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So my wife drives down to Vancouver this afternoon. They hold traffic at the toll both at the Coq summit (1,200m) due to an accident on the snowshed hill. Of course, when they let the traffic through, it just turns into a race. A race to see who can crash first as it turns out. My wife and a SUV go down the snowshed hill at 20-30 kph and she watches 6 cars all crash independently of each other. Some go off to the right, one ends up on top of the center divider. Took 2 hours to get from Merritt to Hope, about 120 km. No problems for my wife as she was driving to the conditions and the van has 4 winter tires on it. She did a good job, well done. As for the 1/2 dozen+ idiots, what can one say?

Forecast has changed. Now calling for up to 20cm of snow on the passes (over 800m) in the next 24 hours. Wife is supposed to drive over the Coq this afternoon to Langley. She may pass on that drive.

I knew someone would find it!

Not much, really. Just flurries/showers here in Merritt the next few days, snow level rising to 1,000m by tomorrow afternoon. Heading to the Island next week, so I hope the Coq is not too bad All the snow is gone from higher up, 1,500m or so. Need to have the logging roads freeze up so we can haul logs again, make some money

Sounds good. Mine rub but only backing up, go figure. It will be real noisy if they are studded (as are mine)

HP on a diesel is almost meaningless, it is the torque that counts. Good luck in your search.

Front: Struts (integrated shock and coil spring, one nice neat package) Rear: shocks (with separate coil springs) Both: various sway bars, links and assorted other suspension stuff.

All these are from the TopGear web site. Feel free to comment or add your own They have 42 pages of these, with 12 pictures per page. Check them out here

Only issue I would have is this statement: "These Surco Roof Rider rails will allow you to attach a Surco roof rack to any vehicle." You need to check out the other parts you need as well, looks like you would be limited to Surco products so check out a whole package for what you need to carry. The do not look much different than the rails on my 02. Interesting they do not list the load capacity for the rails.

Yup, bad news for western WA and BC for sure. Lets keep our fingers crossed that everyone gets out of this OK.

Even on our side of the Coast Mountains the rivers are on a watch. The Coldwater River that runs through my town was only 2' below its spring peak this morning and it has been raining in the mountains all day. We will see what morning brings Rain on snow events are the worst.

Come and get it: from CBC News Heavy rain pounds B.C., forces evacuations Last Updated: Monday, November 6, 2006 | 10:09 PM ET CBC News About 30 homes were evacuated Monday in the Chilliwack area due to rising river levels, as heavy rain continued to fall across B.C.'s south coast. The families are being forced to leave the area along Wilson Road and Chilliwack Lake Road. Two residents paddle their way through the flooded roads near Sooke, B.C. (CBC) Provincial emergency officials say there are also high water levels on other rivers in the Fraser Valley, including the Stave, the Norrish and the Coquitlam. They note that 250 to 300 millimetres of rain has fallen in parts of the southwestern corner of B.C. since last Thursday, and warn that it's not over yet. River levels are climbing rapidly in the Fraser Valley and on southern Vancouver Island. "Rivers will be rising today and throughout the day and this evening, probably peaking perhaps sometime after dark this evening, midnight or early Tuesday morning," said Alan Chapman of the environment ministry. He adds that the Nooksack River in Washington state is expected to overflow its banks and spill some of its water into the Fraser Valley. Rain triggers slides A mudslide near Hope, 150 kilometres east of Vancouver, has closed Highway 3 to the B.C. Interior. The torrential rains brought down a section of hillside three kilometres east of the Highway 5 interchange, said RCMP Const. Bert Paquet. "The slide reaches heights of eight to 10 feet across the highway in both directions," he told CBC News. No one was trapped in the slide. There was also a second slide on Highway 3 near Princeton, and officials expect the road to be closed at least until Tuesday. A slide has also blocked Hemlock Valley Road near Harrison Mills in the Fraser Valley. Island also a concern On Vancouver Island, public works crews are handing out sandbags to residents of Sooke, west of Victoria, to protect against flooding that's expected in some low-lying areas. A section of Sooke Lake Road is closed, and some local schools sent students home early because of flooding concerns. Up island, the Cowichan, Englishman and Chemainus Rivers are being monitored closely. Chapman noted that some of those rivers were experiencing drought conditions just a week ago. Now, he said, they are full of water and rising hourly. North Vancouver on alert On the Lower Mainland, District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton spent much of the day touring potential trouble spots in his community. The mayor said municipal crews were busy all weekend clearing storm drains, watching swelling creeks and taking ground water readings in the Riverside Drive area, where a mudslide killed a woman in January 2005. Walton said a lot has been done to prevent another killer slide. "We've been very, very vigilant with the procedures we've asked people to undertake and the work we've done on district property, but there's still no such thing as no risk at all when we're dealing with weather such as this."

Glad for those Coast Mountains Just showers here but predicting high winds for tomorrow :o

Considering the rain the Wet Coast got hammered with last night/today you are lucky to get it out when you did. Good job!

418 km. About 5-6 hours depending on Vancouver traffic. Glad it was recovered with no issues.

Thanks! The Canucks? Gone in the tank again I see Wait till the Lions whip the Argos for the Grey Cup

That first photo shows lots of small woody stuff you could use to build some support. Too bad I am on the other side of the Coast Mountains. May need to do some digging/lifting to get under the wheels, then lay down a brush mat with that debris in the pile. That may help. Once took over 4 hours to dig myself out on the Victoria Day long weekend. Good luck. And the hoe that is near there: does not matter if your truck is in gear or not, it will just move you out of the way

How about for the GOOD motor , the 3.5? Real pain with the skids.

My R50 has done that twice that I know of, but I do not that quickly. Of course I can not reproduce it, so do not know what the rigger is

Electrolysis?

Yes, you can have too much cooling. I had that problem when I put mine in last winter, it would not get hot enough and shift hard. I brought my stock cooler back in the line (to add heat) and added a winter front. Will see how that goes but may have to by-pass the extra cooler in winter. So I would be wary of adding another.

Have you looked at the wheels to see if there is any sensor? On our '04 Sienna, it uses the ABS sensors to determine low air. Maybe the Pathy is the same (do not know as my 02 does not have a tire monitoring system). As long as they are all the same, why would the computer care what size the wheel/tire combo is?

The 17"s where just bling anyway. There has been some discussion on if 15" can be used to replace the 16" on the 01s and newer, guess they can

I work in forestry here in BC and it is a required wildfire fighting tool (along with a shovel and backpack water tank) during fire season (this is what the back of my truck looks like in the summer: I carry it all year as it is very useful for grubbing out around tires; sometimes it is too muddy to be able to use a jack. It is strong enough to use in rocky ground, you can reach under the truck with it, has a lot of uses when you put your mind to it. In fire fighting we use it to grub out a fire guard, so it is tough. Also very good at helping to remove windfalls across the roads/trail, so no need to carry a chainsaw.