4 day overland expedition

I apologize to those of you who might be members of the expedition portal forum as I posted something similar there. For the others, here's some pictures of a little expedition I just did with some friends with 2 jeeps and a fjcruiser. we left montreal and went north for a 1600km(1000milles) trip with about 900km of it being offroad. We drove some parts of major logging roads(gravel) but mainly stayed on snowmobile trails. I had to prove my 4x4 driving buddies that my subie can do some serious offroading:rock: and I've got to admit that I wanted to see myself how capable it was, since lately I've been thinking about buying a landrover or a toyota tacoma but economy being what it is,work is pretty slow so I'll have to stick with my fozzie until it's paid. I can now gladly say that I, as well as all my 4x4 friends, am very impressed with my little shoebox! Sure, it doesn't have the clearance of a jeep or fjcruiser but with a good driver :cool:, it's amazing the places you can go!! I did the entire trip with all season tires and no lift kit, all stock!! never had to get pulled and nothing broke beside a pinched tire and broken winshield thanks to a stupid pickup driver! Now, I'm planning on putting some skid plates, bfg AT tires and custom made offroad bumpers on it, maybe a lift and a few other stuff to make it perfect for overland expeditions.

some pics:





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deer sausages and caribou filet mignon

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had to do some trail repairs

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and some snow at the end of the trip, yes snow in mid-may!!:surprised:

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So, we had a great time, the subie did an awesome job and impressed everyone! More expeditions to come!
 
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Looks Like an awesome trip!!!:) That pic of the stove with all the goodies is makin' me hungry. It seems to me that Canada would have all kinds of great off-roading, not too many people and lots of land.:cool:

Apologies for the "moderated" post thing, every once in a while it pops up, all fixed now.
 
Looks like you had a great time. :) Sorry to hear about the windshield though.:sadbanana:
I'm with carljwnc, the second pic of the food on the stove looks delicious & made me hungry.

Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. :)

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
If you look at a map of québec, you'll see that the southeast of the province is where everybody lives or at least the majority. everything north of montreal up to the james bay is wilderness with infinite logging roads,quad, and snowmobile trails(it's a paradise for snowmobiles and in the summer it's ours). the only people going there, beside the logging industry, are hunters(bear,moose,caribou...) fishermans, quad/snowmobiles. it's pretty much all public land, with a few outfitters. We were the only 4x4 on the trails and they were looking at us like :surprised::confused: ! especially since we were camping with freezing temps! normal temps for mid may are in the 60-70's.
As for the stove pic, we had a jeep driving friend join us on the 3rd day, as he was coming from the opposite direction from us, and he brought and cooked all that awesome meat. I'm still drooling! broken windshield are common on logging roads. Mine only suffered a small "star" so I was able to have it repaired instead of changing it. For a 1st multi day offroad expedition, I had an awesome time and looking forward to the next one!
 
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If you look at a map of québec, you'll see that the southeast of the province is where everybody lives or at least the majority. everything north of montreal up to the james bay is wilderness with infinite logging roads,quad, and snowmobile trails(it's a paradise for snowmobiles and in the summer it's ours). the only people going there, beside the logging industry, are hunters(bear,moose,caribou...) fishermans, quad/snowmobiles. it's pretty much all public land, with a few outfitters. We were the only 4x4 on the trails and they were looking at us like :surprised::confused: ! especially since we were camping with freezing temps! normal temps for mid may are in the 60-70's.
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This makes me want a spring/summer house up near Montreal.:) I love the winter, but I don't think I'd like that much winter.:iconwink:
 
why do you think all the snowbirds go south in the winter?:lol: whenever I talk to another canadian and say that I love winter, they think I 'm crazy:rolleyes:! but don't believe the urban legends saying that we have snow from september to may:lol:. last weekend on the trip we camped with temps in the upper 20's low 30's and today it's in the 80's! mustangs and skirts are everywhere!:cool:
 
Okay, so I'm really nosey and want to know more about the kind of gear people are taking - you've got some interesting bits up on the roof there, can you enlighten us as to what you carry up there? Looks like it's meant for serious off-roading!
 
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Okay, so I'm really nosey and want to know more about the kind of gear people are taking - you've got some interesting bits up on the roof there, can you enlighten us as to what you carry up there? Looks like it's meant for serious off-roading!
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- 3-4 jerrycans
- foldable table,chairs
- couple of storage boxes from military surplus(cheap and weather sealed)
with emergency stuff,canned food,camping gear,etc...
- for this trip I also brought an extra tire(without rim) in case the spare
is already used and need another tire, especially since a tire in those
regions can be very expensive, being so far from civilisation.
- fullsize shovel
- plastic tarp to make an awning between the vehicules in case of bad wheather
-cb and xm satellite radio antennas

if you wonder why 3-4 jerrycans, it's because there's not a lot of gas stations where we went, except for a couple tiny villages and a few outfitters but they sell the gas almost double the price of gas in the montreal area so...and also the fact that if you get lost it's always nice to have a few gallons to get to the next gas stations. the fjcruiser and the jeep had to used them before I had to. I could of done the trip without using them but never too sure when you don't know the area. better safe than sorry!

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I could of done the trip without using them but never too sure when you don't know the area. better safe than sorry!
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I'm with you on that one.
The last thing you need, or want to do, when you're offroad is run out of petrol.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
finally took the time to download some videos from that trip:

this hill is way steeper than it looks and watch the bridge, you can see the river through it.

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mud fun!!

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offroadsubie said:
So, we had a great time, the subie did an awesome job and impressed everyone!
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I'm in a 4x4 club and I've found that a lot are pretty impressed with what a Fozzy can do.
It will never out Jeep a Jeep but certainly holds it's own.


Looks beautiful up there.
 
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