A lot of people who use them rarely (if ever) need a winch because the Maxtracks get them out of a jam most of the time. This is assuming you already have a shovel and an axe -- if not, start there. I'd...

Great question! You can probably mount to the bars depending on how thick they are. The way the mounts work is they are essentially tracks that capture the head of a 13 mm bolt. There are two bolts per corner, and one bolt goes on either side of your bar. You then affix an aluminum plate with...

You are very welcome! Make sure you order a nozzle too -- they don't often have them in-store in my experience: https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/fuel-nozzle-for-military-style-containers/A-p8451437e I'd also recommend a wrench of some kind. You can buy one that is purpose built. For a...

EXCELLENT info in that whole post, I learned some stuff I did not know about those Scepter cans! But WOW! $150 USD for a gas can? With the dollar the way it is, it doesn't take much to make it worth your while to nip north to buy a couple of cans at that rate of going if you are in the northern...

I like the look of those Wavian cans. Those are the ones Costco sells for $99/piece; for the value-for-money though I think I'll stick with the Scepter Milspecs (though I may need to pick up a metal one just to compare 'em!)

I'll give a brief rundown of the main differences between the Scepter ECO vs the Scepter Mil-Spec. So we are clear on the difference, the mil spec ones look like this: Scepter Eco look like this: As you can see the biggest visible difference is the handles and the spout; the Military has...

Do you have a better source for the Scepter MFC's than Princess Auto? Right now they are running at about $80 each there which is pricey (though the metal ones at Costco and other places are even more expensive!)

I used plastic Scepter cans and would buy them again but they are twice the price of the metal ones, at least, and you cannot get them in the US as easily as you can in Canada. For folks using the metal Jerry cans -- how are they for leaks when fuel is stored? Can you store them on their sides...

Great approach, Bill! Best of luck on the journey. The online class is a GREAT idea, I never thought of that. You might also find your local college has in-person classes that are a bit more intensive. In terms of tools, I tend to buy the best I can afford right out the gate, but others have...

I tried and tried to get a factory service manual for the JK but couldn't get one. Instead I've paid for a subscription through www.alldatadiy.com. My understanding is they have the factory service manuals for most makes and models on a subscription basis so it's the same as getting the FSM from...