Hello guys from headquarters in Seward, Alaska. Hope you're having a great day!
Welcome to the vlog! Today's videos starting off at the Arctic Circle sign
on the Dempster highway. As we make our way to the shores of the Arctic Ocean in
Tuktoyaktuk.... The weather it was rough!...It is windy, rainy and muddy. All of which make
for very difficult filming conditions. But it actually turned out to be a
pretty amazing day but that mud stuck around!... Alright!
Ahh......You get to meet up with our friends Jason and Cara of the YouTube channel;
Everlanders... Good people! Make sure you subscribe to their content... But they were
broken down on....Experiencing like diesel fuel issues on the highway when we came
across them.... And I'm just gonna say; Jason I'm taking credit for fixing your rig!
You were there for 8 hours and we show up and within 20 minutes....You're
back on the road! Hate to say it buddy but that's the way it is! For the rest of
you who do not know what I'm talking about.....Here's the video and enjoy the
ride up the Dempster!
We are coming up on the Peel River ferry. You can see it right out there in the
distance and we're about 8 miles South of Fort McPherson.
Strangely enough have gotten a blip of five bars of LTE service...And been able
to text and check in at home. Everything's going well and Shelby's
doing great! I got to see some pictures of her so that makes us feel better and...
Sitka got to say hi so.... In case you're wondering, the ferries are open every day
from 9:30 a.m. until 12:45 a.m. And they run from June until mid October. The rest
of the year you cross these rivers by ice bridge.....If you're planning a trip up
here there's also a couple of months of spring and a couple months of fall. Where
you just cannot get past here. Because of the ice flowing and not being completely
frozen so.....In terms of the North Country, there's a freeze up and break up!...Okay!
It's our turn....They are directing me towards the right side....
And I really can't tell what's port to starboard on this ferry but yeah! I always get
a kick out of driving on the ferries and... Applaud Canada because....These are all
free over here! Unlike the ferries over in the Maritimes...
Which cost money!....Okay....Overlanding turns into over watering!...The views not too hot
out your window? No it's really not!..Hahaha... Can't see much of anything at all at
some point. Maybe it'll rain on my side of the car pretty soon!....These cables are
quite fascinating. I'm not an expert on ferries...
Despite being a 50-ton licensed captain. But they seem to have these cables on
each side of the ferry keeping it in a straight line going across the river! Huh...
I wonder if there's like winch systems or what it's all about? I get it! Just
fascinated by it! I feel like I'm moving but the truck's not on drive. It's an odd
sensation! It's like I want to hit the dude... I know
like parking brake is still on.... But the sensation of moving but yet yeah!
Alright! And.... Here we go!
Well the journey has brought us to the Mackenzie River and our...Second ferry of
the day....Third ferry of the journey and this is a lot bigger river! Definitely a
massive watershed!...Danny's gonna get lazy if we keep taking him to ferries....Well...Until this truck gets
floats, this is the way we do it! Okay! We got the signal.
Never just barge right onto the ferry!
Alright! I don't know what it is like... I seriously get a feeling of vertigo... Is
that what it's called? Vertigo..Is that the right medical word?....Mhhhmm... With just the oddity
of all the movements and yet being behind the wheel of the truck....
Back to work Danny!
Yep!....And it's muddy!
Alright my window got back up...Though Ben cleaned it up for me so I can see out now....Clean is relative!....Yeah!
Well we interrupt this vlog because some of our.... Fellow now social media, youtuber
type folk are on the Dempster here and... Brokedown!..Hello...Hi Cara...And this is their expedition rig...
Seen it in the video but have yet to...See it up close! Oh yeah!Hi Ben..There's Jason..How are you doing?.. You got a fuel problem?...Yeah thought it was a fuel
problem but it's not! Alright....So check in the
next thing....How long were you guys sitting here? How long has this been going on?... 10
a.m.?....That's a long day guys!.... Wow! 10 a.m.....
Yeah.....Well we are going to stick around to see if you need any parts or if
there's any assistance we can provide! Don't think I can't oh this beast all
the way to Inuvik but....Can definitely help out in some way!
Alright! Well it's time to put the camera away but I don't think we've shown this
to you yet today!....The old truck is definitely getting a serious caking of
mud! But the real funny part is....This side... Not so bad at all! But there is mud
everywhere down there! I think we just needed to come stand next to their truck because....
Like ten minutes and the thing started up!...No! It's brainstorming!.... Seriously
Jason and I were able to talk things out... And we you know backpressure the line...
And maybe a little booger out but...Either way the fuel system is.... Got that dirty
fuel... Yeah it's filthy!It doesn't even look like diesel...The concerning part is that we got fuel at the same place one
day later! So we might actually have....A little time bomb sitting in this fuel
tank. And obviously before I pull this cap off again, this is getting cleaned up
all nice but....Yeah! Fuel... Diesel's.... Alright! Well the truck is running and they're
packing things up....The fuel is dirty but hey.... You're in luck!....So far so good!
Yeah this has happened once before and we made it up the hill!.... We're here, we'll
help!.... I'm going to put the camera down on the bag of dirty diesel!....
Diesel should not look like that!
Well they made it up the hill! That's the first start!
So we have about 45 miles to Inuvik and... Jason's truck still has a problem! You know...
There is dirty fuel in that tank and... I believe he might have used his last
fuel filter! So....It's kind of like another little ticking time bomb! As that fuel
filter gets dirty....That's obviously gonna cause drivability issues in a matter of
time.But the key will be seeing if we can not make it to Inuvik!
And also hopefully we don't have a dirty fuel but....Once I get that all cleaned up...
I'm going to shine the flashlight in there to confirm our fuel situation!... I think
it's probably time for our daily road report...And weather report....We woke up to
a lot of rain today and it rained until mid-afternoon!
Which means that we had very muddy roads! A little bit of slippage going up hills
but....Nothing that ever required 4x4 or anything...Like outrageously concerning...
The tires have been doing fabulously! The truck is performing; Knock on wood!
Knock on wood! Truck is performing wonderfully.....And more than anything; It has
just been a really beautiful drive! We've been driving through Tundra and taiga forest...
It is definitely fall up here! So we're seeing the changing of the leaves and
the fire weed is almost all gone to seed if not all of it!
And so it's a really beautiful pinkish maroon color. And this evening...The skies
have cleared up and....There's a little bit of sunshine and scattered clouds about...
So really....Aside from the mud which has been pretty intense and covers
everything just forewarning....Like if you have dogs that sit on the seats you
should probably cover your seats! Make sure you take your shoes off before you
walk into your rig. Because I made that mistake and got one of our rugs all
muddy! Because it is like really sticky, silty, fine mud.
But.....Overall really nice day! And...What do you think our average speed has been on
the roads today Ben?....Uh during the slippery sections about 20 miles an hour and ahh...
You know like right now we're cruising around 40! And...We could go faster but...
There is a little bit of mud still on the road! So.....We're just cruising at the
speed it feels right!... I would say it's definitely not a road that you should
plan on driving quickly....Plan on being able to take your time. Allow a
significant amount of time to get up here and back. Because these are not
highway miles. These are dirt gravel road miles!
This are also very similar to Baja roads...That's what I was just gonna say!... Yeah we're getting wicked...
Another bunny rabbit!.... Like we have ahh...186 miles on this tank and we're at 2/3 of a
tank. So we were probably getting of 15 miles a gallon.
But then again....Fifth gear 40 miles an hour, 1,500 rpms. So the engine is not
working really hard!.... And as far as wildlife, we're just discussing this...We
anticipated seeing far more than we have! So we have seen several Fox. Today we
started seeing bunny rabbits probably hare....And then I've dodged a couple of
squirrels on the road hahaha....But no Caribou, no Grizzlies, no big-game animals yet so....
We're still keeping our eye out!...Alright! We're calling it a night! We're here at the....
I don't know.....Government campground in Inuvik.... The campground was really nice and.... Allowed
me to pull up to their dump station...So I could hose this area off....To make sure we
don't introduce anything new that might not be in there already!.... I need to cut in
here really quick guys....The exact cause of what happened on Jason and Cara's
fuel system is still unknown! We're not in the business of bashing places ahh... The
Eagle Plains fuel stop was very friendly! We did not have problems... You know, we did
not see fellow travelers up the highway... Because it guaranteed that almost everybody
is stopping there for fuel! So we didn't see anybody else with problems. So we just
want to let you know....This is a fuel issue that happens when you're traveling...
And I'm sure Jason and Kara are gonna get to the bottom of it. And you'll probably just
have to check out their channel... But as of now, two weeks ago....They still haven't
figured it out! But....The truck is running just fine!
Oh gosh! It is about quarter to 11 local time and....We are done for now! But...We are
gonna go....Grab a biting with these guys!... I did hose off our fuel tank area...
So in the morning, we'll check it out but.... I am not gonna...
But I'm not gonna mess with that thing tonight!..No... Alright this video is a wrap!
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