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just went and had a little fun last night...the snow is gettin there, it never really snows lots here till mid-feb i find. last year this is about the time we started to actually get a couple feet on the ground. first time i really tried the 33x12.5 dick cepek FC 2's in the snow. i was really impressed actually, they did really good. snow isnt that deep yet, give it a month ill go out again then we will see how they do. i was still hittin dirt if i spun down still. but they seemed to clear good. anyways dont mind the pics from a cell phone :rollin: ....

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this one is a little further down the road...i was plowin with the front end ahaha...you can see it looks like the pumpkin was draggin about 6 inches. after the snow was chopped off from the bumper ahaha...

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last one...the truck was really feelin laggy was wonderin what the hell was goin on. so i rammed it back a little to discover i was plowin about a foot of snow with the bumper. ahaha. so i took a pic of the snow i was pushin along. then continued my journey. i got stuck later one but my phone died. couldnt take a pic :rollin: . good thing i carry enough recovery gear in my truck to pull a tractor trailer out. or i would been WALKIN. :lol:

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it is :rollin: but its hard on the tranny...it gets pretty warm after awhile. cuz you gotta really give it gas and ur spinnin like a mother F'er to go like walkin speed. no air hittin the cooler. i almost had it in the red a couple times ahaha... :lol: good ol' 4 speed. ive beat the SNOT out of that thing. it still wont slip and the oil is always good. cant kill it.

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I want some snow like that to play in :rollin:

 

 

just move to northern alberta. lots of white stuff lol. even my home town Thunder Bay Ontario. almost at the manitoba border, like 4-5 hours to Duluth Minnesota across the border. theirs lots of snow there too right now.

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I did the same thing but in deeper snow and my transmission makes a bad whinding noise shifting out of 1st gear now. changed the fluid and filter and it still makes the noise

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i went and played around in some the other day to check out the new lift. cant really go anywhere with out to be sure of getting stuck haha. basically everywhere comes up to your waist

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ya it snowed a whole wack more here the other day too. dont know how much is on the ground...not as much but almost i bet. im not doin that again this winter, got stuck pretty bad....was alot of work. man one time a few years ago just south of ft. mac. i got stuck out on a lake, took me 8 hours to get out and a burnt tranny lol. was 4 feet of snow and like a foot of slush underneath. i decided to take a little de-tour off the ice road ahhaa. bad idea...i got pulled out by a duallie and another 3/4 ton hooked together. i gave up started walkin, luckily a guy pulled over to offer help and he had a buddy not far behind i wish i had pics of that it was pretty bad lol.

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good thing i carry enough recovery gear in my truck to pull a tractor trailer out. or i would been WALKIN. :lol:

Nice pics, need more lighting. My recovery gear for this is a shovel and a toboggan.

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