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"Square Grouper" is a popular item to catch in these parts...haha
2023 Ford Raptor- Continuation
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"Square Grouper" is a popular item to catch in these parts...haha
badm0t0rfinger
Raptor Apologist.
One of the fishing channels I was watching on youtube talked about that. Good stuff, I mean his content, not the contents of the catch.
Todd780
OverCamper
It was - 25 degrees Celsius with the wind here this morning. Got 10.5" of snow over the course of the weekend. That sucked.-11, -18 with windchill. *******.
Also, sorry about the vertical video, she can't seem to understand how to take it horizontally and i'm busy plowing...
PS...Can I borrow your plow? That thing looks fun! Haha!
PHOTOS: Winter nightmare hits the Prairies, blizzard buries cars - The Weather Network
Several roads were shut down in Saskatchewan and Alberta as a result of the poor visibility from the blowing and drifting snow on Sunday.
www.theweathernetwork.com
McCarthy
Is it riding season yet?
It was - 25 degrees Celsius with the wind here this morning. Got 10.5" of snow over the course of the weekend. That sucked.
PS...Can I borrow your plow? That thing looks fun! Haha!
PHOTOS: Winter nightmare hits the Prairies, blizzard buries cars - The Weather Network
Several roads were shut down in Saskatchewan and Alberta as a result of the poor visibility from the blowing and drifting snow on Sunday.
YIKES! Chilly! And sure haha come grab it!
McCarthy
Is it riding season yet?
I'm sorry guys I didn't get pictures as it was kind of an emergency situation, but a good friend of mine's diesel broke an axle down on a remote back road towing a 20' flat deck with a Cat 289 skid steer on it late last night in a snow storm. Of course I zipped over to help and ended up pulling the trailer + skid steer 100km back to town, then went back with the trailer and picked up the truck (2013 F350 6.7) and towed that back. Average fuel economy for the evening? 43.3l/100km (5.2 mpg ??). I sure wouldn't want to tow that much weight regularly with a half ton, but she did it. Had plenty of power, but brakes and suspension lacked. Of course, I adjusted speed for the situation. Only had 80 pounds of air in the airbags. Ha.
I wonder what the trailer with skid steer weighed? Google says skid steer is about 11,000lbs, and a 20' equipment trailer is probably 3500lbs, plus there's a slip tank that was about half full on the trailer. All in all, probably 15,500-16,000lbs.
Oh, just on the .00001% chance there's a CVSE (Canadian DOT) guy reading this, of course this was all on private property. Without 10 ply E rated tires, and airbags, I wouldn't have done this. Of course not that those things make it legal, smart, or safe to do, it just pushes it into the realm of safe enough for me. Rated for 12,700 from the factory with P rated tires and no airbags, should be fine to be 20% over that in an emerg situation.
I wonder what the trailer with skid steer weighed? Google says skid steer is about 11,000lbs, and a 20' equipment trailer is probably 3500lbs, plus there's a slip tank that was about half full on the trailer. All in all, probably 15,500-16,000lbs.
Oh, just on the .00001% chance there's a CVSE (Canadian DOT) guy reading this, of course this was all on private property. Without 10 ply E rated tires, and airbags, I wouldn't have done this. Of course not that those things make it legal, smart, or safe to do, it just pushes it into the realm of safe enough for me. Rated for 12,700 from the factory with P rated tires and no airbags, should be fine to be 20% over that in an emerg situation.
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McCarthy
Is it riding season yet?
Well boys it's a good thing I threw those chains on, weather report called for 2" of snow in total, it's been snowing for 4 hours and we have 12-14", and it's supposed to snow until midnight. (3 more hours)
My quad is stored in a shed behind my house, and this is the result of plowing about 15 feet from shed to side gate.
My quad is stored in a shed behind my house, and this is the result of plowing about 15 feet from shed to side gate.
McCarthy
Is it riding season yet?
Cariboo region
Todd780
OverCamper
Must be in the region of that big storm that I'm getting warnings about. My folks are out in the Okanagan and I think think they are getting impacted too.
McCarthy
Is it riding season yet?
Yup, i'm not far from the north okanagan/thompson nicola region, anything above 700m got HAMMERED last night night with a foot + of heavy snow.
McCarthy
Is it riding season yet?
In other news, i'm going to order a new truck in the next month or so, trying to decide between another 3.5 Ecoboost, or going with a 5.0l and positive displacement intake manifold (aka a big ol' belt driven blower). Just concerned with reliability with 650hp and towing 10,000+lbs at elevation, and how brutal our winters are. Lots of idle time too, which probably isn't good with a supercharger. Truck has 370 hours on it, and something like 75 of them are idle hours.
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I don't think superchargers really care about idle time. Turbos can be a little finicky about it.
McCarthy
Is it riding season yet?
Oh I would have thought the opposite, good to know!