New mud flaps. I was out in the snow today, and even though there is only an inch at the moment, this beast will go through any amount of snow.
I am still configuring it as a boat, and will study to get my boating license before spring. The top with the screens should be here next week, but maybe not.

I have created very deep mud holes in my back yard, and Juggernaught has no trouble with anything.



Steve

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Looks good, did you put in duel hyd. brakes on that to turn?

It turns with a skid steer mechanism in low gear, and in high gear, the wheels on one side turn faster than the other side.
The brakes are standard, although I have a fan on them keeping them cool. There are a lot of options on this beast, and I intend to get many, many years of fun out of it. Everything is designed to be as easy as possible as I get older.

Steve

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When I was in New Mexico in the winter time we had an old WWII track, well I guess it okay for that time but we took it to a few hill tops to radio sites in pretty deep snow.

I had a Packard 6 cyl. motor and boy did that run quiet but the big hang up was the brakes which worked on cables and old style brake shoes. they would freeze up and you couldn't drive it. Well if you missed the road it was 1800 feet straight down.

I understand that someone did roll it after I left but I don't know just where.

I think I would take my chances on a snowmobile over that thing. I have had a ride in a snow cat and man was that cool, it had 2 treads about 4 foot wide each. and best of all it had a heater. LOL

Mine has a heater, and heated hand grips. These tracks are good to about 2 and a half feet of snow, but I have a winter extension kit that has such jagged edges, it will climb a 45° ice sheet. It is a handlebar steering, and is easily very preciously controlled. I was just out in the snow again, and can't believe how well it works. It even has dual windshield wipers, head lights, and fog lights. I took it out the other night, and had no trouble seeing what was ahead. The one problem it did have, was I couldn't see the dash board, so I will add a dash board light in the next few weeks.

This thing is tremendous fun.

I have wanted one since I was 10 years old, and it's even better than I thought it would be.

Steve

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The snow cat I rode in was a commercial brand with a closed in cab, it could carry about 5 people, automatic trans. it had the works on it.

The one I drove had nothing but could carry 7, with a tarp for a top and windshield is about it.

If I owned it I would have taken the time to install disk breaks on it and hyd. hand levers.

Mine will be closed in, in about a week. The top is canvas, and plastic, but I had screens put in so I could drive in swamps during the summer without bugs taking me out of the cab, and eating me. I can't wait for the top to get here. The snow will fill the back end without the top, but at least it has drain plugs, and a bilge pump.

Steve

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WELCOME TO PORT OF LOS ANGELES

With all of the discussion about SNOW I thought it was time to share my day sail yesterday.
So hank on the sail

Raise the Jib

Winch in the line

And let the wind fill your sails.

Head out past the LA light house. Yes LA has a light house.

Or if sailing is not your idea of fun. Book on a day boat and go fishing.

I found Iowa in California

There is other history to be seen, like this Liberty Ship.

Or the current way they carry freight.

It was a great day to be on the water. But then any day is.

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Brilliant set of photos, Carlos...

+1

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+ 2 Carlos

Brilliant set of photos, Carlos...

+1

Steve

+3

My dad worked on the Vincent Thomas bridge, as a Toll Taker until He was able to get a small pension to go along with His SS, one day Lloyd Bridges(Commander Cain in 1978) showed up, paid the toll and that made My day when I heard about it.

+4

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Those pictures are stunning Gnu. my friend

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

I have to say that they are spectacular pics!!

+1
And I started to feel really cold.

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Absolutely beautiful pictures!

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I agree you are sure good at catching the right moment.

Our Robins here are much larger than yours.

Well Mr Gnu seems to have the scenic winter shots covered.

This is something a bit different.

My home town has had a lot of problems over the years and one was graffiti on empty shops in the town centre.

It upset an art gallery owner so much he challenged the local graffiti artists to produce some real art.

This is his gallery with the shutters down.




It was unusually closed today so I had not see it before.

This is on any empty shop round the corner.



My favourite is this on on a large shopfornt.



This one is just odd, some in the UK may remember this.



Back before we had 24 hour TV this was the BBC colour test card, which was broadcast during the day!!

There are more but it was cold and wet today so I will keep my eye out for others.

Well, our squirrels are bigger than yours, so there!!

I thought our grey squirrels were exactly they same size as their squirrels, because they're colonising imports from North America. But 'our' true (red) squirrels are smaller.

I think you might have been commenting on the post about robins (though I can't be sure, because you didn't 'reply' or 'quote'). Those are a genuinely different species - all they imported was the name - and I'm prepared to accept the assertion that they're bigger.

Us real men watched the 1953 Coronation on 405 line B/W TV, and listened to radio Luxembourg on 208.

I did back then on my way home from school at a friends house. we didn't have a TV yet back then in our house.

My home town has had a lot of problems over the years and one was graffiti on empty shops in the town centre.
It upset an art gallery owner so much he challenged the local graffiti artists to produce some real art.
This is his gallery with the shutters down.

Nice pic of Lady and the Tramp at Tony's Restaurant:)
Let's hope that other graffiti "artists" now leave real art alone.

I have seen some of these that the taggers seem to leave them alone after all they know everyone script out there and know who to go after. LOL

I have seen some pretty talented taggers do some great work.