Moved the plane today

[akflyer 1427]

Do to the lack of snow at the local airport, I moved the bird to a buddy's house. The ice is over 24" thick but still no snow cover, just frost on the lake.

[Av8r3400 1179]

Wow. I guess we are colder and snowy-er than Alaska again this year...

I haven't seen my plane in over a month due to the extreme cold and snow around here.

[EDMO 1078]

Better hope it don't turn bitter cold - Without the snow, underground pipes can freeze a long ways down - We had that in Anchorage one year.

EdMO

[akflyer 1427]

It's 36 degrees today and we are half way through what should be on of the coldest months... doubt we are going to have to worry about frozen pipes this year

[EDMO 1078]

It's 36 degrees today and we are half way through what should be on of the coldest months... doubt we are going to have to worry about frozen pipes this year

If I remember right, We were somewhere are 32F BELOW sometime that winter.  But, twice that cold when I was in Fairbanks.

EDMO

Edited 13 Jan 2015 by Ed In Missouri

[marksires 484]

36 degrees in AK in January.  Dang, maybe I need to buy a store selling freezers up there, you may need them! )

Mark

[akflyer 1427]

If you bought a snow maker I would pay for ya to go put some on the trails around my cabin so I can ride my darn snogo.. pathetic that I have not put a single mile on my sled yet his year and I normally get in 2-3000 miles a year on

[Av8r3400 1179]

How about a photo of your sled.  I'd like to know what you guys ride up there and what kind of riding you do.

[akflyer 1427]

How about a photo of your sled.  I'd like to know what you guys ride up there and what kind of riding you do.

 

Been a few years since we have had enough snow for me to justify buying a newer sled.  As long as the ole crossfire keeps running I will keep riding it.

 

 

Most of the the pics are from the area I ride at my cabin in the Caribou Hills.  A wild fire a few years ago really changed the scenery, but spring riding is normally good.  There is NO snow in the areas that are in these pictures right now. 

 

[tcj 150]

My old Summit 670 will still take me the places I want to go.  I would probably get in plenty of trouble with a modern snow machine.

[EDMO 1078]

tcj,

Is that a volcano behind you, or just another big rock? Where?

Flatlander, EdMO

[akflyer 1427]

tcj, the 670 summit is a great machine, but the rider forward position of the newer sleds will do wonders for your knees and back.  The first ride I had on one after switching from the ZR chassis I hated it.. then about 10 miles down the trail I noted that my knees did not hurt.  About 100 miles into the ride I figured out that my back didn't hurt, nor my shoulders.  I can't rail the corners on the crossfire like I can the ZR, but for overall riding, I absolutely love the seating position of the crossfire.  It is not as rider forward as the XP chassis, but I absolutely love it.  If your ever thinking of a newer mountain sled, see if you can find a 07-09 Arctic M8 153.  Prices on them are down a good bit from new (I refuse to pay 14,000 for a new sled) the engine is bullet proof and very linear in power, and the chassis rides stupid easy.  You can do a nasty 4 mile long side hill sitting on the seat not hanging off the running board.  It is just extremely easy to ride and it does well on the trail as well.

 

[tcj 150]

Yes, It's Rainier.

[EDMO 1078]

Thanks,  thought I recognized it as one of the Big 3, or is it 2 1/2 now that Helen blew her top?

EdMO

Edited 14 Jan 2015 by Ed In Missouri

[Av8r3400 1179]

Been a few years since we have had enough snow for me to justify buying a newer sled. As long as the ole crossfire keeps running I will keep riding it.

Most of the the pics are from the area I ride at my cabin in the Caribou Hills. A wild fire a few years ago really changed the scenery, but spring riding is normally good. There is NO snow in the areas that are in these pictures right now.

What size track is that on the Crossfire? I don't think my little 121" track TNT 600 would get out of the parking lot up there...

Hmmm. Crossfire. That sounds like something John Deere would have named a sled...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere_snowmobiles

Edited 14 Jan 2015 by Av8r3400

[akflyer 1427]

My ZR is a 121.  It has been to nome and back on the iron dog.  I take a 121 all over the place, working hard to get it to the top of a mountain is fun sometimes   The crossfire is a 136X 1.25"  I don't like running much over the 1.25" track on my sleds so I can keep them studded up.  This year, I can ride my daughters kitty cat about any place   Carbed and clutched that kitty cat will do 12 MPH on the grass with my fat ass on it

 

[Bandit 286]

Ed, I think Mt Rainier is the 3rd highest peak in the lower 48. It is Mt Whitney, Mt Elbert then Mt Rainier. I have been lucky, had the pleasure of standing on the summit of all three.

Edited 15 Jan 2015 by Bandit

[EDMO 1078]

I thought that Mt. Hood might be among the 3 volcanos - I wasn't talking about Big Rocks - We had to import our gravel for the roads  in the cotton lands - never wanted to climb much after I was 10 years old - fell out of a tree once and got the breath knocked out of me - Then fell off of a cotton trailer and got a concussion - then  I discovered Girls!  I can see the top of the mountain from the pilot's seat, and there is just another big rock.  To each his own!

EDMO

[tcj 150]

Some perspective.  Little Tahoma, that little peak you have seen on the side of rainier, at 11,138 feet elevation is the third highest peak in Washington and just 111 feet lower than Mount Hood 11,249 feet.. 

Edited 15 Jan 2015 by tcj