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Adventures in Snowcatting

WELL WE MADE IT OUT OF ATALANTA ID. THE TRIP WAS OVER 80 MILES. I BROKE TRAIL GOING IN! MAN I BURNED ALOT OF FUEL! COMMING OUT WAS A BREEZE. THE SNOW WAS UP TO 12 FEET IN MOST AREAS! THE SUPER IMP PERFORMED BEAUTIFULLY! MINE IS A WIDE TRACK MODEL. I HAD ABOUT 1,000 LBS OF GEAR IN THE BED AND 45 GALLONS OF FUEL. I BURNED 30 GETTING TO ATLANTA. I PURCHASED 20 GALLONS FROM A MINER WHO LIVES IN ATLANTA. BUT THE TRIP OUT WAS EASY AND I ONLY WENT THROUGH 10 GALLONS. IT TOOK 8 HOURS TO BREAK 41 MILES OF TRAIL. IT TOOK ONLY 4 HOURS TO MAKE IT BACK OUT THOSE 41 MILES. 18.5 HOUR DAY (INCLUDING THE DRIVE TO AND FROM BOISE) WILL BE HEADED BACK IN THE MORNING. I WILL HAVE OUR TECH GUY SEND BOBP THE PICS TO POST. NOT SURE WHAT HE GOT BUT THEY SHOULD BE GOOD. WE ALSO SPOTTED SOME TUNDRA WOLF TRACKS AND ONE OF THERE COW ELK KILLS. I HAVE PICTURES OF THAT AND THERE TRACKS! MAN THEY HAVE SOME HUGE PAWS!
 
Oop sorry about the caps. Anyway the sat phone. I will be installing a vehicle based antenna on the roof. this will allow you to move the handset around without loosing signal. You can also leave the vehicle if needed and take the sat phone with you.
 
We are using a "SPOT" satellite messenger and are dealers for them they sell for $149.99 they work! and are powered by Google earth maps there is a 100 basic or 150.00 for the live tracking mode annual service fee....check them out at www.findmespot.com We have rentals if you would like to try one out.
Kif
 
We are Global Star sat phone dealers as well and can help you with the car kit but the phones will not work well untill they get the new consteellation of satelites up. You can check the sevice availibility on there web site and that will give you a 2 day window of what times based on location that service will be reliable.
 
Great info yellowpine O.T.S. :applause: I sent you a pm on the Spot GPS system. My luck with satellite phones and regular cell phones confirms the real need for a GPS type emergency signal and tracking system. My thoughts are "never leave home without one" if you are in the outdoors often or live remote as we do....:thumb:
 
149.99 is the national minimum price that any dealer can sell them for and they are available at Cabellas,Joes,and most major outdoor sporting good stores for the same price by buying from us you are helping out the little guy that's all. There is no service needs per say, you activate on line and all service activity is via on line. You will love the SPOT no matter who you buy it from its water proof,floats and only weighs 7 ounces you can mount them on your snowmobile or put them on the dash of car,airplane,boat and of course snow cat the key is that the built in to the case antenna has a clear view of the sky. We accept Visa and Master cards and ship same day.

Cheers,KIF
 
Here's a few pictures and a small (and crummy) video of SnoOps big snowcat adventure to Atlanta, ID yesterday. That job's done, so next he's off to Big Creek in the Payette National Forest of Idaho.

YellowPineOTS, is the road plowed from Cascade to Yellow Pine? I'm sure it isn't from Yellow Pine to Big Creek. Expect Mikey in your neighborhood in the next day or two.


Mikey is getting shorter these days...
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"What the heck just zipped by me, was that a KT-3? Dang, that thing was fast!"
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"Dang Kristis always kicking snow in my face when they go by."
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Deep in it.
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The trail behind...
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Here's a few pictures and a small (and crummy) video of SnoOps big snowcat adventure to Atlanta, ID yesterday. That job's done, so next he's off to Big Creek in the Payette National Forest of Idaho. YellowPineOTS, is the road plowed from Cascade to Yellow Pine?



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Looks like you are having fun and working too.:thumb: o.k. which one of you two looked in the left rear veiw mirror.:pat:
 
Mikey was out with my service and recon guys. I wasn't there, darn it.
 
Yes the road is plowed from Cascade to YP But I have not groomed over to Big Creek in the PB170 since the 18th of Jan the trail has gotten pretty wild over the back side of Profile gap I have photos of or trip over on the 4th using snowmobiles but still have not figured out how to resize for posting I would be glad to email them.
KIF
 
Still trying if this works you can thank Bob P. If not you can have Mike shoot me when he gets to Y.P.
KIF
 

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Beautiful. Keep 'em comin'!

Gotta say, that cat on the left looks like something from a teen slasher movie. :4_11_9: That is to say...I like it! :thumb:
 
Bob this is one of the roads I was talking about you can see the fairly fresh cuts on the tree that is on the bottom side of the road I think it's about 35 degree slope, prime avalanche but do you think a Super Imp or other cats with out a blade will side hill this?

Kif
 

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You can never get a good feel for slope from a 2D picture, but I'm sure I crabbed slopes like this 'at speed' in the Imp I used in AK. Of course, I was young, wreckless, and using someone elses (USAF) equipment. I might not have tried it in the Spryte. Boy, I'd like to get my Kristi ("with hydraulic ski action!") out there to try it.
 
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Ok is slope conversion up your alley?

Slope is the tangent of the angle but I have no Tangent key on my calculator and there is no doubt a conversion for slope angle % to degree and vice versa
I found a chart that converts but only goes to 21 degrees=38.4% and I'm pretty sure 39 degrees= 80ish percent but what does 60%=???
Is it safe to roughly say 35degrees=70% ie just double the degree for a from the hip??
KIF
 
yellowpine O.T.S. said:
Ok is slope conversion up your alley?

Slope is the tangent of the angle but I have no Tangent key on my calculator and there is no doubt a conversion for slope angle % to degree and vice versa
I found a chart that converts but only goes to 21 degrees=38.4% and I'm pretty sure 39 degrees= 80ish percent but what does 60%=???
Is it safe to roughly say 35degrees=70% ie just double the degree for a from the hip??
KIF
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100 percent slope is 45 degrees so approx. .45 degrees per precent.:thumb: 60 percent = 27 degrees
 
It seems that for a ball park figure you can take half the percent or double the degree and be pretty close to the conversion but every degree realy counts when it comes to avalanche conditions.

Thank you!!

Kif
 
Got a call from Mikey "Mouse Ears" over the satphone just a minute ago. He now has a limp Imp. Broke a track over Beaver Dam Saddle near Pierce, ID. He's splicing it back together as I type. He says the hinge broke.
 
I was just going to add...

If this keeps up, he'll pretty much have a LameTrac. :poke:
 
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I was just going to add...

If this keeps up, he'll pretty much have a LameTrac. :poke:
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:moon: :moon: :moon: See Bob.........it's this way............you have to actually get out there and USE you're snowcat for what it was intended for. Sno-ops and myself are actually out there doing just that.........using our snowcats for more than a lawn ornament. That's the only way things get broke is when you actually gather up enough balls to venture out further than 50 ft from the parking lot.

You haven't been able to make any posts about things breaking on your KRUSTI since it hasn't left the trailer yet this year.:poke:

Kinda hard to break anything when it's sitting in a snowbank somewhere not being used..............:2gunsfiri :2gunsfiri


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It's parked NEXT to the trailer.:smileywac
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What the hell Bob. Why arent you using the thing? I want to see that thing in action. Or at least pictures of it in action. Its a cool looking vehicle.
 
Not only is it the coolest, but it is also the most technically-advanced, scientifically-engineered, snow-conquering machine on the planet! I'm not using it because I am on-the-road in NM while the Kristi is in NV parked next to SnoOps Swamp Spryte. I hope none of the green slime from the Swamp Spryte oozes over to the Kristi. :smileywac
 
Mikey made it out to Orofino, ID at about 11Am today. They spent the night out with the cat. He should be on later tonight to post some pictures and a tall tale.
 
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