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z71MudDog Enthusiast

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there ain sh** here in cal.in gets down an below freezing icy roads at the most but this sucks

sw6416 Enthusiast

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As an avid snowmoobiler/amateur ice fisherman this winter sucks. I have not put 1 mile on my sled. It has been nice keeping the truck clean all winter but dang I am bored. Anybody else bothered by the lack of winter, or am I the only one?

 

 

As an avid boater here in North Alabama ...... I am ready for a early spring sorry you guys haven't gottenama much good sled weather up north this winter. As to your question am I bothered by the lack of winter? No ....Makes my powerbill lower, mild temp means very little use for my home HVAC unit. However it has been a very weird winter here as a matter of fact tornadoes have played havoc on N Alabama the last two years and expecting bad weather tonight and tomorrow. Hopefully you will get some snow before spring! If not look me up will be glad to take you out and show yu the lake !

ChevyTech77 Senior Enthusiast

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Good dumping happening right now but it's all of 100 miles south of where I really need it. Oh well, getting to the cabin to ride tomorrow should be fun tonight with all this snow that's falling between here and there.

 

sw6416 - Sorry dude, I can't live without winter. Without winter I become a very ornery and grumpy person, just ask my GF. LOL. I do like to boat and jet ski in the summer and if everything works out the right way this spring, I'll officially be a first time boat owner. I do thank you for the invite though and although my GF would LOVE the heat down there, I'd be one miserable person unless I was living on the lake all summer. :cheers:

Portdriver Enthusiast

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Almost dropped $5000 on a new Western plow. I'm sure glad I didn't. Maybe there will be a few deals on slighty used plows in a few weeks!

SilverBulletSS Enthusiast

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Almost dropped $5000 on a new Western plow. I'm sure glad I didn't. Maybe there will be a few deals on slighty used plows in a few weeks!

 

 

LOL i actually bought a plow truck in september, after last years storm in Chicago I was ready, the darn thing has been used 3 times. Yesterday being the 3rd, luckily I only paid $1900 for the truck with the Western plow on it! You would figure, it's Chicago, it snows like crazy, well not this year.....

SierraJoe1110 Enthusiast

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haha I have to admit that Rush is a dream for now... I am hopin with the lame winter this year there will be some sweet low mileage deals hangin around because people are mad about no snow. I have 97 Indy 500 right now, hopefully up grading soon.

wurgs Senior Enthusiast

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Crap. We are actually gonna have a winter up here after all. We just got about 4-5" today and blizzard watch out for Tuesday and Wednesday.

ChevyTech77 Senior Enthusiast

ChevyTech77

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Ended up with not only 12" fresh at my cabin up north but some of, if not the best, riding conditions all year up there. Had a Cat (no big surprise there lol) break down on us and cut the riding short by about an hour late Saturday afternoon and no riding yesterday but otherwise a great day of riding for once and all within 100 mile of home instead of 300.

GPGuy Senior Enthusiast

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There's no snow or rain here in Northstate because I bought a vehicle to handle it. Last year we had 140% of normal nearby, but we couldn't avail ourselves of it because I was driving the 'Vette then. Figures......

 

The first year I owned an AWD vehicle we hardly got any snow at all that year! Made up for it the next year though. :thumbs:

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