Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

13f now,...-3 overnight. Poplar, Ash and some Silver Maple in furnace and stove. May let stove rest if temps are staying above 0* tonight.

 

Anyone that put more then 38,590 lbs oak in boiler raise there hand knocking on a full semi load.
15f and snowing . Slabs burning ..

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34*-70*....got some long,scrawny pcs. of maple n locust toastin.....about 3 hrs. or so...white stuff will be fallin...1-2"s....then sleet, freezin rain.. then all rain..so they say.
Update: Winter storm watch for 6"....with 1/10" of ice

 

Some winter moose hunting fun from last winter. We were four hours from the highway in the foothills of the Wrangle mountains.

 

I am at 16 cords of spruce so far, burning 24/7 should wind down by May.

 

Throw a moving blanket, old blanket it will help Brad stay warm. I have used mine to the -40’s. Just need that blanket to keep the heat in. I have been using Brad less lately, I got a Traeger pellet grill. It has a smoke function, have used it to -52. It will keep temps without a blanket. I am suprised how little pellets it uses. My treat from yesterday’s work on the wood pile.

 

Even though I do my best to avoid it, there comes a time when it is necessary to risk getting mired to get to your goal. At least in your scenario pictured here, it looks like it didn't get as bad as it can get with slush.

 

Looks are deceiving, I could not find the pics of we went on the lake with hip boots it was low thiegh deep. This lake has lots of methane holes. With Skandics they need 20ish mph to plane. I knew that overflow should be there, it really doesn’t worry me like methane holes, hence the speed.

 

Skandics are good machines. I run older model Tundras. they are not was fast, but fast enough , and at least light enough so that if mired, I can lift the font end, then the back up onto more solid snow and then walk alongside the machine while gentlly throttling through (actually, over the top) the worst of the water holes.

 

I had ‘96 tundras, 377 with 131 x 15 track. My current Tundra has a 600 ace and 16 x 154 the Skandic is 20x 154. I run 10.5 ski skins and full 1/2 umhw tub belly plans with extreme duty bumpers. The skins and pans makes a tremendous difference for flotation.

 

wide ski skins, and tub pans sound like a good idea.

87 and 93 Tundras here...They start and run as good as the day I bought them, so I can't complain about that! They take a bit of body English to keep them stable due to their narrower ski stance, but darn good reliable machines that have never left me stranded.

 

They are great machines. Do yourself a favor and skin the skis, the amount of if flotation will blow you mind. But the added stability will be welcome. The 93 you should be able to replace the ski and upgrade to plastic then skin it. If the top of my head I am not sure about the ‘87. Does it have the leaf spring ski? I would upgrade to the BRP pilot skis and skins. You will be amazed how muck less the friction is vs the metal ski. All around performance will be worth the $400 a machine for the upgrade. I have seen folks around here use blue 55 gallon plastic barrel, to make their own skins and bolt them on.

 

I’ve never heard of these machines. Can you share some pics?


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27 here, ash keeping us warm. Couple inches of fresh snow. Filled a couple totes full of ash for the seasons to come. Skidded some ash and hard maple to the barn. Good day


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12f here and a little over an inch of new stuff.

 

Both the Tundra and Skandic are made by Ski-Doo and are utility machines. These are the Skandics

This is the Tundra.

Both machines are the same length, both track and ski width are different, Tundra is narrower.

 

I don't have any on my LG slider phone photo library...but I am heading up to the cabin in March, and if I can remember to do so, I will snap a few shots of the said Tundras, maybe in even in action.

 

Rope's machines are much newer and nicer than mine...totally different animal than my older Tundras, but a great pedigree nonetheless.

Rope, those are awesome pictures!

 

Thanks. I’m familiar with skidoo, just not the model.


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The Skandic’s are weight hauling specialists right @ 2,000 pounds, trust me the will haul way more. The transmission is why the Skandic’s shine, they are 2 speed with geared reverse. They are tools more than toys, the Skandic’s have hauled more than 100 cords and countless hunting trips. The only trails here are what you make, why you can see a saw in most pics.

The Tundra can tow 1,500 lbs, the weights are breaking weight not pulling weight. Tundras are one speed CVT with a geared reverse.

You can see the tube bumpers in the photos, I can snap 3 inch trees like match sticks. If it won’t snap off, chainsaw time. I don’t haul wood with the Tundra just hunt. Biggest winter moose I have pulled out, single trip was a 60 1/4”, I was 32 miles from the truck in -40’s by myself. Countless lakes and pond crossings and 3 river, Tanana was the big river.

These machines will go places most would not dare to walk. Trail machines won’t work in my application there geared different and will get you in trouble. The tracks are short it affects flotation and gives a rough ride.