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Yep, This was taken about 2 miles up the road, not quite to the East fork Area. I may be able to do this again next week if the overnight temps drop enough.
 
Cool! Never heard the term isothermic but understand it now. At least you still have white stuff. Mine is all gone except deep in the shadows.
 
81" still at our cabin in the Medicine Lake Highlands, CA.
 

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BoyToys said:
Holy crap Batman! A boat load of snow left. And I was happy with a little over 3 feet this winter.
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Our Community won't be able to drive in til end of June this year. Sometimes we can open Memorial Day weekend at earliest. We do have over 250 miles of groomed trail with 4 warming huts to access during winter.
 

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Snow depth update for May 11:
..........ain't none.......sorry.
Time for playing with the carb, maybe a wash and wax, hooking a chain hoist up to a tree so I can more easily remove the blade as needed, maybe squirt some grease into the wheel bearings, fix my emergency bubble that stopped working, etc.
 
A taste of white stuff on the way. Just a reminder to do any last minute wrenching on our machines.
With that said, it probably won't really snow until January...but who knows what's in store?

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Still waiting. Huge dump the other day. Took the Imp down the dirt road to do a preseason shakedown. Just not quite the same as when things are white
 

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Temps in the 30s to the 50s (F) here.

No sign of snow.

I'm jealous.

I know YELLOWSTONE is getting snow. So one would assume that good bits of the Upper Northwest are enjoying fluffy white stuff.
 
MontanaTweak said:
1500 is my dream cat. Light, simple design. Does it move snow reasonably well?
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It moves snow well enough in the sense that you’re not “plowing” the snow, but typically just moving it from one side to the other to make a level road. The limitation to moving snow (at least Colorado snow) is not power, but the small blade. I’m going to install a powder basket on the top of mine to hold more snow and keep it from spilling over onto the hydraulic hoses. It is an engine driven hydraulic pump, and the controls are rather slow and you’ve got to plan ahead when you need to re-position the blade. That’s my biggest pet peeve is the slow controls.
 
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It moves snow well enough in the sense that you’re not “plowing” the snow, but typically just moving it from one side to the other to make a level road. The limitation to moving snow (at least Colorado snow) is not power, but the small blade. I’m going to install a powder basket on the top of mine to hold more snow and keep it from spilling over onto the hydraulic hoses. It is an engine driven hydraulic pump, and the controls are rather slow and you’ve got to plan ahead when you need to re-position the blade. That’s my biggest pet peeve is the slow controls.
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That's a perfect description and fits my experience with my 1404 Imp. Great for leveling things out but not so great for scraping/plowing snow down to the dirt. It just isn't heavy enough or strong enough to push a lot of snow or to keep the blade (or the whole machine) from riding up and creating whoopty-doos. At times I find it best to do a final pass in reverse to smooth out where I've plowed.

So now.....if it would just get with the program and snow!
 
I would say in general, snowcats are not designed to be snow plows, nor do they need to be. They just need to create a level surface to drive on, which only involves moving around the uppermost layer of the snowpack. The only exception would be ski area cats that are designed to doze huge amounts of material.
 
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They just need to create a level surface to drive on, which only involves moving around the uppermost layer of the snowpack.
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I have yet to drive sideways across a steep hillside where a level surface would be nice. I think it would scare the crap out of me always having crank the steering to keep from sliding down. I only use the blade to keep about 100 feet of my driveway and turnaround somewhat clear to get my 4X4 off the road. If I stay with it each visit it's usually not much more than a foot or less of white stuff.
 
My 2000lb home built cat is limited by weight, not power. Put the blade in at angle and after enough snow loads up the blade ultimately the leverage of the blade willl turn the cat. I imagine even a 4,000lb-5,000lb LMC 1500 would do the same in heavy skanky snow.
 
Atmospheric river on the way in the PNW (amazing how rivers are no longer just terrestrial). Should get a couple feet of white in the higher elevations but probably not at my 3600' Imp stomping grounds.
 
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