Canada - Alaska Theft Concerns
Been planning our first 3 month mid May Canada & Alaska trip for 2 years now. We have 2 trailers and are taking our 25 foot TT and leaving the big 5ver home. An issue with the TT is the huge lack o...
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My brother-in-law has a large, locking diamond-plate tool box at the front of his pickup bed for his generator, fuel, 5-gallon water jug, tools, etc., when towing his travel trailer. You could do something like that and also use it with your 5th wheel trailer if you keep it in front of the hitch rails and below bed height.
When going to Alaska, you may not need your trailer air conditioner except in the Lower 48. If the weather is that hot, you could just plan to stay in state parks or private RV parks with electrical hookups. In our 3-month, 10,000-mile trip to Alaska with our 21-foot travel trailer, we had no generator and did not need to run our air conditioner once in Canada or Alaska, even when plugged in to 120v power.
We ran the air conditioner in the Lower 48 twice on our Alaska trip. Once was when plugged in at an eastern OR county park and the other was when plugged in at an RV park in Oroville, WA. However, we live in Denver and traveled primarily through the mountains all the way to BC.
We also carried no extra gas, but filled the tank anytime we were nearing a 1/2 tank in the truck. And, unless you are planning on going north of the Arctic Circle or on roads like the Canol Road, you shouldn't need it either. I did take my tool bag, 12v compressor, electric screwdriver, and a collapsible, 5-gallon water jug to fill before dry camping.
We tried to travel with empty tanks, which was nearly always possible because many state and provincial parks, city parks, county fairgrounds, gas stations, and Fred Meyer stores had potable water faucets and RV dumps. Many of these dumps are free, especially in city parks and at Fred Meyer, and gas stations are often free with a fuel fill-up. In Tok, I got a free RV wash (badly needed due to a construction zone near Beaver Creek) and a free RV dump with only a 10-gallon fuel fill-up.
Alaska is no longer a remote wilderness for RVers, although you can get into wilderness lots of places . . . by bush plane, boat, or on foot.
When going to Alaska, you may not need your trailer air conditioner except in the Lower 48. If the weather is that hot, you could just plan to stay in state parks or private RV parks with electrical hookups. In our 3-month, 10,000-mile trip to Alaska with our 21-foot travel trailer, we had no generator and did not need to run our air conditioner once in Canada or Alaska, even when plugged in to 120v power.
We ran the air conditioner in the Lower 48 twice on our Alaska trip. Once was when plugged in at an eastern OR county park and the other was when plugged in at an RV park in Oroville, WA. However, we live in Denver and traveled primarily through the mountains all the way to BC.
We also carried no extra gas, but filled the tank anytime we were nearing a 1/2 tank in the truck. And, unless you are planning on going north of the Arctic Circle or on roads like the Canol Road, you shouldn't need it either. I did take my tool bag, 12v compressor, electric screwdriver, and a collapsible, 5-gallon water jug to fill before dry camping.
We tried to travel with empty tanks, which was nearly always possible because many state and provincial parks, city parks, county fairgrounds, gas stations, and Fred Meyer stores had potable water faucets and RV dumps. Many of these dumps are free, especially in city parks and at Fred Meyer, and gas stations are often free with a fuel fill-up. In Tok, I got a free RV wash (badly needed due to a construction zone near Beaver Creek) and a free RV dump with only a 10-gallon fuel fill-up.
Alaska is no longer a remote wilderness for RVers, although you can get into wilderness lots of places . . . by bush plane, boat, or on foot.
