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Stredda said:
Where the hell was the temps in March like that in Tassie? Maatsuyker Island off the far south coast? 🤔
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@Stredda it was a photoshop of yours with some raindrops added to the clouds :p

We've spend nearly 6 months in Tassie over 6 trips, always in Dec-Jan apart from chartered riding trip in Nov 23 where it pissed down for 5 days and turned Blue Tier into a waterfall.
 
Stredda said:
Where the hell was the temps in March like that in Tassie? Maatsuyker Island off the far south coast? 🤔
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You can expect snow in the height of summer on Mt Wellington and SW and up through the centre occasionally.
It's not called the Roaring 40s for nothing
 
mark22 said:
You can expect snow in the height of summer on Mt Wellington and SW and up through the centre occasionally.
It's not called the Roaring 40s for nothing
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Yeah, but not in any population centres, only up on the mountains. Where I am we would never get a max temp of only 2 degrees even in the middle of winter.
 
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I think the longest I have waited for lift this week has been...oh wait, I haven't waited for a lift. Just walked on every time. Even on the weekend and even on the best powder day in the last 7 days.
 
oldcorollas said:
And lift passes are like 50 dollarydoos?
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A little more, but certainly not Australia prices.


With the yen having a very weak year import prices have risen and triggered a bit of inflation around the place. With fuel costs soaring a lot of places have had significant lift price rises. While our inflation bonanza has been more of an imaginary journey of greed.
 
Hijacked my bro in laws 57' Aussie made Ford Customline. He's planning to sell it soon so figured I better take it for a drive. Got 15km down the road and it stalled at a roundabout and wouldn't restart, turned out the battery decided to crap itself, chucked a fresh one in and away it went.
Old cars are cool as fuck, Old Brakes however, are shit.

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wesdadude said:
Damn, looking good Poods. I still have to wait another month 😥
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I'm going to eat it all up before then!

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Yesterday was epic. Pulled off a tohoku to Tokyo to niigata transfer overnight with a ueno stop over. There seemed to be a lot more happy new year massage and marriage offers in the area than usual, perhaps a sign of the times? Anyway early start and out to the snow for a crazy day! Got my people settled in and sorted, not quite ski in ski out but 100m walk isn't too bad, and smashed knee deep and more pow all day. Took the kynee bone apple out (144cm party board) as it was already set up and had an absolute blast! It snowed so heavy across the day that it was fresh lines right through to when my legs gave up around 6pm. I hadn't done night skiing for a long time, last time was nz and it sucked arse. This was fucking awesome. Pow under lights is insane fun! Visibility was actually better than during the day. Oh and where is everyone? I did not stand in line waiting for a single second. Fucking awesome.


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Snowed all night. Still snowing. Won't be taking the little board today. War pig is set for a big day!
 
50 hours up on the new tractor so first service time. Engine oil and filter, hydraulic oil and filter and the rest is a check over and grease. This engine is slightly different to the old beastie. Access to the oil filler cap on the rocker cover is not easy. The air cleaner now sucks off the top of the radiator so has a hose that runs from the inlet of the little donaldson to an intake and that is right on top of the cap. Then there is the harness for the glow plugs and the bonnet release cable. These run over the cap too. Pulling the hose is easy so that is sorted. Drain plug is same place so a drain pan fits nicely. Oil dumped and ready to do the filter. Except this is now on the opposite side but it is at the rear rather than front. No way to get two hands on it and the oil pressure switch is there too restricting access. Not to mention the loader frame. Absolutely no way I could spin it undone and there were no teenage boys around with the necessary wrist strength to get it either. OK, borrowed my mechanic mate's three prong crotch grabber tool to remove the filter. Three big dings in the filter but it moved and off it came. Stupidly tight. Put some oil on the o ring and spun the new one on. Filling carefully with a measuring jug, at least carefully until the little cat rubbed up against my legs. Got to spill some oil on an oil change right? Hydraulic drain and filter are awkward to get to with the deck on so I will delay that until next weekend. Best to pull the filter screen too and that is impossible with the deck in place. Blades need sharpening anyway...

First 50 hours on the tractor have been pretty uneventful. Mows and drives just like the old one so nothing new there. Steering wheel tilts which is nice and the seat is way more comfortable than the aftermarket one I put on the old tractor. The loader has been on and off a dozen times and is mostly very easy though I do find it is helpful to have a spotter because there are places you cannot see from the central missionary position. And as such it is possible to catch the support legs on the tractor frame and using the power of hydraulics change the shape of the frame so they no longer fit where they are supposed to. With loader on the tractor the frame can come off for reeducation. The loader is made in the good old US of A. And made of chinesium. Had to bend some 75x5 (imperial something x something else) and take out a twist. Then panel beat the pressed 3mm (ish) spacer section. Used a 450mm shifter and had to bend it back the other way because it was so soft and bent way too much under gentle aggression. The frame is held on at the bottom with stainless circlips and one of these popped off during my less than optimum installation. I found it on the driveway. It was bent which usually means it is stuffed. But wait there's more, this one bent back into shape with the aid of two pairs of pliers. I bought new circlips. These seem not to be made from papier mache. Anyway the loader works goodly and has done a heap of jobs I had been putting off but I wonder about the steel in the thing. It is constructed from large enough sections and looks very strong but you know...



All that ^ is meant to be straight and in line. The final fun in putting it all back together was replacing the screws that stop the bushes falling off the pins. M6 hex. Using a 10mm ratchet spanner I sheared one off while spinning the screw in. What!?!??!?! Anyway drilled it out and luckily the tapped hole is quite deep so some nice new stainless hex headed screws went back in with a nice quantity of neverseize. I then looked carefully at the heads of the other screws that I replaced. 4.6... More cheese...
 
There was a lot of fresh snow and it was really fucking cold. A truely great day to be alive!
 
Frosty start to the day at -9⁰c, snowing, gusty winds...a good dump over night to refresh from yesterday and the top chair finally opened! Powder bombing everywhere from start to finish. Also took my first hike of the season into the depths of awesomeness.

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Dales Cannon said:
50 hours up on the new tractor so first service time. Engine oil and filter, hydraulic oil and filter and the rest is a check over and grease. This engine is slightly different to the old beastie. Access to the oil filler cap on the rocker cover is not easy. The air cleaner now sucks off the top of the radiator so has a hose that runs from the inlet of the little donaldson to an intake and that is right on top of the cap. Then there is the harness for the glow plugs and the bonnet release cable. These run over the cap too. Pulling the hose is easy so that is sorted. Drain plug is same place so a drain pan fits nicely. Oil dumped and ready to do the filter. Except this is now on the opposite side but it is at the rear rather than front. No way to get two hands on it and the oil pressure switch is there too restricting access. Not to mention the loader frame. Absolutely no way I could spin it undone and there were no teenage boys around with the necessary wrist strength to get it either. OK, borrowed my mechanic mate's three prong crotch grabber tool to remove the filter. Three big dings in the filter but it moved and off it came. Stupidly tight. Put some oil on the o ring and spun the new one on. Filling carefully with a measuring jug, at least carefully until the little cat rubbed up against my legs. Got to spill some oil on an oil change right? Hydraulic drain and filter are awkward to get to with the deck on so I will delay that until next weekend. Best to pull the filter screen too and that is impossible with the deck in place. Blades need sharpening anyway...

First 50 hours on the tractor have been pretty uneventful. Mows and drives just like the old one so nothing new there. Steering wheel tilts which is nice and the seat is way more comfortable than the aftermarket one I put on the old tractor. The loader has been on and off a dozen times and is mostly very easy though I do find it is helpful to have a spotter because there are places you cannot see from the central missionary position. And as such it is possible to catch the support legs on the tractor frame and using the power of hydraulics change the shape of the frame so they no longer fit where they are supposed to. With loader on the tractor the frame can come off for reeducation. The loader is made in the good old US of A. And made of chinesium. Had to bend some 75x5 (imperial something x something else) and take out a twist. Then panel beat the pressed 3mm (ish) spacer section. Used a 450mm shifter and had to bend it back the other way because it was so soft and bent way too much under gentle aggression. The frame is held on at the bottom with stainless circlips and one of these popped off during my less than optimum installation. I found it on the driveway. It was bent which usually means it is stuffed. But wait there's more, this one bent back into shape with the aid of two pairs of pliers. I bought new circlips. These seem not to be made from papier mache. Anyway the loader works goodly and has done a heap of jobs I had been putting off but I wonder about the steel in the thing. It is constructed from large enough sections and looks very strong but you know...



All that ^ is meant to be straight and in line. The final fun in putting it all back together was replacing the screws that stop the bushes falling off the pins. M6 hex. Using a 10mm ratchet spanner I sheared one off while spinning the screw in. What!?!??!?! Anyway drilled it out and luckily the tapped hole is quite deep so some nice new stainless hex headed screws went back in with a nice quantity of neverseize. I then looked carefully at the heads of the other screws that I replaced. 4.6... More cheese...
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The hat is still performing to spec though

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