Not So Pro 3

[ray benson]

Actually the Hummer EV is rated at 1000hp.
There's a couple different modes, ones supposed to be something like ludicrous speed or some *s-word. The sales guys were talking about it. I named it "blow your load mode".
I still wouldnt want one.
I pissed a few guys off even I called it the electric Ridgeline.

It's called the WTF mode - Watts to Freedom

 

[JugHead27]

Morning, 42

The snow is creeping down the mountains day by day

A huge flock of cranes just took off from the farm field just to the south of us, a sure sign that fall is underway and winter isn't far behind

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[redline4]

It's called the WTF mode - Watts to Freedom

Yeah, that's it.
I like my name for it better though.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

Morena E Hoas.

 

[maulhead]

I doubt he had a black top drive or hydroseeded lawn....

 

[3browns]

I never understood how that man ever got anything done, what with trying to get around with a set of balls the size of a bull elephant

He was and still is an Alaskan legend and an inspiration to several generations of people who adopted the "*f-word easy, I'm gettin her done" way of bush living

 

[3browns]

Morena E Hoas.

Morning Adam

 

[redline4]

And that's why it won't move...

 

[3browns]

I doubt he had a black top drive or hydroseeded lawn....

I highly doubt it

Absolutely not trying to start a fight but I did my 8 years in the bush, 400 miles from the nearest highway system, drift netting salmon from the Kuskokwim river, hunting moose from a boat, going out at 20-30 below on snowmachines to shoot caribou to fill the freezer because traveling the rivers, lakes, and sloughs was safer at those temps, 5 of us living in a 900 sq ft box of a house living on hauled water, $6 a gallon heating oil (20 year ago price) and a $400 plane ride from Anchorage

I worked at the grade school there where we took the kids out to play unless it got to 20 below actual or windchill and school didn't close until windchill hit 70 below

Our first winter there we hit 104 below zero windchill during a "storm of the century" that took the town a week to dig out from

We had a dog team with up to 27 sled dogs and I ran them from the Kuskokwim to the Yukon and over terrain most people wouldn't try on a snowmachine

One winter I was running support for an Iditatrod musher who stayed with us when he was out in Bethel running the K300 dog race and during the race a freak weather system developed that went from 40 above to 30 below in 24 hours amd I went through overflow on the ice and sunk my Polaris and the sled I was pulling with his gear and dropped dogs

I barely managed to swim/crawl out of the hole in the river ice and get to shore where I waited over 8 hours for help and came close to dying of hypothermia

I ain't a pimple on the ass of Dick Proenekke but I earned my lawn and driveway

Peace

Edited to add I know @maulhead was just having fun and no feelers were hurted

 

[3browns]

And that's why it won't move...
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JB Weld...

 

[sawmikaze]

Does anybody else believe Larry Sinclair blew Barack Obama and was with him while he smoked the cookie ?

I kinda do.

 

[JugHead27]

Does anybody else believe Larry Sinclair blew Barack Obama and was with him while he smoked the cookie ?

I kinda do.

You know, the thought never crossed my mind…

 

[sawmikaze]

You know, the thought never crossed my mind…

That interview was interesting...

It should make anyone open their eyes to how much these people in power lie to us...if it doesn't..idk..you're special.

 

[maulhead]

I highly doubt it

Absolutely not trying to start a fight but I did my 8 years in the bush, 400 miles from the nearest highway system, drift netting salmon from the Kuskokwim river, hunting moose from a boat, going out at 20-30 below on snowmachines to shoot caribou to fill the freezer because traveling the rivers, lakes, and sloughs was safer at those temps, 5 of us living in a 900 sq ft box of a house living on hauled water, $6 a gallon heating oil (20 year ago price) and a $400 plane ride from Anchorage

I worked at the grade school there where we took the kids out to play unless it got to 20 below actual or windchill and school didn't close until windchill hit 70 below

Our first winter there we hit 104 below zero windchill during a "storm of the century" that took the town a week to dig out from

We had a dog team with up to 27 sled dogs and I ran them from the Kuskokwim to the Yukon and over terrain most people wouldn't try on a snowmachine

One winter I was running support for an Iditatrod musher who stayed with us when he was out in Bethel running the K300 dog race and during the race a freak weather system developed that went from 40 above to 30 below in 24 hours amd I went through overflow on the ice and sunk my Polaris and the sled I was pulling with his gear and dropped dogs

I barely managed to swim/crawl out of the hole in the river ice and get to shore where I waited over 8 hours for help and came close to dying of hypothermia

I ain't a pimple on the ass of Dick Proenekke but I earned my lawn and driveway

Peace

Edited to add I know @maulhead was just having fun and no feelers were hurted

None here either. Yeah that's brutal stuff. Good memories to share thou is the way I see it.

Almost every time I hang out with my sisters kids they want to hear the story of when I dropped my snowmobile through the ice in the middle of a swamp where I happened to find the one spring that had not frozen over yet, below zero temps, took forever to get the sled unstuck alone, no one around to help, miles from the nearest road, standing waist deep in mix of swamp water, snow, and slush. In my frozen state I knew I could not make it out on foot, so I stayed focused on getting my sled unstuck so I could ride it out.

I should've trusted my gut that day, take a short cut threw the swamp to save a few minutes, or stay on groomed trail, I figured if I held the throttle wide open I would be fine taking the short cut, I'd done it before, I was wrong that day. At the time I didn't think I was going to make it out alive.

 

[3browns]

None here either. Yeah that's brutal stuff. Good memories to share thou is the way I see it.

Almost every time I hang out with my sisters kids they want to hear the story of when I dropped my snowmobile through the ice in the middle of a swamp where I happened to find the one spring that had not frozen over yet, below zero temps, took forever to get the sled unstuck alone, no one around to help, miles from the nearest road, standing waist deep in mix of swamp water, snow, and slush. In my frozen state I knew I could not make it out on foot, so I stayed focused on getting my sled unstuck so I could ride it out.

I should've trusted my gut that day, take a short cut threw the swamp to save a few minutes, or stay on groomed trail, I figured if I held the throttle wide open I would be fine taking the short cut, I'd done it before, I was wrong that day. At the time I didn't think I was going to make it out alive.

Almost word for word experiences my friend

We had full throttled it over miles of river crossings and ice but the 8 foot plywood box sled I was towing was full of gear and dogs and I didn't realize until later it had been getting wet and building up ice from the overflow and getting heavier and heavier and every opening I powered across got slower and scarier

Something like 18 snowmachines went through the ice that weekend and only 1 person died; he hit his head on his bars and knocked himself unconscious and drowned

We were a pretty quiet and thankful bunch at the mushers banquet after the race was over

 

[3browns]

I have 1 more living in the bush story

We bought our first "snowmachine" the first winter we were there and immediately called USAA insurance in San Antonio Texas to add it to our insurance policy

My wife told the lady on the phone that we needed to add a snowmachine to our policy and then there was this long pause and finally the lady in San Antonio says, "I don't understand, you live in Alaska, why would you need a machine to make snow?"...

Absolutely true story

 

[stihl livin]

glad they put the gay ass mirrors in the non trailer tow mode
i bet jason has his in the trailer tow mode in the megaturd

Not all rams have the towing mirrors slacker. They did change their mirrors for 2023 to a no flip up but added power extending. Just more sh!t to break imho.

 

[maulhead]

Almost word for word experiences my friend

We had full throttled it over miles of river crossings and ice but the 8 foot plywood box sled I was towing was full of gear and dogs and I didn't realize until later it had been getting wet and building up ice from the overflow and getting heavier and heavier and every opening I powered across got slower and scarier

Something like 18 snowmachines went through the ice that weekend and only 1 person died; he hit his head on his bars and knocked himself unconscious and drowned

We were a pretty quiet and thankful bunch at the mushers banquet after the race was over

I love riding, I've had a sled since I was 13, I'm going to be 50 here in a few months, I still look forward to winter, even thou I ride 20 something year old sleds, it's still a blast to me, new sleds are to high priced IMHO.





Nothing like a face full of fresh snow bashing drifts at 11,000 feet.





Saddest part of the day, ride back to the parking lot.





High marking / hill climbing is my favorite thing.

 

[JugHead27]

I love riding, I've had a sled since I was 13, I'm going to be 50 here in a few months, I still look forward to winter, even thou I ride 20 something year old sleds, it's still a blast to me, new sleds are to high priced IMHO.


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Nothing like a face full of fresh snow bashing drifts at 11,000 feet.


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Saddest part of the day, ride back to the parking lot.


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High marking / hill climbing is my favorite thing.


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Don’t get enough snow where I am to justify a sled but use to run them always lots of fun hitting trails after dark during a snow storm. Maybe can ride one here 2-4 times a year our snow doesn’t stay long enough

 

[3browns]

I love riding, I've had a sled since I was 13, I'm going to be 50 here in a few months, I still look forward to winter, even thou I ride 20 something year old sleds, it's still a blast to me, new sleds are to high priced IMHO.


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Nothing like a face full of fresh snow bashing drifts at 11,000 feet.


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Saddest part of the day, ride back to the parking lot.


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High marking / hill climbing is my favorite thing.


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That's absolutely awesome

I had a Polaris Indy Lite GT as a first sled, bought my wife a 1 up Indy Starlite 1 lunger for her to putt around on but of course the boys latched onto them and eventually one of them crashed into the other and destroyed both machines

I bought me a new 1997 Polaris WideTrak GT and her a Indy Sport 400 two up and we got a lot of miles out of those

We brought them back out of the bush when we moved back to the road system in 2002 but never used them as much as we did out there because trailering them to go riding was such a pain in the ass

In Bethel you just got on them and rode, whether it was to work, the store, or wherever

Really missed that freedom

I gave them both to my sons when they finally followed us out of the bush a few years later and I have never replaced them

I was never adventurous enough for the vertical stuff, preferring to stay flat and level at all times