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Oh heck, those coils weren't going down the road with 2 or 4 chains on them before anyhow. Sure, a coil cradle can somewhat limit, but I doubt all that much. They could easilly have a "dock plate" or some such to cover that hole when not used. You are going to end up with a heavier trailer, I git that, but if everyone else had to doo it that way - then it wouldn't be a financial sacrifice to be safe. IDK what most coil trailers look like, but it wouldn't need to be a huge hole. If the coil set in 18" would make a whole werld of difference! Heck, 12" would be WAY better than a cpl 4's chocked up in there.... And who gives a Schidt if that's all they can carry anyhow? So floating coils costs more doo to having to pay round trips (dead head)? Not that it would ever need to be that bad. I am sure they can find freight that will fit on an empty coil trailer... But I've never seen a livestock trailer with back haul freight.... I've seen coils in the median of 3 or 4 lane / side roadway. I seen'm rolled up into the cab of the truck that was pulling them. I just seen one at an entrance ramp the other day! 10-20 tonne rolling down the freeway on it's own just doesn't tend to end well. I've got more straps and chains that Carter had them little liver pills, and I use'm! I know that a lot of loose freight goes down the road in covered wagons and such, with no bindings, and only a pc of 1/2" plywood between it and the rest of the traffic, and once you put a tarp over it - it hides all sins, but I've seen more coils along the roads than I ever have stuff falling over/out of covered wagons. Not that "vans" are much better. Typically "securing" a load in those is more for show and tell that reality. Neighboring shop owner picked up a big stamping die at a customers and when he backed into his shop _ the guys noticed that the truck was listing to one side. The die had slid and went through the fibreglass wall, and was sticking 12-18" outside the truck! .

What would be the charge? As long as it doesn't fall off, and it meets the min req for number of straps/binders / foot, I don't know that "looks scary - or ridiculous" is a viable offense? This has nothing on steel coils! Those don't look nearly as precarious, but make no mistake aboot it, those fall off trucks routinely! No more than I git out, I have seen more coils where they are not s'posed to be than any other load, and oft times someone is gunna die when it does happen. Yet "coil trailers" are not mandated - yet .... at least on our side of the river. IDK aboot your side as I don't git down the 401 all that often.

Look at the wheels. It is AT LEAST a 3/4 ton.

Have y'all still been warm today? We got aboot 1/2" of rain around midnight and with that came the cold front. Temps been dropping ever since. I finished mowing last night. Had a sweatshirt on, but could have been done in a t-shirt. (did the night before) But we are in the 30's right now - headed for below freezing tonight. edit: My chum was on his way home from Colorado yesterdee. Said it snowed some every day over the weekend out there. Said was 30* as he hit Kansas - after dark, and it stayed that way for quite a while, when all of a sudden it jumped up to 70*. He rolled through Indy yesterdee afternoon @ 80*!

The season prior absolutely sucked! That was the first year that I ever heard the term "El-No-No" Went to Wyoming between Chrstmas and NY's and it was pathetic. Aboot 2' of snow, but it was so dry, that it was like walking on the ground with packing peanuts up to your knees. There was absolutely NO substance to it! Came home and changed the carbs and clutching back for Ontario and called Wawa every day, and they finally got a snort, and we went up after my chum kissed his GF @ midnight. Rode to Wawa and back, and that was bad. Hoping to git back to the truck before the snow melted away.

Purty sure that you are meaning the winter of '98/'99 in which you bought a new '99 model year snowmachine?

What kind of gallon, doo you know?

Yeah, I git that. But down here, anything over 10K GVW (used for commercial porpoises*) puts you into a required medical card. You don't need the CDL, but you doo need to have a physical at least every 2 years. Less if you're not the pigture of health. * And they have gotten very aggressive on that subject over the last 20 years. Are you competing for a purse with that race car? Any chance you could take home some $ from that horse show / rodeo competition? So the SRW trucks were the go-to for these. But the trailer used many times will still put you over the "combined" requirement for a CDL anyhow... edit: Actually - BC RCMP have been terrorizing the 1/2 ton trucks with sled decks rolling in and out of places like Golden, Revy, etc for being O/L. Those semi floating rear axles are not meant for that kind'a weight. (12 bolt, 9", whatever the new gens have these days) .

You are actually only 'sposed to pass the handle of the pump through the fuel door, not actually try to fill the trailers gas tank via the door.

02: That is interesting. I never seen a 1 ton SRW truck that was over 9990#, let alone a 3/4 ton. re: 6.0 Space Shuttle: A diesel would likely have not gotten over 11mpg anyhow. How often doo you use an extra 5 gallons of gas?

It's a year behind. If you bought one this year, you get a magazine next year. (supposedly)

You are asking or telling?

And you are just dragging it out that much longer is all.

Boy oh boy - look at those stats to help justify the %$#! mask wearing eh? I haven't worn one at all.

I can'r be sure what I have and haven't gotten, and I understand that I'm on the wrong side of the river, but I buy 2 tags every year (and seldom actually ride groomed trail if we can help it) and I don't think that I've gotten Supertrax in quite some time, and I'm not sure aboot the Go Skidooing magazine, but it seems like there are seasons that I don't git that either, but Shirley a lot more than since I have seen a Supertrax. IDK what the stance is on sending to the other side of the river is? edit: Now watch, I'll go home tonight and find a mag in the bucket. You wait! .

I would think that the fact that your wife is in the health care field would be a deterant to letting you cross as if anyone is going to be around sick people, it would be her. And It's ass_u_med that you have prolly been hanging around her recently? You would think this is Black Plague territory the way this has been let to continue, and it's not as bad as many other flu's that go around in other years. Keep propagating the scare folks!

So, you are under the impression that the Halfway folks skirted on over to Sudbury for pizza and beer or what?

Nope, got that one figgered out, that is some other BS rhyme. LOL!

Well, sometimes I know that it was just a clearance issue. IDK if there is another reason to doo this or not. Possibly getting the body down into the cooling of the snow a bit better maybe?

I just got word from Halfway that he is "in country" and planning to be open for this winters season. He does mention that it "will likely be different this year", and by that - I doubt that he knows for sure what exactly that means anymore than anybody else, but at least that means that D will be open to Wawa, and that gas and food will be available. Not that I will likely be getting my assets accrost the river this year (planning on just heading west in stead) but they did at least let these folks slip accrost. (from Michigan)

I've seen the OEM's doo this already. Seems odd, but what doo I know. I've never been a fancy shock guy. If the trail is rough enough to justify fancy shocks, I will find some 'nother place to ride or slow down, not git a snowcross machine.

You know - I used'ta be able to rattle that whole thing off, but now I forget how it starts out... I seem to store more and more in a zip file, and while it's still there - somewhere, some of the links seem to be broken sometimes. Can you git me started? Maybe "listen listen"? Boy, my remembery jist aint what it once was when I didn't have so much to remember....

So - are they going out to the hwy to git around the park then? If they don't go through the park, then it might be useable for skidoo trail in the future? Even without the "park" consideration, I wonder if they might'a went that way anyhow - as that is big territory back in the park! There's a reason that the hwy is where it is.

I have heard "new line" many times, but am still asking if this is a re-string, or a whole additional line. I am getting the pigture that it must be a second line, but just trying to be clear.