Thanks for watching. I used GoogleEarth to make the map video clips, along with a GPS track recorded on my phone. Cheers.

Thank you good sir.

Hey. Thanks for your kind comments! The Mountain River is a pretty special place. I just returned from a 3 week trip packrafting the South Nahanni River, 360 miles from headwaters to confluence with the Liard. Look for a new video in a couple weeks. Now dreaming about the Hornaday.

The river was quite orange at the start, and then cleaned up as more clear side streams came in, including the beautiful Stone Knife River. May be related to this: www.google.com/amp/s/www.labroots.com/trending/earth-and-the-environment/26411/warming-arctic-rivers-orange-emitting-carbon/amp

Hey, sorry for late reply. I used the Lagun table mount (amzn.to/3WaV2CI). I had first purchased the cheaper version from DALUOBO, which was less than half the cost of the Lagun, but the DALUOBO was total junk. The mounting plate was warped and two of the plastic arm caps were broken. The Lagun was high quality and works well. I made the wooden table top that attaches to it myself out of 1/2 inch plywood, and sealed it with 3 coats of a clear sealer.

Glad you found it helpful. I've converted from camper to cargo and back to camper a couple times to move furniture. About 30 minutes to remove and 45 to reinstall. The remaining captains seat is great for hanging out in the van in camp, and let's me carry two passengers occasionally. Happy camping!

Glad the video is helpful. Trying to keep things simple and practical. Happy camping!

Yes, agreed! And thanks to WWTA too, for this and so many other great Marine Trail sites.

@@BradMitchellPhoto Was just looking for pictures of State Park CMT sites.

Thanks for watching. Happy camping!

Glad I could help! The trim geometry is not obvious, but once you figure it out, it's not too bad. Still need to cut through those adhesive pads though. I broke at least 4 clips.

Hi there. This is a good question, but I don't want to provide specific answers because you must weigh your own risks and I don't want to be liable for your decisions. But here were my thoughts for myself. First, I have moved from camping in my Subaru to camping in an old Mitsubishi Delica van, which I camperized myself (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGTSm3urj96Liqc). In thinking about "crashworthiness" in regard to my van, I did make some provisions for this. I took out 3 rear seats, which made several seat mounting points available (3/8-inch threaded holes). I left seat belts installed for these removed seats, which also have strong attach points (3/8-inch threaded bolts). And so I took advantage of these strong threaded attach points in my van. Many of the wood structures in my van are connected to these strong attach points with metal brackets, which I made. When attaching a metal bracket to a wood structure, I tried to use a "larger" quantity (more than 1 or 2) of through bolts backed up by fender washers on the opposite side of the wood, which should be much stronger than just wood screws that could more easily tear out of the wood. In my van, I ran a heavy duty cargo strap over the top of my sleeping platform to seat attach points on the rear wheel wells and floor, which will hopefully hold it and everything under it down in place. Also, in my van build, I have a large steel storage box bolted to the floor (two 3/8" threaded seat attach points backed up with aluminum plates inside the box), and some of my interior wooden structures are bolted to the sides of this box. I also have some straps set up for strapping down loose cargo that are not inside cabinets. Anyway, what I basically did was to look at what strong attach points are available in my van, think about which directions might experience large forces in various crash scenarios (head-on crash, rollover crash) and think about how to strap stuff down or attach structures to those attach points in ways that secure them against those crash force directions. In a severe crash, I think things will be flying around everywhere ... as would also happen to loose camping gear without an installed sleeping platform or cabinets. But hopefully my provisions will contain cargo, my sleeping platform and cabinets in a minor or intermediate crash. I contemplated installing a barrier behind the front driver and passenger seats to separate driver and passenger from cargo area, but have not yet found a good solution for that for my old van. But anyway, what you do is all up to you.

@@BradMitchellPhoto Thank you, Brad. I haven't removed seats so I have not seen the mounts yet. But now I understand at least conceptually. Thank you again.

Hi there. The condition of the road when I drove it should be easily passable for any 4WD or AWD SUV having some reasonable amount of clearance if you watch your speed. But you should check current road conditions at www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/conditions.htm. See road 18 on this map: www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/upload/508-Backcountry-and-Wilderness-Access-map_.pdf Note that I drove into Eureka Dunes from the north. Also note that the road has deep sand not too far beyond the Eureka Dunes campground (east and south of campground), and I would not recommend driving past the campground. Also, note that your car rental company may not allow for driving off paved roads. Also note that AAA towing will not retrieve cars off paved roads. Also, there is no cellphone reception, so I would suggest taking a satellite messaging device for emergency support, such as an inReach. Also, make sure the car has a full-size spare tire, not just some little donut tire or can of fix-a-flat. I aired down my tires to 20psi when driving the road. This isn't necessary, but provided a more comfortable drive down and back this long road. Have a great trip!

Thx for these details Infos - I will give it a try in September. My rental car will be a Ford F150 Supercrew - I think this should work

Agreed! There is more than one lifetime of exploring to do down there.

No, when I fold the passenger seat forward, it is not flat. It's maybe a 10 degree angle. So I profiled the wood beams supporting my platform in this area so that my sleeping platform is flat.

@@BradMitchellPhoto thank you

Thanks for watching. Those manual L400s are rare nowadays.

@@BradMitchellPhoto Yeah. If I had one today, I would never sell it.