Techdenis007

We were at Relais 22 last year on our wedding trip. Great place, awesome people. Soooo want to go back again. DM me your itinerary stops, we'll chat in private instead of plugging up this post ....

My 2 cents. North Bay health unit closed a bunch of trails and didn't stop a single a-ho from trailering somewhere else. A bunch of folks will suffer for someone else's stupidity. Enough said.

A trail through SRF is Limited this morning....

Too bad we have to go through this every year and it's everywhere now... I wish there was more emphasis on trespassing during the driver training sessions....

If it does, go buy a fistful of lottery tickets !!!!

Evil could have used this yesterday and today...

My recent open deck 102" x 14' trailer was significantly harder to pull with the salt deflector shield on, than off. I removed it for the summer hauling quads, the difference was substantial. And the shield was only 2 feet high. Imagine an 8 1/2' full height trailer. As for trucks, engines, bigger is better. Its finding the balance between fuel economy when empty, and sufficient power to haul a trailer when needed, that is difficult. Lots of varying opinions out there. I now know that a 4.6L is NOT sufficient to check both boxes.

I would tend to agree with those saying the 7' v-nose trailers are easier to tow than the blunt nose 8' ... When I moved from Timmins back to Hearst I borrowed a friends' car hauler, towing with my 4.6L F150 2wd. Towing it loaded to the gills, absolutely packed solid right to the back door with absolutely every belonging we had in the house, it took more fuel returning to Timmins empty than going to Hearst loaded ... 75$ loaded, 78$ empty ... possibly due to the fact that I was pushing it a bit more empty trying to make time ... someone saw it at Driftwood truck stop and said he figured around 10-12000# if it was that full. Took it really easy coming up .... once in a while we'd hit a little bump and the suspension would come up off the bump stops and settle back down on them ... lol ... It was empty in this pic ... ..... and loaded in this one ....

Do you need a Snickers or something ? BTW .... would you please remind all of us where the aforementioned piece of trail happens to be, and who owns that particular property ? Thanks for that. Don't pi$$ on my fence, I'm electric.

The window is almost un-needed for me ... the Reverse button on my '15 Doo is huge, and I'm very acquainted with the button locations now, so much that I don't even look for them anymore. But yes lighter gloves, very pleasant. I had been getting a bit of breeze in the left side muff, from the gap between the brake hose and the handlebar. I tried adjusting the hose on the reservoir, got the gap a bit smaller. Now that I'm thinking about it, a piece of 3/4" copper pipe foam insulation would be perfect to wrap the bar with and close up that gap. In fact, there's a similar gap between the throttle cable and the right side bar which could use a piece of insulation too. (not required for folks with the throttle by wire setup).

Yes ... Ran up the East side and came back down (was Unavailable beyond that point, and saw afterwards from the A trail that the Kap side hadn't been brushed or groomed yet, just 1 pass with the groomer only to break through )

The Beardmore loop is looking good on the Moonbeam end ...

Lol thanks, and not a chance... I enjoy sledding to much...

Signfan, Hornepayne is a necessary part of the equation. It's the only fuel for miles. No fuel in Caramat or Hillsport. I applaud their efforts. Manitouwadge has very little in the way of tourism to offer. If they get a groomed trail in and out of town, it'll be a major step in the right direction. Ox, I understood the same, this season. I don't know what they have for equipment and volunteers, but they must want a trail pretty badly to be that optimistic.

I'm riding around Kap and Moonbeam tomorrow if you wanna get in on the Shenanigans Claire ....