Could have used one of those this week here in East Tennessee 7 and half inches of snow shut everything down around here but grandkids are having a ball
I remember having a sled way back in the beginning of time , some of the best times of my life . We don’t get enough snow down here anymore but I remember it well .Thanks JT for reminding me of when winter was fun .Hope you get power soon .
I feel like I just started my spitfire,but I'm sitting here in the warm house. Its getting easy, I'm just going to sit and watch you. Also have a 300. Thanks
I remember way back when I was in high school maybe early college years my dad bought a Massey Ferguson340 sled just to feed the cows then I found some friends so I road with them but being a kid I wanted to keep up and that wasn't happening so I went and found a JD trailfire I thought I was in seventh heaven I could keep up with everyone and it had a neat feature a back rest. That was nice for everything especially when the girlfriend wanted to go along nice for everyone. Glad you are enjoying your sleds have fun.
My first sled was a spitfire but the all green one . Neighbor buddy had a sportfire wish we still had them. Gas bottle and hand choke worked every time in about 1990-92. Nice sleds 👍
Glad to see this video JT!!! as a kid in the 70s i really wanted one just because Deere made it. First one i rode on was a cyclone giving rides at john deere day. Took me a few years but i have a set of what i call the fire series. Spitfire, trailfire, snowfire, sportfire, sprintfire, and liquifire. Unfortunately most of them need a good bit of work havent ran them in many years, not much snow here in central ohio anymore. You definitely have a couple of gems for sure!!!!!
hey jt we own the same sled 98 zl 440 put to brand new carbs on it last year but no snow, but this year in western ny state we got dumped on have fun riding p.s. by the way we are corn farmers
What a cool set of snowmobiles ! I'd love one but in the "Verboten" country of Germany and especially in the north west part of it I'll never ride one I guess. By the time I'd get it running the snow would be gone already anyway 😪 Good times you may have ! Cheers, Ard
Great video! As a young boy I had my very first experience to run a snowmobile by myself and it was a John Deere sport fire. I’ll Never forget that day.
Thanks for the memories. I had 3 snowmobiles away back in my later 30s had a lot of fun with them. Three of us used to rent a cottage for the winter up north, lots of fun for sure. Hope you get you power back soon and keep the great videos coming when you have the time.
We got a little snow here in PA but I ain't had my 02 polaris XC 600 out in years. One of these years I'm going to have to drag it out, have fun with yours and hope you get power back soon, our power was out here at the beginning of last week and I got a bunch of water in the basement BUT we have a generator now so bring on the power outages, lol!!!
Excellent video JT :) Snowmobile are great to farm and why say if can't get vechiles even tractors to go on other farms on them to ride and feed animals! My late Uncle, plus my late dad did for years on farms had going with beef cows! Even save my oldest brother from country school in 1978 year when big snow strom ! My late Dad had 1968 Bombardier 292 1 cylinder 28 hp 1 carb with 5 gallon fuel tank long seat plus track haul 3 people on yellow and black one! In 1984 motor blew up need rebuilt! Also my uncle was 1973 Bombardier 399 Free Air 2 daul carb and cylinders with 4.5 gallon fuel tank also 2 seater but in 1992 got motor rebore also stroke to 440 size all fix up she fast machine and came usefull because 1992 to 1995 Winters Season months brutal lots snow plus my dad and uncle had 3 farms going couldn't get tractors or trucks or cars on lots months! Snowmobile save day to get Country area live Store for supplies eat too!
90 Comments!! I was in the same mood as you when the snow came down, but my 1972 Evinrude Trailblazer is no longer fit to run... Hope you had a good time
I'm a recent subscriber who is enjoying your channels content. Rustic. On the fly. Creative. Humble. Animal lover. Well done! I enjoy watching how you are able to find a way to repair, replace or remove parts with enginewity (intentionally misspelled)
Get yourself a sled dolly - the one that lifts indee the belly pan sides and then hooks on the back bumper. Best investment I ever made. Lifts the sled up and carries over rough terrain, saves your back, saves the carbines, saves the concrete you have, saves the studs if you have them. My neighbour borrows it all the time when he's moving his sled in and out of storage. I got mine used.
Those JD sleds look like they are in great condition! I still have my '71 Arctic Cat that I bought in '82 for $200. We have 6 sleds in our arsenal and every damn one needs something. Pulled drive sprockets off of my sons '74 JD 400 last night. Track was wedged to one side last winter and we thought 🤔 it just shifted off of the rear 😳 idlers because, of, you know, kids doing kid things. Brought it in and chained it up and forgot about it. And then I seen the remains of a nylon drive sprocket lying in the alley of the stables last July 😂! 🙄 wonder where that came from! Anyway, enjoy the snow and your sleds!😊
Those nylon sprockets just seem to rot with age! Started an old Cat once hit the throttle and took out all the teeth. Still have my 72 Puma but put new sprockets on it. Old sleds...three hours of repairs for every hour of riding....but still a blast anyway!
@northdakotaham1752 Love these old Arctic Cats! I put a helluva lot of miles on my old 71 panther; still has the original Good Year track. Had a guy go thru the kawasaki motor a few years ago. Found an original electric starter for it on e-bay last year. That thing was always so damn hard to pull over! The '72 has a single popper 246 Hirth. It will sit and idle all day without flooding or dying! Slow but fun! These cleated tracks are really good in the powder as if you didn't know! Maybe not like 😕 🤔 the new mountain sleds of 2-day, but not nearly as expensive either! My other A- cat is an '88 cougar that I traded an chevy 350 engine for. Needs windshield, air ducts, and a seat recover. Thing runs soooo damn good! Top dog is '91 RXL 650. These triples sound like mean sombitches! Other Polaris is a '94 Indy 440 that my daughter drives. And then of course is the '74 JD. Bought a pair of sprockets from Dennis Kirk and if you put them back to back they will work. I'm going to order another pair so that we can do both sides. I read on a forum that these white sprockets on this year and others were not good at all. In between I've owned quite a few sleds over the years, and I regret selling some of them. I really would like to some day get an Arctic Cat zrt 600 if I can find one that's 🤔 ot beat to crap!😊
@@repairmanjoe8081 Ive had several old sleds over the years that had large singles and yes, they will pull your arm out of the socket! A Polaris Colt I had back about forty years ago had a 300 Hirth. The pull cord was actually steel cable! Never broke that one! In the early days you could identify what sleds went by on the trail by the track they left. Cats all had 17 inch cleated tracks. Skidoos all ran 15 inch rubber tracks. Our neighbor and cousin, sold Viking snowmobiles which were made in Twin Valley, MN if I recall correctly. They originally had 15 inch rubber tracks but many were upgraded with plastic Fast Track sectional tracks, assembled in sections with 1/4 inch pins. I had several of those and they were always great. But they were all bogie wheels and slowed the sleds down alot. The Cats all ran sliders which was one of their main selling points. I still have a 70 or 71 Panther here in a shed but it has a Kawasaki 440 ...I think. Havnt looked at it for years. My 72 Puma has a 340 Kawasaki which isn't very fast but as you said, they float over powder. Love the smell of those 2 strokes running! My second favorite smell right behind Hoppes 9!
@@repairmanjoe8081 Thinking back some more....I do recall there were some Ski Doos with wide tracks, 20 inch I think...but never saw any here. I have Ski Doos today and they still have 15 inch tracks. Newest sleds here is 97 so getting up in age but still ok for me.
I have a home standby generator that automatically kicks on after about 15-20 seconds after the power goes out. My mom gets impatient and I’m trying to teach her patience.
I once worked for a guy that had a couple new sleds,a lot of fun, until you got stuck in deep powder. Polaris. Hopefully you will get power back soon 😮.
These days all the hikes and stuff are fuel injected but with my carb dirt bikes and trikes etc I like to just lean the bike hard on its tide till the carb over flows. That puts fresh gas in the carb. The barns are vented and sitting all year the fuel gets bad. As long as the carb is good and clean the fresh gas helps them fire right off! Not wanting to throw a snow mobile on its side I’d say just draining the carb from the screw at the bottom of the bowl few about a minute will do allow fresh gas to flow in and do the same thing. You obviously know what you’re doing but thought I’d toss my way of doing it in there! Kewl sleds. I’ve never ridden a snowmobile. Too far south for that fun!
One year while my brother was logging, the ground was perfectly dry under the snow. When he ran his Cat and plowed the snow off dust came out everywhere. One time in my life, or his too.
Many year's ago, the dealership's had a cart made out of pipe with a wheelbarrow tire on each side that sould lift a sled up a wee bit so they could move the sleds around without straining or busting a gut. Something like that would roll easy across your rough floor. Maybe you could make something like that to get your sleds in and out of that corner of your barn? Enjoy riding
We never get enough snow to run snow mobiles but I did visiting family once and they are a blast. Now you just need a ski whiz!! Even our MF dealer had JD snow mobiles. Also a little bit of a video request next time you paint a tractor you should do a for dummy’s series and show everyone what you do in depth. Love your channel
Nice one j.t. hope you have fun with the family. They started up well. You have to find a geny for it drive off you little red tractor make Nice power plant so it gets a nice run. Didn't get watch video yesterday. Not bin to grate. Really hope you have fun we don't have them over here. From Andy in uk
Sweet sleds!! I bought a new 79 Deere 0:39 Trailfire....outstanding sled! Too bad Deere quit making sleds! My neighbor had a Liquidator...man i longed to own that sled!!
I know for a fact the 440 Liquifire was built by Kawasaki. I saw the Kawasaki version on the floor of the local Kawasaki dealer back in the day. I mentioned to the guy I know that worked there that they just like the Liquifire, and he said they should, because Kawasaki built them for Deere.
For the first start of the year I pull the spark plugs and squirt a little gas directly into the cylinders. Easier than pulling the airbox. Have fun snowmobiling. Oh yea I have an AC 580ZR
howdy JT sorry to hear about the power, Real nice sleds. I can't find one for the life of me down here by the lake. They're either restored and too much $$ or Parts units.
Cool old sleds. My family was partial to Ski-Doos back in the day. We had TNT 440s, Blizzard 5500, 7500 and 9500s over the years. Fun! BTW, why are you so mad at the Arctic Cat? Looks like a cherry little sled, and it sounds good too!
Always liked the look of those JD sleds but never owned one. SkiDoos and Cats here. Wife and i dont weigh much so a lightweight sled fits us just fine. You have more snow there than we have and for being close to the end of January havnt put a single mile on the sleds so far this winter. Back a couple weeks ago we had freezing rain so ran the sleds back in the shed where they still sit! Any problems with that free air overheating? Doesnt seem to get all that cold there.
@@jtsbarnngrill6873 Was just thinking with those warm temps you have there whether overheating was an issue. Guys here use to run those old Polaris TX with free air and even here where it is often ten below zero they had to keep them moving. Maybe mixing the oil too lean? Just weird JT...the ground here is usually frozen down several feet by this time and next week it will be 40 degrees! Global warming finally kicking in!
Why are you dragging them sleds around? No reverse? Lmfao 🤣. Those old girls take me back. Neighborhood was full of them in the eighties. We ran skidoo though. Whooped on them neighborhood kids. Lol 😆
Back 45 - 50 years ago everyone around here had a sled, or several. There might have been 50 different manufacturers of sleds. Have had a bunch of them....Bolens, Vikings, Cats, MotoSki, Kawasaki, SkiDoo, SnoJet and Polaris. Fingers were frozen half the winter!
For our area of N.C. it’s been colder than a witch’s titty in a brass brazier. It’s rare that we see single digits so when we do we obviously aren’t accustomed to it.
Had a JD 440 liquifire back in the day. Great sled.
Used to know a guy who had one of those. That thing would fly!
On. The. Trottle. Stuck. And. It. Went. Like. Hell. Across. The field
I had that exact same Catherine Bach Daisy Duke poster when I was a younger man
You got more snow there then we got in northern Ontario lucky you lol
Could have used one of those this week here in East Tennessee 7 and half inches of snow shut everything down around here but grandkids are having a ball
I’ll bet they are! That’s about 7 more inches of snow than Tennessee is used to getting!
I remember having a sled way back in the beginning of time , some of the best times of my life . We don’t get enough snow down here anymore but I remember it well .Thanks JT for reminding me of when winter was fun .Hope you get power soon .
Thanks! 😊
Let it snow let it snow let it snow ❄️ oooohboy , keep them running
I feel like I just started my spitfire,but I'm sitting here in the warm house. Its getting easy, I'm just going to sit and watch you. Also have a 300. Thanks
That’s the best way to go 😉
Thanks for sharing
This struggle is why my ZR700 lives on a set of castors...
Which do roll over broken concrete, my garage floor has a pretty rugged topography.
I remember way back when I was in high school maybe early college years my dad bought a Massey Ferguson340 sled just to feed the cows then I found some friends so I road with them but being a kid I wanted to keep up and that wasn't happening so I went and found a JD trailfire I thought I was in seventh heaven I could keep up with everyone and it had a neat feature a back rest. That was nice for everything especially when the girlfriend wanted to go along nice for everyone. Glad you are enjoying your sleds have fun.
I need a Massey sled for my collection.
Hmmmm what you need is a Massey Ferguson Ski Wiz....
You got that right!! I’ll find one sooner or later!
Great video.
I always wanted one of them. Looks like a lot of fun.
The only reason to look forward to snow!!!😅
I know where there’s a ski whiz for sale it’s minty!
@@jarradschwartz7393 i saw onenin Marketplace this week
I’ve got one but I’m in southern Tennessee
My first sled was a spitfire but the all green one . Neighbor buddy had a sportfire wish we still had them. Gas bottle and hand choke worked every time in about 1990-92. Nice sleds 👍
Sure saves my back form pulling 😆
Looks like fun.
👍👍👍👍👍
Glad to see this video JT!!! as a kid in the 70s i really wanted one just because Deere made it. First one i rode on was a cyclone giving rides at john deere day. Took me a few years but i have a set of what i call the fire series. Spitfire, trailfire, snowfire, sportfire, sprintfire, and liquifire. Unfortunately most of them need a good bit of work havent ran them in many years, not much snow here in central ohio anymore. You definitely have a couple of gems for sure!!!!!
Thanks!
hey jt we own the same sled 98 zl 440 put to brand new carbs on it last year but no snow, but this year in western ny state we got dumped on have fun riding p.s. by the way we are corn farmers
Love the D of H part at the end, greatest TV show ever, even had it here in the UK.
One of my all time favorites!!
Loved that show except I think they destroyed about 60 Dodge Chargers! Ouch! JT still has Daisy Duke!! 😂
make sure you yell yeehaw! before you land or you will wreck your ride!
I see you JT as a modern day Cooter Davenport.
Enjoy the ride! Hopefully you will have electricity back earlier than expected.
Have a great time snowmobiling with your family! Enjoyed watching!
Thanks! We had a good run!
What a cool set of snowmobiles !
I'd love one but in the "Verboten" country of Germany and especially in the north west part of it I'll never ride one I guess.
By the time I'd get it running the snow would be gone already anyway 😪
Good times you may have !
Cheers, Ard
Thanks! I wish I could play on them more, but this keeps them low mileage units lol. Only get to ride a couple times a year
Great video! As a young boy I had my very first experience to run a snowmobile by myself and it was a John Deere sport fire. I’ll Never forget that day.
That’s a great sled!
Thanks for the memories. I had 3 snowmobiles away back in my later 30s had a lot of fun with them. Three of us used to rent a cottage for the winter up north, lots of fun for sure.
Hope you get you power back soon and keep the great videos coming when you have the time.
Thanks! Will do!
We got a little snow here in PA but I ain't had my 02 polaris XC 600 out in years.
One of these years I'm going to have to drag it out, have fun with yours and hope you get power back soon, our power was out here at the beginning of last week and I got a bunch of water in the basement BUT we have a generator now so bring on the power outages, lol!!!
The generator is a lifesaver!
Man those snow mobiles look like fun 😅
Indeed! 😉
we got hit hard in west Tennessee lots of snow and very cold temps glad we had a generator enjoy the snowmobiling.
Thanks!
Im From Florida and never have rode a snow mobile. They look like so much fun!
The sport sled looks cool.
Excellent video JT :) Snowmobile are great to farm and why say if can't get vechiles even tractors to go on other farms on them to ride and feed animals! My late Uncle, plus my late dad did for years on farms had going with beef cows! Even save my oldest brother from country school in 1978 year when big snow strom ! My late Dad had 1968 Bombardier 292 1 cylinder 28 hp 1 carb with 5 gallon fuel tank long seat plus track haul 3 people on yellow and black one! In 1984 motor blew up need rebuilt! Also my uncle was 1973 Bombardier 399 Free Air 2 daul carb and cylinders with 4.5 gallon fuel tank also 2 seater but in 1992 got motor rebore also stroke to 440 size all fix up she fast machine and came usefull because 1992 to 1995 Winters Season months brutal lots snow plus my dad and uncle had 3 farms going couldn't get tractors or trucks or cars on lots months! Snowmobile save day to get Country area live Store for supplies eat too!
90 Comments!! I was in the same mood as you when the snow came down, but my 1972 Evinrude Trailblazer is no longer fit to run...
Hope you had a good time
Great looking john deere's- just need to find yourself a ski whiz now
Good video! This makes me want to get my Artic Cat 550 cougar running.
Now just a snow flap for the ZL would help with cooling in the tunnel
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Thanks! I appreciate that!
Love the vintage sleds. We had A John Deere JDX8 (ASS KICKER). Michigan is like Erie, boats and sleds.
Get yourself a sled dolly - the one that lifts indee the belly pan sides and then hooks on the back bumper. Best investment I ever made. Lifts the sled up and carries over rough terrain, saves your back, saves the carbines, saves the concrete you have, saves the studs if you have them. My neighbour borrows it all the time when he's moving his sled in and out of storage. I got mine used.
That would be a great tool here!
Good old sleds! I have a trailfire 340!
Nice ol sled!
Those JD sleds look like they are in great condition! I still have my '71 Arctic Cat that I bought in '82 for $200. We have 6 sleds in our arsenal and every damn one needs something. Pulled drive sprockets off of my sons '74 JD 400 last night. Track was wedged to one side last winter and we thought 🤔 it just shifted off of the rear 😳 idlers because, of, you know, kids doing kid things. Brought it in and chained it up and forgot about it. And then I seen the remains of a nylon drive sprocket lying in the alley of the stables last July 😂! 🙄 wonder where that came from! Anyway, enjoy the snow and your sleds!😊
Thanks! Always something when you have snowmobiles lol
Those nylon sprockets just seem to rot with age! Started an old Cat once hit the throttle and took out all the teeth. Still have my 72 Puma but put new sprockets on it. Old sleds...three hours of repairs for every hour of riding....but still a blast anyway!
@northdakotaham1752 Love these old Arctic Cats! I put a helluva lot of miles on my old 71 panther; still has the original Good Year track. Had a guy go thru the kawasaki motor a few years ago. Found an original electric starter for it on e-bay last year. That thing was always so damn hard to pull over! The '72 has a single popper 246 Hirth. It will sit and idle all day without flooding or dying! Slow but fun! These cleated tracks are really good in the powder as if you didn't know! Maybe not like 😕 🤔 the new mountain sleds of 2-day, but not nearly as expensive either! My other A- cat is an '88 cougar that I traded an chevy 350 engine for. Needs windshield, air ducts, and a seat recover. Thing runs soooo damn good! Top dog is '91 RXL 650. These triples sound like mean sombitches! Other Polaris is a '94 Indy 440 that my daughter drives. And then of course is the '74 JD. Bought a pair of sprockets from Dennis Kirk and if you put them back to back they will work. I'm going to order another pair so that we can do both sides. I read on a forum that these white sprockets on this year and others were not good at all. In between I've owned quite a few sleds over the years, and I regret selling some of them. I really would like to some day get an Arctic Cat zrt 600 if I can find one that's 🤔 ot beat to crap!😊
@@repairmanjoe8081 Ive had several old sleds over the years that had large singles and yes, they will pull your arm out of the socket! A Polaris Colt I had back about forty years ago had a 300 Hirth. The pull cord was actually steel cable! Never broke that one! In the early days you could identify what sleds went by on the trail by the track they left. Cats all had 17 inch cleated tracks. Skidoos all ran 15 inch rubber tracks. Our neighbor and cousin, sold Viking snowmobiles which were made in Twin Valley, MN if I recall correctly. They originally had 15 inch rubber tracks but many were upgraded with plastic Fast Track sectional tracks, assembled in sections with 1/4 inch pins. I had several of those and they were always great. But they were all bogie wheels and slowed the sleds down alot. The Cats all ran sliders which was one of their main selling points. I still have a 70 or 71 Panther here in a shed but it has a Kawasaki 440 ...I think. Havnt looked at it for years. My 72 Puma has a 340 Kawasaki which isn't very fast but as you said, they float over powder. Love the smell of those 2 strokes running! My second favorite smell right behind Hoppes 9!
@@repairmanjoe8081 Thinking back some more....I do recall there were some Ski Doos with wide tracks, 20 inch I think...but never saw any here. I have Ski Doos today and they still have 15 inch tracks. Newest sleds here is 97 so getting up in age but still ok for me.
Have fun
I have a home standby generator that automatically kicks on after about 15-20 seconds after the power goes out. My mom gets impatient and I’m trying to teach her patience.
Wow all 3 sleds look to be in great shape for there age
Hey Joe,,,making lemonade out of lemons with the weather. Or add lemonade to Absolut and git er did. Cheers 🍻
Either way it’s a win 😉
You looked like me pulling your zl 440 backwards out of the shed. I have a zl 550 and it just about killed an old guy dragging it out of the garage.
I’ll bet! That sled is heavy enough for two guys lol
Thanks for the update, neat sleds , look like a lot of fun, we just have to ride four wheelers here, we don’t get much snow 👍🏻
Our snow hasn’t been great the last few years. Maybe this year they’ll get ridden more!
I once worked for a guy that had a couple new sleds,a lot of fun, until you got stuck in deep powder. Polaris. Hopefully you will get power back soon 😮.
Getting a sled stuck is no picnic!!
These days all the hikes and stuff are fuel injected but with my carb dirt bikes and trikes etc I like to just lean the bike hard on its tide till the carb over flows. That puts fresh gas in the carb. The barns are vented and sitting all year the fuel gets bad. As long as the carb is good and clean the fresh gas helps them fire right off! Not wanting to throw a snow mobile on its side I’d say just draining the carb from the screw at the bottom of the bowl few about a minute will do allow fresh gas to flow in and do the same thing. You obviously know what you’re doing but thought I’d toss my way of doing it in there! Kewl sleds. I’ve never ridden a snowmobile. Too far south for that fun!
Right on! I like to run non ethanol rec gas in them, seems to last longer than the corn fuel they give us now 😄
I enjoyed the video.
Nice sleds. I have a trial fire 440 and a sprintfire 340
I’m jealous! The sprintfire is kind of a rare one!
I had a 84 trail fire LX 440. I sold it and I’m still regretting that
One year while my brother was logging, the ground was perfectly dry under the snow. When he ran his Cat and plowed the snow off dust came out everywhere. One time in my life, or his too.
That will happen 😉
Many year's ago, the dealership's had a cart made out of pipe with a wheelbarrow tire on each side that sould lift a sled up a wee bit so they could move the sleds around without straining or busting a gut. Something like that would roll easy across your rough floor. Maybe you could make something like that to get your sleds in and out of that corner of your barn?
Enjoy riding
I’ve thought of that myself. I need to build one!
that creeper that fell down seemed to volunteer for the job! 😂
871 miles! Like new yet. Nice!
Those are Canadian sleds, that’s KM. So more like 550 miles!
We never get enough snow to run snow mobiles but I did visiting family once and they are a blast. Now you just need a ski whiz!! Even our MF dealer had JD snow mobiles.
Also a little bit of a video request next time you paint a tractor you should do a for dummy’s series and show everyone what you do in depth.
Love your channel
Thanks!!
When I do the 165 I will do it in great detail
Nice one j.t. hope you have fun with the family. They started up well. You have to find a geny for it drive off you little red tractor make Nice power plant so it gets a nice run. Didn't get watch video yesterday. Not bin to grate. Really hope you have fun we don't have them over here. From Andy in uk
Thanks for watching! I hope things get better for you 😊
@jtsbarnngrill6873 I watch every one you put up. Thanks very much
Sweet sleds!! I bought a new 79 Deere 0:39 Trailfire....outstanding sled! Too bad Deere quit making sleds! My neighbor had a Liquidator...man i longed to own that sled!!
One of only 600+ dator’s ever made!
A unicorn of a sled!
@@jtsbarnngrill6873 They dominated the Cross Country Circuit with Brian Nelson. Won the Winnipeg-St Paul I500 among many other races.
Dont know about all their sleds, but I do know the Liquifire was built by Kawasaki. They sold it under their own name as well.
@@notajp Afraid not. Deere made their own sleds at Horicon Works.
I know for a fact the 440 Liquifire was built by Kawasaki. I saw the Kawasaki version on the floor of the local Kawasaki dealer back in the day. I mentioned to the guy I know that worked there that they just like the Liquifire, and he said they should, because Kawasaki built them for Deere.
For the first start of the year I pull the spark plugs and squirt a little gas directly into the cylinders. Easier than pulling the airbox. Have fun snowmobiling. Oh yea I have an AC 580ZR
That’s a quick one!
howdy JT sorry to hear about the power, Real nice sleds. I can't find one for the life of me down here by the lake. They're either restored and too much $$ or Parts units.
Right! I got lucky with these, bought them about 10 years ago, affordable nice originals.
Cool old sleds. My family was partial to Ski-Doos back in the day. We had TNT 440s, Blizzard 5500, 7500 and 9500s over the years. Fun! BTW, why are you so mad at the Arctic Cat? Looks like a cherry little sled, and it sounds good too!
Oh, it’s just heavy 😆. Otherwise it’s a great sled!
Good work play balance hope your power is restored soon the storm has reached Ireland 60 mph on the northern coast now
It was out till 5 that evening.
Now you need a luiqifire sled
Put a five gallon bucket under the handle on the back. You can run it inside.
all that oily smoke. tune in next time for will the paint stick to the hood?
thanks for sharing with us!
Yes it will😆😆
Living anywhere you need a snowmobile would suck, that’s why we love the South!!!
It’s not for everyone, but I enjoy winter.
i have a john deere cyclone 340 snowmobile
Always liked the look of those JD sleds but never owned one. SkiDoos and Cats here. Wife and i dont weigh much so a lightweight sled fits us just fine. You have more snow there than we have and for being close to the end of January havnt put a single mile on the sleds so far this winter. Back a couple weeks ago we had freezing rain so ran the sleds back in the shed where they still sit! Any problems with that free air overheating? Doesnt seem to get all that cold there.
I’ve never had any trouble with mine overheating.
@@jtsbarnngrill6873 Was just thinking with those warm temps you have there whether overheating was an issue. Guys here use to run those old Polaris TX with free air and even here where it is often ten below zero they had to keep them moving. Maybe mixing the oil too lean? Just weird JT...the ground here is usually frozen down several feet by this time and next week it will be 40 degrees! Global warming finally kicking in!
Wait, no Massey sled?!? Hope the power outage doesn’t last too long.
I’ll have a ski whiz at some point 😉
Who is on the wall with Diasy?
Farrah fawcett and the 1977 Dallas cowboy cheerleaders
Who made the JD snowmobiles?
I believe the ones I have were Kawasaki made.
@@jtsbarnngrill6873. Then it must be good. They sounded healthy!
They were made by deere in Horicon Wisconsin. Made sleds in the summer and lawnmowers in the winter. They were powered by kiortz and kawasaki motors.
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Hmmm...another John Deere? Just messin' with you : )
A guy has to have a little of everything 😆😆
JT, have u ever tooken Fluffy for a ride on ur snowmobiles?? u can have all the snow u want. I will stay down in florida 30deg..
She won’t come near them 😆
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Why are you dragging them sleds around? No reverse? Lmfao 🤣. Those old girls take me back. Neighborhood was full of them in the eighties. We ran skidoo though. Whooped on them neighborhood kids. Lol 😆
I’ll bet! I had a liquifire that was fast, but I sold it a few years back. I think my sportfire might do 70 mph downhill 😉
Back 45 - 50 years ago everyone around here had a sled, or several. There might have been 50 different manufacturers of sleds. Have had a bunch of them....Bolens, Vikings, Cats, MotoSki, Kawasaki, SkiDoo, SnoJet and Polaris. Fingers were frozen half the winter!
Do they sell. Parts. For. Those. Snowmobile. We. Youed. Have. One. On the. Farm. In saskatchewan canada 🇨🇦
I’ve had no trouble getting parts for them
Is that a JD bicycle hanging out in the background??
Yes it is
Believe it or not, I've never had the opportunity to ride a snowmobile......
They can be a lot of fun!
You could Use some LITTLE J.T.s for Helpers🙎🙎👍🤣
Ha! Probably not any more in my future lol
For our area of N.C. it’s been colder than a witch’s titty in a brass brazier. It’s rare that we see single digits so when we do we obviously aren’t accustomed to it.
I can imagine! Hope it warms back up for you guys soon!
Sweet John Deeres
Thanks!
Skip the snowmobile dolly’s just pick up 3 furniture Dollie’s from harbor freight they work better
what no SKI WHIZ Massey snowmobile
I’ll have one. Haven’t found the right deal yet!!
I remember the days when MF had their Snow Riders. I new a couple of the guys from Brantford that did the tour.
Man that is some time ago.
Cheers.
That or some new underwear!!!
You might need a bigger generator
Indeed!
Confusing to see the MF bonnet unpainted because it was primed in the last video.
Was I notified out of sink?
Nope, I made this last Sunday, I finished the hood on Thursday for fridays video
@@jtsbarnngrill6873 Yes you said Sunday but today is Sunday hence my confusion.
My thunder cat is 660
Nice
Come on man you need to get your self a Massey sled
I will!! Just haven’t found the right one yet
Let’s see some diesel cold starts !
Next Sunday! 😉
Strange you don’t have a MF snowmobile!
I will! I just haven’t found the right deal on one yet
@@jtsbarnngrill6873. I have no doubt a horse trader like your self will find one