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Is that a younger sister to Studio 10 maybe? .

My chum called on his way in to work last night (Prison Guard in Munising) and was expecting to be on for 24 hrs, as many will call off. .

We had 'Fearless Boy' running point on the way back to the trucks last night, but Dad got mad when he hadn't seen his tail light for "at least 6 miles". Who knows, maybe he is off in a snowbank somewhere and we rode past him? He turned up playing offtrail shortly afterwards. That boy can ride a snowmachine! It seems that I end up running point when bushwhacking, and our group of 4, leaves 6 tracks. 3 of which are mine. I git more milles on than anyone, as I am always goingback to fetch stragglers. .

I had a JD800 My dad had a JD800 My uncle had a pair of JD600's Not sure what the difference between those ever was? They were both 440's, so ??? Never had any "X's" I think the X's had slide rails in the mid 70's? IDK if there was anything else different (color) than that tho? None of us had any of the newer "Kawi" powered sleds. One fella I knew bought a Spitfire for his wife, but that's aboot it that I can think of in our circle. .

AH! But this just in! EXTRA EXTRA! Next week is officially "Safety Week" per the OFSC! I shore fell more better now... .

"Ride Safe" Yeah, whatever.... That's why everyone here rides a 500 fan...* *Fan /= turbo .

First year XLT was 1993 and less than 10" rear travel - I am purty sure. I think it was 8". I think the Extra 10 was a selling point for '95 maybe? The 12" came along soon, but ... Shirley not 1st year. Prolly '96. Now - the 2nd Gen XLT (Limited) came out in '97 - and that had a 12" on it. The ride height would have moved up 2" each time as well. .

Yeah, he was expecting some down sapplings, but I think this may have been the only time he used it the whole time. .

Just to add some contrast to y'all's pics. My chum didn't fair well being 3rd sled through on either the Sand River, or Agawa. It's prolly the Sand, and I will haft'a look into that fact later for sure, but the headwaters for the Sand and Agawa are surprisingly close to the Michipocotin. He thought that he had a ski under the ice, but we got lucky and didn't actually have to fight that fight. We didn't see any other sleds all day, and we didn't have a crowded lunch spot. Although they had apple pies in their muffpots...

Two days? I seen plenty of fella's roll through Halfway that could round-trip Searchmont to Wawa and be back by supper time! -30C and I'm all about letting that sun come up for a while before heading outside, but these jokers roll INTO Halfway at 8:30am looking for food and gas! Jack - that is NOT me! .

Are we on the same page here? That is <10 MPG! Yeah, sure, if you are breaking trail maybe? On trail? Welcome to 1995? .

Well, I'll tell yuh what I notice aboot that sled, is that those headlights are not likely to git covered up when breaking trail! Even this week when we were still pushing snow after dark - with my G4 Summit, I still had snow comming up over my headlights. Now - I doo have a Lead Dog that I could git out if it came to it.... But for that porpoise, one sled that I was goggle-eyed over at the time was the new Storm in the Agressive chassis. Having one of those with a long track, I think I could'a put that to use. I broke a LOT of trail after dark back then! This is an XCR, but it's the right chassis.

I love the uniqueness of the Merc sound. The sound of the 70's! .

My first throughts went to the Kaw's as well. .

Fixed it for yuh. But it seems that the snow does note the difference. I have seen it turn really great snow into sugar to the bottom from a cold snap. Just like drying out your coffee beans, - it freeze dries the snow. .

Boy, now that you say it - it seems that maybe he has gone underground? I don't "facebook" much, but I am purty sure that he was a "friend" there, and now I don't see him in my list. Maybe he took a job as black opps? What say ye @skidooboy I even see where some content of his that Luc shared has been removed. .

I think the sugar fairies live at -30F. I guess I was thinkin' that your pic was in C but I see that it's in F now. So, yeah, you're already making sugar. .

Yeah - makin' ice, but that's on the hairy edge of making sugar too. .

Well, we are just out bush riding, so there is no place to eat anyhow, but I used to be sporting a Hotdogger, until one day ... Had been riding all day in the sun. Well above freezing, and the snow was sticky. We were heading to Halfway (we were always headed to Halfway) via a bush route, and as the shadows started getting longer, we put our cache into our Doggers. Then we stopped, prox 60 klicks or so S of Halfway at just aboot dusk. As the sun went down while we ate, the temp dropped to just under zero, and the skiff of snow on top started to freeze, with sticky snow below. GO ANYWHERE! Well, I went aboot 200 meters and I had to Ralph. Good thing I don't doo up my helmet! My burritos in my BLACK tank bag, riding in the sun all day, in above zero temps - apparently had gotten bad. It started the day frozen, and I couldn't imagine that it would have gotten warm enough to go bad, but it did! It was a LONG ride into Halfway that night. That was likely one of the time when we rolled in at 2am. Gayle would put plates in the fridge for us to warm up when we got in. I still remember that night - I was rolling up the trail ... slowly ... but the other fella's were playing around (partially so's not to push me prolly?) and I was a ways ahead of them, and I just couldn't go any further. I stopped to the side of the trail - right up agginst heavy bush, and laid back and hoped to die. Then there was a bunch of wrustling in the bush. Was it just snow sloughing off the trees? Or was there a bull coming through the trees? I still remember not caring either way. Getting stomped by a bull would solve my problems, so .... And so - I have not used a Hotdogger nearly so much since then... I stick with jerky, or anything that doesn't need to be cooled or heated. I will be just fine 'till we git back to the truck. I've survived 3 days in the bush. An afternoon aint gunna kill me. .

Yeah, got the gas logs at home as well. Love them! I have provissions mostly ready to hook up a Big Daddy portable heater in the basement if we get really desperate. (Zombies and all that goes with that) I've yet to git it out of the box, but it's there.... .

I absolutely love my I/R ventless wall units! If the hydro goes out, they keep on keep'n on. I don't know what low gas would hurt a printed circuit board? But I have seen those boards be a problem before. Relays are a lot more trustworthy than fancy gizmo boards! Having a ventless wall unit set a little below your forced air - would allow you a lot more security. They are only about $200 or so at Menards. Might be $250 since The Flu, but ... I would want one - especially for not being there. Does the hydro ever go out there? .

NEWSFLASH You are in_town. There are people there. View? .

I ended up right there last night myself! I have a 1000 gal tank here at the shop, and if I can hold out long enough, this next fill should carry me through the end of the season, so I milk the first tank. I checked it just a cpl days or so ago, and it was still at 10%, and warm. So, I'm holding out yet ... Then around 5:00 yesterday, I checked the 14 day, and holy smokes! Cold and high winds! Maybe I better top it up yet this week! So I went out to see fer sure where I was at, and it read 0, zilch, nadda, em-pa-tee. UGH! So I shut off all heaters and battened down the hatches. Put a space heater in the milk-house and shut that door. (that actually did much beter than I expected) My office was 36* this morning, but the shop was still upper 50's. Finally my truck got here mid afternoon. Had supper with Mrs' O and was discussing our businesses and such. When we got up to leave, I told her that I much rather discuss these first world problems, than deal with the first world one that I just had today! Also, not sure the issue with having the tank way out in the yard? .

Are you heating the house off of that bottle gas? That looks like a terribly low volume of reserve! Especially back during the flu! No wonder you was scared! .

Shinola. .