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[Sleddgracer]

Originally Posted by Yukon Cornelius

Took a bit of a break today from the bus, the HSM and I haven't had a day off together in a bit. So we went for a picnic...… in true winter redneck fashion....Like Tim "The Toolman" Taylor would have....



Was a lengthy cruise, the pow is DEEP only a few birds on the go today. Was hoping for foxes, wolves or Lynx..... no joy



All in all good day, excellent company, my Missus is an awesome co-pilot.

beautiful - is the snowcat yours? - I have an 82 Tucker sno-cat that we use for grooming our sleddog trails

[Yukon Cornelius]

Originally Posted by Sleddgracer

beautiful - is the snowcat yours? - I have an 82 Tucker sno-cat that we use for grooming our sleddog trails

Hey, no it's one of the 3 groomers our Snowmobile club has. We have 2 of the PB200's and one BR180. We groom a bunch of different trails, some of which are part of the Trans-Labrador Trail System or TLT. The TLT is the only means of ground transport for some of the remote communities in the winter months.

I wish I had a PB of my own, or one of them Tucker's they are badass

[Tango]

Gotta ask...what year is the Tucker?

[Sleddgracer]

Originally Posted by Yukon Cornelius

Hey, no it's one of the 3 groomers our Snowmobile club has. We have 2 of the PB200's and one BR180. We groom a bunch of different trails, some of which are part of the Trans-Labrador Trail System or TLT. The TLT is the only means of ground transport for some of the remote communities in the winter months.

I wish I had a PB of my own, or one of them Tucker's they are badass

yeah, love my tucker - I wind through a small forest and some of the trees are tight to the trail, so the 8' width of the tucker and the 4 track steering really come in handy

[Yukon Cornelius]

Originally Posted by Sleddgracer

yeah, love my tucker - I wind through a small forest and some of the trees are tight to the trail, so the 8' width of the tucker and the 4 track steering really come in handy

That is a downright sexy piece of kit

[Sleddgracer]

Originally Posted by Yukon Cornelius

That is a downright sexy piece of kit

- I think so too

[Sleddgracer]

Originally Posted by Tango

Gotta ask...what year is the Tucker?

an 82 - it came with 1344 original hours on it - was owned by a local utility company before I bought it at auction - didn't cost much more than some of the new ATVs ( and the value increases with these old Tuckers ), only the Tucker is a REAL ATV - 3 feet of water with goose **** mud as a base and you'd never know you'd left dry ground - lol

[Yukon Cornelius]

Soooo......I was making progress with the ceiling and then Mother Nature was all like "I see your gluing and need 8 Deg C in your bus......be a shame if a cold snap happened"




So on Saturday like any redneck, or farmer I did what we do and got back to "Chorin" As Wayne the big shoots would say.
I got my hands on a skidsteer, widened my driveways and about 14 other peoples as well.





And it was good timing as its dumped snow since Sunday afternoon, my sons sled is in there



Hardly a breeze at all this morning thankfully

[Tango]

LOL! I will never in my life understand why ANYONE lives in places that get that cold!


"Oh ya, but the summers are nice".
(right...all three weeks of it)


Gotta have my palm trees and hurricanes.

[Yukon Cornelius]

I have shifted gears a bit, since mother nature has not been cooperative for a couple...5 days now. I grabbed most of my subfloor materials yesterday during our "Snow Day" And juggled some stuff around inside the bus to make some progress, this should help greatly in keeping the temp I need inside the bus to keep gluing the ceiling strips.



I had originally planned on welding all the holes in the floor, however it was making a mess of my undercoating, so upon further assessment I elected to go the urethane adhesive and penny route.



Since I've got like 3 different directions on the go at the same time I've got a heap of stuff in the bus so I put a couple sheets down and then have to move stuff around so I can prep and lay the next couple sheets. Best laid plans and such.....or as we say "No plan survives initial contact"
After work tonight I've got a couple cuts to make and then I'll have 4 of my 7 sheets of T&G ply down. I'm hoping to have at least 6 sheet down tonight.

The subfloor is 1" foam board and 5/8 T&G Select, I'm using a bit of PL300 between the foam and the steel floor at the edges, and a light coat LePage spray adhesive that is foam board compatible between the foam and plywood, then I weigh them down for at least 15 min. Which is the only convenient part of having a heap of stuff inside the bus lol

[EastCoastCB]

Roxy and I just had a laugh at those snow pics!

[Yukon Cornelius]

Originally Posted by Tango

LOL! I will never in my life understand why ANYONE lives in places that get that cold!


"Oh ya, but the summers are nice".
(right...all three weeks of it)


Gotta have my palm trees and hurricanes.

I'll have you know we get 5 weeks of summer and 7 weeks of bugs.....

I'll show a pic later once I get out on the Sled and Brrapp a couple full sends...

[Yukon Cornelius]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

Roxy and I just had a laugh at those snow pics!

A common phrase round here is "Can't be that cold out......it's snowing"

I loves it

[Tango]

"You're a better man than I am Gunga Din".


Well...at least colder.

[Yukon Cornelius]

Originally Posted by Tango

"You're a better man than I am Gunga Din".


Well...at least colder.

When it comes to the cold I'm hard as Christmas candy...
But it's like this when it's hot out....I can only get so naked before someone calls the cops or I end up on the internet or both..... but when it's cold you add a layer or work more...
There may very well be something wrong with me.... well more things that is

[o1marc]

You found the sasquatch.

[Sleddgracer]

Originally Posted by Tango

LOL! I will never in my life understand why ANYONE lives in places that get that cold!


"Oh ya, but the summers are nice".
(right...all three weeks of it)


Gotta have my palm trees and hurricanes.

some of us CHOOSE to live in a snow belt - lol - we have a milder winter here than in NFLD, but that creates it's own problems with freeze and thaw cycles - I deal well with cold but not with heat - you can always put on a jacket if your cold, but only take so much off if you are too hot - lol

[Yukon Cornelius]

So after work I couldn't resist the call of the powder, so I went for a quick boot around the base the snow was over my headlights 90% of the ride. It was amazeballs




this is what the groomed trail looked like today, aka WTF is it...…


I got 2 more sheets of plywood subfloor installed tonight as well, I'm now in front of the wheel wells

[cadillackid]

I just want to know if the T-444E will start on its own at minus 31
-Cbristoipher

[Tango]

That's just NUTS!!!