Thanks for the smiles.

11/4? I missed something....... :rolleyes:

We didn't get 2" yesterday, only about an inch. Weather yesterday was "High of 58 degrees and 1" of snow". Now that just don't sound right..... :freak:

Went back and looked at 11/4 and all that was discussed was Pede tuning (imagine that! in a 'pede thread! crazy.) and "sailing" a Pede.....

Still confused.

I sure missed something! 1 1/4"? huh?

We are having our own brand of bizarre weather right now. We had 6" of snow on the ground yesterday. The temps- overnight! went up into the 60's with driving rain. The ground is now clear of snow in my area. Right now it is 62 degrees. It is supposed to be in the teens by tonight!

Of course we had a ski trip planned for the weekend. I have no idea whether there is anything left to ski on!

:wave: Hello! How are y'all today? Kinda quiet around here... Is it the cold? we've had highs in the teens & lows below zero for the last 4 days. Brrr.

Well Tom, that makes me feel much better! We were at about 3 degrees this morning and feeling sorry for ourselves. Thanks for putting it in perspective! :)

Had a great weekend with friends- even got in a day of skiing despite 60 degree weather last week and torrential rains! (yes, there was some ice to contend with!). Now it is back to life as usual. Well, almost. It is so cold in my basement that it will be hard to even WANT to get down to the trucks, let alone find the time to. In these temps, running them is not going to happen!

we have startede a warm wet trend. the major west to east passes in the state was closd last week due to snow. tooday it's closed due to standing water from all the rain. it's almost 50 here right now a 7:30 am.

monsterjam was fun this year the kids got some autographs. but all the trucks seemed to run a little on the conservative side. but the 15 car demo derby almost made up for anything the monsters lacked.

have a great day.

peter
:)

Hi Guys,

Hang in there, things will get better soon, weather wise, that is.

It is 77, sunny with light winds here now. By the time this weather moves your way, it's been nice here for over a week now, you will be ready for it I'm sure.

Because our road was washed out in this last storm I've been on a tractor for over a week now putting it back. I spend most of that time thinking about building a huge RC track out of the camp and standing up on the road and running a bright orange truck all over the place.

Stay warm.

Bill, glad you made it through that mess. I know rebuilding a road is work but you have me beat big time in the play factor of your 'toys"! I get a kick out of my snow blower but you have a bloody front end loader to play with!

77 and sunny huh? And what are airfares out to LA these days? :)

Ya bum! 77 degrees...... Had a guy from another site I frequent out your way Monday, took this picture.
http://www.intruderalert.com/cafe/attachments/ACF1544.jpg
You can almost see a tractor working on a road...... :lol:

I was wondering whether the waters were stil warm enough to play in and obvioulsy SOME people think so. Yup, I saw the tractor!

Wow! Tom that photo even looks good to me. The weather man said last night that we will be in the low 80's for the rest of the week. You know Chris I can't believe that any RCer wouldn't love to spend a day on a tractor. It really is fun. And now that all the bare ground is all torn up it's like having a clean slate to play with.

Last nights weather, for your area the artic north, looked like the low was right over the Great Lakes moving from Tom's to Chris's area. Which means things should be much better real soon. Gee where have I read that before.

Getting better from whose point of view? We are just getting colder... At least all the warm rains we had last week melted the snow so as the ponds refreeze I will be able to take a chained up Pede or the 4WD TLT out sometime! It is a blast to run those on smooth ice!

The guy who took the pic was out on a motorcycle ride..... Jealousy abounds.....

have a nice weekend all!

the sun is out and it's almost 70 here.

stay warm and dry;)

:mad: Snow storm on the way AGAIN!!! Forcast is for 7 inches or more by the time it's done tomorrow. We're under a winter storm warning & its 3.4 degrees outside according to my indoor/outdoor themometer!

I have a Benefit race to go to tomorrow morning, all proceeds go to tsunami relief. The track is an hour away in perfect weather......... yuck. :(

Maybe this is coming your way Chris!

Yes, it sure is coming this way! They don't know how much yet but somewhere over half a foot for sure. Time for the snowshoes! Getting tired of being cooped up indoors.

I'm sorry, but I thought this might give you hope. This is a cut and paste of todays weather report for my area. I've got housing available.

Sunday:
Abundant sunshine. High 74F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.

Yes but can you have the Eden ready to pick me up?

Still snowing here... something over 2' so far. hard to tell with the 30-50 mph winds...

There was nothing on the roads or driveway at 3PM yesterday...
http://home.comcast.net/~c.t.harris/winter05/jan232005_1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~c.t.harris/winter05/jan232005_2.jpg

The snowblower is awesome! Despite the wind I had it out for a while. It cuts right through 3' drifts! Nothing like powertools! :thumbsup:

wow!

we had 2 feet once. and that was 90-91..shut down the whole western side of the state. on the eastern side thay have snow like that all the time.

stay saf e everyone!

:)

Heard a report that the Boston area could get 30" before it's all done? wow!

We had 12" and the wind blowing it around here, made the drive to the track & back real interesting :freak: Racing was done by 11:30 pm, was home at 1:30ish. Got up this morning to sunshine, bright sunshine all over, but very cold. Shoveled out the driveway, cars, & sidewalk. Fun. I'm tired and sore.

I wish you luck Chris 30" in real icky.

Bill,:p TTThhhhRRRpppttt!! :p

Well, those shots were taken before a couple more hours of blizzard at about 4" per hour! I would guess we got about that 30. Maybe a bit less. hard to tell with all the drifting. Spent most of the day on the snow blower. Sure glad I invested in a good one. I was trying to blow snow that was a full foot higher than the blower! A lot of work but it got done. I was pretty well done too. Now if the wind would stop I could get out and enjoy it! I get to go to work in the morning while the rest of the family has a snow day. What is up with that?

Helps prevent Daddy Cabin Fever

I kept hearing reports that city and county officials in the area were asking businesses to stay closed today so they could better clear the streets and such without a morning commute to deal with. Well at least the AWD of the Subaru should be helpful.

The roads have all been plowed. There was one road that I crossed where everybody was at a standstill but generally it was no big deal at all. Yes, the Subaru rocks!

im having trouble getting my spur and pinion to mesh together good. the plastic motor plate has screw tightening marks. when im driving it the motor will slip into one of the screw grooves and chew up the spur gear. was wondering if anyone came up with a fix or maybe aluminum motor plate/trans halves??

The ultimate fix would be to modify the tranny to hold a metal motor mount but that is not real easy. The next best thing is to add washers behind the screws and to swap the stock phillips head screw for allen head 3mm bolts. With that, AND a good driver, you should be able to cinch in down enough that it wont move. Sometimes the slot is just so chewed up that you need to start with a new tranny case but hopefully the wahses will work for ya!

http://img194.exs.cx/img194/9080/picture0021ga.jpg



here is a pic of what blue shy in morning looks like ;)

it was a balmy 45 degrees at 7am...
:)

Nice shot! Could you make it a bit bigger though?:p

This might be a bit easier on those of us with screen size impairments!

http://home.comcast.net/%7Ec.t.harris/winter05/picture0021ga.jpg

but what's the point if it ain't big????
and hobbytalk would only let me post one??
wonder why??
:)

does anyone know if there is a kit out to put e-maxx wheels on a stampede

Not sure, Can't imagine it being too hard, just need the right size hex & most likely stablemaxx rims to get proper offset for steering. I've heard of an adaptor for Clod rims & tires.

their was one made, but was very expensive for what it did. i have heard of people using sheet aluminum and makes shims for the outside of the pede hex to get the maxx rims to mount. this trick is also done for tlt-1 to maxx rims.

inetrc.com

had one but i can't enter their site. took me a bit to remebr who had made one.

too damn c-c-c-c-old around here! minus something this morning. Dont even want to think of the basement workshop. Actually I mae it MUCH more comfy last weekend. I got some extra plastic over one bad window and then I got brilliant (more than usual, that is). We have a lot of heat going up the exhaust stack from our furnace. I had a roll of copper tape (with adhesive) and went to work making cooling fins. I now have about 2' of fins running vertically on the metal stack. Fins are about 3/4" apart. I put a good size fan blowing on them. The basement is noticably warmer! I figure the cost of running the fan might hurt but why waste the heat blowing it out the chimney?

minus sumpin here today too! Gonna have a heatwave this weekend though.... gonna get up to 35 degrees!

When I saw that big old High move in over you guys I thought you would be enjoying the heat. If my theory is correct you should have about two weeks of "normal winter" weather and then it Low hits you again.

Chris what a great idea with the fins and exaust stack. Bet it keeps the place drier as well.

Have a great weekend, write if you have time.

Plenty of time! Just sitting here uploading music onto the new iPod!

I don't know about drier. The air around here has about zero moisture these days, it being so cold. A buddy measured the humidity in his house last week at 3%!!! We are talking nosebleeds in your sleep. I have to admit I do feel rather smug about the fins though. Took about two hours to find the tape- it was given to me ages ago. Perfect use for it though.
Still hasn't driven me down to work on trucks though.

Tomorrow I have a snowshoe date! A bunch of us are going out to reblaze a mtb trail. People were talking about putting it off for a month or two and I was able to convince them that hiding from the snow just didn't make sense! Should be a great workout.

*sigh* Back at work again, looking forward to the weekend...... I wish it could be the other way around, work Wed & Thur and have Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, & Tue off!

Yes indeedy! I can relate.
Had a great weekend with a 4 hour snowshoe on Sat to abuse the body a bit. Slept well that night!

For your amusement- Bill, you in particular as you don't see much of this:

Let me describe the world in MA right now. We have actually been above freezing a couple days so most of the cars are free of snow but the sides of the streets are still waist high and above with snowbanks. I live in the 'burbs rather than the city proper. In Medford and adjoining towns, most of us either have a driveway or space in front of the house to park. The bigger the house (or more occupants) the more cars and the tougher the parking.

There are two philosophies on snow removal: clear eveyrthing so you can try to return to normal and remove JUST ENOUGH that your car can squeeze into the spot with a minimal effort. Oh, there is a third- remove practically nothing so nobody will dare park there but you and your huge SUV! Obviously whether you have power equipment plays into that. If you are working with a shovel, moving 3 1/2 feet of snow sucks. Once you have cleared your spot many people around here BELIEVE that they own that spot. They mark that spot with anything they can move. This includes trash cans, chairs, air conditioners, sofas, saw horses and the like. In Boston the Mayor decided (before this monster storm) that you could keep a spot for two days maximum. After that the trash guys come along and toss everything they find in the streets. That is the origin of the A/C's! You have to pay to have them remove A/Cs, and other large appliances. Or TV's. So, if you have been too cheap to buy the tag to have them take them, you use THAT to mark your spot. if the trash guys take it, you saved $10. This storm the Mayor backed off on his clear streets pledge- Hell, he had the schools closed for a week. How can he expect the people to do any better. So, it has been over a week. There are still cars buried, both from the initial storm and from the plows. Some neighborhoods have houses so close together that the only space between the houses is the driveway- you have nowhere to toss the snow. On those streets, you have 6-8' piles with tiny car sized spaces between them. Obviously this takes up lots of parking spaces. Oh, I forgot! You only get to park on one side of the street in the winter so half the spaces are illegal before you even add the snow! Hence the need for the markers. You can't see around the piles at intersections. People who want to be able to get out of their cars parked a good 3' from the curb. Basically there is nowhere to park OR drive.

In my case, I have about 20' between the houses so we DO have room to toss the snow. And the powertools to do it! All my neighbors have cleaned the snow from the street and sidewalks so parking is normal! Except the trashcans for many of the spots.:) Personally? I have a driveway AND I have cleared two spots in front of the house which I DO NOT mark. They are there for anybody. Funny thing is that most of the time they are empty as people "respect" them. go figure. The folks across the street are getting parking tickets parking illegally while there is an open spot in front of my house. Gotta love winter!

Now get back to work you slackers!

I'm home from work now. Read your post & while we don't have as much snow as you do I can see exactly what you're saying around here a bit. Our neighbor hates it when we have car parked in front of their house and we happened to have one there when the snowplow came by so it plowed my sons car in. Meaning there is a car width+ of deep snow from the curb with the exception of where his car was. The neighbors have this nice snowblower and once he got his car dug out and moved, they tossed all the snow they could right where it was. It was kind of funny, because I was still out shoveling away & the husband was gonna clear a good bit of the area but the wife came out and yelled at him to only clear enough for their trash cans. Those neighbors have been a pain in the ass since they moved in next to us, I think they have a superiority complex! But I digress.......

tom what ever happened to good people making good neighbors?

i lived by a church and a high school for many years. and learned the street belongs to everyone. and more then a few times that our driveway was public parking as well(or so they thought).

smile nice and wave!
that is what i do!

peter
:)

I came home today to find a car parked smack in the center of the two spots I had cleared in front of my house! I left him/her a note saying that I was glad to have them park in front of my house, having personally cleared TWO spots but would they use ONE SPOT!

last I checked, he was still there. Just means I have to squeeze a neighbor who also dug out. what aren't people thinking? Probalby saw an entire block empty as we were all at work so figured it just didn't matter.

My wife tried to make nice with those neighbors when they moved in, the lady actually told her they were here "because they had no choice" as if this area was below their standards, even though they were driving POS cars at the time. That as probably 5 or 6 years ago & they are still there. They are odd ducks, they have 2 dogs that they walk on leashes in their fenced in back yard..... they also use their snowblower to make paths thru the backyard to walk their dogs in..... :freak: We don't not get along with them, we just leave them be because we feel the bad vibes from across the fence.

We don't not get along with them we have some neighbors like that.
but as long as you tried. that's all you can do. if i lived by you i'd be your best freind ;)

you got cool toys:)

I don't know, I'd probably have to be your best friend because you got cool toys too! :)

Probably end up with all the kids in the neighborhood hanging out at our houses wanting us to come out and play...... Our backyards would be a bashing/rock climbing/jumping paradise..... and..... and..... and....... Aw phooey, I guess it's a good thing you live in Washington and not next door, I don't think I could afford all the goodies I'd be wanting over and above what I got! But then again, I'm that way now. :freak: :lol:

it's hard enough with one neighbor into planes and helis. another one just picked up a pede and a tl01 xb kit....and i haven't gotten anything new since the tlt came out 8)


:)

Gee, aren't we an active bunch! I think the winter blahs have us in a funk.....

Good morning guys. I think I may be the reason Chris has gotten side tracked. He asked a couple questions about the flooding we had last month so I dumped a big file on him. He may be still downloading it. He uses Mac computers.

Take care.

Excuse me????? :rolleyes: It was downloaded before I knew it had arrived. Broadband man, broadband! No, I have just been really busy with life. Looking into new schools for both the guys and it makes my brain hurt just a bit...

We still have so much snow here that the trucks haven't been looked at! Actually it has been close to 40 and sunny a few days so stuff is leaving but it will take a while. If it gets COLD again maybe I can drive on top of this stuff.