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Originally Posted by pmsherman
Unfortunately, modifying the burner assembly of the fridge would most likely void its warranty. If you ended up with a fire starting in the fridge burner assembly, I'd expect your insurance adjuster to refuse the loss claim because the burner assembly had been modified from what the manufacturer supplied.
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As a claims adjuster for 30 years, I can assure you that's not the case.
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Originally Posted by tdst51
I've watched you up in the Uintas, and you guys really know how to camp.
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<blush> Thank you!
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Originally Posted by tdst51
Only one thing you didn't mention about being up there- is there any fishing to speak of?
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Depends on where you go. You're already familiar with the Uintas, and just about any of the countless lakes in the Uintas -- especially in the High Peaks area -- are stocked with trout, mainly cutthroat and brook with a few rainbows for good measure. Prior to graduating to a TT we spent many years backpacking around the Uintas, and there's nothing quite as sweet as the flesh of a cutthroat from the cold water at 10,000 feet+. While we didn't fish at
Lyman Lake when we camped there a few weeks ago (on what ironically was Free Fishing Day in Utah), I doubt that lake is any exception to the rule. Where we were this past weekend was pretty devoid of lakes or ponds, although the various forks of the Duchesne River in the area are available for stream fishing.
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Originally Posted by tdst51
Is there maps of roads up in the high country?
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Absolutely. Besides the usual topos, etc., for NFS land each forest ranger district publishes Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs). While they're rather crude in that they're devoid of any land features, the indication of a road's legal use designation (i.e., "highway legal vehicles," "all vehicles", "vehicles 50 inches of width or less," etc.) gives you an idea of its quality, and also shows you where dispersed camping is allowed and where it's prohibited. For Uinta-Wasatch-Cache, like most National Forests they're available online as a PDF, or you could pick them up from a ranger station or the Forest Supervisor's office, which in this case is in South Jordan, UT. They're free. I keep about a dozen from different ranger districts in my truck at all times. For example, here's the MVUM for where we were this past weekend:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE...rdb5414245.pdf Little dots along the road indicate that you're allowed to camp on that side of the road, within 150 feet of the center of the road.
Because those maps show
just the roads and almost nothing but the roads, when scouting from home for a weekend campsite I follow along with a topographic map like "Terrain" view on Google Maps, toggling back and forth to satellite view to take a good look at the both the road and the area to settle on a final destination for our trip.
Finally, once I've got a destination selected, before I hit the road I download the applicable topographic maps and satellite view onto my Android device using "Backcountry Navigator," an excellent Android-only recreational mapping product. Although I have no relationship with the app producer, I'm going to give it a huge plug here. I put the maps on both my phone and my tablet, for a "bigger picture" view when I need it. That way if someone's already in my chosen spot, or uncomfortably near it, I can do recon to find an alternative spot right from the driver's seat, even without cell service. Included with the app is a subscription to the CalTopo 24k shaded topo maps, which are exceptional image maps much like the paper USGS topos, as well as the US Topo satellite image database. Those are the two map sources I primarily use, but you can download any of the many map sources available in the app for offline use. Backcountry Navigator is well worth the expensive $9.99 app price (it's expensive because they have to pay a licensing fee to the map data producers), as is their premium land use boundary add-on that's offered on a state-by-state basis for an additional one-time fee. That add-on is invaluable to make sure that yes, you are indeed on BLM land, for example, and not on some rancher's pasture. It's good to not have a shotgun pointed at you at 2 a.m.
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