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Happy Thanksgiving! Thankful for every day I wake up in the morning. Great meal finished, recliner time.

I guess most of what I’ve picked up is from hands-on experience or looking at a lot of vintage sleds (probably too many). Believe me, there’s a lot I don’t know on just this sled. The Cyclone dealer service manual is 260 pages long. Not project related but I think there’s a saying about all...

Well Gary, you had to ask. By today’s standards it might not be so impressive but this sled was designed many, many years before auto-CAD and computer modelling became commonplace. One overall thing that is very evident is that this sled was designed with durability and serviceability in mind...

Some parts are assembled. Will hit the wall soon with the drive train though. That will be slow going but it will get done. Continue to be amazed at the engineering that John Deere put into this sled.

Thanks guys, ordered graphics from The Sled Printer tonight. They are going to run a couple of extra things in additon to the stock set. Will be starting chassis reassembly next week. Still obstacles to overcome but glad to be where I’m at now instead of where I was a month ago. It’s actually...

When time permits, been working on some things that aren't very interesting but it's all part of the process. Rear suspension is done. Track is done.

NIce!

Congratulations on 25 years! Glad you finally got the trip in after some unexpected weather delays. Now you just need to get that northern marker checked off your bucket list.

Well said Gary, well said. We miss you John.

Thank You Vets!

Well Brian, it’s been pretty quiet in there. I figured I’d better take advantage of the unusually mild weather and tackle a slew of outdoor homestead projects I didn’t think I’d get done this fall. Really happy to hear that your vintage fleet continues to expand. Don’t know much about the...

Happy Birthday!

Just posting to prove I’m not a total slacker. Mostly but not total. Finally got the transmission in the Cub Cadet so I could get that freeloader out of the shop and get some real work done. Made some progress on tearing down the new kid on the block. Removed the hood, exhaust, motor...

Well, the auction came and went and I restrained from putting in a bid on anything. It was really interesting to watch though and the auction house did an amazing job on this auction. The price on some of the more desirable sleds exploded in the final couple of days and it was obvious that some...

That she is, Eddie, that she is. I suppose it seems a little strange now but more than one sled of the day sported a stripe, Chaparral SS models probably being the most recognizable. It’s a little hard to visualize but it probably wouldn’t look out of place. I guess right now the plan is to...

The things I do…. Just walked in the door at 11:10 tonight after a 10-hour round-trip to Pine City, MN to pick up this: Finally gave up on the guy that has been promising to send me parts for months now and decided to take matters into my own hands. A co-worker stumbled across an ad for a...

These are good Gary! I might have heard about the Ski Dog at one time but I had no clue about the Scorpion rig. Very cool.

Gary, no doubt there are good restoration candidates in the group and a ton of parts but I’ve been looking at the lot from the perspective of what I think is cool and could be ridden with a minimum of effort. That being said, there are some that fit the bill and so far the bids haven’t been...

I know first-hand that you North Dakota riders run motors hard so I’m not surprised that if a motor had a weak spot, you guys would find it. I have wondered though, other than cooling, what the internal differences are between the 650 Red Baron version and my 650 axial fan version. My...

I can see that I"m going to become addicted to this auction site. Every time I look at it, I find something new and interesting. So far the bids are really low-ball and I guess we'll see if that changes in a few days. I"m wondering if some speculators won't get involved and buy up a few...