That is a great story Joe. Glad you guys had some fun, and, scored well to boot. Is nice to read this as I look out over my snowless brown lawn currently being sprinkled with rain drops...next winter seems so far away on a day like this. By-the-way...shouldn't you put the original Oster/Tabor hood u...

Great video and soundtrack, and story of a really interesting snowmobile. I always thought that Joe Rainville had movie star potential.

I got some things done on my Vintage Challange sled in the last few days....have replaced my "2009-ride-ending" failed water pump with a nice fresh nos one... one new coolent hose that was suspect...and, installed the original temperature gauge back in the console. Looking forward to a few...

Great news Tom, Glad you will be out on the snow this year! As you already know, there was an adventure around every turn last year, I am sure this year will be similar. Do you have a lot, or a little, to do to the Liquifire before the ride?

Hi all, Has been a long time since I have been to this fine site. Not so worried about the event planning details at this time as we had been discussing on this thread, I am sure the event organizers will do just fine on those items again. What I have been thinking about a lot lately is the 2010 Vin...

Hi all, I have mostly recovered from the Princeton event and it would be accurate to say that it was great. Am now looking ahead to Hay Days and another weekend of fun and work. Am back to thinking about Vintage Challange and what kind of ideas can be presented to make what was a fantastic first yea...

Hi all, I will miss reading this thread the next few days. I'll be away from my computer for the weekend while attending the Outlaw Grass Drag Swap Meet at Princeton MN. I think I'll even be able to meet up with John Deere Lover Extrordanaire (and closet Cat lover) Joe Rainville while there. Is alwa...

I gather that if we were all in agreement on the mixture ratio, that could be arranged. Tom.

Here is an opportunity for us to think about...I just checked with a local gasoline company near St Germain and they have this to offer...They have a portable 800 gallon fuel tank on wheels that we can use free of charge if we buy the gasoline from them. It has a 12 volt pump on it and a meter. They...

That will be great Matt, easier for all involved. When will it be up? Shall we continue to gather input and ideas here? Tom.

Hey guys, I am doing a little brain-storming on the gasoline issue and need your opinions... 1. What is going to be an average M.P.G. for the average sleds in our group? Speaking for my own sled (340cc Cross Country Cat liquid) I probably only can run around 10 M.P.G., I guess I really was not payin...

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Joe, I see you have made a post that I had not yet read when I placed mine above. If I doubled up on some things you have already commented on, that is why. Us Cat riders are not always so quick! Tom.

Troy, You might be onto something when you mention flights. If we have 50-100 sleds or so it may speed everything up if we were to leave in flights with a little time seperating us. When we started out last year and my sled was pig rich, I did stuggle a little trying to follow some slower riders who...

Great replys guys! I would be ok if a sled sticker happened to say John Deere on it. As a matter of fact, quite a few of the sleds that passed me on last years ride were John Deeres! I really don't think this is even remotely close to becoming a race. Honestly, the times that I dared take my eyes of...

So often when I think of the Vintage Challange event I cannot help but think about what the I-500 may have been like during the 1970s. While a 170 mile vintage joy ride is a far cry from full-blown-all-out competition of the I-500, it has a few similarities...similar miles covered in one day, sleds ...