WBJ1 is showing up! The question is, is a corked Tucker showing up!!
WBJ1, I can’t believe you, of all people, would stoop so low as to use the “corked” term. Here’s a news flash: Mike Mikelle would consider Snowzilla a “corked” Tucker as well!
Sadly though, neither Thundercat nor Snowzilla will be making the trip to SV 2021. I don’t think we’ve spent ten minutes working on Thundercat since I made that post. The big push has been on Snowzilla, but between my Covid related hiatus from all things snowcat back in April and May, and then our painter who bailed on his commitment to paint Snowzilla, we got further and further behind, and came to the realization there was no way we’d have Snowzilla ready in time.
Now we’re trying to get the both the DMC 1450 and the 1544 fully operational for SV 2021. I don’t want to put words in his mouth, but I suspect Mike Mikelle would approve of the 1450, and its 200 CID Ford I6 engine.
I subscribe to a saying in aviation about engine power, though I think it’s applicable to aircraft, sports cars, pickup trucks, snowcats; pretty much anything with an engine: “A lot is good, more is better, and too much is just about right”. This opinion won’t endear me to the Snow Trac mafia, but I think I was likely already infamous with them anyway…
The challenge is getting the DMC and Thundercat both ready. We’re putting in long hours, but progress is slow. (Isn’t it ALWAYS?) While Tuckers have their plusses and minuses, we’re discovering the (lack of) joy in working on the DMC’s wiring. As is the case in many areas, Scott is a veritable genius at things electrical, but he is now playing forensic electrician, and having a road map (wiring diagram) isn’t much help when the manufacturer deviates from their own map (adds wires for factory options that aren’t on the schematic). Of course the challenge is complicated by decades of people adding and subtracting “stuff” that results in loose wires connected to nothing, and not labeled. “WTF is this wire for?” is a commonly heard refrain.
