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Kristi KT7 restoration pictures
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Careful Dave...DaveNay said:Al, are you the big brown and white one, or the one with it's butt to the camera?
We don't diss the "poobah". The wrath will come down if you do.
I just want to know more about the tractor (and why the front grill is open).
BigAl
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Al, are you the big brown and white one, or the one with it's butt to the camera?
I'm the fat one taking the picture , The brown dog is my old springer "Chip". The one showing her Ass is "Lady Bug" . She's from Panama and only barks in Spanish !
The guy sitting ,doing nothing is my "Worthless Brother" who I really appreciate coming down from Truckee to help me build the tracks . He's Great and I don't know what I would do without him .
I just want to know more about the tractor (and why the front grill is open).
Boomer ,
The tractor is a Kioti DK45 TLB that belongs to my nieghbor . We both own the same size and brand tractors ,but mine is permantely at the ranch in Idaho . My nieghbor mentioned his battery was low on charge because he never uses it so I hooked it up to my charger .
It sure has been a great tractor to own and operate and I use mine daily in Idaho . Right now it has a 70"- 2 stage snow blower hooked up to it so I can open the ranch road ,when I return home.This is my favorite past time with it :
I'm the fat one taking the picture , The brown dog is my old springer "Chip". The one showing her Ass is "Lady Bug" . She's from Panama and only barks in Spanish !
The guy sitting ,doing nothing is my "Worthless Brother" who I really appreciate coming down from Truckee to help me build the tracks . He's Great and I don't know what I would do without him .
I just want to know more about the tractor (and why the front grill is open).
Boomer ,
The tractor is a Kioti DK45 TLB that belongs to my nieghbor . We both own the same size and brand tractors ,but mine is permantely at the ranch in Idaho . My nieghbor mentioned his battery was low on charge because he never uses it so I hooked it up to my charger .
It sure has been a great tractor to own and operate and I use mine daily in Idaho . Right now it has a 70"- 2 stage snow blower hooked up to it so I can open the ranch road ,when I return home.This is my favorite past time with it :
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Evening folks 
,
Did I already mention I hate working on the tracks ??? HOLY COW !!! Without a doubt , this is the most misable job I have ever done
!!!
We got one track completed and installed today . I finished connecting the track pins together in the dark about 30 minutes ago !!
Yetti looks damn impressive with that big 28" track hung on her .
No way in hell she be going out by Monday for a ride . Maybe Tuesday or later .
Also climbed in to start the motor , then discovered that the drivers window had a crack in it !!!??? I do not know when this happened but something must have hit it . I will deal with it later after a "shake down cruise"
Here's a picture as Yetti is slid up on the one new track .
One down ...... One to go ........
,Did I already mention I hate working on the tracks ??? HOLY COW !!! Without a doubt , this is the most misable job I have ever done
!!! We got one track completed and installed today . I finished connecting the track pins together in the dark about 30 minutes ago !!
Yetti looks damn impressive with that big 28" track hung on her .
No way in hell she be going out by Monday for a ride . Maybe Tuesday or later .
Also climbed in to start the motor , then discovered that the drivers window had a crack in it !!!??? I do not know when this happened but something must have hit it . I will deal with it later after a "shake down cruise"
Here's a picture as Yetti is slid up on the one new track .
One down ...... One to go ........
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Allen,
I must say she sure is beautiful! Man what a combo that will be when shes rolling down the road behind that big Ford Rancher with matching paint. It sure will turn alot of heads! Now just one more track to go.
I must say she sure is beautiful! Man what a combo that will be when shes rolling down the road behind that big Ford Rancher with matching paint. It sure will turn alot of heads! Now just one more track to go.
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Make sure the trailer gets that special Kristi Klan Klub logo! 
Of course now we all want more pictures!
Of course now we all want more pictures!
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Well BigAl,
I just finished two pots of coffee and am finally caught up on your restore. WOW! Man I cant believe I was gone that long! Congradulations my friend. Job well done. Now we need to have Bob S. bring his snowcat out next winter for a snowcat meet up in Elk City Idaho or Ely Nevada. You my friend are about to be bitten by that snowcat bug. Once in the snow you will seek it forever!
I just finished two pots of coffee and am finally caught up on your restore. WOW! Man I cant believe I was gone that long! Congradulations my friend. Job well done. Now we need to have Bob S. bring his snowcat out next winter for a snowcat meet up in Elk City Idaho or Ely Nevada. You my friend are about to be bitten by that snowcat bug. Once in the snow you will seek it forever!
BigAl
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Snowcat Operations
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BigAl where did you get that Polar bear plate? I want one!
BigAl
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Snowcat Operations said:
Mike ,
That NWT license plate was sent to me . Its beautiful and I was also inducted into a "special snowcat club" when I recieved it from the "head honcho" in the group . It is the clubs official Seal and Emblem .There are not many members and I am honored to belong . No one can just join the group ,you have to be asked . I still am trying to figure out why they let me in
????I think it was because I raided the funds in the KKK and told the other group I had beer money . 
I'll explain more in a private PM to you .
Allen
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I have beer funds. Kinda. Sorta.
BigAl
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Evening all
,
As the last pictures show I had Yetti sitting outside in the driveway . My home here is completely fenced in wrought iron fencing with a automatic gate to keep my dogs in .
We have quite a few folks who walk this area to view my lake . As I was working on the last track .I happened to look up towards the road above the house from my shop .The big roll up doors were open . People were lined up against my fence talking about that strange looking square boxy thing in the driveway with one track on one side and 4 wheels on the other ... ?????
I thought about making up some "Smart Ass" story ,but then realized that a couple of the folks lived just a few doors down and I better be nice .
So I got to go through a whole spill with them about what it was ,how it worked and when would it be done . I felt like a tour guide at a animal park . In a since , I guess I was because ,we were talking about "Yetti".
It was 70 degrees here today . Is winter over ????
,As the last pictures show I had Yetti sitting outside in the driveway . My home here is completely fenced in wrought iron fencing with a automatic gate to keep my dogs in .
We have quite a few folks who walk this area to view my lake . As I was working on the last track .I happened to look up towards the road above the house from my shop .The big roll up doors were open . People were lined up against my fence talking about that strange looking square boxy thing in the driveway with one track on one side and 4 wheels on the other ... ?????
I thought about making up some "Smart Ass" story ,but then realized that a couple of the folks lived just a few doors down and I better be nice .
So I got to go through a whole spill with them about what it was ,how it worked and when would it be done . I felt like a tour guide at a animal park . In a since , I guess I was because ,we were talking about "Yetti".
It was 70 degrees here today . Is winter over ????
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So what you are saying is that they were looking through the bars at you. Uhmm I remember going to the zoo when I was a kid and we were uhmm on the outside looking in.
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WE GOT SNOW LAST NIGHT! We had about a foot of the nice powdery stuff come in. Maybe the Sierras got a dose?
Welll we are getting extremes here. It has been hovering between 0 and 15 degrees lately, but yesterday it was in the upper 20s and sunny. Today is supposed to get into the upper 30's, and we are supposed to go over 40 degrees for a few days. All our new snow will be gone soon.Snowcat Operations said:
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Well then It can be a mud cat!
BigAl said:
It's so cute Al! Did you want to just lie down in your shop and sleep with it last night?
I bet your wife is getting jealous from all the attention it is getting!
. Geez!!!
Vance
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Eric L said:RIGHT AWN BigAl! I'm glad to see your project is nearing completion.
I was outside this weekend (in a T-shirt) looking at my Tucker... thought about firing it up... naw, no point...NO FREAKIN' SNOW!
Eric
Al, your cat is looking great!!!
Can't wait to get it out and don't let the naysayers tell you there is no snow. You just have to go find it. There is lots of snow above about 6000 ft. Hmmm, I guess I can add a couple pics from 2 DAYS AGO... But, we still need much more...Of course - it's nothing like the snow we had in 2005 or 2006
Okay, the first 2 are Saturday Feb 17th 2007(Soda Springs) and the 3rd is 2005 and the 4th is 2006 (Soda Springs).
Vance
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Hey we got snow here in Ely! About a foot of the champagne powder! What about you Sierra guys?