uscg2008
Explorer
Hey everyone Coby here,
So I won't be down to San Diego as early as I was supposed to be. The* ferry broke down in Whittier,AK before it could make it to me here on Kodiak, but let me tell you it totally ****ed me. I was surprised at how little ALASKA marine highway company could cared and* how little they did to help us out.* So instead of leaving from Kodiak tomorrow for the relaxing 6 day cross golf to Bellingham WA, I am now leaving next saturday for Homer, AK. From there I will be doing the entire ALCAN now and on to San Diego pulling a 6x10 cargo trailer. I did get my truck ready for a 1100 mile drive but not a 3700+ mile drive that i will now be doing. So im going to get some last minute work done by Green Tree Fab in Anchorage, AK so I have a little piece of mind. My plan for the trip is as follows:
Ferry to homer
Homer to Anchorage (spend 2 days in anchorage and get some work done by GFT)
Anchorage to Tok
Tok to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Whitehorse to Dawson Creek (that will be the longest day at like 16hrs)
Dawson Creek to Vancouver
Vancouver to Eugene,OR
Eugene to Sacramento CA
Sacramento to my moms house in Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach to my house in San Diego
Just did fresh oil and diff fluid changes, having GTF change out my worn Light Racing* uca bushings, cleaned air filter/throttle body,* put some newer tires on and upgraded my brakes to drilled and slotted rotors and green stuff pads from EBC. I also picked up an Alaska/Canada Milepost travel planner. I will be bringing four 5 gal gas cans for extra fuel, a couple extra quarts of oil, and I went and bought a height adjustable hitch to level out the trailer a little better.
I wish I had more notice because I would have added some Firestone ride right airbags and daystar craddles cause my rear sags pretty good with all that weight from the trailer. I still have 3" to my super bumps touch, but it would have been more piece of mind rather than necessity and it would push my rear up helping my front end not be so light.
I plan on doing the whole 3700+ mile trip including the one over night ferry to the mainland of alaska and the 2 days in Anchorage, AK in 11 days total. Unfortunately i wont be able to take my time to see and experience everything that there is to do on this trip due to the time constraints of me having to report to my new unit on a certain day. Pictures to follow once I get wifi and will be able to photo dump.
So I won't be down to San Diego as early as I was supposed to be. The* ferry broke down in Whittier,AK before it could make it to me here on Kodiak, but let me tell you it totally ****ed me. I was surprised at how little ALASKA marine highway company could cared and* how little they did to help us out.* So instead of leaving from Kodiak tomorrow for the relaxing 6 day cross golf to Bellingham WA, I am now leaving next saturday for Homer, AK. From there I will be doing the entire ALCAN now and on to San Diego pulling a 6x10 cargo trailer. I did get my truck ready for a 1100 mile drive but not a 3700+ mile drive that i will now be doing. So im going to get some last minute work done by Green Tree Fab in Anchorage, AK so I have a little piece of mind. My plan for the trip is as follows:
Ferry to homer
Homer to Anchorage (spend 2 days in anchorage and get some work done by GFT)
Anchorage to Tok
Tok to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Whitehorse to Dawson Creek (that will be the longest day at like 16hrs)
Dawson Creek to Vancouver
Vancouver to Eugene,OR
Eugene to Sacramento CA
Sacramento to my moms house in Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach to my house in San Diego
Just did fresh oil and diff fluid changes, having GTF change out my worn Light Racing* uca bushings, cleaned air filter/throttle body,* put some newer tires on and upgraded my brakes to drilled and slotted rotors and green stuff pads from EBC. I also picked up an Alaska/Canada Milepost travel planner. I will be bringing four 5 gal gas cans for extra fuel, a couple extra quarts of oil, and I went and bought a height adjustable hitch to level out the trailer a little better.
I wish I had more notice because I would have added some Firestone ride right airbags and daystar craddles cause my rear sags pretty good with all that weight from the trailer. I still have 3" to my super bumps touch, but it would have been more piece of mind rather than necessity and it would push my rear up helping my front end not be so light.
I plan on doing the whole 3700+ mile trip including the one over night ferry to the mainland of alaska and the 2 days in Anchorage, AK in 11 days total. Unfortunately i wont be able to take my time to see and experience everything that there is to do on this trip due to the time constraints of me having to report to my new unit on a certain day. Pictures to follow once I get wifi and will be able to photo dump.
