Recent content by rgallant

@Roam.Wild Not a defender, but lots of folks hate the D2 as unreliable and breaks down constantly. A young fellow here in BC (Vancouver) drove to West Virginia and back in his 03 Discovery. His only failure was a clogged A/C line, 10 minute fix. I drove my D2 for 10 years, the last 4 as my...

Payload is 1490 lbs before driver. The tongue weight stamped on my hitch (2015 SCV6) is 770 lbs. But figure out the weight of all the stuff ahead of time, there are a lot of overloaded trucks out there. Winch runs about 80 lbs Front bumpers 115 to 150 Rear bumpers 100 to 130 Sliders around...

Tepui Ayer is very light, 95lbs. But most light tents are one or two who like to cuddle at best.

My 04 Discovery II at the Greenwood Forest Tower in BC. On what turned out to be her last trip, rust on the inner fender and rear frame as well as needing an engine rebuild ended the old girl's time, a solid truck for nearly 10 years had just rolled over to 302000 KM at trips end.

@Fishenough well you know us southern BC guys, we like warm and we get wet a lot. :LOL:

@Fishenough You need to open the windows, a fan will help as well but put the fan as high up as you can. It is a bit of trial and error but even near 0F I have my RTT windows a 1/4 open on both sides and a fan running. The other option is get a diesel heater, it will deal with the moisture and...

@aer21 what you drive and your roof load matters, rooftop tents vary widely in weight and size. That tent is 165lbs, if you use a roof rack that will add 90lbs or more. So that get's you to about 250, that is higher than most SUV vehicles safe dynamic load rating. Pickup trucks with bed...

Out with my Land Rover group a few weeks back, shaking winter off. Above Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Depends on how your gutters are attached and what they are made of. Land Rovers use gutter rack mounts but they are metal gutter like a van and have a pretty decent weight load. Here is a note from another outfit, Warrior products, that does a gutter mount roof rack

Well my 04 D2 is just about to hit 300000 KM, so about 186000 miles. I did have to head gaskets but other than that just 20 year old parts starting to fail. It has served me well. But really it is about maintenance, I see a lot of Toyota product overheated or broken down on mountain passes here...

I have traveled with a lot of Lr3/Lr4's that are well looked after and have done excellent service for their owners. IF you look after it and maintain it is no less reliable than anything else, but you need define long trips. I have spent 8 days largely off-road covering about 900 miles with...

Looks good but how waterproof is the underside, I am in the Pacific Northwest and rain is a pretty constant thing. I would not be removing the tent for most of the year

@ThundahBeagle The mom and cubs black bears, the dogs incidents were in the back country black bears as well. When lived in town in Mission BC I got black bears on my deck pretty regular, used bang on the glass, they would leave but at pretty slow pace. Mostly young ones, maybe 160 lbs ,but...

@ThundahBeagle I should have been more clear a barking dog at a distance, is not generally a problem but I have seen dogs charge right up to a bear that was moving off. The bear did not take it well, it cuffed the dog hard and broke one of the dog's legs, I have also seen a bear chase the dog...

Lots of good stuff here, but a point on dogs. With a solitary bear a barking dog moving towards the bear will often cause the bear to go elsewhere. Against a mother and cubs it can end very badly for your dog, not matter how big a dog you have a 300 lb bear that wants to hurt the dog will win.