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We hit 40* here today but they are talking more snow on the way.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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A balmy, calm 28F here and an inch or two of fresh snow.
Just got in from checking heifers, one new baby and another just started calving. Sleep is over-rated....
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Got near 80 here yesterday.
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Currently 70F here. May go fishing if it doesn't rain. Sorry guys, hope your days get better soon.
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Took 30 minuets of rocking back and forth to get the tractor unstuck this morning....in the hay lot.
I will have to move more snow with the D8 before we can get to the other stack.
This little warm up has been a bitch! 3 to 4 feet of snow in places that is now slippery and starting to settle.
Awful glad you have some better weather for calving heifers right now Sam!
Snowmobile update.......
After I got the tractor unstuck I decided to take the sled for a little spin down the road. No sense having the tractor unavailable while I get the snowmobile stuck you know.....
Nice little ride down the road, 20 to 25 MPH.......pleasant. Decided to goose the throttle a bit and flipping near fell off the damn thing! In a straight line.
So I decided to come home and sit in the corner a while. Thought I might take a short cut across the little field in front of the house.
I have to pick a spot through the dozer piles so I reverse a bit. Accidentally pinned the throttle and cranked the handle bars to full lock.
Promptly flipped the machine on its side and fell off. Banged my knee off something on the way down.
Richard boy yells out and starts running down the road to help me. He was watching the whole thing.
Thinks I am on fire because of all the smoke. I was worried a bit too.
Got the machine right side up and drove it home...skipping the short cut.
It turns out that riding a Polaris Colt 250 back in high school in no way shape or form qualifies you to ride a Artic Cat 1050cc machine twenty years later. Things a frigging death trap!
I am MAGA.
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I am MAGA.
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Be Careful!
We like having you around here!
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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I have partially redemed myself........ a little bit.
About a dozen heifers had followed the emergency road and gotten into the hay lot.
Same place I got a tractor stuck earlier!
I whipped up there with my snowmobile and chased em out. Didnt get stuck, fall over, or set myself on fire once.
Several lessons learned in the past day and a half. Lean into the turns and dont stop!
I am MAGA.
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How fast does the speedometer go up to on that machine?
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I dont know....its a digital read out.
Its supposed to be a "utility" sled.
No way in hell do I ever want to be around a "mountain" or hot rod sled.
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I dont know....its a digital read out.
Its supposed to be a "utility" sled.
No way in hell do I ever want to be around a "mountain" or hot rod sled. A few years ago I had my Rancher ATV in the shop for maintenance. Was looking at a few snow machines on the showroom floor with analog speedo's... They read 140 to 160 MPH! 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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I bet mine does not go that fast......put it sure as hell got from 20 to 60 much quicker than I was ready for.
Like half the time it takes to snap your fingers.
Technology has sure passed ole Jim by.
I feel like I rode my horse to town to see an automobile for the first time.
I am MAGA.
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 I went to the Bahamas a few years ago. Rented one of those big, powerful wave runners. Went out in the bay and jumped the waves for a couple hours! That thing was big and powerful! Fun as hell!!.... Until I went to get out of bed the next morning!  I was sore, and hurt all over! Damn! Let us know how you feel about things in the morning... 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Jim, I might be slightly jealous of your new lunker doobie sled but I'm not jealous of all that snow, makes even the most remedial jobs a pain in the ass! Like Barry said, be careful on that thing... I wonder how bad the Milk is gonna flood this Spring? Guess it depends on how quick it warms up but sure as hell sounds like the potential for some (major)flooding. This little warm up has been a bitch! 3 to 4 feet of snow in places that is now slippery and starting to settle.
Awful glad you have some better weather for calving heifers right now Sam!
I was pretty nervous a week ten days ago but fingers crossed that this gradual warm up is here to stay. Just about perfect now, 15-20F at night, highs in the 30's, uber temps..... 8 heifers have calved so far and we haven't had to pull one yet. Perfect sized calves and the heifers have all been great mothers...knocking on wood as we just started... But my dad has those heifers lookin' prime, they are in about ideal shape and that makes life easier all the way around. Happy cows make good momma's.... Not nearly as exciting as a new snowmobile but management appears to be happy with the upgrade. I named it Lil Sweet(after the mini Dr Pepper man)... ![[Linked Image]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/A%202018/IMG_3858.jpg)
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No, we just took it off, probably keep it.
According to my dad it will reach up and get full size round bales off the top of the stack.
But it's tippy...
(1600lb bales)
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I have partially redemed myself........ a little bit.
About a dozen heifers had followed the emergency road and gotten into the hay lot.
Same place I got a tractor stuck earlier!
I whipped up there with my snowmobile and chased em out. Didnt get stuck, fall over, or set myself on fire once.
Several lessons learned in the past day and a half. Lean into the turns and dont stop! I haven’t followed all your snowmobile adventures yet, but this post cracked me up. LOL
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It turns out that riding a Polaris Colt 250 back in high school in no way shape or form qualifies you to ride a Artic Cat 1050cc machine twenty years later. Things a frigging death trap!
LOL I thought the same exact thing when I bought a 700 RMK. Fricken thing hauled some serious ass! But once I got used to it, it was FUN as hell!
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Jim, in case you were wondering how to stop if the throttle freezes wide open. ![[Linked Image]](https://s14.postimg.org/w9evs6o6p/IMG_1091.png)
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I retired from the Johns Manville asbestos pop tart factory in ‘59, and still never made the connection.—-Slumlord
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In Jim’s neighborhood he’d probably run out of gas before he found a tree.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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