45Kevin
Well-known member
OK, I got too many things to post for the "Who has a better camp site" although I will add to that occasionally.
We hit the road on November 7 and left Calgary in a blizzard with double digit minus Celsius temps.
We went south into Montana and made a left hand turn onto US2 at Shelby. That took us all the way to Minnesota where we bailed and crossed back into Canada at Sault Sta. Marie.
We had snow all the way, not bad but it definitely curbed our speed.
We had snow all the way to Michigan. There it cleared up but the next morning...
Once we got back into Canada we had fairly smooth sailing until we hit Maine, and then it snowed all the way to Halifax.
I have to say, the 4x4 locks that thing to the road. Never spun a tire the entire way.
Our Cheap Chinese Heater shit the bed the first day out. The error code was the ignitor. I did take the heater apart and cleaned the ignitor but no change. I stopped at several truck type places looking for parts but came up dry. We ordered a new CCH to be delivered to my brother's house in Halifax. Mean while we used the diesel coolant preheater to keep us warm. It meant getting up a few times each night to start it up but it worked OK. Not a good pic but the CCHs are dead easy to work on. I did find a place that had an ignitor for a an Airtronic that might have fit but it was about 50% more than a new CCH. I'll probably order replacement parts when we get home next spring and just carry a spare CCH. I really didn't design the van to spend weeks/months in heater needing weather but recent medical issues with my wife meant we are about a month behind in our travels, so we have to cold weather to deal with. We are managing.
In Maine and New Brunswick we had a very wet snow mixed with freezing rain. The front end got fairly covered with ice and I was concerned about air flow onto the radiators, but the gauges never varied from normal.
We hit the road on November 7 and left Calgary in a blizzard with double digit minus Celsius temps.
We went south into Montana and made a left hand turn onto US2 at Shelby. That took us all the way to Minnesota where we bailed and crossed back into Canada at Sault Sta. Marie.
We had snow all the way, not bad but it definitely curbed our speed.
We had snow all the way to Michigan. There it cleared up but the next morning...
Once we got back into Canada we had fairly smooth sailing until we hit Maine, and then it snowed all the way to Halifax.
I have to say, the 4x4 locks that thing to the road. Never spun a tire the entire way.
Our Cheap Chinese Heater shit the bed the first day out. The error code was the ignitor. I did take the heater apart and cleaned the ignitor but no change. I stopped at several truck type places looking for parts but came up dry. We ordered a new CCH to be delivered to my brother's house in Halifax. Mean while we used the diesel coolant preheater to keep us warm. It meant getting up a few times each night to start it up but it worked OK. Not a good pic but the CCHs are dead easy to work on. I did find a place that had an ignitor for a an Airtronic that might have fit but it was about 50% more than a new CCH. I'll probably order replacement parts when we get home next spring and just carry a spare CCH. I really didn't design the van to spend weeks/months in heater needing weather but recent medical issues with my wife meant we are about a month behind in our travels, so we have to cold weather to deal with. We are managing.
In Maine and New Brunswick we had a very wet snow mixed with freezing rain. The front end got fairly covered with ice and I was concerned about air flow onto the radiators, but the gauges never varied from normal.
