Quiz for Billy

0 degrees 0 degrees, you may run into a man in a red suit

lewy2001 wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Reminds me (even earlier) of the many miles I put on my 399 TNT!! I bet it is in mint condition just like your boats Pete. Oh yeah and original to boot.

Mark,
I wish I still had it!!

Billy, does this mean are not going to field test the snow mobile crossing . . . in January?

Chuck

Pete, Billy seems to have ignored this thread.

Just got a new fuel tank for the old 377 Safari, now I have to find the time to install it. We rode it maybe once last year and I really heard about it from our daughter. She loves the thing, she's such a speed freak at 6. I think studs are still ok here in Maryland, they're permitted on road vehicles registered in our county. Of course our county is also the only one in the state where a snowmobile will actually see some regular use. I think a buddy of mine still has studs on one of his sleds.

   Most guys in Maine who ride on snow call them "studs". People who ride on ice call them "picks". I have heard many Canadians refer to them as "nails". If I'm not mistaken, the Minnesota stud ban was initiated due to damage on their paved hiking/biking trails, which we do not have in Maine. The roads up north here are so bad that you will actually do more damage to your sled, than to the road you are crossing


   Mike

We have those down here but we call them: Shuttle landing pads..


Eric you crack me up !!

XFooter wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: XFooter wrote: It's concrete so that studded tracks on snowmobiles don't rip up the asphalt... First off, it's not concrete and second I was hoping to give Billy a shot at the answer. The question was posted to his attention!!!! First off, It's hard to tell what the surface is exactly (concrete or whatever) from the picture... and second, If you didn't want comments from others why didn't you just email Billy directly?

Bill,
We are the same age so I admit that my eyes certainly aren't what they used to be but concrete doesn't have control joints every 6"!! I didn't email Billy directly because I know him better than you so I know he never checks his email!!

This was more of a quiz for the southern group but addressed to Billy because I know he's always amazed at some of the things we do up north and always gets a kick out of hearing about them.

Yes it is a snowmobile crossing. The white overlay is the same material used for the white lines on the road and the reason you can see it's layed down it stripes. I understand that the material contains quartz which is almost as hard as glass. Very resistant to both the carbide wear bars on skis and the carbide studs (Steve calls them "picks" as others do) some people run in their tracks. Without the coating, I've seen crossings worn through the top layer of asphalt in one season.

No I don't think Wisconsin got anymore fed funding than the rest of the states. It's just that they know it's cheaper to lay down the coating than to repair the asphalt every year.

Steve, I'm not a sledder. If you mean spikes, yes I believe they allow them. 05210 would know. Whatever state Pete took that photo in is obviously getting too much stimulous money.

Eric, our leaves have been falling and colors changing since July, which was just about the time it started warming up.

Bruce,

Do you guys run picks? A few years ago MN outlawed them! Until they found out no one would go there to sled it the winter anymore. The last I knew, they are legal there again.

81nautique wrote: Billy's next question...What's a snowmobile???

Alan,

Billy has seen my sled when he was at our house a year or so ago. I told him he needs to come up in the winter... nothing like a 120mph pass when its zero degrees out! To date, Billy has declined all invitations....hmmmmm?

XFooter,
I think Petes idea was to have a southerner guess.... A lot of us sledders know exactly what it is... Thats why I had put the "stud" and "pick" hints in a couple of my earlier posts.

BTW, Pete, I thought it was concrete, what material is it made of?

It's a heavy duty pad so that heavy equipment can cross the road. Or maybe a duck crossing.

i really thought it had something to do with those cheese fed gals up there in the north, just like you see the no H/C on the freeway....i thought that stood for no heavy chicks, but then someone told me it meant no hazardous chemicals

It could have been that parking for the lake was across the road and that was put there so barefooted people wouldn't burn their feet crossing on the hot pavement.