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ronahue
Senior Member Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 316 |
Topic: Alaska 2017 Posted: 17 Nov 2016 at 9:09pm |
As I have indicated I believe I will have a little more than 300 miles range while towing do you think this will be sufficient?
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Ron & Sharon
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NickLPod
Newbie Joined: 10 Jul 2016 Location: Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 13 |
Posted: 17 Nov 2016 at 9:50pm |
For the Canadian portion of the trip, you might find useful information from the CAA https://www.caa.ca/
(It is associated with the USA equivalent AAA I understand). We signed up in NE Ontario for maps etc. to plan our drive from Jasper Alberta through the US home.
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Blue Highways
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 20 Sep 2016 Location: NC mountains Online Status: Offline Posts: 84 |
Posted: 18 Nov 2016 at 8:39am |
As far as range, the stock Tundra fuel tank is not huge: 26.5 gal, and we never exceeded 15 mpg towing; most often it was in the 12 to 14 range, (though our truck unhitched, normally hits 19-20 mpg on smooth highways). So, adding one 5 gal fuel jug gives you a minimum of 60 add'l miles range. It's nice to have the edge of extra fuel, whether you actually need it for every leg of the journey or not. If you can tote 2 of them, that's at least 120 extra miles (for the Tundra). The Frontier is an excellent, well made and very tough truck.... yet the body is not so heavy, so you probably would have an advantage over ours in range. Sometimes, after setting up camp, if we were near a small town, we'd head in and top off the tank. You would only run out of fuel if you were careless in watching your fuel level and had bypassed several fuel stop opportunities. I bet you'll be fine if your attentive. I carried just a quart of oil to occasionally top it off that way. --B
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Blue Highways
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 20 Sep 2016 Location: NC mountains Online Status: Offline Posts: 84 |
Posted: 18 Nov 2016 at 8:57am |
Back in summer 2015, the $CDN to US$ conversion was this way:
Multiply litre cost by 3.79 = cost US gallons. However, the exchange rate may have changed by summer of 2017. Anybody love math out there and want to work it for current levels ?
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ronahue
Senior Member Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 316 |
Posted: 18 Nov 2016 at 9:19am |
The Frontier has a 21.5 gallon tank and I plan to carry a 5 gallon can and I have a 2.5 gallon can for my generator. Mileage varies from 12-14 while towing conservatively giving me a safe 300 miles range. with some wiggle room. I generally run on the top half of the tank.
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Ron & Sharon
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bob-Pod
Newbie Joined: 25 Sep 2016 Location: Bremerton, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 16 |
Posted: 18 Nov 2016 at 2:49pm |
The wife and I took a trip to Alaska towing our 171 from mid-July
to mid-August in 2013. I had the plan of
one week up, one week back ,and two weeks to play. We started in Washington state an hour west
of Seattle and drove to Dawson Creek to the start of the AlCan and took the
Cassiar back. We also brought our little
dogs with us. (Make sure to get papers
from the vet). As mentioned by others, you will want to have the most
current version of the Milepost. It was
an excellent reference and would list services, turnoffs, etc. by the mile or
less. It will let you know where gas
stations are. My wife drove past a
couple because they “didn’t look like a gas station”. Sometimes you might not notice the pump until
you pull in. Three hundred miles capacity in the gas tank will be plenty
of miles and long as you pay attention and plan on filling up even if you are
only at a half a tank. Don’t think about
only putting in a few liters because the prices “have to get better”. We were paying about $4.00 in Washington that
summer and I had sticker shock the first time I had to pay 1.75 CDN /liter. I think we ended up paying that twice and at
one place I paid 1.94 CDN /liter. I did
carry two 5 gallon cans of gas. Besides
the price of gas being high the exchange rate was pretty crappy. If I remember right gas was most expensive in
northern BC and became a little more reasonable in the Yukon. You will definitely want to spend two or more nights at the
Liard River Hot Springs. Besides soaking
we also saw a moose from the boardwalk.
Whitehorse had a couple of museums that were decent. Make the side trip through Skagway and Haines. We did it on the way back and caught the
Alaska ferry between the two. Lots of
bald eagles in Haines (and The Hammer Museum).
Skagway is hit by the cruise ships but was fun to visit. Do the walking
tour with the National Park Service. In
Denali we stayed at the Teklanika campground.
You are only allowed to drive so far in the park, so don’t worry that
you will have to keep the vehicle parked if you camp at Teklanika. You will have to buy a Tek bus ticket but you
can ride to the Observatory every day for one ticket purchase. We spent a week on the Kenai at Cooper’s landing. It was close to the fishing on the Russian
river. We didn’t fish but saw numerous
guys in the water. We took a glacier and
wildlife cruise out of Seward. Well
worth the money. You can buy an Alaska coupon
book. We got one from someone returning
from Alaska and saved over $100 for the cruise. Feel free to PM me if you have specific questions. |
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birderdiane526
Senior Member Joined: 08 May 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 320 |
Posted: 19 Nov 2016 at 9:56am |
Hi Ron and Sharon,
Michael and I have been seriously thinking of Alaska for this coming year, and your query here has generated wonderful information. Are you looking for traveling partners or are you happier going solo? Our research is yet to be finalized, but we do have a friend in Tok who is offering us some advice. Thanks! |
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Diane and Michael
2016 179 "PIP" (PODDING IN PARADISE) 2007 Toyota Tundra BLOG:Podding in Paradise, birderdiane526.blogspot.com |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 19 Nov 2016 at 8:31pm |
Great info here. Can't wait to do this ourselves but it will probably be 12 years away.
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ronahue
Senior Member Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 316 |
Posted: 20 Nov 2016 at 6:24am |
Our basic plan is a solo adventure however it would be fun to hookup with some others at intervals along the way. The most likely scenario is that I would leave in mid June from Boston through Vermont to Montreal take 117 and 11 through northern Ontario to Thunder Bay then the Trans Canada to either Edmonton or Calgary where Sharon would join me. At that point we would begin the Alcan/Cassiar/Alaska portion of the trip. We are still in the very early planning stages and family/social obligations have been known to throw a wrench into our plans in the past. I usually get into the serious planning; dates reservations, etc. in February or March. Let us know as your plans mature and maybe we can do a portion together.
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Ron & Sharon
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birderdiane526
Senior Member Joined: 08 May 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 320 |
Posted: 20 Nov 2016 at 7:56am |
It would be fun to meet up along the way! Let's stay in touch. It's always great to meet new friends aso we travel.
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Diane and Michael
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