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Time to try out this new forum toy. As some of you know, my wife and I live on the Canadian border up in Lake of the Woods Co. MN, where it is a perfect location for us to have a cabin on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods. There is the matter of being locked out for a year and a half but...

Kirk, This is the best I could do with my I-Phone (so far anyway). I copied one of the images from your blog. Your blogger setup is a little different than mine but it worked with one catch, the image does not seem to be viewable unless you are logged in. I do not know why this is happening...

It took a few soul-searching sessions (and more than a few Lake of the Woods Brewing Co. “Channel Marker” citrus ales) to make the decision to go public with this project. Success is never guaranteed, but in the end, I figured that I’m only really risking a mildly bruised ego if it can’t be...

When the snow dust cleared, we did pretty well. It's not set up at all in the ditches yet so there's plenty of trenching to be had there. Drifts on the downwind side of the islands on the south end of Lake of the Woods are starting to build. Riding the ice on that side of the islands is like...

It’s almost November, time to see everyone's new hardware for this season – sleds, tow rigs, trailers, etc. Picked this up last spring and it’s a beauty. Needs a little clean-up but it’s got it all: reverse, electric start, factory mirrors, and so on. Heck, it’s even got IFS. Quite a few...

I see that the Calumet Colosseum and the Eagle River Sports Arena are two of the four finalists in the Kraft Hockeyville competition. Both are in sledding areas that are near and dear to many of the JD members. Would be pretty cool if one of them won. The winner receives $150,000 for rink...

Gary’s recent video inspired me to grab the camera and shoot a little footage myself, as I was finally able to coordinate with a couple of long-time riding buddies from the Cities and get out for a local ride in the back country. Just prior to getting out, the snow had changed from deep fluff...

"Cold enuf for ya?” has replaced all other forms of street greeting around here. -31 with -58 wind chill this morning and dropping over the next day or so. Hit the Rainy River to do a little tuning/testing on the 340 and man, do those free airs love these conditions. She was flyin’ today...

Wasn’t really sure where to post this, since it has a little sled footage and a little humor but since it’s mostly fishing, I decided to put it here. Stumbled across this when transferring a few videos last night. Last March I invited a couple of buddies to come up and do a little late-season...

Stumbled across this tonight. We bought a lot of stuff from this guy for the original Make A Wish vintage sled (the TN'T). Interesting guy, a tad eccentric (as all vintage collectors can be). At the time he had a lot of cool stuff but was not willing to part with any of it but maybe he's had...

Must be a trend. https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/06/28/canadian-company-purchases-minnesota-based-boat.html Have to say that after the issues I've had with the motor on my Alumacraft, I wouldn't mind seeing an Evinrude on the back.

I know this has been discussed before but I have a bad habit of not paying attention. Any suggestions on a “modestly” priced sled lift that would work well for vintage sleds? These sleds are typically smaller than current model sleds and can also be a little fragile but they are also much...

Got the spare Firebird chassis stripped down, including removing the 24 can storage unit (if you snowmobiled in the 70’s you know that’s pretty accurate – different times, different times). The SS models did not have this storage unit had really had no storage and I mean no storage, not even a...

I’ve been absent from this project for a while but I do have a note from home (sort of). I figure my excuse is legit – working on a 24 x 32 “sled shed”. It’s coming along but between working solo, the pace at which I move, and time off for good fishing days, it will be a while yet...

They probably couldn't make this claim after the 73 models came out.

Thanks! It definitely will be a challenge, success is not guaranteed. Yep, the Chap’s were pretty cool sleds back in the day (sorry Frank, it just looks better with a ‘). In some ways, they were ahead of their time but not every idea they came up with was a success – like the 73 slide rail...

Thinking that getting it for less than half-price is a fair deal for a “gently used" sled (as Gary put it). I also thought that heat might be worth a try on the exhaust after I get the pipes disconnected from the engine and out of the sled. In the end, I’m determined to not let these pipes win...

Believe me Kirk, I can relate to the space issue. It's still my hope that I can build a second garage this summer (slab is already poured). If it doesn't get done, I'm in trouble on so many different fronts. After walking by the Chap several times a day for the last couple of weeks I finally...

Is usually another man’s trash but I think there are exceptions. Consulted with my primary sources of bad influence (Snoluver1 and Grub) and they “convinced” me I should pull the trigger on this beauty and I’m pretty jacked about it. She’s in need of a little polish but from everything I’ve...

Been a little slow in this section so thought I’d post a couple of photos from last weekend fishing on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods. Probably not very good weather for sledding but incredible for fishing – sunny, warm, and no wind. Daytime bite was slow but they went crazy just before...