Applebees Appetizer posted:

I would just spend the money on the newest, lowest mileage 4x4 Tacoma you can afford (I'm assuming you have access to right hand drive Tacomas) and drive it year round. A quad cab with a topper would be plenty of room, keep the heavy/large packages in the truck bed, then take the rear seats out of the cab and you'll have plenty of room to keep the regular mail type stuff to grab from the driver's seat. If you want reliability a Tacoma is about the best you're gonna get unless you import a land cruiser which will be costly.

Subarus are not known for their reliability, and a Forester is going to be nowhere near as capable as a 4x4 Tacoma in the conditions you are describing. Hell a 2wd Tacoma with good all terrain tires would probably do better.