2017 New Years Challenge

[Robert Bergeron]

Get well friend .Tried to go for a ride but the snow was too deep. My snow removal contractor took the day off and i don't blame him for it . Happy New Year .

[Alex van de Wetering]

Definately not what I was expecting when opening this thread.

Take care Phil and get well soon!

Alex

[r.morrison]

Hey Phil: We didn't need this, to start the year off. BUGGER! You take care of yourself and ease up and for God's sake no snow shovelling!!! I will send you down a book to read while you're on the mend. It's about that other guy with a radio recording HUP....Matthew Halton, CBC News. Fascinating story. Spoke with his nephew just the other night. You take care and we all look forward to hearing from you. Robert

[Bob Carriere]

Yes there is a Santa Clause....

.......and the trucks did go out in Hammond.....

......................turned out to be the New Year s(tr)uck event.

Pictures to follow..... need time to sort them out.....

Of much more concern is Phil's little demise.......

......glad it was a near miss...... and that it will scare the sh*t out of you to be careful......... Margaret better take care of you and hid the keys to the barn!!!!

Cheers

PS ,,,,, my wife took about 400 pictures in quick burst.......phew!!

[Bob Carriere]

This one is dedicated to Phil.........

First of all basic facts...... Sunny and a pleasant -6 C....slight breeze...time noon when we started..... dark when it ended.

About 36 inches of snow on the ground some compasted and some ice crust about midway.

Walking you never sink to the bottom ( whcih by the way the ground is not yet fully frozen) but your tires will dig down to the wet turf then the bottom floats.
Yes a CMP can float on snow and loose all traction.

The day then turned to New Years Sucks......

The Hup would not fire up..... we tried and tried and towed it on the street where the pavement was bare for better traction.....cough and cough but wuld not start.....

Plan "B"....get the M 37 going..... and we did.

For the photos we went to the larger back field were no one in is right mind would drive....

NOTE....... when the photographer waves to stop.....don't
once you loose your momentum you are dead...

More to come

[Bob Carriere]

My truck was driven in low range and second gear to break the trail then 3 rd for more speed...... flat out in both gears. .... at times the truck decides which rut it wants to follow...... and do not leave your thumbs inside the steering wheel spokes....

Now I know what the shovel is for on a CMP.....

Amazing the amount of snow pushed by the front suspension.

[Bob Carriere]

Cavalry to the rescue.............

The Dodge seemed to have a slight advantage in the deep snow with the 9x16 bar thread compared to the wide 10:50x16.

It has all to do with momentum once you get rolling don't stop or turn too sharply or you are stuck.

All in all it was a fun day.

I also have a bunch of short videos that I need to learn how to stitch together for posting.... so more later.