Mountain Travel Trailer Hauling

[reeman]

I am really glad that I did not tow a trailer to go fishing in the Cariboo this year. The dry fly caddis fishing was good on BC highway 24 and we managed to camp with tents instead of the nightmare of hauling a load over the Coquilhalla. As it was there were two travel trailers marked to be towed and broken down on that notorious stretch of road as well as a serious runaway on the smasher that could have been fatal on my way back to Vancouver to catch a ferry today.

This is just a heads up that extreme road temps and very long hills need very careful attention to ones running gear and frequent checks.

The numbers of what we call Cariboo alligators (delaminated commercial truck tire treads) was down right scary all the way up the 75mph stretches and even worse than ever on the stretch on highway 97 from 100 Mile House to Williams Lake here in BC. Highway 5 coming back down was not as bad but still there were pieces of tire tread on many stretches along the North Thompson to Little Fort.
I narrowly missed one as it flew off a western star B train out side Lac La Hache coming back down from Williams Lake. If I had been hauling a trailer I do not think I could have avoided a serious problem hitting the delaminated tire tread.

In short take your time and take it easy because you never know when the Cariboo alligators or some other unforeseen safety issue will shorten a vacation. Especially those who venture in the mountains and desert country of our wonderful countries both north and south of the 49th.

Stay safe and have a good time fellow campers.