72 Ski-Doo T'NT

freebird · **Posted:** Fri Dec 31, 2010 4:18 pm

LOL!! Awesome! :shock:

That's crazy that you all had rain and 45 degrees, but not far from you there's a huge storm causing 100 car pile ups!?!?

mich.bug · **Posted:** Fri Dec 31, 2010 4:23 pm

freebird wrote:

LOL!! Awesome! :shock:

That's crazy that you all had rain and 45 degrees, but not far from you there's a huge storm causing 100 car pile ups!?!?

This is a short-term warm spell. It's going to stay about 45 until 2 a.m. and then bottom out to about 22 around 10 a.m. New Year's Day. So I won't bother trying to fire up the Bug and take it for a New Year's Eve spin

No ice fishing yet. Green Lake (my favorite spot) is deep and won't be ready to go now with this warm-up until next week - if I'm lucky.

lostcauses · **Joined:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:15 am **Posts:** 336

Reminds me of my old 340 Ski-roule, pardon the spelling. When it ran it ran great when it didn't I worked on it more than all my VW's combined. Damn I miss those days and the ice fishing, maybe next year. Thanks for the memories!

freebird · **Posted:** Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:53 pm

mich.bug wrote:

freebird wrote:

LOL!! Awesome! :shock:

That's crazy that you all had rain and 45 degrees, but not far from you there's a huge storm causing 100 car pile ups!?!?

This is a short-term warm spell. It's going to stay about 45 until 2 a.m. and then bottom out to about 22 around 10 a.m. New Year's Day. So I won't bother trying to fire up the Bug and take it for a New Year's Eve spin

No ice fishing yet. Green Lake (my favorite spot) is deep and won't be ready to go now with this warm-up until next week - if I'm lucky.

Post some fishin' pics if/when you get a chance! :thumbs:

mich.bug · **Posted:** Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:48 pm

lostcauses wrote:

Reminds me of my old 340 Ski-roule, pardon the spelling. When it ran it ran great when it didn't I worked on it more than all my VW's combined. Damn I miss those days and the ice fishing, maybe next year. Thanks for the memories!

Skiroules are pretty sweet machines. My buddy with the Ariens Arrow also has a Skiroule back at his folk's place. I think it's a 440 model; it could give my T'NT a run. The Coleman Company (as in tents, sleeping bags, etc.) manufactured the Skiroules.

The photo below is a 1970 Skiroule R440. The woman riding in the sleigh looks less than thrilled. Dig the guy's sweater - back when you didn't need a helmet to snowmobile, just a wool sweater

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

mich.bug wrote:

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.

Spitfire. Not much for power but it was light. Definately post some pictures if you see any JD's.

mich.bug · **Posted:** Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:18 pm

thingmon wrote:

mich.bug wrote:

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.

Spitfire. Not much for power but it was light. Definately post some pictures if you see any JD's.

Cool. I'll post up photos if I come across any JD sleds this winter.

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

Found a shot on the internet... Small but fun and actually pretty reliable even with me beating the stuffing out of it.

mich.bug · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:48 pm

freebird wrote:

mich.bug wrote:

freebird wrote:

LOL!! Awesome! :shock:

That's crazy that you all had rain and 45 degrees, but not far from you there's a huge storm causing 100 car pile ups!?!?

This is a short-term warm spell. It's going to stay about 45 until 2 a.m. and then bottom out to about 22 around 10 a.m. New Year's Day. So I won't bother trying to fire up the Bug and take it for a New Year's Eve spin

No ice fishing yet. Green Lake (my favorite spot) is deep and won't be ready to go now with this warm-up until next week - if I'm lucky.

Post some fishin' pics if/when you get a chance! :thumbs:

Finally did some ice fishing last night out on Long Lake. It's a lake know for walleye, assorted pan fish and some big-ass muskies. However, I caught this guy on a Hali jig. We were going after walleye near the bottom - guess I was too low.

I was fishing with my brother-in-law and some other buddies. No one had every caught a mud puppy ice fishing :wow:

We were in about 30 feet of water. Perhaps I dropped the jig on his head and he got pissed and bit the minnow. It was a "what-the-hell" moment when I pulled this ugly sucker out of the ice :shock:

I threw him back down the hole - although maybe deep-fried mud puppy tastes good?

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mich.bug · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:57 pm

I shot some video of the T'NT today. I strapped our little Nikon CoolPix to my head using, of all things, swimming water goggles turned backwards. The video is a bit bumpy - just like the field behind our house

The speedo doesn't work, but the sled is running around 5,000 - I had it about 3/4 throttle.

Here is a YouTube link to my ride:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QV7R_bHU2E

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