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Very glad you liked it! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Cheers!

Oh I know. I am very mechanically inclined. But this truck will not idle when cold. I have rebuilt and tuned the carb several times. The only way it will stay running is if you clear it out. Then it will idle and warm up. Truck doesn’t owe me anything anymore so if I have to swap an engine I will.

Aww thank you so much!

In normal shop videos I don’t typically use music. But in this video I like it.

It was pretty cool. Thank you sir!

I made all of it myself. It wasn’t a kit. I built a hydraulic scissor lift.

Thank you!

I believe the belting is 3-330. I was told it’s low temp. The place I bought it sellers the same for real snowcats. Tracks will be about 20” wide and grousers are going to be 1” sq tube with 3/8” wear bars on the bottom. I plan on doing a drop center grouser design. It better suits the amount of snow we get. I think the grousers will me made out of three pieces. The sq tube main part. The wear bars then the wheel guides. My wheel guides need to be a bit taller due to the turf tires I am using. More Argo style. Should be getting into the track fabrication soon. But I keep saying that about everything. Work on the car has slowed because I am tackling some outside projects.

Haha probably. He was such a goofy and affectionate bird

Adorable swallow, did he fly away?

He did!

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He is just an amazing bird. Wildly affectionate

Not at all. He came back in for the night. I guess it’s a soft release lol

Thanks. He is super goofy and affectionate

He hung around all day and came back in the house. We will work on a soft release I guess!

Hahaha sure seems like it hahaha

It is a Barn Swallow. I got it as a rescue about 9 days ago. It’s an early fledgling. Likely pushed out of the nest. But one couldn’t be found near by. Goofiest bird I have helped out.

@CenterLineDesigns Cool! I've saved 3 screech owls that I picked up off the roads at night. They fly into headlights catching bugs.Fed and watered them for three days. Good job!

Nice work! Birds have a way of finding me. Two years ago we helped a kestrel aka sparrow hawk. I thinks I have some shorts on it. I just love seeing when they just let you help and trust you

Not at all. Silly bugger has been outside all day just hanging out and flying around. He comes up to me mid flight and hovers and is like “hey look at me, I am doing it!”. I guess it’s a slow transition.

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Thanks man!!

Yea possibly! When I talked with the guy selling he said just the corners but hey when had more support hurt right! Cheers! From the UK?

Yes for sure that would help a bunch! I figure I’ll be building a new box soon.

Thank you Lloyd. Means a lot I needed that today. Thank you!

They have tilt deck trailers for that. They off load themselves. Back in and drop it off. Very simple.

Hydraulics are good. Suspension well she sits on bump stops the whole time…. The tires are basically the suspension haha

Hey thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to comment! I have been trying to build the channel over the last year and a half. We have a cool snowcat build ongoing and couple other projects coming up. Most videos will be of some sort of fabrication but every now and again we get out of the shop. At this time I don’t have any plans. This was sort of a wing it build. There are much better ways of building a rocket stove using tubing that is much less work. But I used this as a project to brush up on my SS TIG welding. But in the future I will keep that in mind to possible make plans if the project lends its self well to it. Hey it’s never too late to learn something new! I love looking at a pile of material and just thinking I can make that into anything… I hope to teach and entertain in my videos. Thanks again! Stay in touch!

That was a left over chunk from a friend that came from a controls project quite a while ago.. It’s generally ordered from a cable supplier like anixeter. Not something really available to retail. It actually a 20 conductor and a separate 6 conductor.

Thank you! Neither can I! Lol. We should be starting in the next few weeks hopefully! Right now putting some time in another project outdoors than will have videos! Shhh lol

You bet buddy. I have gotten something similar that I’ll use in areas it’s just not quite done to wrap up. That nice stuff eh. Cheers

You bet. However I did round the edges very nicely and the cable has a thick jacket on it. In most areas there isn’t enough room to fit anything else and the cables are secured well. So I don’t see there being an issue.

@@CenterLineDesigns I have seen secured wires wear through on dull edges in semi trucks

I want to do an aluminum roof. I actually would have had it done but I mis ordered months ago. But leaving it had been nice to work on the interior. I think now I may actually do thicker aluminum like 1/8” to support more weight. But to be honest I haven’t decided. It will however have an escape hatch. Good question Kevin. Thanks!

Ouuu I haven’t talked about that and no one has asked! So good catch! What my plan is if it works out and proves worthy I think I want to put a custom wrap on it. I have also thought about coating it in bed liner (grey) but I am afraid if I ever need to weld on it that any coating will stop that from happening. Near term bare aluminum is how it will be. What do you think about a nice vinyl wrap? As far as colours go I have no idea. Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you as always Stephen. As a matter of fact it is on the list of additional things to go in when it’s up and running! But good catch!!! I haven’t talked about that one!

Thanks

Thank you!!

I think so too. I have my concerns about the strength of the laminations but from what I read nylon has a very high bond strength between layers and you can print functional sprockets. So time will tell

So I wanted the third door on the drivers side because a lot of the time it will just me and cargo/tools. So it just makes sense for ease. That’s also why I am hinging it on the passenger side. I hope this will be a hard working and reliable rig. Time will tell and I am sure I will make changes along the way as I am prototyping some ideas. That is kind of the fun of it. See what works.

You are right. That would be a smarter thing to do. I’ll see what room we are dealing with. Something so obvious but just hiding in plane sight. Thank you!! I have several changes thanks to the help of others!

It’s a really cool and exciting build. I don’t believe I’ve heard you talk about CoG and CoB before, and that’s gonna be pretty important for safety. Breaking through ice and floating right side up is safe. Breaking through the ice and flipping on the side or upside down could be lethal.

Also, I don’t know what your track design is like, but I can imagine they will probably add weight without significant buoyancy.

For sure. You are right I haven’t talked about it much. But I have thought about it. It was definitely a factor during the design phase and I did actually set the vehicle dimensions to ensure I could place the engine low enough. That was the starting point for the while machine. But I definitely have made some compromises and also obviously just plain forgot. It should continue to be a main design parameter. Now it is also possible to place ballast if needed to help. But that’s a long ways down the road. Thanks again!

Yes correct. The tires also provide buoyancy that is squared off more so than a Vhull. Also like you say the tracks will weigh quite a lot. One of the heaviest parts of the machine. Should keep it up right. The cab and everything looks heavy but it’s actually very light.

Thank you Karl!

I don’t doubt that yea. Yes Bussman makes some good products. I am an industrial electrician by trade. I’ll make note of that part number if I end up having issues. Thank you so much I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Cheers!!

@CenterLineDesigns no problem at all. I'm a power systems engineer by trade part time fabricator. Thank you for taking the time to produce the videos keeps me inspired to work on my own junk.

That’s awesome! Thank you!

I don’t really plan on it spending time floating. It’s more of a safety measure. It’s mostly a winter vehicle.

Sounds good. Yea I only had one pair. Cheers!

Thank you! It’s coming along great

Hey thank you! Hopefully it work out to be a really good rig

It’s a track over tire design. The tracks are going to be built soon. Should be an adventure

Hey Bob! Great to hear from you. I totally understand what you are referring to. I totally agree that it could be an issue. I just have a suspicion from experience with Argo’s that it may work because of the track design and lightweight ness of the vehicle. But with that being said I appreciate the concern. It’s definitely in my mind that I may need to revisit the tires. So I have taken than into account and I am willing to revisit the tires and suspension (lack there of) if need be. I just figured this is a good starting place. But I really do thank you. I have made several changes along the way because of people making comments that have better ideas than I do. But sometimes I just want to see how it plays out. Cheers!