my dura max was nothing but problems with the def system, of note was a filter that died at 70k and was $3800.00 to fix, it is gone, i9 miss the mpg and power but not the repairs or messing with def....
I have the ones equal to the ones cabelas had. It was a splurge for deer hunting, I honestly did not like them for deer, too stiff for my liking. Add a pack and steep terrain they became slippers in the elk woods, i went with the 400 gr insulation, feet get warm, but when i stop dont get cold...
I kind of failed my self this year. I planned on solo for 2 weeks packing in about 2 miles....I did not bring enough calories, had way too much trouble sleeping because of wind and flatness of available sites away from betel kills. Had a close but not close enough encounter with a 6X6, that...
Guy folded mentally, physically may have needed more time to acclimate, starting at a lower elevation or just hunted way closer to camp or a road...The level of physical fitness was just the excuse....
I ordered pants from gulch gear, pricey but really not much more expensive then cabelas branded pants, but the quality of material/construction is very good, and it keeps some of my money in circulation here.
Your in for a treat if you head up into high country...I would not expect to be able to huff that poor pack very far your first day, my first day i can get winded sipping water....
Small lessons from my first trip. I crapped my self when i got to the first chain station, white knuckling on the highway the whole way up to the pass. Once to the logging/access road to trailhead that we were thinking about striking up it started to sink in, there was about a 400 ft drop on one...
spring bar or kodiak flexbow, perfect for near car, can easily sleep 4 with bunk style cots, easy setup, big buddy is perfect for heating up to get ready in am or bed time...I also like a floorless wall tent after all the bugs and most of the mice have gone to rest...
Between this review and one lower I just orderd a SG7900, moving up from an osprey. The osprey is a nice bag, but for the way i want to hunt this year will not cut it...Now I'll have to justify why i did not buy the SG first.....great review.