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Do the Weight Police have jurisdiction off road?

noteven
Explorer III
Explorer III
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Grit_dog
Navigator
Navigator
specta wrote:


And, I'd never own a snowmobile. :B LOL


But you have a snocat!! cool.........
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2017 Heartland Torque T29 - Sold.
Couple of Arctic Fox TCs - Sold

Grit_dog
Navigator
Navigator
d3500ram wrote:
Grit dog wrote:

~snip~
.... if I didn't run out of Ramen, whisky and sled gas!

Ramen... ate so much of that in college that I will only hit my stock of 10 cases ONLY when the SHTF and the zombies come out.

Whiskey... got pleny of that too, but the more I stay home in these wierd time, the more I go through. (note to self: buy more Jack.)

:B


Costco Canadian Whiskey, all I can say is try it...
I love Ramen, but we butchered cattle in college, so didn't have to eat Ramen. We were the poor college kids cooking T Bones and pot roast for dinner!
Don't you live on the Western Slope somewhere? We used to ride the Flattops and Grand Mesa alot...2 of my all time favorite snomachine spots.
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2017 Heartland Torque T29 - Sold.
Couple of Arctic Fox TCs - Sold

jaycocreek
Explorer II
Explorer II
I used to race snow machines back when the free air was the machine to beat..LOL..Just sold my last one,last year and I can say,I sure would not want to stick that unit with or without the truck camper..A winch would be a must and even that wouldn't help in alot of cases..Just sticking a snowmobile is a terrible experience sometimes..

Just like truck campers on a pickup,the weight can be your friend or your worse enemy in snow..
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d3500ram
Explorer III
Explorer III
:B
Sold the TC, previous owner of 2 NorthStar pop-ups & 2 Northstar Arrows...still have the truck:

2005 Dodge 3500 SRW, Qcab long bed, NV-6500, diesel, 4WD, Helwig, 9000XL,
Nitto 285/70/17 Terra Grapplers, Honda eu3000Is, custom overload spring perch spacers.

time2roll
Nomad
Nomad
d3500ram wrote:
time2roll wrote:
.... Just watch the bridge ratings.


I am more concerned about the fridge ratings...

...so I can carry more beer.
This is a whiskey party.
Those with beer can bury them in the snow.

specta
Explorer
Explorer
Kayteg1 wrote:

So from what you are saying, such picture is not going to happen in real life?
Just like Jeeps being lifted on top of the mountains for advertisement pictures.
At the end, it does sound like weigh police after all.



I doubt that is deep powder.
Kenny
1996 Jayco 376FB Eagle Series TT
1997 Jayco 246FB Eagle Series TT
1976 Ford F-250 4wd Mercury Marauder 410 - 4V
Regular cabs. The best looking trucks.

d3500ram
Explorer III
Explorer III
time2roll wrote:
.... Just watch the bridge ratings.


I am more concerned about the fridge ratings...

...so I can carry more beer.





:B
Sold the TC, previous owner of 2 NorthStar pop-ups & 2 Northstar Arrows...still have the truck:

2005 Dodge 3500 SRW, Qcab long bed, NV-6500, diesel, 4WD, Helwig, 9000XL,
Nitto 285/70/17 Terra Grapplers, Honda eu3000Is, custom overload spring perch spacers.

noteven
Explorer III
Explorer III
It’s real folks this snowcat operates with the camper. The company developed a modified camper jack system to unload the camper including a breakdown situation on the snowfield if necessary. They carry the jacks on board.

And use the camper on a std pickup in the off season.

Kayteg1
Explorer II
Explorer II
specta wrote:
Snowcats weigh too much to go thru powder, even with wider tracks. Top speed for this one with the blade and tiller up under ideal conditions is 15 mph tops. Not near enough speed to "blast" through the snow like snowmobiles do. They will just dig down. You start early in the season when the snow is not real deep and pack it down..


So from what you are saying, such picture is not going to happen in real life?
Just like Jeeps being lifted on top of the mountains for advertisement pictures.
At the end, it does sound like weigh police after all.

time2roll
Nomad
Nomad
I see no weight issues. Just watch the bridge ratings.

specta
Explorer
Explorer
d3500ram wrote:
Grit dog wrote:

~snip~
.... if I didn't run out of Ramen, whisky and sled gas!

Ramen... ate so much of that in college that I will only hit my stock of 10 cases ONLY when the SHTF and the zombies come out.

Whiskey... got pleny of that too, but the more I stay home in these wierd time, the more I go through. (note to self: buy more Jack.)

:B


LMAO!!

That was pretty funny and I was going to quote the same thing except I'd need tequila and not whiskey.

And, I'd never own a snowmobile. :B LOL
Kenny
1996 Jayco 376FB Eagle Series TT
1997 Jayco 246FB Eagle Series TT
1976 Ford F-250 4wd Mercury Marauder 410 - 4V
Regular cabs. The best looking trucks.

d3500ram
Explorer III
Explorer III
Grit dog wrote:

~snip~
.... if I didn't run out of Ramen, whisky and sled gas!

Ramen... ate so much of that in college that I will only hit my stock of 10 cases ONLY when the SHTF and the zombies come out.

Whiskey... got pleny of that too, but the more I stay home in these wierd time, the more I go through. (note to self: buy more Jack.)

:B
Sold the TC, previous owner of 2 NorthStar pop-ups & 2 Northstar Arrows...still have the truck:

2005 Dodge 3500 SRW, Qcab long bed, NV-6500, diesel, 4WD, Helwig, 9000XL,
Nitto 285/70/17 Terra Grapplers, Honda eu3000Is, custom overload spring perch spacers.

specta
Explorer
Explorer
Snowcats weigh too much to go thru powder, even with wider tracks. Top speed for this one with the blade and tiller up under ideal conditions is 15 mph tops. Not near enough speed to "blast" through the snow like snowmobiles do. They will just dig down. You start early in the season when the snow is not real deep and pack it down.

link to driving snowcat - Living The Good Life as I call it.

The snowcat is one of my work vehicles, sorry to have mislead.

During the winter months I work for Utah State Parks OHV Program and have been grooming snowmobile trails for about 8 years now.
Kenny
1996 Jayco 376FB Eagle Series TT
1997 Jayco 246FB Eagle Series TT
1976 Ford F-250 4wd Mercury Marauder 410 - 4V
Regular cabs. The best looking trucks.

Kayteg1
Explorer II
Explorer II
Looks Specta, like your Snowcat has narrower tracks, when those in article are much wider. Could that make the difference going on powder?
What's the purpose of Snowcat, when it can go only on packed trails?
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jimh406
Explorer III
Explorer III
Grit dog wrote:
You 2 should go find something productive to do rather than what seems like literally bitsching or bickering in every thread....


Of course, the point was that OP “could” have said what his post was about instead of putting a fake subject with a one word link.

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