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ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:51 pm

All that white stuff you call "Snow" looks very strange.

thingmon · **Joined:** Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:07 pm **Posts:** 433

Man, I miss my little sled. Can you believe John Deere made a snowmobile? It wasn't much but it was fun. Good times...

EAnderson · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:32 pm

Fun!!! Keep the pics coming!

JohnBug · **Joined:** Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:25 pm **Posts:** 1047

mich.bug wrote:

The metal pulley works, which is good because I pulled ... and pulled ... and pulled but no go. After spark check, fuel, turn key on (I've done that before :oops:

) I finally resorted to shot or two of starting fluid. Few pops but no go.

Pull start and gravity-fed fuel can give your arm a work-out. I was just about ready to shove the sled back in the garage and head off to work when it turned over and died. After a few more pulls she roared back to life after the last ride in March.

The weather forecast is for about 8 inches of snow over the next day or so. I'll post some riding photos (maybe a video).

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Very cool ski man. That's very cool Vw in the back you got there as well. LoL

mich.bug · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:13 pm

Thanks for the thumbs-up on the T'NT. BTW: The Bug has a car cover on it now - snow can blow into a garage when someone leaves the door half-open

Probably the first snow to every touch Bella

Yes, I cleared it all off.

We had so much damn snow that I spent all last weekend snowblowing the driveway. I'll get the T'NT out this weekend. Hopefully my buddy will bring over his 1969 Arians Arrow - yep, just about every tractor company made a snowmobile in the late 60s early 70s.

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mich.bug · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:28 pm

thingmon wrote:

Man, I miss my little sled. Can you believe John Deere made a snowmobile? It wasn't much but it was fun. Good times...

Was it a Liquifire or Spitfire perhaps? I think JD started making snowmobiles in 1970 or 1971. I think the company ended production sometime in the mid-80s, perhaps 1984.

If I see any vintage John Deere sleds this winter I'll post up a photo for you.

mich.bug · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:38 pm

freebird wrote:

Fun Fun Fun!! :dance:

....too cold for me though

That's a nice bass! We don't pull largemouths up through the ice. We usually go after walleye, pike, perch and smelt after dark. Nothing beats Red Bull Yagerbombs and smelt fishing - I can't wait.

mich.bug · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:02 pm

Took the sled out today. Man, do we have a shit load of snow. I was pushing through 3 feet in some places. However, the sled's old track and 400 cc don't add up to a trail breaking machine

All that deep snow really causes the old T'NT to grunt.

I'm not sure if the old Ski-Doo helmet still meets Snell guidelines.

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EAnderson · **Posted:** Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:38 pm

Wow, that's alot of snow!!! I would have a sled too if I lived there, looks like fun 8-)

freebird · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:48 pm

mich.bug wrote:

freebird wrote:

Fun Fun Fun!! :dance:

....too cold for me though

That's a nice bass! We don't pull largemouths up through the ice. We usually go after walleye, pike, perch and smelt after dark. Nothing beats Red Bull Yagerbombs and smelt fishing - I can't wait.

LOL!! Thanks man!!

I happened to go to Minnesota a couple years ago to pick up a Jeep that my buddy bought up there and we did some ice fishing. We caught a ton of crappie! It was definitely a good time!! :thumbs:

I don't know what you catch faster in those ice houses, a buzz or a lot of fish?!?! :beer:

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