Horicon Show

Post by **WinnipegStPaul9** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:43 pm

Just got home from HOF and Horicon, I'll post pictures but probably tomorrow. Horicon guys and gals, especially our own Horicon Joe Wanie did a terrific job. Greatest display of John Deere sleds ever I'd bet.
Thanks for the hospitality, sorry Bob and I had to leave so early. Oh, the brats were terrific too!!
Whoops!! forgot to mention it but I was very disappointed that the "chrome" jacket didn't show up. I would have bet it was going to make an appearance there. So..............who has it?

Liquifried · Post by **Liquifried** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:16 pm

Great show! Here are a few pix from my phone. Cick link below...

http://www.visualtour.com/shownp.asp?SK=13&T=1808271

S_Kyle · Post by **S_Kyle** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:16 pm

Anyone have a pic of the track dyno. Last spring I was talking to a friends dad trying to get some help on my new Sportfires. He used to have Deere's and always wanted a sport... He mentioned that there used to be a dyno behind the old Deere dealer (now a farm supply store). I talked to the owner and he said I could have if were there, I poked around in the junk piles out back but found nothing. Not that I knew what I was looking for, so it might still be there.

pj sportfire · Post by **pj sportfire** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:18 am

Liquifried wrote:Great show! Here are a few pix from my phone. Cick link below...

http://www.visualtour.com/shownp.asp?SK=13&T=1808271

Pretty cool slide show and good pics for a cell phone. Thanks!

PJ

JDT · Post by **JDT** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:53 am

Joe great pics! Is that a Nikon Cell phone you have? WOW ...super res. Thanks for posting.

Liquifried · Post by **Liquifried** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:33 am

Thx... Samsung touch phone and real estate software for Virtual Tours. Will try to post some video I took too.

Sprailfire340 · Post by **Sprailfire340** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:07 pm

A few seconds of the dyno in action...sorry I didn't get a pic of the controls...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoNHIXhWPuM

pj sportfire · Post by **pj sportfire** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:57 pm

Sprailfire340 wrote:A few seconds of the dyno in action...sorry I didn't get a pic of the controls...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoNHIXhWPuM

Ohh, now I see how they do it... They just spin the sled up on a moving rubber "artificial terrain" track for the cleats to dig into- kind like a huge treadmill. Pretty cool and I've never seen one before!

Is it a Dynojet I wonder?

snodawg 315 · Post by **snodawg 315** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:29 pm

Most of the dyno's were made by OTC. The "belt" on the dyno is actually a track off of JD snowmobile. Just park the sled to be dyno'd on top, mate up the tracks, tie the skis down and strap to rear bumper. The dyno track spins a hydraulic pump and then a needle valve provides the resistance for the pump. The control had two gauges, one for pressure and one for mph, then you look up on a chart what that correlates to in HP. I picked one up in MN a bunch of years back and then sold it later. They also had water lines with nozzles to lube the slides if running that skid.

JDT · Post by **JDT** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:20 pm

Harlan's in Willmar has a dyno.