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  1. Luke The Drifter

    Fire Season 2023

    Drove up to little smoky and back yesterday. Fairly clear going up, on the way back was another story. Massive smoke clouds on the east side of 43 just north of Fox Creek on the way back. Didn’t look too far off the highway either. Scary stuff for sure. Stay safe everyone. Sent from my iPhone...
  2. Luke The Drifter

    Fire Season 2023

    Just to the south of us there’s several subdivisions that have been evacuated. Not very far from my place (roughly 10k). Hopefully the wind calms down and they can get it under control. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. Luke The Drifter

    Oil Change issues

    Bingo, between lack of training and lack of pride in workmanship, there's bound to be screwups regularly. That and some people just aren't cut out to work on vehicles. I took my 2022 duramax into the dealer for its first oil change recently (Dealer "throws in" 2 free oil changes when you buy a...
  4. Luke The Drifter

    McBride and Valemount - Sledder numbers down

    Given the way most guys finance everything in their lives these days, I'd suspect a good majority are collecting visa points steady.
  5. Luke The Drifter

    McBride and Valemount - Sledder numbers down

    I'm on a pause for sledding, the cost increases on everything plus a young family make it nearly impossible to do. Sold my T3 a while back, and while I would love a new G5, the $24K tag plus $1000+/weekend riding is a no go for me. It sucks but the days of 10K sleds and cheap...
  6. Luke The Drifter

    Catalyst Cat Chassis

    MSRP to MSRP, for $300 more you can get a NA 850 Summit X 154 3" with shot. I know which sled I'd be buying just out of sheer value...
  7. Luke The Drifter

    Starlink

    I've been running Starlink for our shop/office for the last month or so. Super impressed with the download and upload speeds compared to Xplornet. Went from 10MBps download to 130Mbps. Unreal. And cheaper per month too.
  8. Luke The Drifter

    Emergency Alerts

    Enlighten me Q.
  9. Luke The Drifter

    Emergency Alerts

    Remember when Hawaii got an emergency alert for a inbound ICBM that turned out to be a false alarm because someone hit the wrong button? Scary to think it happened and with the world going the way it is, it could be a reality, yikes. $5 says the person that sent out that alert got a promotion...
  10. Luke The Drifter

    the last time my skidoo was towed off the mountain

    Never had to tow my sled off the mountain but I did have a buddy grenade the diamond drive on his M8 way back in Allen a number of years ago. We towed it as far as we could but the snow and hills were so packed and icy he ended up having it choppered off the next day. Some dickhead decided to...
  11. Luke The Drifter

    Truck Market?

    For $170K, I think I'd rather have a new Z06, but that's just me.
  12. Luke The Drifter

    Muskoka Freerider

    Looks like the riding at Revy is all time right now. Damn I miss sledding!
  13. Luke The Drifter

    Ski-Doo 2024

    Time for someone to scan and 3D print one...
  14. Luke The Drifter

    Ski-Doo 2024

    Some sort of feature that makes your 2023 just ever so slightly obsolete and is not retrofittable.
  15. Luke The Drifter

    December House Sales Down 39% YoY, average sale price down 12% YoY

    How many people out there are sweating bullets to make their mortgage payment after all the rate hikes? A lot of people were overextended when rates were low.... I saw the writing on the wall when it came time to renew my mortgage in the fall of 2021. My banker asked me what I wanted to do, I...
  16. Luke The Drifter

    Used sled prices

    Wild. I've seen a few 20.5 turbos with 2-3000km for $14-16k lately.
  17. Luke The Drifter

    Farmer talk

    Not far off Finning or SMS numbers. Isn’t JD in a lawsuit over a “right to repair”? They make their equipment so proprietary that only the dealer can repair them (on the electronic side) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Farmer talk

    As an construction equipment guy, I’ve never understood why the ag manufacturers insist on making their gear painful to work on for large repairs. It’s neat to see someone taking the mining equipment mentality and applying it in other industries. Keep it relatively simple with the ability to...
  19. Luke The Drifter

    Very weird problem.

    Ditto. My dad had an 01 Mountain Cat 600EFI that started doing exactly this. Would run, then die, wouldn't start unless fuel was dumped down the cylinders. Ended up being something in the stator was intermittently failing even though it tested good by service manual specs. We pulled our...
  20. Luke The Drifter

    Mexico Violence

    My one contract mechanic I have working for me is supposed to be going to cancun on Wednesday. He’s not so sure he wants to go there now. I told him I can turn the heat up in the shop and hire a miriachi band if he wants to stay home[emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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