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1968 Tucker 442 New to Me

Are you able to get the snow out of the powder maker or does it just fill right back up? It would seem that since it's so cold & dry right now that any excess would be spilling out the sides. Or is it catching the drifts and packing it in from the sides?
 
This issue is traction. If I am on snow we ran over s bunch it goes get in fresh powder it's too much starts to plow and looses trackion.
 
Another dumping and more in the forecast. Who would have thought massachusetts would be the snow center? Bet we have 4 plus feet here so far
 

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Another dumping and more in the forecast. Who would have thought massachusetts would be the snow center? Bet we have 4 plus feet here so far
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And the amount isn't as much of an issue as the time frame - all in less than a week and another 3-6 inches forecast for tomorrow/Thursday. You know it's deep when you are on the on-ramp to the highway and can't see any traffic until just before you merge! The snow banks this morning had to be 7-8 feet high.:wow:
 
Got the neighbors vintage horse roller. Cast and wood holding the bearings and shaft. Working real well!
 

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I'm so jealous of your snow. Pretty poor year for snow in Talkeetna Alaska. Average snowfall is 137" a year and we only have about 24" so far this year. Love your Tucker and have fun.
 
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Another dumping and more in the forecast. Who would have thought massachusetts would be the snow center? Bet we have 4 plus feet here so far
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to quote Burt Renylds in Smokey and the bandit" do the leters fu mean anything" 2 snowcats here and only about 3 inches left. all I can say is it's going to be a dry summer if it doesn't rain and as my luck would have it it will likely rain all summer long. seems like Big Al is doing his best to get back for all that krusty banter.
 
This is what happens when wife's I phone gets found by snowblower. Third one this year second to snow almost 1 year anniversary !
 

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I sat down and read this whole thread and wow!! Amazing work and attention to detail Track Addict!! I wished you lived in GA!! When I get a cat, I am pretty sure I will be the only guy down here with one and any help will probably be 1,000s of miles away haha!
 
That is going to work way better in the conditions you are playing with. say... the only thing missing ( so far..) on your hill is a chair lift...:brows:

just sayin...
 
75 smiles on tucker so far tucking awesome! New drag is working well. Should have the hydraulic adjust back up next week. Biggest problem is there has been zero break to let snow setup and get it groomed real nice. Lots or trail breaking before can drag. 70 plus inches this month so far. Few more today another foot this weekend and another lined up!

I can start shipping it out west pm me if interested.

Headed north to dig out Conway house haven't been up in a few weeks I'm told they have some feet age a lso!
 

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Nice! Hell, you would be skiing there til June if it would just get warm a couple of days to lock it down. Now another 6-12 coming this weekend. I'm running out of driveway!
 
mr addict, the term is, "smiles per mile", and looks like you are getting somewhere 300 smiles per mile, do not think even, a snow track gets anything close!
 
With all these storms you should get a real good feel for how that Tucker will perform in deep stuff. We only have about 16-20" but it has an ice storm crust and everything since then sure blows around. With the temps we are getting it sure ain't going to melt anytime soon.
 
Neglected the northern residence with all the fun we have at home. 2-3 feet untouched Major ice dams. After a few hours of the ladder and hilti all gone. Wish I could go back to 2004 during the build when I said we can roof it ourself traditional . All the ice and water shield in the wirld won't stop water behind a dam.

Metal roof in spring . Got three runs in the mountain 4 degrees packed it up. Headed home for blizzard number two in the am! Happy birthdays to me tomorrow!:wow:
 

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Happy birthday! Question, are you working Monday? NH has school, work & everything else, but working in mass I've got it off. Was wondering about buying the grill from you, drinking some beer and possibly taking a Tucker ride after this next big blow? (Pending I can get my stuff sorted on this end . . .)

David
 
Work Monday unfortunately. Grill is staring at me daily buried out back. Has your name in it but will be a little bit to get it off. Thinking of spring in the shop with tools will be more fun and I need to strip is all anyway.

Definitely need to get down before winter is out. Plan on having a few winter carnivals coming up if we can get a snow break. A ride and a drive to give you the proper motivation!
 

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Understand and definitely need to cruise in that thing while we are having the millennium winter. Seeing the trailer in your pic above, I was just shuffling dirt bikes back into my Sno Pro trailer and had to do a proper roof clearing. The rafters were bowing from the snow weight . . . Now it's snowing good and hard again!
 
Got a second child coming in September . Be on the lookout for a thiokol imp full passenger cab. Hoping to see one at the meow. Have a few years to find one. Tucker will be the workhorse and golden cat always!
 
congratulations on the 2nd.

Keep the green machine in mind. It is my advatar thingy. It is absolutley perfect and dead pan reliable. With your time frame, I may consider culling it out of the pride.

The ski park I groom with it is growing bigger each year and I will be upgrading that machine to a hydrostatic machine in the sometime future.

no promises, just like to see my babies go to good homes. It does play well with tuckers. (likes to pass them on the trails so we could get into position to capture photos)

In the videos from the clowder thread you can see the smiles per mile displayed.

Food for thought.

Mike
(My babies are getting cats of their own now so stuffing them in the imp isnt necessary)
 
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