This past weekend was our first chance to use our new Imp.
After reading the forum for several years my wife and I decided to go ahead and buy a cat last summer, and I've spent the past several month burning a significant amount of time, money, and effort turning our SUV into a tow vehicle, buying a trailer, purchasing an Imp. outfitting said Imp, and then waiting. And waiting, for snow that seemed like it would never come to the barren state of Washington. As some of you know, in the past few weeks winter finally came with a vengeance and we now have enough snow to do something with.
All told it was a good outing. The Imp broke trail through a couple feet of powder along the two-mile forest road to our cabin. We invited a friend out for the day (something we couldn't do when we snowshoed in) and he was delighted by the experience. I had to use the chainsaw the following morning to clear a downed tree -- something I knew was a possibility but didn't expect on the first outing. We even used the Imp to haul vehicles out of the snow banks after we had another 8" of snow and the plows locked us in. Big fun.
I did notice one odd thing. The Imp pulls slightly to the left and the right stick pulls back further than the left. My assumption is that the brake band on the right is more worn than the left due to higher usage (i.e., compensating for the leftward pull of the cat). Any ideas what could cause this? Cause aside, is this anything to be overly concerned about? Comments and advice are welcome.
Regards
Ron
After reading the forum for several years my wife and I decided to go ahead and buy a cat last summer, and I've spent the past several month burning a significant amount of time, money, and effort turning our SUV into a tow vehicle, buying a trailer, purchasing an Imp. outfitting said Imp, and then waiting. And waiting, for snow that seemed like it would never come to the barren state of Washington. As some of you know, in the past few weeks winter finally came with a vengeance and we now have enough snow to do something with.
All told it was a good outing. The Imp broke trail through a couple feet of powder along the two-mile forest road to our cabin. We invited a friend out for the day (something we couldn't do when we snowshoed in) and he was delighted by the experience. I had to use the chainsaw the following morning to clear a downed tree -- something I knew was a possibility but didn't expect on the first outing. We even used the Imp to haul vehicles out of the snow banks after we had another 8" of snow and the plows locked us in. Big fun.
I did notice one odd thing. The Imp pulls slightly to the left and the right stick pulls back further than the left. My assumption is that the brake band on the right is more worn than the left due to higher usage (i.e., compensating for the leftward pull of the cat). Any ideas what could cause this? Cause aside, is this anything to be overly concerned about? Comments and advice are welcome.
Regards
Ron
