One of the funniest things I remember was a man bringing his sled to the shop because his kid liked to take it on the lake and do doughnuts. The man thought his kid couldn't get any traction not knowing the kid was doing it for fun.
He had me install Growzers, those diamond shaped things with 4 sharp points in a diamond pattern. They went on every other track on each side. So there was one on every track just alternating sides. He took the sled home one night and the very next morning it was sitting by the door. The windshield was gone, the cowl was all busted up even the throttle handle was broke off. I know for sure those things grab on the ice. The kid did a series of barrel rolls with his sled. Ah the memories... ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Monitor To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Driving sleds HI, Years ago when I could still see a little bit I had a old sled. Well I rode it on some trails that I new at that tine where old logging trails and as a kid I use to walk them a lot. When I took out the sled I would try to keep it in the middle of the trail but some times a dam tree would just jump right in front of me... My folks had a old cabin on a lake and that was the best for driving a sled because you could open them up and go like a bat out of hell.. The only thing I had look out for was a fish house now and then... ROB FROM MINNESOTA----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Driving sleds It's a pretty rough ride at those speeds. I know of a couple times when kids were going that fast and they weren't paying attention to where they were going. They were racing across some farm fields and both kids ran through a barbed wire fence. What a mess. My friend was working on the ambulance that picked up the pieces... ----- Original Message ----- From: robert moore To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:25 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Driving sleds I did that too but I had just enough sight to see the tail lights on the 2 sleds ahead of me I told the guys nhot to go too fasnt and I would stay behind and in between their sleds. Well not too fast turned out to be 70 MPH. Would not do it again but wow what a ride. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric heaters I had a Polaris dealership for a couple years. But more fun was being able to build them to race. Only a couple times did I ever feel silly enough to open one of them up. Some of the clutches had stall speeds of 6 to 9000 RPMs and you can't imagine the snap you get when a clutch kicks in at 6000 RPMs. I tried to follow the sound of the other sleds when I drove. Not very accurate but I'm still around so obviously it worked... ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:spiro%40netaxs.com> To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric heaters I was about 16 when I first went snowmobiling. This old guy who spoke in great wisdom, said to me "it's bad luck if you hit a bush." I've heard lots of guys talk about "luck." Well the guys were calling out to me the directions to go as they thought it was as fun as a video game. guys in college used to do this too, when directing me to a seat in class. Then I didn't "something" enough and hit a bush. No big deal. Till... I ... warmed... up!!! I was a striped hoppin numbass! that'ssome bad luck! hahaha But that Sariniac Black and Tan, if it's still made,it's worth the time to find it. On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Bob Kennedy wrote: > I went to Old Forge I think that's the town Jerry was talking about. I had a shop outside of Buffalo and I also rented U-Haul trucks. A group of us took snow mobiles up there for a weekend and I've never been so cold in my life. I was going to ride along and at the end of the driveway I got off my sled and told the guys I'd keep the fire going so it would be warm when they came back. I'm not sure but I think I froze some parts of me off up there... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:spiro%40netaxs.com> > To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 10:42 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric heaters > > > oh the home of the best black and tan available wide scale! > > On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Jerry Richer wrote: > > > I live in Northern New York State. Saranac Lake, twenty miles to the East is often reported on the Today Show as the coldest spot in the United States. In Saranac Lake they pay twelve cents per Kilowatt Hour. We mostly heat with electric because our municipal owned power supply only costs two cents per Kilowatt Hour. It's suppose to be about the most inexpensive power in the United States. > > > > Jerry > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
