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Originally Posted by Peturbo
Definitely have a lot to learn myself with 4x4ing. But taking every step I can to be respectful of the land leaving no trace and staying as safe as possible.
Garmin inreach, ham radio receivers.
For propane heaters, I only turn it on briefly before bed to change and its stays off for the rest of the night.
Considering a diesel heater upgrade at some point.
Originally started looking at trucks because I needed something for home Depot runs after buying a house.
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Whatever you get for Satellite communication, make sure it operates on the Iridium network, and not the galaxy network. I run an actual satellite phone (for work, not necessarily for play, but it sits in my pickup, and an emergency is an emergency).
Propane heaters, i've run one of those buddy heaters, they do a good job of safety, they are supposed to shut off if oxygen gets low, or if they tip over.
The diesel heater thing is great, if you have a diesel truck. If you aren't running a diesel truck, the additional pain of carrying another type of fuel I could see as becoming irritating. I mean I'm already carrying mixed fuel for the chainsaw, if then I had a gas truck, and I carry extra fuel for the truck, and then more diesel for a diesel heater that would be crazy.
I had an espar heater installed in my GMC, and I have a webasto heater waiting to be installed in the new Ram, they are fantastic, because they come with a timer, so I get up and go to work often at around 5am or 5:30am. So I have it programmed to flip on at 4am and it heats both the motor and the cab, and when i hop in an hour later I cruise in comfort. I know that sounds stupid for vancouver, but when you are up north in the yukon or even prince george or whatever, it's fucking awesome.
on the GMC I wanted to add an additional outlet and see if I could route it up to my RTT, but the heat loss from where it was mounted underneath the truck all the way to the tent would probably be really bad.