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Ummmmmm.....
I was going to save that one for the next thread. I only have one pic on PB so here is a sneak-peek of the next build. It's the yellow extended-cab pulling the galvanized house.
That will be the next project after the next one or two.

This is so cool! Glad you started a thread on it WB.

Won't be long now and we'll have the Castle up on the big lake! Can't wait!

Loving this thread and ND's car thread!

That thing is epic! Awesome project that I looks forward to following.

Looking good wyte bare! I'll have to swing over for a look see maybe this week.

keep it up White bear, been riding in these the past couple years up east and they are amazing. I am surprsised you dont have a big basket up front on there. a rack, holder for the auger, get out the can holders in side as well.. so much you can do. onyl bad part it all takes time. i'll be going for the first ride on the 19th this year in one.

This is the coolest thing ever. I have never seen one and with wood panels to boot. I love it. I know I am probably slow but what are the tires for? Can you drive it on the road when there is not any snow? I would like one and I live in Georgia. LOL.

Cool Machine! I notice a compartment in the rear that opens. I assume that's where a driver would stuff unruly kids when they act up, correct?

Y'all yankees is some peculiar folks,...no chit.

Us Southan boys will jack a pick-up way up in the air or put 2-4 barrels on a Mustang,...but you Yankees will drank 47 beers of an unknown variant and stick a V8 in something that looks like it came offa "Voyage to the Bottom of the damn Sea".

We're Irish, Indian, and the occasional jiggaboo down here.

Where you people come from, anyway?

I'm guessin' Finland, Norway,...with the odd drunk ass, hard dicked, nomadic eskimo passin' through ever now and then.

Finally, an anthropologist on the board.

Plenty of Irish around here too, but with all the Canadian whiskey flowing through our veins, we can claim dual citizenship.

Language warning.

I've been busy with some "other jobs" but am back to work on the skewl bus. I'll snap some pics if there is any noticeable progress made today. I was busy making venison jerky/sausage this morning.

The tires carry the weight of the machine. Slides would work as well but they would cause friction in low snow conditions. The new (about '54 & newer) ones have a longer nose and wheels can be mounted where the skis go for no snow use. These old girls have a kit but it's a very small tire. The new ones use a wheel/tire that is the same size as the rear ones.

There will be a basket made for the front as well as some other upgrades.

We are Scandinavian and Polish for the most part with a little of everything else mixed in. I stay away from the polocks when possible tho as they are trouble unless they bring me potato sausage.

Thanks to you all for taking a peek at this project.

So you boys put bigger tires on your trucks to?????

So do we. This one is tore down at the moment and getting a full-sized body with a built 473bbf under the front tin.



I've also heard of these minivans. Not much use for them but they bring decent scrap price. My mancard is still intact.



Found one more of the next snow tractor project. It was a nice 15*F day so no extra clothes needed. I rebuilt this rig once but there will be a lot more goodies added for this season



Just another day of fun in Minnesota.....




One of the reasons we do all of this.



I hope you all enjoy seeing a slice of our life up north.

Love it!

I dug up this old thread, am I missing something or did White Bear finish the rebuild on the Skewl Bus?

The bare, he working now.

I saw the bus a couple of weeks ago. Its looking good, I think he's got it on the side burner for now with excavation season starting up here in the tundra.

The Bare is deep into the dot u digging right now. That's what he told me when he hit me up on the text messages.

I had to switch gears this winter. I lined up more work than I can do this spring/summer/fall and needed to get all of my equipment ready for the season. It's been a great spring so far and not an end in sight. It's good to be turning down jobs because I'm booked solid. I'm busier than a one-legged man in an azz-kicking contest

If I get a lull this summer I may spend some time on toys but I'm guessing servicing machinery, hardfacing wear components and burning diesel will keep me 100% occupied until December or later.

My life now consists of a lot of this amongst other projects. I'm not much of a picture poster but I'll maybe toss a few on the "birth of a deer camp" thread from time-to-time.