So, the girlfriend, (who initially said there was no way she was going out in this contraption into the wilderness) has decided she’s game to go... as long as she doesn’t have to ride in the back. It took me a while measuring seats at junk yards, but a dodge caravan second row 2/3 seat measures 42 inches without the armrest, and has a pillar to mount the controls on. This also required a tractor throttle, because I have to be on the clutch side to drive, but we got it mounted and running.
It’s a bit wide on the trailer, but to be fair, that’s not a full width trailer either.
So, we met some co workers and their kids, and my girlfriend and kids, and headed to Skate Creek snopark. Gate was locked, so we headed up the nearest logging road until I couldn’t drive with the trailer.
The road was clear for a mile or so, but not as far as I wanted to go.
Turning around to push a tree out of the way, I blew another hydraulic line. This time an auxiliary line out the back. But, it took me hiking back to the truck for another gallon of fluid to get us out of there.
At least the kids had fun in the snow!
And the little boys were crawling around in the snow afterwards saying, “I’m a snowcat!”
All in all, not a bad day at all.
That said, if I want to clean this up, and simplify, do I just run the non-priority line back to the tank from the splitter?
I’m not going to use the ports in the back, and I don’t really want to replace 20 hoses I don’t need.