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gary_in_neenah

gary_in_neenah

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I didn't want to hijack Skiroule's thread as he mentioned the possibility of towing an Ice Shanty or load of wood with a wide track. This spurred a memory and photo of mine from years ago when our neighbors had a 12/3 Ski Doo Olympic. The picture shows them about to tow a load of wood with that Little Doo. As I focus on the photo, it brings both a smile and a bit of sadness. The young boy was a best friend as we were growing up and later died of cancer as an adult. That's his mom with the chainsaw. Back when women and chainsaws were a thing! And I have to smile at the can of Grain Belt perched on the seat. Nothing like cracking open a cold one and firing up the McCulloch to make some firewood!
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You might notice the bolt-on makeshift bumper after the neighbor kid (Me) hit a small tree and poked a hole in their hood. I guess that Farmall Red and Ski Doo Yellow combination never became popular.
Time Marches On :)​
 
skiroule

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Amazing story and photo Gary. You could have made an ad poster out this scene for the Ski Doo, the McCulloch, or the Grain Belt. I’m sure the prep checklist went something like this: Gas, check, oil, check, Grain Belt, check.

I think you’re probably like me in that you feel fortunate that you were around to experience those early sledding days. Lots of lifetime memories.

Thanks for posting this!
 
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timo

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gary_in_neenah said:
I didn't want to hijack Skiroule's thread as he mentioned the possibility of towing an Ice Shanty or load of wood with a wide track. This spurred a memory and photo of mine from years ago when our neighbors had a 12/3 Ski Doo Olympic. The picture shows them about to tow a load of wood with that Little Doo. As I focus on the photo, it brings both a smile and a bit of sadness. The young boy was a best friend as we were growing up and later died of cancer as an adult. That's his mom with the chainsaw. Back when women and chainsaws were a thing! And I have to smile at the can of Grain Belt perched on the seat. Nothing like cracking open a cold one and firing up the McCulloch to make some firewood!
You might notice the bolt-on makeshift bumper after the neighbor kid (Me) hit a small tree and poked a hole in their hood. I guess that Farmall Red and Ski Doo Yellow combination never became popular.
Time Marches On :)​
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That pic is cool
Looks like it came straight out of a skid doo advertisement
 
gary_in_neenah

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Yeah, they must've had a heck of nice camera for that kind of definition back then. Oh, and someone asked me how I managed to hit a tree with that Olympic. Well, I was about the same age as the boy in the picture and as I recall the Ski Doo's back then liked to go straight..;..turning was open to interpretation. Kinda, sometimes, but mostly just straight.
 
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wiscrev

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gary_in_neenah said:
Yeah, they must've had a heck of nice camera for that kind of definition back then. Oh, and someone asked me how I managed to hit a tree with that Olympic. Well, I was about the same age as the boy in the picture and as I recall the Ski Doo's back then liked to go straight..;..turning was open to interpretation. Kinda, sometimes, but mostly just straight.
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:ROFLMAO:
 
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gary_in_neenah said:
I didn't want to hijack Skiroule's thread as he mentioned the possibility of towing an Ice Shanty or load of wood with a wide track. This spurred a memory and photo of mine from years ago when our neighbors had a 12/3 Ski Doo Olympic. The picture shows them about to tow a load of wood with that Little Doo. As I focus on the photo, it brings both a smile and a bit of sadness. The young boy was a best friend as we were growing up and later died of cancer as an adult. That's his mom with the chainsaw. Back when women and chainsaws were a thing! And I have to smile at the can of Grain Belt perched on the seat. Nothing like cracking open a cold one and firing up the McCulloch to make some firewood!
You might notice the bolt-on makeshift bumper after the neighbor kid (Me) hit a small tree and poked a hole in their hood. I guess that Farmall Red and Ski Doo Yellow combination never became popular.
Time Marches On :)​
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That bolt on makeshift bumper looks like a screen out of a feed grinder/ mixer mill?
 
favoritos

favoritos

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onlypolar4me said:
That bolt on makeshift bumper looks like a screen out of a feed grinder/ mixer mill?
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Yep.
I've never seen one with nice paint. We seemed to always have a bunch laying around with worn holes and broken sections. They were tough. They were also heavy. I bet that sled had plenty of ski pressure.
 
heckler56

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euphoric1 said:
Thats a cool pic!! I have that saw in my collection LOL, I believe that's a Mac I-43, its a beast just to pull, let alone use LOL!
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Wish I knew your affinity for saws. I offloaded my late father in laws Homelite 5-30 after holding on to it for the last 15 years.
 

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euphoric1

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heckler56 said:
Wish I knew your affinity for saws. I offloaded my late father in laws Homelite 5-30 after holding on to it for the last 15 years.
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I've got a similar Homelite except mine is blue, My customers wish I would put my saws up on display, I wish I had known you wanted to part with that, its not just saws, anything old...gas powered my oldest piece is a 1914 Lansing 3hp hit and miss, on its original cart. Got some pretty cool saws, some pretty old 2 man saws, customers like the old reciprocators I have. Have a few Maytag engines including an opposed twin, old Briggs and stratton engines, 1951 Reo engine, old Toro Zipper sickle mower before Toro was red, think it is 49' to 51', an International Harvester and a Fairbanks Morse hit and miss engines I am currently working on getting running and a few old snowmobiles, Evinrude, Johnson and a Snow-Pony. I'm the guy who's hair stands on end when I walk into these steam/thrashoree shows. Love the old stuff and if someone doesn't preserve it, when its gone...its gone and not a lot of younger folks out there that want anything to do with it. The stuff we have today might be cool but we should also be building it with todays tech. I find the old stuff, especially the hit and miss and steam stuff cooler than what we have today, considering what they had to work with back then.
 
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euphoric1

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heckler56 said:
No problem. I always abmired it’s mechanical look. Check out the oiler button.
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when I go to these antique engine shows it is the mechanics that always get me going, some of those hit and miss engines with the timing and valve train mechanics make you wonder how they ever came up with that, all the moving pieces and the over all simplicity of it all running in complete sync is really something!
 
heckler56

heckler56

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euphoric1 said:
I've got a similar Homelite except mine is blue, My customers wish I would put my saws up on display, I wish I had known you wanted to part with that, its not just saws, anything old...gas powered my oldest piece is a 1914 Lansing 3hp hit and miss, on its original cart. Got some pretty cool saws, some pretty old 2 man saws, customers like the old reciprocators I have. Have a few Maytag engines including an opposed twin, old Briggs and stratton engines, 1951 Reo engine, old Toro Zipper sickle mower before Toro was red, think it is 49' to 51', an International Harvester and a Fairbanks Morse hit and miss engines I am currently working on getting running and a few old snowmobiles, Evinrude, Johnson and a Snow-Pony. I'm the guy who's hair stands on end when I walk into these steam/thrashoree shows. Love the old stuff and if someone doesn't preserve it, when its gone...its gone and not a lot of younger folks out there that want anything to do with it. The stuff we have today might be cool but we should also be building it with todays tech. I find the old stuff, especially the hit and miss and steam stuff cooler than what we have today, considering what they had to work with back then.
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Cool stuff. I made sure it went to a good home. A son in law got it for his saw collector father in law’s birthday. Apparently he walked out of the party immediately and had it going in an hour 😁
 
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