There’s a new law in Utah! It’s all the way up to 5% now 
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If you get into Bozeman or Belgrade the night before your install I would recommend Mountain Walking Brewery. Really good food and IPA for only $5. That’s happy hour price here in Cali.
Also if you want the brake light on your GFC to work before you get home you should bring your own wrench or socket. GFC will not do this for you. I asked them to borrow a 10 mm wrench and they said they did not have one. Really? So I drove down the street to O’Reilly Auto Parts and borrowed one from them.
Good luck on your trip. Have fun stay warm.
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I haven’t gotten around to this yet. Is this difficult? I saw the other thread here about blown fuses and it made this task go even lower on my to-do list!
OP, check to see if Tioga is open right before you leave/return. More scenic but probably slower than I80.
I just got back from my install. Camping is obviously an option, but hotels are CHEAP right now.
I’ve got my full toolbox with me, always bring it with me as I’d hate to have to burn the truck to the ground and report it stolen just because I don’t have an axle nut socket.
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Tioga is open and from where I’m at only adds about 30 mins to the total trip time. When I went to Yosemite a few weeks ago I only went to Glacier Point so I’m excited to drive to through the valley.
Likely gonna get a hotel in Bozeman Sunday cause hot showers are cool and I like beer but cold beer in a cold campsite is less fun.
It’s pretty easy. I just posted a how-to in the Forum
Beginning of the trip in a Hilton parking lot in Hanford, CA
A big ol beast in Yosemite
Tunnel View in Yosemite
Tioga Pass
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Looks like some good weather to start!
Yeah Kwood posted a nice write up for us 2nd gen people about the 3rd brake light install. I didn’t find it necessary to drill a hole to get it through the frame like some have mentioned, just slid it in the gap between the body and the brake light housing.
I haven’t had any issues with blown fuses yet. Maybe that’s a 3rd gen thing with them silly push start ignition buttons.
I initially tried to just stab the thing through the wiring cover but found it didn’t work well, so I stripped back a little bit of the covering to get better contact and it works fine
The weather has been great to me so far. So some sprinkles this morning going through City of Rocks but otherwise pretty awesome.
Woke up in a passable campsite in Sawtooth National Forest in NV
Was very to happy to find that the only gas station for 40 miles that I arrived at running on fumes only charged $3.21 which is less than I paid to start the day yesterday, hooray for Idaho.
City of Rocks National Reserve is worth the detour if you find yourself between I-80 and I-84.
The next stop was Hagerman, ID where I was checking out the Fossil Beds Visitor Center and noticed a blurb about the Owsley Bridge which crosses the Snake River. It rang a bell as there is a picture of the Bridge in my grandmother’s house as her maiden name is Owsley and the bridge replaced the ferry crossing her father and uncle ran in the beginning of the 1900s.
Next stop was Craters of the Moon which is an otherworldly spot, a volcanic flow in the middle of the high plains
I have found the less obvious drawback to a winter trip is the lack of daylight. Way too much of my driving through what is likely really amazing terrain is in the dark. Seeing every single star is cool but I’m sure I’m missing out on some amazing things driving past in the dark.
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What’s going on with your rear doors? They looked smashed in at the same spot in all your pictures.
Check out the dog’s paw in the one photo.
Yep, that’s Belle’s handiwork. She’s a fan of getting as much of her body out the window as possible.
Spent the night in Lolo Pass at the spur of a closed FS road, again passable but nothing to come back to. Lolo Pass was interesting and the USFS dude gave me the advice to cross over from the West side of glacier to the east via US 2 and get the view of the Rocky Mountain Front.
Stopped at Glacier NP but the weather stopped cooperating between rain and fog there want much to see
About halfway through the pass the weather started to clear, even saw a rainbow at the continental divide.
And the weather was great in East Glacier Park
I headed south via 89 and 287 with amazing views of the Rockies to my West. I’d highly recommend this route to Glacier to anyone making the trip.
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Picked up the camper this morning, plenty of people have taken pictures of the shop so I skipped that, wired the 3rd brake light and headed towards the North entrance to Yellowstone NP, which is the only one open now. Found a convenient if muddy and icy Forest Road to get a solid first GFC picture.
Realized I’d hit the limits of my snow wheeling abilities and headed into the park
The campsite @RileySB recommended was both a bit too cold and was already occupied. So I used the MVUM to find another suitable spot closer to West Yellowstone. Currently in a cold but flat spot off a FS road about 15 minutes north of town.
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Are you home yet? Be sure to take a look at the passes over the Sierra…
My trip North started with Tioga Pass so I got to experience a bit. Right now I’m in Utah and will kinda stay along 15 all the way home. The truck is due for some TLC after 6 weeks away from home.
That’s cool. My point was, for example, that Tioga is closed.
Truck looks good with the camper on top! Do you have orange bars under there?
yeah, with the recent storm that hit the sierra range today, they had closed all E-W passes including Sonora, Tioga, and I believe Monitor. They are expecting a bunch of snow but will plan to reopen once they clear it. Hope you are enjoying your trip!
Guess it’s a good thing I went through to start the trip and not on the way home.