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I found that my carbides did a number on the piano hinge on the rear ramp. Consider old pieces of hyfax before and after the hinge to lift the ski above the hinge. They will wear down and cutting down one side of the “u” channel of the hyfax will give a slight angle of approach.

Balance the load. That said, short tracks are just fine navigating a v nose either loading or unloading. Long tracks and wide ski sleds have difficulty making that v turn.

Happy Birthday Mezz!

Nora & Gracie, so sorry for your loss. If it can bring any comfort to you know he made an impact on so many for so many years. The word Legend has been used often because he earned it. His act of creating this site brought many many people together across the globe that otherwise would never...

From my experience on several 23’ (Legend) inlines, don’t waste your time on making a curve inside the trailer for the front ramp door. My 137” four strokes could never make that curve w/o stopping and manipulating the front or rear of the sled. I found the best set up was to run separate guides...

Let’s not forget who owns the vast majority of lithium mines in the world. OPEC has controlled oil and won’t China control all things battery? It’s like we are just marching right into a different brick wall only this time we will have our own mfr’s dependent for fundamental components to a...

As for my ride and my lithium conversion on my RV 3 years ago, I don’t see a battery degradation of 10%. Clearly allot of factors will make them plus or minus (heat/cold, charging above 80%, fast charging, etc). Your other comments are spot on. I got that sales pitch as to why I should buy the...

About 4 months ago I began looking to replace my BEV before the end of lease. The dealer was pushing the replacement BEV (priced ~$13k higher than my deal just over 2 years ago net of the $7.5k credit). Trade value was estimated at about $43k. I decided against going forward replacing it. Two...

Back to some actual costs associated with BEV ownership. I last mentioned the possibility of a drive motor failure. Well I know of a couple units going down. One taken care of under warranty and the other outside the warranty. Final cost for replacement, $18,000. My “leased” vehicle has two...

Thank you. You just jogged my childhood memories of summers in Birchwood, grandpas pickup and day trips to Slim Creek Flowage. I know it’s not Chippewa but I always confused the two as a kid.

I struggle every time I mow my daughter’s property, ROPS up or ROPS down? Her trees are generally young but then there is that old apple tree. Not to mention I have to mow the ditch adjacent to the hwy where I feel I could roll over with a strong wind (motorcycle riders-I never blow grass...

Prayers for John and family🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I met a former data scientist from Google about 4 years ago, her comments would sadly support this. She left as she felt it was way too much intrusion on people. 🧐

Here you go Gary. From a app called “flight aware” (great if you travel by air and want to know where your plane actually is (despite what the airline is telling you), what plane is over me now, and weather).

I don’t disagree with you. Consideration also needs to be given to routine ICE maint like oil changes and once higher miles or age on a ICE vehicle, trans, radiator, spark plugs, fuel injectors, etc. I choose to lease the BEV to be able to give it a legitimate test. The batteries are single...

To stick to the original topic, here are my real world stats on my BEV. 30 months, 11,196 miles, $840 in increased electricity costs (I know this because my charger is run on a app, which also sends data to my utility). Basically running at $0.075 cents per mile. In the 30 months of ownership...

I don’t think there will be a demise for ICE vehicles. Once BEV’s get propelled into the consumers garages the media will shift to highlight the con’s of BEV’s. A battery fire is instantaneous and virtually uncontainable. Put that into a garage in a stick built home and you have less than...

Learning from others is not our best strong-suit. Batteries are stored energy and European studies show that BEVs work environmentally against ICE only when the concepts of wind or sun energy are used for charging. The UK went all in to build a wind farm in the ocean several years ago at an...

You might consider buying a cheap Renogy or other brand PWM controller and see what difference in winter it makes. It will provide a constant state of charge vs mppt which is a on/off pulse and the low winter sun might confuse it further. Renogy has a pwn for $20 right now on sale, it might...

Your results don’t surprise me. Are your solar panels in series or parallel? Check out Bogart Engineering’s discussion on mppt vs pwm solar controller. The polarity of opinions is comparable to “what brand oil is best” 😁