British Columbia BS thread

ARC1 in Abbotsford. https://arconeindustries.com/

 

Thanks!

 

+1 for Arc-1

Haven't gotten anything yet, but I drool over their stuff on an almost-daily basis

 

Just finished a few day trip from WA to the Trout Lake (primarily) area. Posting it in my build thread for anyone who wants to follow along (you can easily watch it with this link). Beautiful country!

Into Canada and Up to Lavina Lookout - Rady #1
Part of the Rady Can't Wait trip.

For the last two years, I've been itching to get back into Canada. Covid-19 has - as we all know - had other plans for the world.

Any other time, it wouldn't have been a bit deal, but recently a buddy Mike @POSTacoMike shared a trip he'd taken to Rady Creek - a trail that was scheduled to be deactivated (and made inaccessible to wheeled travel) by British Columbia's forestry ministry. Originally scheduled for deactivation on Aug. 1, 2021, I learned that a nearby fire had postponed the work until spring 2022, but of course, it wouldn't be long until snow make the area inaccessible anyway.

And so, if I was ever going to experience the Rady Creek - called Foggy Day and Silver Cup Ridge by the locals - it was going to have to be now - like right now. Luckily for me, the Canadian border had just reopened (for fully vaccinated travelers with a negative Covid test in the prior 72 hours).

With much help from Mike - off-road trail information about Canada is extremely limited online as far as I can tell - I set about planning. Of course, nothing ever really goes to plan. And this time was definitely no exception. But I am - as is often the case - getting ahead of myself.

More pics, story:
Into Canada and Up to Lavina Lookout - Rady #1​

 

Beautiful photos, I took a look at the full story thread too and that was amazing. Glad you got the opportunity to come up and visit! (and were able to take it in such short notice! I admire that honestly. Too many people - myself included - let too many opportunities for adventure pass by.)

You are right though, trail info is very limited up here. I suppose a lot of it is word of mouth among locals or in private FB groups or something. I think a lot of people like to keep quiet about trails to keep the riff raff out as well. We'd have a lot more trails being shut down I think if too many people knew about them. Its unfortunate.

Good luck on your travels and I can't wait to see more!

Oh hey I just realized your truck is the featured one in the TW header, congrats!!

 

175/l for premium in Campbell River

 

yah hanging at 154.9 for regular. Not sure if we should be pleased or not?

 

Took my work truck into town to get serviced. While there I decided to check out the Toyota dealership since something caught my eye...





Didn't have a sticker on it so I think someone's bought it but it looks nicely done straight from the dealer. OME leaf packs and shocks/coilovers. Couldn't figure out which front springs were on it though. 285/75R16 tires but no sign of cab mount chop...

 

That's a whole lot of Canadian Tire money right there!!!

 

Canadian Tire money…. Sheesh at the dealer that’s probably the better part of your first-Borns testicles/ovaries.

 

It's 148.9 in cache creek right now where I live.

 

The latest and greatest FSR road layer is updated daily and available from the BC Gov't. Available in ARC shapefile format for GIS users or in KML format for Google Earth.

Our tax dollars at work.

https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/forest-tenure-road-segment-lines

 

Thanks for sharing, definitely worth saving. About time my tax dollars did something for me!

 

That is sweet, thanks for sharing. I'm a sucker for useful KML files

 

So... while wasting my life looking at Craigslist... I just found that my truck, w/ zero additions, no modification, no lift, no nothing... is being sold at a year older, with 20,000KM's more than mine. And! For appx $13,000 more than I paid for mine.

I'm tempted... to sell. I can only assume that the chip shortage is driving dealers to gouge at an unbelievable amount. Sheesh.

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/pml/ctd/d/maple-ridge-2020-toyota-tacoma-trd-off/7386028872.html

 

I've gotten about 5 calls from Toyota to buy back my '17. 'Course they wouldn't tell me what they'd give me other than a newer truck and refinance, not that I'd ever sell it anyway. I can see how tempting it is though.

 

The used market is insane because of the shortages in the new market. Dealers have very low to no inventory of either. Three year old trucks just off warranty are selling for $2K less than ordering and waiting on a new truck.

 

It is nice to know that there is value in my truck, but I have absolutely no desire to sell. I sell at this overinflated market price and then not have enough to buy in the overinflated and severely short supplied new market. Doesn't sound like sound investment to me. Even if I were to sell now and wait for the market to cool down, there are no guarantees it will. I will stay with what I have and be happy that I paid way less than the people out there purchasing now.

 

Yah that is where I'm at. Bed stiffeners (which I kinda wish I skipped now) to install and the BD Squadron Fogs and I'm all done (says the tacomaworld member) with additions/changes/mods.

And I know that my far-better half will want nothing to do with another vehicle requiring anything other than ... well.. charging.... sigh.

 

I forgot to post my trip up American Creek, but here's a few photos from my run up Rady Creek FSR. Full story of both, in my build thread. (American Creek) (Rady Creek)

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Keep reading the rest here
This Trail May Be Closed Forever - Rady #3​