Snow’s stopped, most of the main roadways are clear but the back paths, parking lots, and service roads still have a good 12-15 inches of snow on them. Stopped into the weigh scale to get a wee spin fix before work.

Quickie before work – 01:25
— OlGravey

@rex It’s interesting to see that a few other people had some fun with their RC’s too. I only ever had one RC car, a one wheel peel dune buggy. It got stuck basically everywhere I’d try to run it on the acreage I lived on at the time. It was before I hit puberty but I still got a thrill from watching it stuck and spinning in the grass, the mud in the driveway, or the potato field. I was 9 or 10 at the time... Looking back on it, I’m sure the neighbour boy I talked about above (and probably his dad too) saw me around the property stucking that RC and grabbing on my crotch as the tingles hit.

@westfil11 I’ve had a couple good ones. 3 ton uhaul full of concert gear buried in a field after a show, rained before load out. Took a tractor to drag it back to the road...

Pickups outnumber cars 10-1 up here, and this is the season to see some good stucks

@rex I remember that pic! Had a similar thought. There were other magazines; I think it was 4-Wheeler magazine? had a letters section that might as well have been Hustler’s Reader Letters. It seems so quaint now, with the advancement of internet and camera technology over the last 30 or 40 years.

People who live in coastal cities might know what I’m talking about here: reclaimed land. Sections of water- coastline, riverbank, etc- that have been filled in for construction, preferably before anything gets built on it. Typically there’s a layer of rock laid down on the bottom with truckloads of dirt and sand dumped and spread over top. Before it all gets packed and covered to build on, because when it’s dry the sand makes the ground really loose, and when it’s wet, even if it is solid, the dirt adds a little grease and makes maintaining traction nearly impossible.

Honourable mention to harvested out logging leases. Lots of fun in those spots

OBS 7.3 STUCK IN THE SNOW! – 23:02
— Smoked-Out Garage

Well, that didn’t go as planned. The first time I took it out to the other gravel pit the computer in the damn thing blew, had to get it towed back into town. Now that it’s 40 below, there probably isn’t gonna be a lot of action until it warms up a bit. Getting stuck in and having to walk 20 miles back in -45C…. That’s a big nope.

@thommo me too…. Though I’m more excited for the new ride. Nissan Pathfinder, 2009, motor just barely broken in. Finally getting into a 4x4, which might lead to a couple real good stucks since I can go places I can’t with the truck

@SD78QSK yeah, that’s the “bad decision” I refer to. Dude’s from Cochrane, Ontario, and it’s very similar landscape to what’s up here in the NWT. Middle of nowhere, lots of muskeg, lots of old trails and traplines around, lots of wildlife, no cell service. It’s a really ugly risk to take because some of that swampland is “forever stuck” territory. I’ve watched most of what he’s got posted already; he goes out and gets stuck on his own quite a bit, mostly because he can’t find anyone who’s willing to go with him. At least he has access to some heavy duty recovery vehicles. I wish I knew someone with a Sherpa here, I’d be going a lot of places that I won’t right now

Some great writing to date! Looking forward to seeing how things develop between Joel & Lyle and Mickey. Nice work!

@xavier-b can confirm: it’s at least as much fun as it looks. (Although the buddy of mine who lost a tractor trailer unit in Great Bear Lake 10 years ago might disagree strongly with me on this)

I’m really curious to see how the gov’ts here enact EV policy. They’ve already established that to go from the territorial border with Alberta to the Capital, about 400 km, they’re going to have to put in charge stations every 40 km or so to counter the decrease in range at -50C. Still haven’t seen any form of EV/Hybrid up here; no chargers and you can’t work on a hybrid yourself so nobody buys them.

@stuckadam it’s a different story if one has a couple vehicles, one for daily driving and one for fun. Then it’s not such an issue, but over here it seems like not a lot of people can actually afford the added expense to own more than one vehicle unless they have multiple incomes in the household. I’m not sure what it’s like in Europe but on the North American continent imports are pricey as fuck; for example, new brakes and suspension cost me $5500 on my Nissan (blue book value in top condition $11,000) and if I need to replace a transmission it’s $5100 for a new one-not including shipping (6weeks) or installation. Breaking a differentials, or timing chains, or a radiator seal, all expensive ways to not have a ride OR any disposable income for a few weeks.

I’ll also add, anyone who has ever experienced intense cold knows- risk of stuff breaking increases almost exponentially for every degree below -20C. Not everyone sees those temps, granted, but my ability to make content in that is greatly reduced and not worth the financial disaster brought on by needing: $500/hr offroad recovery in the backcountry, months of storage fees while waiting for parts shipments to clear customs, labour for a mechanic to help out when they arrive, and the cost of another ride to get through while waiting.