Strong Farmer

Gm knows about this and has decided to ignore it. They are building new v8 engines in New York for my 2026 and new 2027 redesigned model. Cant wait to hear more about these new v8 engines.

My cousin says he won't buy another electric vehicle. Has Id4 now. He says about half the time all chargers are broken (yes not one but all) when he gets to charging station. He also had incidents where charger and car software can't talk, so not getting a charge either. CAA has had to bring his vehicle home on a few occasions. He says going to Ottawa in cold from his home in Toronto, can be a stressful experience. He says this is last pure electric he will own. Plug in electric with gas back up next time or just hybred.

Those guys are gang related, defiantly not poor. They run all major intersections in city. They use money for weapons, drugs etc. Offer them a sandwich and see what happens 😂.

Should have gave Canadians incentives to grow population more steadily. 👍 That would have been way cheaper and better for everyone. Cheap day care is nice while it lasts

More too it then that. Material prices have sky rocketed too. Concrete over double the price it was in 2022. I just poured a new pad and quote came in allot higher then I thought it would. Then cement truck drivers are grumpy and claim they are way under paid, because they have India people running 6 people in a truck he claims 😳. He says they can't even understand hand signals either and they just pour cement where ever it happens to land 😳 lucky I didn't get any of those this time. I see new semis and townhouses going for 600 to 750 ish k Canadian around here now. It's insane. we just bought a one bedroom condo asking price was 300 and we won it at 420k Canadian. It's about 4 years old and close to farm in Kitchener. 420 k is still a decent price. Bid wars seem to calm down. At 450 I would have walked. Wife wanted it for her son because it's close to university's. The last place was a dump snd they wanted 430 no way lol.

They make better wages and more holidays than us too.

I looked and I didn't see many sleds without permits this winter. I rode mostly weekend with 3 year old and my wife. When I went out mid week some for sure without permits. Just because they aren't on windshield doesn't mean they are riding for free. Could have just ordered pass, or using multi day in thier pockets etc.

Yes things change. I still think there lots of sleds and cars out there. New car owners don't go to these organized show and shines. They go to rally's at mall, buisness's and race outside in front of place. Police have had to shut some of them down over no event permit 🤪 They be big one some where this summer, just not sure where yet 😆. My friend into this and he always texting me next meet location. He has a few cars still. His rims are worth almost as much as my whole truck 🤣

We are doomed if this in case I still see family's out riding sleds on weekend. I bump into them at resturant. They are all riding there own too. I believe average snowmobiler is 48 but maybe over last decade that number has crept up too.

Sounds like your buddy and my buddy would make a good pair 😆. Both run out of money mid week and be moucher for rest of trip. My hospital friend works for me part time. I could always hold his wages back if something goes south. So far he hasn't demsfed any equipment on farm. 👌

Person has to have some interest. My hospital friend hasn't been on a skidoo since early 1980's. He's excited to go and has holiday time to use. He's going to be shocked how much these things have changed. Hoping he don't bail once we start to price out gear lol 😂. Like most he seems to live pay cheque to pay cheque.

My long time farming friend has been out of it for a few decades. I was thinking about dragging him out too. This winter I am trying that and we see how it goes. Told my friend we are only going mid week Tuesday to Friday and don't ask me why 👌

I am taking a long time friend snowmobiling this winter. He's going to ride my 2017 skidoo that I kept. He's pumped to go riding. He's going to get some gear this fall. He works at hospital makes ok money but could never afford sled, trailer and truck 👌 So I made him a deal to ride mine for a trip this winter. We are going some where for 4 or so days. This is what it will take to keep sport alive. This is my solution for not being able to find a riding partner last winter. I know you buy multiple permits too and ride when you can. 👍 your right some will fail just like Harley dealer. Ones that do great customer service, will continue to thrive. Rockland Polaris was a great team of folks up there. 👌

Why being so negative about sled dealers disappearing. .i am hopping for mega cold then snow to put some smiles and miles on my new Polaris.

Well they charge you a diagnostic fee. then a charging fee to see if battery will charge. if that fails then they replace battery 😆.

When I was at brp dealer a little while ago. I heard from inside service guy they might come up with a 15 year limit. Older than that they don't work on it. He claims the older stuff takes up space waiting on parts, techs can't hook up thier computer either. Training totally different today than it was 20 years ago.

Defiantly more to this storey. Harley's do have a niche market no doubt. Volume might be lower today than it was 10 years ago, affecting dealers. During covid the stock peaked. Now it's down 35 percent since last year. Fundamentals are weak for brand going forward.

Even barn builders aren't busy this year. I got a quote on some work. Vala wasn't hard to get anyone 👌

I could only imagine. No way my wife would do that she be long gone 😆.

Wow 49 years that's amazing 👌.

That's why I still use regular a19 ones 😆. I had a cross auger motor fail a few weeks ago. I got old one out before crew arrived. Took two of us to push augar back in while third fastened it down. How long do they last for you typically. I rebuilt an emergency spare again and keep it on shelf. All wired ready to go. One that failed was 9 years in service

Not sure about that one. I never made huge profits but I keep re investing back in to gain efficiency's and to live another day. I make enough to pay my bills that's about it. Be lucky if I retire by 65. I was told by a few contractors not many farmers like me left now. Most don't do any pm maintaince and just call when stuff breaks 😆.

Right now I pay 300 for a permit no problem. My insurance is more than that on sled and I always pay it too. 👍 Ofsc should be able to raise prices after great winter we had 👌. Even my business we are doing 35 percent more for same money as 15 years ago. Revenue not growing compared to expenses. Same dilemma. ofsc use to partner with marks and get discount cards. Be nice if they could do something like that again for early buyers 👌

Snow making one would be a huge logistical challenge. I know hailburton forest tried it and it turned out easier to go into bush and push it back onto trail to help build base when trails are thin, then to actually make it again.

Just ride with 900 dolllars in your pocket. 😆 you don't have to spend 400 then 😆 wonder why Ontario don't have that option 😆