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So glad I stumbled across you! Loving the info (was the gas strut calculations I found first) and videos. How is 2.0 going? I have plans for a full pop up so keen to see if you've solved :-) My intention is to hinge the side panels top. bottom and middle so they concertina, Then front and back just fold down (or up if you prefer) as a full panel, and help lock the sides open.

Girl if you don't oil that dam door 🔪

Thanks. Most of the MPG values that the truck reports are generous. On my Ranger, I can adjust it to read more accurately based on the real mileage. The only way to know gas mileage is to record exact (not rounded) gas put in tank and exact miles traveled over many tank fills. But your numbers sound similar to what most people report. Hope you enjoyed the trip.

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Great video! Really enjoyed it and admire your adventurous spirit! 👏🏻

Many Happy Trails wishes and prayers

Great video you have inspired me to go here

Thank you. Am local Alaska resident and always interested to see and hear what visitors recommend.

Glad to see your channel is getting some traction! Your hard work is paying off. Keep it up!

Awesome journey to Arctic Ocean…❤ I’m planning to go there next summer…you have air down your tire to have a good traction and prevent from being puncture from rocks

I’m always lonely when I travel alone. Is that normal? 😆

Great explanation Kate, something I have come use to hearing from channel great information. Hope you have an awesome weekend.

Thanks for the explanation of your video income. I started watching with the camper build(which were great) I also enjoy your hiking and exploring videos. Keep up the good work!

Hi, great videos! I’ve built a cap style popup camper too, and am ready to put it onto the truck. At the moment I’m planning to use C-clamps, but what did you use to secure it to the truck bed?

The clubs are a great way to explore new areas and track your progress. Minnesota has some very scenic ares. Thanks for the video.

Good morning from Hawaii that was a good hike in Minnesota state park

Spectacular views. Very stunning. Thanks for sharing this trip.

Beautiful, you presented this masterfully! Just masterfully and so professionally 🔥🔥

Here we go again 🎉😊

Once again a very informative video that would have anyone wanting to do this hike fully educated great job. Hope you're having a great summer ☀️

It's on my bucket list to make this drive to the Arctic Ocean ! No one of my family will come, so I'll have to drive the Dempster highway solo !

I may have a solution... I am a bit of a maker, and one of the fun projects I like to play with is pop-up mechanisms in books, and I recently had a similar problem. Where your bolts/screws attach to your aluminium (struts?) that pull the walls up with the roof, they may need to be in a "slip" channel allowing them to slide from one position to the next. This is an example of what I mean th-cam.com/video/HFtJ386rAOA/w-d-xo.html at 4:10 on the back of the card you can see the pull tab mechanism has a circle that the arm for the hub goes through, allowing it to swivel in all directions (up and down at the same time as it is going left and right). This means the pull tab can have a straight in and out movement in the left and right direction. If it didn't have this, the arm from the hub would be pushing it down and pulling it up as it rotated warping the pull tab and prevent it from being a straight in and out movement.

Seeing how I have a 2023 Tacoma definitely will have to keep this video in my watch later to save it if I ever need it lol. I'm way behind on watching my videos past couple of months, hope you're having a great summer ☀️.

You did excellent young lady on expenses:) what caused tire flats driving to Alaska,sharp objects or just wear and tear??

Here is the tip, never sandwich l wood. 1st frame, 2nd panel, 3d insulation, interior canvas. You can sandwich metals but not wood as it shrinks and expands.

Heading that way 2025 or 2026. Hoping 2025. 60 day or more in a class b+ RV. We are able to do 90 if she dont get sick of it. Looking forward to #1 and #2 on my bucket list. Alaska and the Dempster. We are budgeting 30k or more. One in a lifetime. If we get a second chance I will do it again and again. Do you have plans to go again in the future?

My favorite is mosquito ridge state park. 10 mosquitos per inch of your body guaranteed!

Not enough cold, mosquitoes, water, or deathly gray skies to last you a lifetime in MN/WI?

Thank you for sharing. I was very curious what it would cost. It would be different for me as I would be coming from California but this gives a great place to start from.

Consider checking where your spare tire is dropped out from under the truck bed. It's possible you covered the hole used to insert the long rod that is used to lower the spare tire. It looks roughly where my old Toyota 4Runner had a hole for the spare tire removal. I'm looking at 0:08 in the video and see the hole, just above the license plate. A quick Google search seems to suggest that is the hole used to lower the spare tire for a 2023 Toyota Tacoma.

We went up the Dalton last summer. Gas and diesel at the Yukon river gas station was $7.50/gal. In Valdez it was $5/gal.

1:23 What is that thing called your camper bolts to, a "rail"? I see you have the camper bolted to each side, but you can bolt it down in front, too. Either order the front rail at a dealership, or a junkyard, screw it on in the places provided, and you could then have several more mounting points for the inside front of your camper, making it more secure. Apparently, previous years of Tacomas had this rail, and money was saved(?!) not having one as standard on newer Tacomas.

2:07 I think some people are putting a thin, bicycle innertube between the cab and the camper shell, to keep the wind out of that gap above the cab. Just inflate a little, till it fills the gap about right. For the 3rd Gen 2018 Tacoma, no shell and HT tires, 2.7l 4 cylinder auto trans, I get 28mpg going back and forth over the Sierras from the High desert, thru Tehachapi and back. Same mpg going hundreds of miles up and down Highway 395 going fishing. Tootling around town is 23ish, offroading 20mpg. Currently at mixed town, highway and offroading, I'm sitting at 25mpg.

We slow drove from central Virginia to Alaska and back in 2022. A 5 month, 15,000 mile trip with our F150 towing a Lance 1685 trailer. Fuel costs at the time were $7,500. So worth it.

It's a good weight, about as light as any commercial wedge camper. Good Job

Kate, thanks for your video. How much Canadian currency did you need? I'm concerned that some of the remote locations might not take a credit card.

2023 trip to Alaska from West Virginia, nearly 11000 miles driven. Spent a little over $5000. Ate out a few times, couple souvenirs. Stayed in camp grounds seven nights. Boondock the rest of the time.

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We took our Sprinter campervan to the Arctic Ocean (Dempster) from New Mexico Aug/Sept. 2023. Here's our info: Diesel - $3400, Ferry (Bellingham to Skagway plus cabin for 3 nights): $2800, Camping/lodging (63 nights, 1 hotel, 6 nights family, the rest camping): $750. We did not bother keeping track of food since it is not different than what we would spend at home for groceries and eating out. We also did not include souvenirs, showers or dump stations as those were minimal (except for the $40 shower and dump in Tok!)

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Thanks...bucket list trip.

Always wanted to make that trip North and back. Speaking for myself, I'd love to see photos of scenery and overview of what is most memorable. Thanks for sharing!

What an interesting glimpse. What was popping your tires? Rocks? Nails?

The level of privilege to be able to take two months and thousands of dollars to drive around Alaska is astounding.

Is your truck paid for? if not thats also a expense.

THANKS !! great info. Bucket list trip

Thanks for sharing you cost. Cheers

Excellent!! Impressive.

Just got back from a 6k mile Yukon trip. Costs have not been organized yet. I ate out 3 times a week & did not pay for a single camp site. iOverkander was my friend👍 My 2017 Transit van got 19.81 mpg (8k lbs - trip ready weight) I was driving at a leisurely SAFE speed most of the time That was 3 mpg better than previous trips where I was generally going faster and spent more time in urban environments.