Camp property found, now updates.

[kenmbz]

Well, that'll give you something to do in the fall....I was always working on tree falls and branches.
Take pictures of the tree line and start marking them for the ones that look like they are aging out or dying and in the spring you'll have a plan of action.
I still have a few dozen small dead ash to remove along the share road. but they are mostly marked so I know where they are.

 

[ArlyA]

Got home this afternoon and did pod shuffling, got a machine parked in warm garage for melt-off. I am processing photos now but here one as a teaser. This is our 1st load of camp supplies on Thursday. It was to deep for tires and the deepest I have ever operated in snow with them. Tracks are your friend!

 

[ArlyA]

This is the trip out. We needed to haul our atv trailer back out in top photo. The snow was to deep to tow this high flotation trailer out, so we made the first run to camp without it. It was the deepest snow I'd operated a wheeled atv in before. Our 6x6 outlander is in the closed trailer at the parking-lot.

 

[Topzide]

@ArlyA, could you fit a set of skis to the trailer for the deep snow? Something that could be installed and removed easily? Just a thought.

 

[ArlyA]

@ArlyA, could you fit a set of skis to the trailer for the deep snow? Something that could be installed and removed easily? Just a thought.

The abi trailers use individual axles with torsion rubber style not walking beam. Might be cheaper to buy a tow cargo toboggan.

 

[shooterdon]

I love snow but not fighting it.

I used chains on a Ranger SxS and they were not the answer. Then went with pods for a short while and never got stuck. But I was too lazy to take them on and off and had to run the engine at twice the RPMs. Finally decided to sell them. For my needs, a SxS was not necessary in the winter…just a nice toy.

Your camp will not be accessible without pods unless you get the road to the point it can be plowed.

I live in an isolated location. After getting rid of the pods, I had snowmobiles on hand in case we got snowed in and had to get out in an emergency.

Once I acquired a tractor the fear of getting trapped was no longer an issue.

Once your road is addressed, I see a tractor with a grapple and blower in your future. After the ice storm of the century earlier this year we had dozens of trees down. I cleared a 2 mile stretch in a day. At 75, the grapple was a life saver.

The one downside of a blower is breaking shear pins if you get branches falling on the road. But it allows snow to be blown away from the road. This year, I sold my blower and got a pusher. I get less snow and have places to push snow so it should work in my situation. You could get 18” of the white stuff so a pusher may not work well.

 

[hayden]

I love snow but not fighting it.

I used chains on a Ranger SxS and they were not the answer. Then went with pods for a short while and never got stuck. But I was too lazy to take them on and off and had to run the engine at twice the RPMs. Finally decided to sell them. For my needs, a SxS was not necessary in the winter…just a nice toy.

Your camp will not be accessible without pods unless you get the road to the point it can be plowed.

I live in an isolated location. After getting rid of the pods, I had snowmobiles on hand in case we got snowed in and had to get out in an emergency.

Once I acquired a tractor the fear of getting trapped was no longer an issue.

Once your road is addressed, I see a tractor with a grapple and blower in your future. After the ice storm of the century earlier this year we had dozens of trees down. I cleared a 2 mile stretch in a day. At 75, the grapple was a life saver.

The one downside of a blower is breaking shear pins if you get branches falling on the road. But it allows snow to be blown away from the road. This year, I sold my blower and got a pusher. I get less snow and have places to push snow so it should work in my situation. You could get 18” of the white stuff so a pusher may not work well.

When you guys talk about “pods” are you talking about tracks? I’ve never heard them called pods before. Or are you talking about something else?