Highway 4 from Parksville to Port Alberni and therefor on to the west coast area of Uclulet and Tofino is closed due to fire on the steep slopes above the highway.There is an alternative 4 hour detour on very rough roads, mainly logging roads but onl...
So I just read in my local paper that just about every RV park on Vancouver Island is booked solid right through the winter until April. This is Canadians from colder parts of Canada who normally go south for the winter but can't because of the borde...
I did this a few days ago. I was making a sharp left turn out of a narrow driveway onto the highway and the wheels of my fiver went down the ditch resulting in the bed area twisting and digging into the side of the truck bed. Very little damage to th...
Does anyone have any experience with Sailun truck tires? I'm looking at replacing my BFG All terrain tires and the dealer is telling me that Sailun are as good but cheaper.Please do not dismiss them offhand just because they are Chinese, I'm looking ...
Do you remove your batteries when winterizing? I usually do but am thinking of leaving them in this year. I live on Vancouver Island where we get quite mild winters, very few days below freezing and the coldest I've known it is about -10 C. what abou...
I had both a fiver and a truck camper for many years. I used to take the hitch out of the truck and lay a framework of 2"x4"s in the bed. This was enough to raise the camper above the rails. It worked fine.
thomas201 wrote:One thing Sidehillsoup said on the other thread. Bring some Canadian cash. His reason was the credit card machines were down at some Petro Canada stations. Mine is that the isolated Yukon campgrounds have a cash only box, with no h...
I made a 9040KM trip from my home on Vancouver Island through BC, Yukon and into Alaska in 2017. I took an extra spare for my 5th wheel and for my truck, a 20" which weighed a ton, and I carted them around with me for10 weeks and never needed them.We...
It has been open for 2 days now, alternating single lane traffic. They have put wire mesh on the slope to try to stop debris coming down but there is still a lot of cleanup to do.
