labradorshooter
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Hello all my name is Joey, I'm a Canadian from Labrador that spends a fair bit of time in the woods, hunting, camping , fishing and target shooting ( hence my username) and when I'm not in the woods I'm in my garage building something. I have been reading on this site for a few years now and I actually was planning to build a snowcat this winter after I finish my 1975 cummins powered F250 flatbed build. but I ended up picking up this 1989 BR100+ for cheaper then I could build a cat. originally it was bought by the hydroelectric company in my province, CFLco , they used it to travel the powerline during our long cold winters. but with age and the fact they use helicopters now ment the BR went up on auction, a few years later here we are with it on my lawn.
overall it was in good shape when I got it with just shy of 1700 hrs, previous owner who only had it for the summer did most of the work including foam filling the two front tires and two rear most tires, new ring gear, new starter, some bodywork which I redid, new seals and bearings in all wheels, new side axle seals and a new battery.
what I did was cut off the hacked up bumper and plow someone welded on, change the faulty new starter which was under warranty, redid the bodywork that was already done plus some more, painted it, fixed the mixed up trans and diff cooler lines from when the engine was pulled to change the ring gear ( PO had a line from each going to both coolers which resulted in the trans pumping all its oil into the diff) changed the headlights to halogen, added a 20" led light to the front, two 4" led lights on the back, a 2" receiver hitch tube, new beacon light hardwired in , new backup alarm, and I cleaned up some wiring and done some other tune up's / odds and ends.
body filler was all cracked up, grinded it back to good adhesion and refilled.
I hate these battery terminals so I soldered on a real one.
hitch welded on.
added in the beacon light switch and the unmarked switch is for the LED work lights.
new LED beacon and the antenna for the stereo.
reassembled and the black repainted.
you can see the front light bar here.
out for a test ride.
you can see the two rear facing 4" ligths on the roof.
overall it was in good shape when I got it with just shy of 1700 hrs, previous owner who only had it for the summer did most of the work including foam filling the two front tires and two rear most tires, new ring gear, new starter, some bodywork which I redid, new seals and bearings in all wheels, new side axle seals and a new battery.
what I did was cut off the hacked up bumper and plow someone welded on, change the faulty new starter which was under warranty, redid the bodywork that was already done plus some more, painted it, fixed the mixed up trans and diff cooler lines from when the engine was pulled to change the ring gear ( PO had a line from each going to both coolers which resulted in the trans pumping all its oil into the diff) changed the headlights to halogen, added a 20" led light to the front, two 4" led lights on the back, a 2" receiver hitch tube, new beacon light hardwired in , new backup alarm, and I cleaned up some wiring and done some other tune up's / odds and ends.
body filler was all cracked up, grinded it back to good adhesion and refilled.
I hate these battery terminals so I soldered on a real one.
hitch welded on.
added in the beacon light switch and the unmarked switch is for the LED work lights.
new LED beacon and the antenna for the stereo.
reassembled and the black repainted.
you can see the front light bar here.
out for a test ride.
you can see the two rear facing 4" ligths on the roof.