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Happy birthday!

Wow! Looks great, sounds great. Congradulations on a job well done preserving a piece of history. Thank you for sharing your build/journey with us.

Merry Christmas everyone. May everyone be surrounded by family.

Journalists and politicians will wake up once it becomes apparent. Then save us all from what we created. Lithium mining isn’t a big issue, right?

Interesting facts about 1 UP family. The Cohodas brothers. These Jewish brothers immigrated to the US in the early 1900’s from Russia. They landed in Chicago and migrated north to Menomonee then onto central UP (ultimately Marquette). These young men started selling fruit as that is what their...

My snow buddies give me grief as my attire is a collection of different brands I have owned over the years…

What a classic!

From what I have understood many considered Toledo and northern Ohio to be in Michigan and in DC they swapped the UP for Ohio to get Toledo.

I should have figured you would think of that!

Correct, yah-you-bet-cha! Great guy and I always stuff some $s in the old acetylene tank. Hanging out there drying off with my son is one of my last memories of our only ride together.

Nope. Totaled it on trail 417 between Marquette and Munising on new years eve 1979/1980 when the trail was still a rail line (trying to rundown a drunk driver). I did get a another in 1982 but blew a piston ~1988 and gave it to my brother’s neighbor, who then moved to northern WI.

My first sled was a 72 Yamaha with the high/low transmission.

I use First Gear heated glove liners. They are considered for motorcycles and First Gear has socks, coat liners, etc that can all tie together. These run off the sled. The benefit is my outer gloves can be replaced but the liners have lasted for over 10 years.

All great detail by Workhardplayhrd (I wonder how many times we passed each other?). I would add stopping in Big Bay at the Thunder Inn where they have allot of detail on the movie “Anatomy of a Murder” that was made there in the 50’s. (The Rolling Stones manager lived in the area until he...

What is the oldest item you still own related to your snowmobile life? For me it is these boots. They are now 54 years old. Got them when I was 11 and my parents let us boys rent a Homelite snowmobile. I was hooked and have been riding ever since. These boots have been with me through high...

Look at the MI DNR maps online. These will show closed trails and breaks (Escanaba). I have known several people attempt Escanaba but the maps are correct that there are no designated connectors. I suggest you head towards Republic then on to Big Bay. Big Bay down to Marquette (trail 5 up to...

Glad you thought about it. Now I get why so large. So will you get your own zip code 😁. Look into your area on whether heat, water will be considered a “livable” structure for real estate purposes. In my township I am allowed electric but heat or water they would declare and tax as a 7,200 sq ft...

If I understand it correctly you will have a 60’ wide barn? If you use a 14’ wide door, that will leave 46’(likely 44’ usable) - roughly 23’ on each side of the door to store. Think of the angle of attack you need to point a trailer or vehicle to get it to the wall. Since tandem axle trailers do...

Biggest thing in my book is consider how you will load items in. Ex: my pontoon is on a tandem axle trailer all in over 26’ of the 40’ length. The kicker is tandem axles do not like to pivot very well so it can be a number of rolling back and forths to snug it up to an outside wall. I did put in...