It also makes it easier to jump out when you get burried head first in the first snow drift you wallow into. They simply open the back door and step out. They can even carry the recovery strap with them. Hell its not a bad design after all!
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Kristi KT7 restoration pictures
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BigAl, that thing (Kristi) is so shiney and bright you must have to wear those sunglasses you use in your daily post to just look at it much less actually enter the shop area where it is parked.
I am gonna start putting my sunglasses on before I open your daily thread from now on....
Now, I know your attack plan for the Snot Tracs is to blind them. They will be lost for days trying to figure out where you are.....The reflection from your Kristi will just melt them in their tracks.....
I am gonna start putting my sunglasses on before I open your daily thread from now on....Now, I know your attack plan for the Snot Tracs is to blind them. They will be lost for days trying to figure out where you are.....The reflection from your Kristi will just melt them in their tracks.....
Snowcat Operations said:
Wallow ???? Is that a remark directed toward my weight problem
???Would your mama approve of that kind of talk??? I don't tell people your ugly . Ok , so I have gained a few extra hundred pounds but I can lose weight , but you will be ugly to the day you die . Your remarks and hatefulness may put me over the edge . Please try to remember that my self esteem and net worth has been shattered and I am now in the rebuilding stage of life .
I just may become a postal clerk …. Anyone know where I can buy a gun ????.
mtntopper said:BigAl, that thing (Kristi) is so shiney and bright you must have to wear those sunglasses you use in your daily post to just look at it much less actually enter the shop area where it is parked.
Now, I know your attack plan for the Snot Tracs is to blind them. They will be lost for days trying to figure out where you are.....The reflection from your Kristi will just melt them in their tracks.....
Bill ,
Shhhh! quiet ! They may be reading his .
We may not see him but we will know he is stuck about two feet from the trailer he unloaded from.
BigAl,
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For ultra thin high performance cooling fans try these. I have pasted a link for you. These are so much more efficient than a regular radiator cooling fan.
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntt=fans&N=115+400226&Ntk=KeywordSearch
Snowcat Operations said:
Mike I really think the distance he gets away from the trailer will depend on how steep the ramps are. If he has steep ramps and a tilt bed trailer he might make it as far as 3 or 4 feet away before he loses momentum and gets stuck. Then again, if the ramps are not steep enough, he might just end up 'rocking' on the back of his trailer wishing there were no witnesses
You are absolutely correct! Watch he will now put that tub in reverse and punch it to really get the momentum up! Hell he may even get 5 or 6 feet now before he gets stuck.
Just for all the Smart Ass comments ,I am going to my shop and build something really cool to add to my Yetti ! I been toying with a "night vision scope" for it and maybe adding air conditioning too . Also a full bathroom addition and small micro wave oven .
Snowcat Operations said:
Thanks Mike ,
I'll give them a look .
Today, I been out in the shop cleaning up hydraulic fittings and tees . I cannot believe how many hoses are on this thing . I'll bet there is between 30 and 40 hoses of various sizes and styles
. Some look like they been leaking and some look brand new . This is going to be expensive . I wish I knew a way to tell if the hoses are ok by visual inspection . I bet this is a $1000 bill before its done .
Make sure you get cat 4 hose. Those are the strongest. Of course they will also be the most expensive
I ordered some for my log splitter. I didnt think it was any harder to bend. I may be wrong.
NOTICE :
If anyone wants to know why I get so little done each day here is a picture of what I am up against . This is a picture of a "Commi" Snow Trac'er trying to cause damage to my Kristi . My dog "Fang" has the little bugger cornered . It turned out to be Mouse Ear Mike . I took the picture just before the a large brown spot developed in the seat of Mike's pants .
Come On over, you Snow Trac guy's !!!!"Fang" loves Snow Trac'ers ! They taste just like chicken !!!
If anyone wants to know why I get so little done each day here is a picture of what I am up against . This is a picture of a "Commi" Snow Trac'er trying to cause damage to my Kristi . My dog "Fang" has the little bugger cornered . It turned out to be Mouse Ear Mike . I took the picture just before the a large brown spot developed in the seat of Mike's pants .
Come On over, you Snow Trac guy's !!!!"Fang" loves Snow Trac'ers ! They taste just like chicken !!!
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I believe you have that picture confused with someone else. That looks like LYNDON up in Alaska.
I hope that door was on its way down! Any news from LYNDON lately? Hmmm.
He doing fine in Alaska , has repented for ever owning a Snow Trac and after making a very large beer donation is a lifetime member of the prestigious Kristi Kat Klub (KKK). I actually introduced him to the Snow Maiden I saved in the other posting from yesterday ,he is happy and it looks like they are getting married in Sept. Rumor has it she wants little "Snow Cats" as soon as possible . The first one will be named "Kristi".
BigAl said:
SO you think LYNDON goes that way huuhhhhh. I think he is a true Snow Trac man myself. As far as being a Kristi owner I'm not sure he has ever owned one. He has just about everything else though! Snow Tracs RULE While Kristis just drool! (Hydraulic oil ect ect)
No Mike, I think BigAl is correct. Seems to me that Lyndon did own a Kristi at one time. But it was sort of like bad Mexican food, after a double flush you forget all about the bad experience and move onto better things 
KInda like Homework. He will show up at the Kristi VS Snow Trac challenge and he will say "But bear really ate my KT-7". 
Hi you all 
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I got busier earlier this week and posted a comment on changing out the steering controls on my KT7 and needing a new control for the transmission . Many replies came in and were posted . Thank you . Some were good and some were .... oh well you know all about that by now .
Anyway ,I had found a website on the internet and requested a catalog . It is called the California Push-Pull, inc.
http://www.push-pull.com/
Holy Crap ! The place is amazing . I finally called this morning because they have so much stuff in the catalog , I was lost . The guy reconmended a "single joystick design control" similar to a Bob Cat loader .
Price about $300 . That seems fair to me to free up all the area in front of the operator . I think that is going to work well . They are working with me to see if we can set it up .
You need a level control or cable ??? They got it !!!
I know someone on FF reconmended a single lever joy stick in a earlier post and I wanted to say Thanks !!!!!
,I got busier earlier this week and posted a comment on changing out the steering controls on my KT7 and needing a new control for the transmission . Many replies came in and were posted . Thank you . Some were good and some were .... oh well you know all about that by now .
Anyway ,I had found a website on the internet and requested a catalog . It is called the California Push-Pull, inc.
http://www.push-pull.com/
Holy Crap ! The place is amazing . I finally called this morning because they have so much stuff in the catalog , I was lost . The guy reconmended a "single joystick design control" similar to a Bob Cat loader .
Price about $300 . That seems fair to me to free up all the area in front of the operator . I think that is going to work well . They are working with me to see if we can set it up .
You need a level control or cable ??? They got it !!!
I know someone on FF reconmended a single lever joy stick in a earlier post and I wanted to say Thanks !!!!!
You're welcomeBigAl said:I know someone on FF reconmended a single lever joy stick in a earlier post and I wanted to say Thanks !!!!!
(I don't recall if I said it but if nobody else has taken credit yet, I'm going for it...). It's better that it comes from a KKK member anyway.
Evening folks ,
Today I discovered I am about as bright as a dim light bulb
. I had planned to load up the old KT7 and head to the Hydraulic hose shop to make it much easier on making up new hoses . Sounds like a smart idea ,
right ?
Wrong! wrong ,Wrong !!! With the hydraulics in the down position the body is about 1 1/2 " off the grouind !! There is no way on Gods green earth that unit is going on a trailer without raising the hydraulic rams to the up position . I would tear the bottom out of her if I tried .
So .... I started measuring hoses and after getting all the hoses figure out for the tilt hydraulics ,I headed for the hose shop . $328 bucks later I was home with a butt load of hoses and a empty wallet . I spent the rest of the day installing hoses .
Tomorrow I start working on the Hydrostatic drive hoses .
I am glad to say so far the reinstall of hoses and the hose routing has gone well ,but I expect things to fall apart in the next day or two !
No pictures tonight but maybe tomorrow if I can finish this part up .
FYI : I should be firing off the KT7 next week to check systems !!!
Its Miller time
,Today I discovered I am about as bright as a dim light bulb
. I had planned to load up the old KT7 and head to the Hydraulic hose shop to make it much easier on making up new hoses . Sounds like a smart idea ,right ?
Wrong! wrong ,Wrong !!! With the hydraulics in the down position the body is about 1 1/2 " off the grouind !! There is no way on Gods green earth that unit is going on a trailer without raising the hydraulic rams to the up position
. I would tear the bottom out of her if I tried .So .... I started measuring hoses and after getting all the hoses figure out for the tilt hydraulics ,I headed for the hose shop . $328 bucks later I was home with a butt load of hoses and a empty wallet
. I spent the rest of the day installing hoses . Tomorrow I start working on the Hydrostatic drive hoses .
I am glad to say so far the reinstall of hoses and the hose routing has gone well ,but I expect things to fall apart in the next day or two !
No pictures tonight but maybe tomorrow if I can finish this part up .
FYI : I should be firing off the KT7 next week to check systems
!!!Its Miller time
BigAl said:Evening folks
Today I discovered I am about as bright as a dim light bulb
Its Miller time
Well BigAl I think you were being a bit optomistic with the dim light bulb.
On another serious note. Can you get another joy stick to control the "Kristi action" hydraulics? I hated the control on the KT3 and know there is a much better way with todays technology!.
Snowcat Operations said:
Mike ,
My body tilt control handle is mounted right by my left hand so using it is not a problem . I would love to put a joy stick on each hand ,one controlling each track ,but that would mean installing a Arm Rest between me and the front passenger to mount it on. Making a fold up arm rest for easy entry and exit might work though . I'll wait to see what the guys from the control company come up with .
Its so hot out in the shop it is impossible to even work in there . I bet it was a 115 when I opened the doors today.
Yup that is hot. It was 99 degrees (F) at 1 am coming from Grand Junction back towards Nevada. I believe the name of the little town on I-70 was Green River. That is close to or is the exit for Moab. Summer is here.
OK You All ,
Its hot !!! It was a 110 in my shop today . I just sat there and wilted .
The tilt hydraulic's lines are done on the KT7 but the Hydro transmission lines are taking some time . Made two trips to the hose shop today and I may be done tommorrow nite . God I hope so !!! So far I am at $600 in new hoses and correct fittings !!! The hoses were so mixed up that I am having one heck of a time trying to get everything connected correctly . Someone in the past( And we know who ) just welded fittings together if they could not find what they needed to do the job correctly .
Thank God for Dr. Rum's .
Once this is accomplished it will be time to start the Yetti and check systems . I am still hoping that will be done this week .
I just got volunteered to move my Son this Friday , Oh Joy!!! Lucky me .... Pray for me ....
,Its hot !!! It was a 110 in my shop today . I just sat there and wilted
.The tilt hydraulic's lines are done on the KT7 but the Hydro transmission lines are taking some time . Made two trips to the hose shop today and I may be done tommorrow nite . God I hope so !!!
So far I am at $600 in new hoses and correct fittings !!! The hoses were so mixed up that I am having one heck of a time trying to get everything connected correctly . Someone in the past( And we know who ) just welded fittings together if they could not find what they needed to do the job correctly . Thank God for Dr. Rum's .
Once this is accomplished it will be time to start the Yetti and check systems . I am still hoping that will be done this week .
I just got volunteered to move my Son this Friday , Oh Joy!!! Lucky me .... Pray for me ....