Hi,
So Marcin, Ania and myself decided to head up on Saturday morning, Dan and the rest of the group went on Friday evening. The destination was Sloquet Hot springs. The washout on Harrison West FSR has not been fixed but there is a way around it, we started to encounter a bit of snow and then got a point where it finally became a pain in the a&s. We saw Dan's tracks from the night before and a little tug here and there between Marcin's truck and mine and we managed to plow enough snow with the diffs to get through. After that it was clear sailing until the Sloquet trail where about half way up the snow came back. We ended up running into few guys with a Dodge Ram and a Toy truck and also found a couple from Washington in a stock Nissan 4X4 truck with street tires. the Nissan was of course stuck in about 2 feet of snow and not going anywhere. We finally managed to move the Nissan out of everyones way and let us pass. The progress was slow and painful, go 10 feet, back up and do it again. Around 4pm (we left at 9:30 from the Sasquatch Inn) we decided to turn around in the same spot as Dan and head to our camping spot. Once we got to the In-shuck-in FSR it was clear sailing again, until a funny noise in the back of my truck made me pull over. It was raining, dark and we were 4 km from camp so I looked quickly, found nothing obvious so we kept going - slower. Once at camp I found out that rust managed to win against my rear strut mount and it no longer was attached to the vehicle. We were tired and hungry so we decided to leave it till the morning. Marcin found out that 1 of his glow plugs is dead, I removed the rear struts and found that there is a mouse that moved into my truck over night. We met up with Dan and exchanged our stories and headed back home.
Other then not making it to the hot springs the trip was good and entertaining.
I hate rust
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So Marcin, Ania and myself decided to head up on Saturday morning, Dan and the rest of the group went on Friday evening. The destination was Sloquet Hot springs. The washout on Harrison West FSR has not been fixed but there is a way around it, we started to encounter a bit of snow and then got a point where it finally became a pain in the a&s. We saw Dan's tracks from the night before and a little tug here and there between Marcin's truck and mine and we managed to plow enough snow with the diffs to get through. After that it was clear sailing until the Sloquet trail where about half way up the snow came back. We ended up running into few guys with a Dodge Ram and a Toy truck and also found a couple from Washington in a stock Nissan 4X4 truck with street tires. the Nissan was of course stuck in about 2 feet of snow and not going anywhere. We finally managed to move the Nissan out of everyones way and let us pass. The progress was slow and painful, go 10 feet, back up and do it again. Around 4pm (we left at 9:30 from the Sasquatch Inn) we decided to turn around in the same spot as Dan and head to our camping spot. Once we got to the In-shuck-in FSR it was clear sailing again, until a funny noise in the back of my truck made me pull over. It was raining, dark and we were 4 km from camp so I looked quickly, found nothing obvious so we kept going - slower. Once at camp I found out that rust managed to win against my rear strut mount and it no longer was attached to the vehicle. We were tired and hungry so we decided to leave it till the morning. Marcin found out that 1 of his glow plugs is dead, I removed the rear struts and found that there is a mouse that moved into my truck over night. We met up with Dan and exchanged our stories and headed back home.
Other then not making it to the hot springs the trip was good and entertaining.
I hate rust
.
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. Since I got my new tires I have not had a chance to get that feature yet. Personally when it comes to snow I find that with or without chains if you are dragging your diff your screwed.