Hey Curtis, I took some pics of skis to give you a better idea of the skis. they are 10" wide at the tip and 7" for the rest.

 

Evening all, sounds like some nasty temps over there

 

It is cold here today. -22 with a 25km wind and some snow showers. Sure feels like winter today.

 

Today is the 1st day of winter, ugh......... only 4 more months

 

Evening everyone.

Colin - I have to say, those skis look a little funny on your snowmobile. But if it helps, who cares how it looks

Gerry - It was the first day of winter 2 months ago for us up in Gillam lol. And we got about another 5 months to go

As for my truck, I tried to do the throttle valve delete but failed when I ended up stripping the screws that hold the valve in place... Ill post pictures when I get home. So in the end I didnt get the valve out but I did get to clean up my intercooler piping a bit. I think I did pretty go for not having much experiece working on vehicles

 

Happy freaking cold Saturday eve all. sittin here at work waitin for a truck to get in. U.S. fuel doesn't work well in these temps. Have to put it in the shop tonight. if I don't it probably won't start tomorrow. Colin, those ski's must be great in the powder. I got 95% of my shopping today at Kildonan Place. I went with a buddy at 10am, and it was very tolerable. Have a great night guy's, and for God's sakes stay safe and warm.

 

Grant do you run Howes fuel conditioner and anty gel in the US fuel.......

Winter started here about 5 wks ago as well , ugh

 

We used to run Howes, now we use another product. I think it's called 911 My brain's a little fried today Too much work and not a lot of seasonal cheer. My brother took a load to Delta, BC to deliver Monday, so I'm left watching the fort. My wife is not happy, and there may be a career change in the future. It sometimes sucks working for family.

 

We have plenty of logs on the fire since it`s nasty cold here too, hopefully it warms up by Boxing day.
Randy, a bummer on stripping those screws, hopefully it`s an easy fix. Today is supposedly the 1st day of winter but you're right Gerry, it`s very likely that we have at least 4 months of winter before it`s over.
Colin, it`s very cold here too, -28°C/-18°F, feels like -32°C.
Take as much time as you need for the Holidays Sherm, it`s an important time to spend with family and friends.
Is the U.S. fuel that different that`s it`s giving you lots of problems in the cold?
I too hope that everyone stays safe and warm this winter.

 

Pictures as promised. I was trying to do the mod for free until I stripped the screws... Now I have to pay to do the modification lol.

Picture 1 is my throttle valve (what I was trying to remove) caked in Oily gunk from my crank case vent. Where is goes lighter in the middle is the shaft the valve sits on, and the two dark spots on that shaft were the screws I stripped.


Picture 2 is the valve when I'm not holding it closed. As you can kinda see (bad picture) the layer of gunk on the top of the valve


Picture 3 is looking down the intercooler piping on my motor, you can see how caked on it is inside.

 

Finally.....when you were here last your were all worked up to get it done
Crappy on stripping the screws bud, but you got this. Truck should almost, almost keep up to the eX now

Awesome. So those are stock Nytro skis, thats it?
Have you tried moving the inside ski bushing to the outside to give it that 1.5" wider (3/4 per side) stance? They suit the machine and look pretty darn mean. She corner good in the tight twisty one way trails too?
Thanks for posting that, gives me a good feel for what it looks like

Brett/Morris she's definately feeling like winter. -38 at home with the chill. Just threw a couple more logs on in the mancave. Kids weren't happy running to the wife's civic after din din tonight. And they wonder why dad ALWAYS wears long johns

Grant, x-mas season at trucking companies are always tough. For pretty much the full 17 years I was at TransX, I worked the holiday season. Hung around for all the same reasons. Set up units for loads heading out, no one want's to stick around, accomodating drivers so they can Hook N Book to there hometowns for the season. Doing what ever it takes to make every possible thing happen so nobody misses any family time. Lil story of mine. One Xmas day I was there till 6am and I only came in to do a Yard check (couple hours to walk around the yard, check reefers, confirm load temps on the brain box, fuel up low tanks and go) Get the call..... 2 break downs. QUarterbacked a plan, Got them towed in, transfered both. One was easy, TL (26 skids) the other, well I was working alone..... Driver wouldn't even help...... Full load of LTL. BRUTAL transfer. I was soooooo mad. He wouldn't even back in the trailer I needed to put his load in. I had his new truck running and ready for when he got there. Wasn't allowed at the time to actually use it until pretripped to get trailers out of the yard and to the dock. Owner came in that morning while I was boosting my truck and asked what I was doing. Explained to him, wished him a merry X-mas (wondering why he was there at 6am boxing day morning) and went on my way. Terminal Manager gave me an envelope 2 days later. $500 cash. Couldn't believe it. The bigger bonus of this story.....summer employee appreciation day following summer (now a days they call it "Driver appreciation day", no such thing a I in team but anyways) He and his wife from Italy were there. Long story short, I got to take his Porshe for a RIP!! Moral of the story, I know it must be borring when I got into my long winded posts There's always good things that come to those who go above and beyond for others. It's testy for family during the holidays when work takes priority, been there many times, but always feels good to know at the end of the day you did something that was the right thing to do Took me years to realize, and most you don't even know it, good things do happen. Your family is lucky to have ya there

Sorry for the long winded threads guys. Mumzie was the DD tonight.

Evening to Steve and CLint as well as whoever else pops in

 

Curtis, Louis has always been a stand up guy. I have the utmost respect for him. My brother respects him too, but I wish he would show me the same respect. WTH ya gotta love family. Blood is thicker than water. Have agreat night all. It's off to the fart sack.

 

Good evening Sherm, Randy, Curtis, Gerry, Brett, Colin, Grant and anyone else hiding around here.

I won't tell you that it got to 22°C today with rain and wind gust to 35mph.

 

Night Grant.. Don't pull the covers over your head..

 

thanks bud. I'll thro them over the missus.