Not So Pro 3

[Loony661]

I got the sled gassed and started yesterday ready for riding. Ditches are ready now but the trails don't open till the 1st due to several hunting seasons being open for a couple more days.

Nice! Our trails are open here. As of yesterday the groomer was stuck on a hairpin corner on a hill road after a track broke. Some of the guys from the club were going to try and get it repaired after dark yesterday... My sled is in the garage waiting for a quick greasin’ and look over. My wife has had her sled out a couple times giving our boys rides around the yard.

I just hope to get some miles on this year. I always “aim” for about 1000 miles of trail riding, but don’t get worked up if it doesn’t happen. Last year I put on 14 miles and then it was parked due to my broken foot..

 

[dall]

I’ll half to get dall to deliver a sack kick lol

can do and videos can be made of said kick lol

Morena you pack of Popsicles.
Cannot even fathom how cold that must be. I'm guessing I might be the only ehoa mowing any lawns today.

Keep safe ay.

its 2 degrees here plus wind
too cold to mow
but if you would like to im sure guys here would let you run their mowers

 

[Loony661]

Morena you pack of Popsicles.
Cannot even fathom how cold that must be. I'm guessing I might be the only ehoa mowing any lawns today.

Keep safe ay.

I don’t plan on even looking at my mower until May.

 

[Mastermind]

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I feel attacked.

 

[Mastermind]

Nice! Our trails are open here. As of yesterday the groomer was stuck on a hairpin corner on a hill road after a track broke. Some of the guys from the club were going to try and get it repaired after dark yesterday... My sled is in the garage waiting for a quick greasin’ and look over. My wife has had her sled out a couple times giving our boys rides around the yard.

I just hope to get some miles on this year. I always “aim” for about 1000 miles of trail riding, but don’t get worked up if it doesn’t happen. Last year I put on 14 miles and then it was parked due to my broken foot..

I bout froze my face off feeding a bale of hay. I can't imagine riding a gawd dang snowmobile.

 

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[maulhead]

I feel attacked.

I knew someone wood feel that way.

I almost didn't poast it, but I found humor in it.

 

[maulhead]

I bout froze my face off feeding a bale of hay. I can't imagine riding a gawd dang snowmobile.

I bought my 1st when I was 13, with my own earnings, raking leafs, mowing grass, shoveling snow, giving handy's at the bus stop, while waiting for the school bus in the morning.

I told my Dad I wanted my own sled, he said great get your ass to work, I have 9 mouths to feed in this house.

I can't imagine my life without one.

 

[hoskvarna]

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[dall]

Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[JugHead27]

I bought my 1st when I was 13, with my own earnings, raking leafs, mowing grass, shoveling snow, giving handy's at the bus stop, while waiting for the school bus in the morning.

I told my Dad I wanted my own sled, he said great get your ass to work, I have 9 mouths to feed in this house.

I can't imagine my life without one.


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Was the first one something like a elan 250 or enticer 340? Have fun on sleds only problem is around here only get enough snow to ride once or twice a year maybe

 

[JoeDirt]

I blame @JoeDirt for this situation.

Thats fair, I ain't brushing off that whole fckn truck, it's cold out.

 

[hoskvarna]

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Not much different between locations
How often do you guys get this cold?


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[JugHead27]

Thats fair, I ain't brushing off that whole fckn truck, it's cold out.

I use a cheap dollar store broom on my truck makes it much easier to clear snow than a actual snow brush, gets the roof easy too

 

[Mastermind]

I bought my 1st when I was 13, with my own earnings, raking leafs, mowing grass, shoveling snow, giving handy's at the bus stop, while waiting for the school bus in the morning.

I told my Dad I wanted my own sled, he said great get your ass to work, I have 9 mouths to feed in this house.

I can't imagine my life without one.


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Your dad sounds sorta like my dad.

Dad caught me using his lawn mower to cut one of the neighbor's yards. He took half the money I made, and told me to get my own mower if I wanted to do that stuff.

I sold a few bikes that I'd cobbled together and bought one. I was 8 at the time.

 

[maulhead]

Was the first one something like a elan 250 or enticer 340? Have fun on sleds only problem is around here only get enough snow to ride once or twice a year maybe

My first one was 1980 440 scorpion whip. Older gentleman had it since new, it only had 375 miles on it, it was mint always in a heated garage, he hardly rode it.

I bought it 1987 for $800. I sold it in 1993 it had almost 8,000 miles on it, engine had just been freshened up.

I had tons of fun on that sled. Rode it everywhere in the winter.

 

[maulhead]

Your dad sounds sorta like my dad.

Dad caught me using his lawn mower to cut one of the neighbor's yards. He took half the money I made, and told me to get my own mower if I wanted to do that stuff.

I sold a few bikes that I'd cobbled together and bought one. I was 8 at the time.

Yeah sounds like it, he started charging us older kids room & board, when we started working part time jobs. My mom had a fit over that. But it was his house, so his rules.

He showed me the door when I was 17. I'll never forget what he said when I was leaving "those are one way hinges on that door, they swing out, and not back in, you're on your own now"

I kinda was bitter at him for a while. But I got over it. He taught more at the time, then I thought he was.

Looking back at it all.

 

[JoeDirt]

It's colder than *s-word, -5°F and -30°F wind chill. I'm hoping none of our pipes freeze. I've got covers on the outdoor spigots but I don't know if they really do anything.

The Dodge did start, unplugged. It took a while to wake up and it was not happy about it at all. I didn't have to go anywhere, just wanted to see if she would pop in this cold.

I use a cheap dollar store broom on my truck makes it much easier to clear snow than a actual snow brush, gets the roof easy too

I broom the deck off and I pull the straps and bring them in or they freeze solid.

 

[Mastermind]

Yeah, he started charging us older kids room & board, when we started working part time jobs. My mom had a fit over that. But it was his house, so his rules.

He showed me the door when I was 17. I'll never forget what he said when I leaving "those are one way hinges on that door, they swing out, and not back in, you're on your own now"

I kinda was bitter at him for a while. But I got over it. He taught more at the time, then I thought he was.

Looking back at it all.

Well....my dad was a prick. And a drunk.

A few years ago his youngest brother came to see me. He said he needed to get something off of his chest.

He said...."I never liked your dad. He was a real bastard.....and he treated your mom like chit". Said he just needed to tell me how he felt.

I was sorta surprised to hear that from him....after all, they were brothers. But dad was a lot older than Wallace...and he was right. Dad was a real piece of work.

Mom divorced him when I was 9 or 10. He died when I was 18. We found out later that he was married to three different women when he passed away. He would have a few kids.....then bail out. A real winner.

 

[maulhead]

Well....my dad was a prick. And a drunk.

A few years ago his youngest brother came to see me. He said he needed to get something off of his chest.

He said...."I never liked your dad. He was a real bastard.....and he treated your mom like chit". Said he just needed to tell me how he felt.

I was sorta surprised to hear that from him....after all, they were brothers. But dad was a lot older than Wallace...and he was right. Dad was a real piece of work.

Mom divorced him when I was 9 or 10. He died when I was 18. We found out later that he was married to three different women when he passed away. He would have a few kids.....then bail out. A real winner.

My dad was not like that, he does not drink at all. He was just a hard ass, putting a work ethic in us kids. He ran a tight ship. I guess he was a prick at sometimes, he had 7 of us kids to keep in line.

We had 30 oak & maple trees on the place we grew up at, he refused to buy a weed wacker, he had lawn lawn scissors, after the yard was mowed, us kids all grabbed a pair, and trim by hand were the mower deck did not reach, all the trees, flower beds, sidewalk, etc. He inspected our work.

He's still alive, I talked to him two days ago, he will be 80 in March.