Imp'n at my cabin

[BoyToys]

Just sharing the love. Teaching my girl to be a snowcat dog. NW/central Washington, 32" of white stuff so far. Earlier plowed my 100' driveway to my cabin. 19F last night, entirely off-grid isolated. Life's a beach, then you die...so get with the program!

 

[MontanaTweak]

Plow it with the simple I’m assuming

 

[BoyToys]

Plow it with the simple I’m assuming

I didn't plow the logging road I was on; someone with a tractor did that a month ago. But me doing my driveway and turnaround, the Imp does pretty well. I try to get up there twice a month so I'm plowing only a foot or so of snow each time.

 

[BoyToys]

I didn't plow the logging road I was on; someone with a tractor did that a month ago. But me doing my driveway and turnaround, the Imp does pretty well. I try to get up there twice a month so I'm plowing only a foot or so of snow each time.

Somebody mentioned awhile ago...and it may have been you...that a blade on an Imp was only any good for flattening out a drift across a side hill road, or something like that.
I now believe that to be true. Hard to explain but the blade goes down only so far and the Imp wants to ride on top of the snow, so you really don't get all that much 'purchase' on a single pass. Need to make several passes in order to get down to bare ground. It's still beneficial to a point.

 

[MontanaTweak]

Wasn’t me that made that comment. But having watched bigger machines struggle to move snow it’s of no surprise a smaller one doesn’t perform miracles.

 

[redsqwrl]

Somebody mentioned awhile ago...and it may have been you...that a blade on an Imp was only any good for flattening out a drift across a side hill road, or something like that.
I now believe that to be true. Hard to explain but the blade goes down only so far and the Imp wants to ride on top of the snow, so you really don't get all that much 'purchase' on a single pass. Need to make several passes in order to get down to bare ground. It's still beneficial to a point.

That was me.
Not being negative, but your blade may be modified from OEM spec.

I can lower my blade and raise the machine. If i put the drag down first, it will lift the machine. (Lots of purchase)

Keep playing
Keep learning
I learned and absorbed many less than positive comments from skinny skiers along the way.

Some outings i kill it. Some outings i wonder why i even try.

Look to see what keeps your blade from going lower

 

[BoyToys]

That was me.
Not being negative, but your blade may be modified from OEM spec.

I can lower my blade and raise the machine. If i put the drag down first, it will lift the machine. (Lots of purchase)

Keep playing
Keep learning
I learned and absorbed many less than positive comments from skinny skiers along the way.

Some outings i kill it. Some outings i wonder why i even try.

Look to see what keeps your blade from going lower

Good points. I can see my front end lift/unweight a little when the blade hits the ground but that's about it. As with Imps, the front end wants to come up a bit when under power, so suddenly your blade is off the ground. Now you've created moguls that just exacerbate the problem. Frustrating but living with it...this winter anyway.

 

[redsqwrl]

Yep. Track tension is tight across the bottom. Slack is trown on top.

If you ever get free play time find some snow on an incline and observe the differences driving vs back up the incline (fresh tracks each pass)