Tacodriver
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- Joined
- Nov 4, 2006
- Messages
- 105
- Location
- East Kootaneys
- Occupation
- Yarder op, hoechucker, lowbedder etc..
Norquay was a pretty small hill and mostly man made snow but most of the runs are fairly steep, so the traction was fairly good until you chewed the snow up to much and then it turned to sugar :naughty then the fun started, trying make the last pass down a run with the cat sliding and not wanting to leave track marks or ridges.
The most fun I had there would have been pushing out the man made snow building runs. We would get the snowmakers to blow snow at the top of a pitch and push down hill to cover the run. Nothing quite like a heavy winch cat pushing downhill @ full throttle, with a wall of snow curling as high as the cab in front of you
The PB winch functioned a lot smoother then the BR winches. Not trying wrap cable on the drum under tension makes a big difference. The only thing that I didn't like about the PB winch is on off angle pulls it unweights the outside track more. Which is only a problem if your anchor point is not ideal.
After working with snowcats your perception of what is steep and scary might change, and the best way to get out of a slide is accelerate downhill.
The most fun I had there would have been pushing out the man made snow building runs. We would get the snowmakers to blow snow at the top of a pitch and push down hill to cover the run. Nothing quite like a heavy winch cat pushing downhill @ full throttle, with a wall of snow curling as high as the cab in front of you
The PB winch functioned a lot smoother then the BR winches. Not trying wrap cable on the drum under tension makes a big difference. The only thing that I didn't like about the PB winch is on off angle pulls it unweights the outside track more. Which is only a problem if your anchor point is not ideal.
After working with snowcats your perception of what is steep and scary might change, and the best way to get out of a slide is accelerate downhill.