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Adventures in Snowcatting
- Thread starter NorthernRedneck
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Went out today behind buffalo mine and tried to find a good hill to have a sledding party for kids and snow cats. Pretty good snow (2' to 5' drifts) and some great trails and country. If anyone in Alaska, better yet Anchorage and the Matsu valley would like to have a track rig / sledding meet, pm me and we can set a date. The last picture is my son on his Kitty Kat, I run the support team in the Imp. Also took the whole family out last weekend to watch the start of the Tesoro Iron dog race. 31 below zero and we were the envy of everyone watching the part of the trail we were on. Turned into the official trail marshals helmet warmer. Sorry my camera battery died with the first picture that day but I did get a little video of the racers flying by, I will try and post some of it on youtube when I figure out how.
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Geezzzee.. that was terrible, did you guys know that you ran over a logger? I can see where his axe was stuck in your grill....
I was going to ask if you wanted to come up to Nenana and run out to the cabins with us. But looks like you might run over the Dog Mushers in training for the Iditarod....
Aw, what the heck, the dogs bark too much anyway, feel free to let us know when you want to come up here....
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Uh... The Edsel was suppose to be in the same game... it was the coolest, technically-advanced, scientifically-engineered, road-conqurering machine on the planet!
Matter of fact, I found one that was ready for the road... Waiting for them to post videos on Youtube so we can see it's blistering performance!
When are you going to put the video of yours up there?
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Dang, she looks sweeet!
Here are videos of my Kristi... http://www.forumsforums.com/pp53/showgallery.php?cat=568
Here are videos of my Kristi... http://www.forumsforums.com/pp53/showgallery.php?cat=568
Dang, she looks sweeet!
Here are videos of my Kristi... http://www.forumsforums.com/pp53/showgallery.php?cat=568
Well you got me there, I can see by those video's that the Kristi is in a world of it's own... I honestly can say that my Imp couldn't survive in that environment at all. It would not be able to handle the urban environment because it has lived in the wilderness running all over the place and having obstructions like fence gates and mowed yards would cause it to start missing and backfiring from panic. I guess the Imp is much to free of a spirit to handle that complex of a lifestyle. Yep, I am duly impressed!!!
Sadly, this is what I have to settle for....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw2iQ92uA_U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2JHv3uKC0c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1_dZCc_SpM&feature=related
Been there, done that. Imp'd all over AK, but not usually over such flat terrain.
Fear not. My Kristi will hit the snow before this season ends, hopefully next month. Unless, of course, Mikey hasn't scavenged too many parts from it to repair his limp Imp.
Fear not. My Kristi will hit the snow before this season ends, hopefully next month. Unless, of course, Mikey hasn't scavenged too many parts from it to repair his limp Imp.
Been there, done that. Imp'd all over AK, but not usually over such flat terrain.
Fear not. My Kristi will hit the snow before this season ends, hopefully next month. Unless, of course, Mikey hasn't scavenged too many parts from it to repair his limp Imp.
Wow, he has an Imp with an air cooled, lower horse powered, no heat supply, VW engine in it? Wow, what a step backwards in Imp techonligy.... You should kick him in the butt for owning such a low life critter... No wonder it is called a "Limp Imp"!
Hey, isn't that what the Kristi uses the VW engine?
Fear not. My Kristi will hit the snow before this season ends, hopefully next month. Unless, of course, Mikey hasn't scavenged too many parts from it to repair his limp Imp.
What are you going to do with all the flowers planted inside it? Toss them out on the front lawn?
Been there, done that. Imp'd all over AK, but not usually over such flat terrain.
Fear not. My Kristi will hit the snow before this season ends, hopefully next month. Unless, of course, Mikey hasn't scavenged too many parts from it to repair his limp Imp.
Yeah, we have to go a few hours accross the Tanana River Valley before we get to the hills at the base of Mt. McKinley...
How long is your snow season there with all this Global Warming stuff going on? Might be better served if you get some ice shaved from the freezer and just throw it out on the grass and drive over it...
Heck, I was checking out the Tetons and look what I found on Google, your Krustie Kritter climbing the slopes....
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WELL... there you have the reason they call it the "SUPER IMP!", able to leap downed trees in a single pass...
Notice how he faltered at the top? He had to plug up a nose-bleed. He'd never been to such dizzying heights in his Slow Master.
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Naw, he was making sure that the camera operator was getting a good shot of the action. Just hung there letting the tension build, you know the drill, just before they cut to commercial...
tic toc tic toc....................................
waiting for a response from BOBP...........
waiting for a response from BOBP...........
childs play...............see Bob, when you're running a good machine, a twig like that in the middle of the trail is nothing.............
Seeing that I run Lamtrac.....when you factor in all that RAW POWER AND TORQUE under the hood coupled with a front blade, I wouldn't even bother getting out of the cab to inspect a twig like that in the middle of the trail. I'd only stop long enough to lift my drag and adjust the angle on my front blade so I could push it out of the way.
I always carry a chainsaw in the Lamtrac but have only used it twice this winter.....and we had lots of trees down at the beginning of the season.
He may be a bit busy evading the National Park Police on his Jaunt though the Grand Tetons in his Krustie Kritter....
He should get one phone call if they catch up to him though...
The clicking sound in the video is most likely a broken track cleat. That is a dead giveaway to check for track problems. Strange sounds at anytime is really a great clue to look over your cat very carefully for problems.
The clicking sound in the video is most likely a broken track cleat. That is a dead giveaway to check for track problems. Strange sounds at anytime is really a great clue to look over your cat very carefully for problems.
I turned up the volume on the video second time around... nasty sound! BP, what are the details of the broken track? Several grousers broke off or ???? Did Snops say it happened due to that tree or were there even more extreme obstacles along the way?
Latest Update on the Rouge "Tank"!
Well after a check back to the National Park Service site, it seems that the Krustie Kritter gave them the slip and is successfully headed home, guess he got his shot at the snow to make us look bad....
Appears that the Kritter has stealth abilities, this is done by driving though the bushes and getting branches stuck in all the holes that got punched in it by the smaller branches and they in turn dragged behind it to cover the trail (Old Indian trick).
The when the Park guys got close, the engine would die so they couldn't hear it run (more advanced secret stuff), the ensuing swearing made the Park Police think it was a winter camper stuck to a frozen outhouse seat and they ignored it.
Lastly, it has the ability to cloak itself as a flower pot (which was another top secret design and given away in an earlier post) which allowed it to be passed by when they were using satellite tracking/scanning to see if they could spot it on the Park Property...
We should be getting an update from Bob at any time.... stand by
So where are the video's....
Well after a check back to the National Park Service site, it seems that the Krustie Kritter gave them the slip and is successfully headed home, guess he got his shot at the snow to make us look bad....
Appears that the Kritter has stealth abilities, this is done by driving though the bushes and getting branches stuck in all the holes that got punched in it by the smaller branches and they in turn dragged behind it to cover the trail (Old Indian trick).
The when the Park guys got close, the engine would die so they couldn't hear it run (more advanced secret stuff), the ensuing swearing made the Park Police think it was a winter camper stuck to a frozen outhouse seat and they ignored it.
Lastly, it has the ability to cloak itself as a flower pot (which was another top secret design and given away in an earlier post) which allowed it to be passed by when they were using satellite tracking/scanning to see if they could spot it on the Park Property...
We should be getting an update from Bob at any time.... stand by
So where are the video's....
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OMG!!!!! You just gave away all of the super advanced, top secret, ultra modern, technological improvements that were made by the Kristi snowcat company. What on earth is BobP going to do now with all of his advanced secret weapons revealed...................
Yeah, I figured I will have black helicopters following my every move now....
Ooof! I'd hate to see what almost happened, happen... even to a Slow Master.
What the heck did I just see at the top of this page?!! My, my, how the mice did play while I was out on the rez. Gotta go check the kitchen cupboard to see if I've got a can-o-whoop-arse laying around...
What the heck did I just see at the top of this page?!! My, my, how the mice did play while I was out on the rez. Gotta go check the kitchen cupboard to see if I've got a can-o-whoop-arse laying around...