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Thanks for the update Gary. Starting to think about going home is a very good thing. Hoping to hear soon that John is on his way back to his home and family in the U.P.

Thanks, hopefully the project ends up as I'm imagining it. I'm definitely a little antsy to start getting things set up in the shop, but before a lot of that can happen, this freeloader has to give up its space. Have to love the late model design, all this to replace the Bendix drive for the...

Geez Mezz, I had to read through this entire thread again. It’s been quite the journey but it sounds like the outcome will be everything you had hoped it would be. Congrats on the progress you’ve made!

I’m glad you guys have confidence because it lets me feed off that confidence to launch into this latest old iron resurrection. I’m still in summer fishing/lawn mowing/morning coffee and evening brewski on the deck mode, but I doubt there’s a day I don’t think about this project. For whatever...

I’ve flip-flopped more times than I can count about doing another “ground-up” project but for some time I’ve been thinking about a couple of projects that I’d really like to attempt. This project is one that I’ve been mulling over. I’m calling it a “Mutt Mod” but in the end I think it will be...

Mark, it’s been awesome to see your progress! It sounds like you are well on the way to resuming activities you enjoy. I have to admit, I’m kind of a chicken when it comes to joint replacement but experiences like yours give me a lot more confidence to have one done if/when I would need one...

What a porker! Look at the coloring on that fish, beautiful. Well done and I guess I don't have to tell you how lucky you are to have world-class fresh water fishing basically right in your back yard.

It probably wasn’t very well known outside of MN, or maybe even northern MN, but the entire Minnesota watershed that feeds into Lake Winnipeg, which included Lake of the Woods, experienced insanely high water levels this year. Our humble cabin was built on the water’s edge and was constructed to...

Awesome!

Funny stuff Gary. I remember hearing this song back in the day and it always made me smile. It might have been a little flawed but the man had a plan. If I'm ever able to pull off a project I'd like to do, it might come together a lot like the guy's Cadillac.

Now that is funny (and somewhat accurate). Sorry guys, as I told Gary, I have been checking in from time-to-time, but haven’t had much worthwhile to add to the conversation. I have been kicking around a couple of ideas, both of which are potentially more challenging than my usual efforts, at...

Hey Kirk, I haven't checked in for a while. Hope you're doing well. I'm guessing you're getting busy with spring projects and taking some time away from the sleds. I have quite a list of things to do myself so the project sleds will have to take a back seat until I get a few things checked off...

Nice! Looks like mid-January. Maybe you should take a shot at May.

Yeah, came across Friday for the first time without a test. I’d forgotten how simple it used to be. Talking to people at the little general store, they’re really excited about the season after losing two summers. Still 2 – 3 ft. of ice so I took ‘old reliable’ out and finished up my ice fishing...

As a lot of you probably know, Canada is eliminating the pre-arrival COVID test requirement as of April 1st. Unfortunately, a friend and I had planned a fishing trip on the Canadian side of Lake of the Woods for last weekend so we had to do the test thing one more time. It worked out for the...

Beautiful scenery and awesome photos! I get winded just looking at some of them though.

Appreciate the comments guys! It’s really fun to hear about the memories that people have of these old sleds when they weren’t so old. I love the growl of those Cats, there’s no mistaking it. My friend’s Cat might be a bit of a sleeper because he discovered that it has a 440 top end and I can...

In future years, I promise I will stop spamming the site with my goofy little videos but this season has been kind of special for me After not being able to ride at all last season and wondering all fall if my riding days were over, I’ve just felt a need to share my joy of finally climbing on a...

Makes you want to take a really deep breath :) Awesome that you have it back running with more power than when new.

Yeah Gary, remarkably nice people. Everyone I talked to that was involved in the event thanked me for coming out to watch The time/distance people at the event initially gave me the total distance as 2120 but I see the website lists it as 2104, which may be the number that goes in the record...