From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 9/23/2025 4:25 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Snag"  wrote in message news:10aunec$35jtf$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   >> My creeper doesn't work well on gravel ...   
   >   
   > Hmmm, a creeper on tracks ...   
   >   
   > Segway had some snowblower tracks to play with, but no one did.   
   >   
   > I had a yard sale choice between a wheeled and a tracked snowblower,   
   > either for $100, neither running well. The tracked machine was   
   > considerably harder to maneuver on grass so I took the wheeled one and   
   > fixed the relatively little that was wrong with it, mostly replacement   
   > of worn parts. Apparently tracks are better on gravel, wheels with   
   > chains on icy pavement.   
   >   
   > In August I rode in a WW2 half track at a tank museum event. They had a   
   > dirt track loop in the woods suited to motocross and zipped around it as   
   > fast as the driver dared, like a roller coaster but without seatbelts.   
   >   
      One of my neighbors has one of those 6 wheel drive side by side ATV's   
   and he's bugshit crazy with it . I've been on 45° slope with him , the   
   only thing keeping us "upright" was centripetal force .   
      Speaking of machines that need a little work , my neighbor has gifted   
   me a 2007 Arctic Cat 650 4 wheeler . Runs but not well and needs a new   
   battery , pulls hard to the right - likely a hung brake caliper - and   
   could use new tires but I ain't complaining . He has decided he doesn't   
   want to mess with all the little problems . I'm turning into a home for   
   busted machinery ... every piece of my yard equipment came to me either   
   broken or needing worn parts replaced . Exceptions are a chainsaw and   
   line trimmer that were bought new . That's OK though , I rather enjoy   
   bringing old machines back into use .   
      Speaking of which , I've got most of the problems on my "new to me"   
   Yanmar tractor sorted out . Lucky for me the electrical system hasn't   
   been molested very much , I still have to track down why the overheat   
   light has no power and I'm rewiring the intake preheat device for manual   
   control . Most expensive so far has been replacing all the bearings and   
   seals in the front axle knuckles . Replacing the throwout bearing is the   
   only "big" thing left , and it's not so bad yet that it can't wait .   
   --   
   Snag   
   We live in a time where intelligent people   
   are being silenced so that   
   stupid people won't be offended.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)