Reference: Carrying extra fuel in CMP on long trips.....

[Ed Williamson]

If you are truly going off grid where there is no cell or other contact you should get a Satellite phone for emergencies. It would be bad if the truck breaks down far from any help or if you have a medical event.

[Bob Carriere]

...would be a shame ........... me on the other hand I am not restorable!!!!!

...but I am looking into some form of communication....may be a 50 foot antenna extension for the cell phone..... in Western Quebec you do not have to go far to be out of service.

At least with a sat. cell phone they can find the body faster.

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Hanno

I would never use good flimsies for a back wood trip they might get dented but the $5 dollars barrels are almost disposable.

If I succeed it will be posted and photo documented....sadly there are no LRDG hulks to discover!!!!

Cheers

[Barry Churcher]

Bob I admire the "style and image" that you have cultivated. It sounds like a real fun trip and I can't wait to see the photos. If you need any more 60 liter barrels (blue plastic) I have a free supply you are welcome to. That is what I get my synthetic oil in now and the plastic oil container service the Ontario Government makes us pay for won`t take them. I cut them up and put them in the garbage bin. So much for recycling. Good luck on the trip.
Barry

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Barry

The steel barrels I got had synthetic engine oil also...brand nane "TOTAL".
I will clean them up, prime and paint OD. Just happens to be a good size for one man handling.
At $5 bucks each it is cheaper than the the Chinese OD plastic cans sold at Princess for $109.99 or surplus army jerry cans(plastic) at $20.00 and beaten to sh** ........ Plastic 60 liters would be nice as they never rust. Thanks for the offer...... MT 60 L steel drums sell for $20 on FB listing for Toronto. The service station I got them from is stuck like you with getting rid of them.....

The trip is no more risky than going with my F150 4x4 and if it develops a problem I can't fix it. With the C15a at least I can tinker with it and it is just as dependable and with reasonable driving much more rugged.

Cheers

[Harry Moon]

over the yearswe have goine on a couple of off road trips, the last one in 2018 over forest service roads across the border in Washington State, a few video's on my YouTube channel "privatehm". Wish I could join you. Oh and you can fit a compressor onto the C15A transmission .

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Harry

Not sure how dependable or fast these little suckers work..... in the old days of M 37 I used a spark plug pump.... easy to fit on a flat head Dodge...... worked rather well but takes a while to bring tires up from 12 pounds to 40+ for the highway but way faster than the little cigar lighter pump available back then.... I still have it but the rubber hose is now brittle....

The main hassle is getting to the start of the dirt roads or about 4 hours!!!!

May need a tank as well as I might play with the spare set of horns from a deuce.....

Bob C.