Icehouse
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Were just sitting in a holding pattern, can't figure out what to do, snow, rain or shine.
Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?
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Not really a bad day today, overcast with sun trying to peek through, just at the freeze thaw mark and no new snow falling so I will take it ,thank you...LOL
bikemike
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It sure warmed up. It's -2 now
T-shirt weather here , +14 F ! LOL Plus that 25mph wind keeps ya cool too !
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Definitely winter here too......starting to build a couple toboggans......both will be two feet longer than this one I built 18 yrs ago.....my personal sled....to be shared of course...but I've run it solo too...laying down......woot woot!!!!
Icehouse
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Ewe're way to talented
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LOL!!! This is just for fun........actually the very first of these I built was for my daughter when she was three......the rest kinda followed.....hers was exactly the same width but only 3' long....
That just plain looks fast ! And very well built !
Friend of mine had one that looked close to that . Two of us at his grand parents rode it down a long steep hill , just had to bail off before we hit the little creek at the bottom . LOL That sled took a beating but never broke .
We did hit that creek once , talk bout wet and cold !! End of that days riding . LOL Think we were right round 10 yrs old. LOL
Friend of mine had one that looked close to that . Two of us at his grand parents rode it down a long steep hill , just had to bail off before we hit the little creek at the bottom . LOL That sled took a beating but never broke .
We did hit that creek once , talk bout wet and cold !! End of that days riding . LOL Think we were right round 10 yrs old. LOL
High speed slug lol
During our sledding years there were many crackups. There would be twenty - 30 kids and even older guys n girls at a time, mostly evenings but all day on weekends. Was a very popular pass time back then. Every type of sliding device ya could think of being used, not much plastic back then but aluminum flying saucers, car engine bonnets, store bought sleighs n toboggans, both wood and aluminum and of course the creme de la creme, hand built sleighs n toboggans. Was right behind one aluminum toboggan that had 5 riders on it hit an apple tree, folded like an accordian and all riders tossed about, lucky none hit the tree. One bunch on another wood toboggan hit the corner of the barn, splinters resulted and a lot of cuts n bruises but the very worst crash was when a couple bigger doofs hauled a horse drawn riding sleigh to the top of the hill, 8 kids piled on and no one gave a thought how to steer or stop it, seen them flying down the hill and straight into a 8 " dia spruce tree that lined the driveway. This tree had no branches from the ground up 10' or so and the sleigh hit dead center the foot curl or dashboard. All aboard it went flying, colliding with bystanders, other trees, each other and of course hitting the frozen rock hard rutted driveway. Much wailing, crying, screaming, moaning n groaning ensued but luckily all hands were able to walk, no broken bones but plenty of road rash, cuts, bruising etc. That`s just some of the most serious crashes that happened at our place, no broken bones I know of but my brother broke his forearm at a friends place coasting a 40`s era Pontiac engine bonnet into a tree.
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Yep I'm gonna say old car hoods (bonnets) were some of the most frequent injury type sleds....I know three people that lost fingers hanging onto those...
Definitely not a safe rig but were plentiful and free so many got used.
Coming from an area with without many large hills , we used a VW bug , a rope and one of them large grain shovel .... We all survived lol
bikemike
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Back in the days we were build tough played hard and knew who was where by the bikes in the yard. Now it computers phones tv games. Go to the doc for a scratch or bruises.
The guy I just worked over his saws had a big farm , pasture fields and lots of hills . Old 70 something Chevy 4x4 long rope and a dump truck hood , pasture was full of cows and frozen cow patties ! Not sure just how fast we would go , but felt like 60 mph ! LOL He was driving , his truck so he was the only one allowed to drive . He would try his best to throw us off that hood ! And did many times whipping that thing around ! That big ol hood would fly past the truck at times , then off we went rolling across froze cow **** ! That would hurt too ! Could always count on finding a few NOT froze ! LOL Be covered in cow crap bruised scratched all over , but laughing our azzes off . LOL Some how none of us broke anything or lost any parts . LOL That big ol hood helped I would guess , had the front edge a good 6 - 8 inches shaped just like a toboggan . Truck laid out in that field long as I can member , been there a long time before we took the hood off , bed had holes rusted clear through . LOL Just bout bet its stihl there ! LOL
Yep , did that too . LOL Problem was friction !! SOB would burn yer azz quick ! LOL
Nother one we tried only a couple times . Streets in town got real slick quick . Get our dress shoes on , grab the bumper to see how far we could get . Get moving fast , least till ya hit a not so slick spot ! Not one of our better ideas ! Real wonder we lived through that **** ! I was 15 or 16 , no license yet . LOL
Nother fun time I had my second car . 67 Chevelle with close to bald L 60s on the back . LOL Wheel wells had been cut out for dirt track racing . Road legal when I got it . LOL Some how I got all over in the snow with that thing ? Me and a buddy was out cruising around in the fresh snow . Happen to see the gate was open to the football field at the school . In my best red neck I said watch this , even before I knew I was a red neck . LOL Hit the field doing bout 30 mph , we did donuts all over that field ! LOL Just so thankful we didn't get stuck ! But damn that was fun ! LOL
Sure sucks that buddy only made it to 41 , heart attack got him . Same damn day the hospital sent him home ! I was 40 then , one of my best friends growing up . He was with me when I put that ferd truck over a very steep bank at the clay pits close to here . Jacked up 4x4 with 38 ground hog tires they called them , look like tractor tires . LOL 80 or 81 , truck was a 79 . Went down one damn near cliff then up over another one just like a ramp . Hit hard nuff it bent a front axle , but worst thing was the battery got loose and caught fire under the hood . Seen smoke coming out of the dash , we jumped out and ran ! LOL Stoved up fer a few days , but not really hurt . Funny part was my buddy was on the floor board saying WTF ! Happened very fast !! Got back up to the road , he walked back down the road to a house . Time fire truck got there the front tires were burning ! That be a lot of rubber to burn ! Fire dept said they had 200' of hose out to get there .
One other thing I stihl can't see how it happen , was his glasses only had one ear piece left and stihl on his face ? LOL How is that even possible ? LOL
Sure miss him , we shared a lot of great times , and not so good times .
Windy azz Slug tonight ! LOL
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John you are showing your age talking about Ground Hawg tires. I said something to someone about them the other day. They would move some dirt in a hurry either making forward movement or stuck quick!
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