you know what I love about my old 2 stroke sled? it has a primer so your not pulling on it for ever and its pull start. So you can pull on it till it starts. Never had an issue with it starting in -35c, 3 primer shots and 1 pull usually and away it goes.
Chuck.... you know your the envy of a lot of us.... Great video. You just demonstrated what old cub/scout motto, " Always be prepared". Being prepared and knowing how to deal with unforseen circumstances truly eliminates fear. Until next time, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.....
Great tips. Moving the ice fishing hot tent over your snow machine is just one more reason they make good shelters. I suspect you could also remove the battery from the snow machine and leave it in your hot tent so it stays warm and will have enough charge to start your snow machine in the coldest of temperatures.
Warming the battery helps for sure. The engine block is what provides the most restriction to starting. Gotta warm that up regardless of a nice warm battery
Great videos Chuck! Really enjoy watching your adventures and picking up cool tips and tricks. Your positive attitude is infectious! From one CO to another….. Keep up the great work!!
Great video Sir !! All of theses tricks will certainly get a cold engine going but I'm surprised that a coolant heater ( circulator) is not used especially since you have the honda generator. My 2 honda atv's , my car and diesel tractor all have one. I think that heating the coolant is the most efficient way to warm up an engine. I really do like the tent woodstove setup . Take care !
Your Labrador buddy Jay living in Yellowknife poured hot water over his battery to get him going. If I thought it was going to be a problem I would keep the battery inside with me. Thanks for the video Mr. Porter.
Good tips for sure. In my bushrat days (doing geophysics in the 80s), I used a one burner Coleman naphtha stove and a 90 degree section of chimney pipe to thaw out the engine block and recoil starter. Might be tough to use on todays snowmobiles but worked great on the 250cc Elan or 244cc Polaris I used at the time. Saved a long journey back to camp after a days work on the cut lines. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family Chuck:)
Love the tree, its packed top to bottom! There used to be a channel YK Snowmobiling, gentlemen documented his snowmobiling adventures in YellowKnife. They would be out at -40 for a full day or couple night trip to a tent they had set up for the winter or to an outpost. They would bring along a generator and put it under a plastic tub with the exhaust cut out to power batery warmers, hair dryers, and other in the sled. At one point they setup a second popup shelter just to house the sled for the night and tried to heat it. Doesn't look like the channel is around anymore unfortunately.
i love this kind of hobbies i have a camp of grid no sled but i like the eglue and that wood stove is perfict great stuf iv seen those china heaters to there prity cool thank you for bringing us along
Fuel line antifreeze when it gets really cold. Battery tender where possible, block heater as well for a four stroke. Use the genny to run both, makes a huge difference. We always try to park where the hoods (car and snowmobile) get sun on them, engine is way warmer that way.
That flexible hose on yer diesel hot air heater is good, in a smaller size, for a COLD AIR INTAKE for a tent stove (if you install a compatible flange on the lower back of your stove box). Run the hose under your tent wall (or through a hole if your tent has a built in floor). Outside run the hose up 3 ft./one meter to a tripod and curve it down to keep snow out. Tie off securely! NOW your stove combustion air is dense, cold air instead of sucking the warm air out of yer tent. NICE TENT! As I mentioned in another of your tenting videos, that welding blanket on the tent wall is genius.
the eskimo outlast 850HD portable icehouse has room for a cot, ur snowmobile and you can easily fit a woodstove. One day when I have enough money i plan to get one. I got the woodstove u recommended and I really enjoy it. The WinnerWell Large windowed, with water attachment and I even got their oven attachment and cooked a pizza in it. I dont have a heated garage so i use it to work on sled and other machines in the trailer during the winter or out icefishing. You're videos really inspired me to get out and enjoy winter to the fullest. Thank You and keep it up Chuck!
I have done the tent over the machine hack before. And I've done the generator on my trucks engine block along with the block heater and charging the battery all at the same time lol.
You can buy a quiet pump for that vevor makes a big difference in noise. I just bought the 2025 Skandic 900 ace swt and have no problem yet for starting in the cold in the Yukon. A good backup is using a jump starter using my 5ah 20v DeWalt batteries that I also use for drill on ice auger, electric chainsaw and an attachment with usb ports and 12v out for charging phones etc. I have jump started Cars and trucks not plugged in the cold with this unit . Surprising that a small battey can supply that kind of power. Make sure you get one with 8 guage wire. They also make them for Milwaukee. Do not leave battery attached after starting .
Out in the woods, cedar branches could shield your machine over night. Cedar is a great multi use tree. The branches can be boiled for tea, soak athritis, flooring insulation under tent, many uses
Great video and great tips. I've used my diesel heater to thaw out my frozen truck engine in -39c Alberta weather, but not a sled yet. It's sure a lot safer than the old Tiger Torch and tin ducting method
I found myself thinking (when you placed the pizza stone under the heater exhaust) that you may consider picking up a meter or more of PAN Carbon felt, and you'll be amazed at the 101 uses that you find for it as you go about the daily chores. I find that 4mm thickness works the best for all round stuff.
Hey Chuck, thanks for another interesting video, one thing good about your videos is you don't know what to expect but it's always interesting. Sure is cold in Labrador here on the not so much so here now it's -3. Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year to you and all your family.
I always remembered the genny trick you showed it on a previous video. Good to know our sleds fit in our tents lol. We’re having a bit of of colder weather now it’s making ice but we’re still lacking some snow hopefully soon take care and see you in the next video
Great tricks of the “NORTH” Chuck, that’s unbelievable how warm no, how HOT it got in the tent. Wishing you and family a merry Christmas and happy new year, CHEERS my friend!!
well thank you for all your replies, I appreciate it a lot. Just finishing brewing my first ever cup of Chaga tea, from chunks I bought at health food store. I brewed for 1hr. and not getting any big flavour of anything. I will try different amounts, first go was a 1 inch chunk.
Hi Chuck enjoyed your video and I have one of the insulated Eskimo pop up tents as well for that reason,I’ve not had to use it yet. Thanks for sharing awesome ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️channel.merry Christmas and happy new year to you and family.cheers from Saskatchewan
Right on that will definitely get you out of a game 👍 have did this lots with tarps. We'll Merry Christmas Chuck and Mel and Happy new years. And till next time from Northern Ontario 🇨🇦
Well done again, Chuck!! They may be out there as good, but certainly not out there no better sir!! Merry Christmas to you and your family my friend. Happy Holidays.
Do this. Build an small insulated garage attached to your cabin. Modify the wood stove chimney so it goes through the wall and into the shed put non-insulated bare chimney pipe into a section of 2 30 gallon drums stacked on top of each other and filled with coarse River Rock. Then continue with insulated pipe that goes out through the roof. The waste heat will hit the gravel and buffer the thermal output providing stable heat source. This will keep your shop most likely above freezing keeping your equipment much warmer than outside. You can also add more solar panels directing excess electricity to a water heater storage.
Thank you for your tips on what to do with the snowmobile. Wanted to throw an idea out to you? What if you use the 12 hour hand warmers and leave them in your engine overnight. The engine is covered and it could keep it warm and be ready to start in the morning? Just a thought. Thanks, Susan.
Sometimes anything at all like that will help - even if it kept it that 1 or 2 degrees warmer and put it in the range where it needs to be to start. I've often just placed my snowmobile in direct sunlight and the absorption of the heat from the sun on the black side panels generate enough heat to help it start - it all counts!
Thx Chuck. You know it's cold when the snow crunches like that under foot. Did your old Scandic fit in the other tent? Kinda thinkin' this one wouldn't. Also, when you're at the cabin and your pickup starts, you could uae the exhaust off that as well. Cheers buddy...heading out to start up the snow blower for the first time this yesr.
Great video love the tips where did you get the roof stove jack from and what is the model of the stove you are using thanks again and keep the great videos coming
Yup I have the diesel heater for ice camping and have a wood stove also as I always like backups , so plan is use diesel heater to warm up machine if don’t start or throw tent over it if it really won’t start , or if breaks down can throw tent over it to work on it in warmth , also a lithium jump box I always carry , can get them small but pack a big punch , my jump box will eventually boost a 6.7 diesel engine , and it’s the size of a VHS tape lol if you remember the size of those lol also can use it to charge your phone and has a light on it , and a 12volt plug hook up for it ,
I gotta share this..I watched a guy jump start his truck with a makita drill battery pak +2 nails hook up cables to Ford (( found on road dead)) P/U truck 1st.. then 1 nail each into contacts +/- of battery pak wait a couple minutes then jump truck battery and start....BUT THEN..TODAYS charging BATTERY PAKS would warm or juice the snowmobile battery also..smaller than a Quart of Milk..
Great video as usual my buddy , actually that last method a couple of my buddies had to use. One of them had a four stroke and it hated the cold weather it seemed , they got caught out on one trip and had to put the skidoo in the Labrador canvass tent to warm it up to start it. So it happens. Hope you have a great week my friend and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family from Tucker and I and family.
So is it the cold battery or cold engine block that mostly prevents it from starting properly? Can it be possible to have a solar trickle charger, or an engine block heater, for a snowmobile? I was also thinking that if you had some kind of small covered ramp, then you could slide the front half of snowmobile on there, and light a small fire underneath the ramp, to let the heat travel upwards to heat the engine.
Nice place but should make a shed that’s got some kind of insulation and heat. .If you need it for the sled just keeps everything safe and secure ,bad weather seems how you rely on transportation like this.👍👍 I’m a hunter and some things can be so relaxing. . I like it. I live in north east and we see cold temps .. only a few this cold … -15 more so. . 🥶👨🏻🚒 been frozen a few nights. 👍
Always good videos, me and hubby enjoy them, you’re calming to me, and I needs it, 😂Merry Christmas to you all, looking forward to more in 2025, be safe, Nova Scotia here 😂🎉
Hi Chuck! Does that Vevor heater come with a AC plug in or does it always require a battery hook up? I would love it for my shop, but lugging around a car battery isnt ideal. Thanks!
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you know what I love about my old 2 stroke sled?
it has a primer so your not pulling on it for ever and its pull start. So you can pull on it till it starts. Never had an issue with it starting in -35c, 3 primer shots and 1 pull usually and away it goes.
im adding a primer on my vk540. choke isnt enough on really cold days
@@northrockboy primer is definitely where its at for cold start, 3 shots of fuel and fires first pull every time.
I always look forward to new videos from this creator, they never disappoint
Great tips love them 👍
I've done the generator heat hack and added the DC charging cord from the gen to the battery. The battery loves the added volts.
Chuck.... you know your the envy of a lot of us.... Great video. You just demonstrated what old cub/scout motto, " Always be prepared". Being prepared and knowing how to deal with unforseen circumstances truly eliminates fear. Until next time, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.....
Merry Christmas, glad you enjoyed it!
Great tips. Moving the ice fishing hot tent over your snow machine is just one more reason they make good shelters. I suspect you could also remove the battery from the snow machine and leave it in your hot tent so it stays warm and will have enough charge to start your snow machine in the coldest of temperatures.
Sometimes you need to warm the oil pan to
Yeah, but is it just the battery that's the problem, or is it a cold engine block?
@@manofsan Great question !
Warming the battery helps for sure. The engine block is what provides the most restriction to starting. Gotta warm that up regardless of a nice warm battery
Great videos Chuck!
Really enjoy watching your adventures and picking up cool tips and tricks. Your positive attitude is infectious!
From one CO to another…..
Keep up the great work!!
Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying the content! Happy to be sharing my experience with the community (including those of similar careers)
If that seat was a little longer and the door a little bigger you could just drive into the tent and sleep on the snowmobile 😂
That's whatever my wife said.
I thought the same thing lol
need a hammock then no problem
Great tips as always Chuck! Have a safe and Merry Christmas!
Great video Sir !! All of theses tricks will certainly get a cold engine going but I'm surprised that a coolant heater ( circulator) is not used especially since you have the honda generator. My 2 honda atv's , my car and diesel tractor all have one. I think that heating the coolant is the most efficient way to warm up an engine. I really do like the tent woodstove setup . Take care !
I love that tent and heater
Your Labrador buddy Jay living in Yellowknife poured hot water over his battery to get him going. If I thought it was going to be a problem I would keep the battery inside with me. Thanks for the video Mr. Porter.
Yes he faces the same cold we do here - whatever works!!
Thanks for video great heat sources ! Will try get those for the purpose you used them for ! Very convenient !
You're welcome! I hope they help.
Who’d a thunk it! lol what a great idea ! Thanks for the helpful tips!
i use an automobile battery on my older vk 540. helps a lot on the really cold days. wired it up in rear cargo area
Some great advice for sure.
More great ideas!
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Chuck.🎄
Good tips for sure. In my bushrat days (doing geophysics in the 80s), I used a one burner Coleman naphtha stove and a 90 degree section of chimney pipe to thaw out the engine block and recoil starter. Might be tough to use on todays snowmobiles but worked great on the 250cc Elan or 244cc Polaris I used at the time. Saved a long journey back to camp after a days work on the cut lines.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family Chuck:)
good stuff bud. happy holidays!
Use a similar trick on my old elan
Great video Chuck! Thank you
great segment Chuck. Thanks for sharing..
Great tips Chuck, that’s how you stay alive thinking outside of the box. Merry Christmas to you and the family and can’t wait to see what’s next.
Thank you Chuck good vidéo Merry christmas Québec Canada
Merry Christmas, Chuck! Thank you for another great year of your adventures in the outdoors! Hope you and yours have a prosperous New Year!
You too matthew - tks bud
great video chuck . thanks buddy.
Love the tree, its packed top to bottom! There used to be a channel YK Snowmobiling, gentlemen documented his snowmobiling adventures in YellowKnife. They would be out at -40 for a full day or couple night trip to a tent they had set up for the winter or to an outpost. They would bring along a generator and put it under a plastic tub with the exhaust cut out to power batery warmers, hair dryers, and other in the sled. At one point they setup a second popup shelter just to house the sled for the night and tried to heat it. Doesn't look like the channel is around anymore unfortunately.
Great video chuck
Merry Christmas to you and the family. Been feeling under the weather so it took me tome to open this video. Awesome as per usual.
Merry Christmas Robert!
i love this kind of hobbies i have a camp of grid no sled but i like the eglue and that wood stove is perfict great stuf iv seen those china heaters to there prity cool thank you for bringing us along
I'm glad you enjoy coming along for the adventure!
GREAT TIPS. Thank you so much. 👍👍👍👍👍👍😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸
Fuel line antifreeze when it gets really cold. Battery tender where possible, block heater as well for a four stroke. Use the genny to run both, makes a huge difference. We always try to park where the hoods (car and snowmobile) get sun on them, engine is way warmer that way.
Good advice Chuck.
Great video Chuck ! Never stuck if you have you stove & tent along 👍, Great tips ! Merry Christmas
Nice scenery up there. A pair of skies could get handy with a mechanical failure.
Great video Chuck!
That flexible hose on yer diesel hot air heater is good, in a smaller size, for a COLD AIR INTAKE for a tent stove (if you install a compatible flange on the lower back of your stove box). Run the hose under your tent wall (or through a hole if your tent has a built in floor). Outside run the hose up 3 ft./one meter to a tripod and curve it down to keep snow out. Tie off securely! NOW your stove combustion air is dense, cold air instead of sucking the warm air out of yer tent.
NICE TENT! As I mentioned in another of your tenting videos, that welding blanket on the tent wall is genius.
Tks for the detailed comment. Informative 👍
Eskamo popups and good wood stove are hard to bet :marry christmas Chuck and Family
Happy hoilidays Chuck & family, keep up the great work, a lot of fun to watch. 🎄(dan)
Thanks Dan, Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!
the eskimo outlast 850HD portable icehouse has room for a cot, ur snowmobile and you can easily fit a woodstove. One day when I have enough money i plan to get one. I got the woodstove u recommended and I really enjoy it. The WinnerWell Large windowed, with water attachment and I even got their oven attachment and cooked a pizza in it. I dont have a heated garage so i use it to work on sled and other machines in the trailer during the winter or out icefishing. You're videos really inspired me to get out and enjoy winter to the fullest. Thank You and keep it up Chuck!
I’m glad you enjoy and I hope you get your tent soon
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family. And keep up the good content.
Great ideas.
I have done the tent over the machine hack before. And I've done the generator on my trucks engine block along with the block heater and charging the battery all at the same time lol.
Good job!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
ANd to you as well sir!!
Merry Christmas Chuck from Ontario Canada . I truly enjoy your content with your Canadian accent .
Merry Christmas - love to hear from Ontario!
Great tip Chuck Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!
Awesome video, if you want to live in the cold and the remote, you got to be resourceful, which you are.
Absolutely! It's about adapting to the elements. Thanks
You can buy a quiet pump for that vevor makes a big difference in noise. I just bought the 2025 Skandic 900 ace swt and have no problem yet for starting in the cold in the Yukon. A good backup is using a jump starter using my 5ah 20v DeWalt batteries that I also use for drill on ice auger, electric chainsaw and an attachment with usb ports and 12v out for charging phones etc. I have jump started Cars and trucks not plugged in the cold with this unit . Surprising that a small battey can supply that kind of power. Make sure you get one with 8 guage wire. They also make them for Milwaukee. Do not leave battery attached after starting .
Out in the woods, cedar branches could shield your machine over night. Cedar is a great multi use tree. The branches can be boiled for tea, soak athritis, flooring insulation under tent, many uses
Good tip. We don’t have cedar but any thick-branched tree could help I’m sure.
Great video and great tips. I've used my diesel heater to thaw out my frozen truck engine in -39c Alberta weather, but not a sled yet. It's sure a lot safer than the old Tiger Torch and tin ducting method
I used mine again last night to thaw out my propane regulator. So many uses. And so safe.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
You too sir!!
Way to go Chuck👍 Merry Christmas to ya 😊
I found myself thinking (when you placed the pizza stone under the heater exhaust) that you may consider picking up a meter or more of PAN Carbon felt, and you'll be amazed at the 101 uses that you find for it as you go about the daily chores. I find that 4mm thickness works the best for all round stuff.
I have a bunch of different kinds of felt so I may be able to give that a try. Thanks for the tip!
Awesome tip! Tanks, Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas buddy
Way to go Chuck. Very interesting. You have -25 and we have -3. Merry Christmas to you and your family. God bless.
Merry Christmas to you and yours as well sir
Good way to get rid of those vapor locks we find sometimes
Hey Chuck, thanks for another interesting video, one thing good about your videos is you don't know what to expect but it's always interesting. Sure is cold in Labrador here on the not so much so here now it's -3. Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year to you and all your family.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!,
And to you as well Gloria - Happy Holidays!
I always remembered the genny trick you showed it on a previous video. Good to know our sleds fit in our tents lol. We’re having a bit of of colder weather now it’s making ice but we’re still lacking some snow hopefully soon take care and see you in the next video
Yes that video is an oldie!!!! Merry Christmas my friend
Great tricks of the “NORTH” Chuck, that’s unbelievable how warm no, how HOT it got in the tent.
Wishing you and family a merry Christmas and happy new year, CHEERS my friend!!
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you as well Victor - glad you stuck around in 2024!!
well thank you for all your replies, I appreciate it a lot.
Just finishing brewing my first ever cup of Chaga tea, from chunks I bought at health food store. I brewed for 1hr. and not getting any big flavour of anything. I will try different amounts, first go was a 1 inch chunk.
Hi Chuck enjoyed your video and I have one of the insulated Eskimo pop up tents as well for that reason,I’ve not had to use it yet. Thanks for sharing awesome ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️channel.merry Christmas and happy new year to you and family.cheers from Saskatchewan
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you as well - glad to hear you're in the tent business too!
Hey dude, new subscriber and loving the content. Keep it up!
Glad you’re tuning in!
Right on that will definitely get you out of a game 👍 have did this lots with tarps. We'll Merry Christmas Chuck and Mel and Happy new years. And till next time from Northern Ontario 🇨🇦
Merry Christmas to you as well sir!
Great vid Chuck merry Christmas to you and your family
Merry Christmas to you and your family too!
Well done again, Chuck!! They may be out there as good, but certainly not out there no better sir!! Merry Christmas to you and your family my friend. Happy Holidays.
You too my friend - and I hope your dad gets a tree up in that new house somewhere lol!!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family wishing you a awesome new year with lots of adventures in the great outdoors
Thanks - Merry Christmas to you and yours!
some great information
Desperate times will inspire a resourceful human to be resourceful. Northern people are usually resourceful.
Yep, pretty crunchy!
Merry Christmas to you and yours Buddy, wonderful video
Thanks buddy. You too and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Do this. Build an small insulated garage attached to your cabin. Modify the wood stove chimney so it goes through the wall and into the shed put non-insulated bare chimney pipe into a section of 2 30 gallon drums stacked on top of each other and filled with coarse River Rock. Then continue with insulated pipe that goes out through the roof. The waste heat will hit the gravel and buffer the thermal output providing stable heat source. This will keep your shop most likely above freezing keeping your equipment much warmer than outside. You can also add more solar panels directing excess electricity to a water heater storage.
Great idea - don't think I could get it to work with my current setup , but definitely something to try if you haven't yet started construction
Thank you for your tips on what to do with the snowmobile. Wanted to throw an idea out to you? What if you use the 12 hour hand warmers and leave them in your engine overnight. The engine is covered and it could keep it warm and be ready to start in the morning? Just a thought. Thanks, Susan.
Sometimes anything at all like that will help - even if it kept it that 1 or 2 degrees warmer and put it in the range where it needs to be to start. I've often just placed my snowmobile in direct sunlight and the absorption of the heat from the sun on the black side panels generate enough heat to help it start - it all counts!
Hi from Northern Ab 😂😂😂 love the videos I wish I was you neighbour and could come sledding with you great humour
Haha. Little far away but still my Canadian neighbour I guess lol
Merry Christmas Chuck to you & your family. 🎄🎁Great video have a safe holiday. 🙂🇨🇦🙏
Same to you!
I live in Alberta and it gets really cold up here usually minus 40 to minus 45 and it’s really hard to start things.
Thx Chuck.
You know it's cold when the snow crunches like that under foot.
Did your old Scandic fit in the other tent?
Kinda thinkin' this one wouldn't.
Also, when you're at the cabin and your pickup starts, you could uae the exhaust off that as well.
Cheers buddy...heading out to start up the snow blower for the first time this yesr.
Its fine with a smaller tent - just cover up the front section would be just fine
Great video love the tips where did you get the roof stove jack from and what is the model of the stove you are using thanks again and keep the great videos coming
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Search Canadian suppliers for this stove. You may be able to find it a fair bit cheaper
Thankyou
ok, Christmas Day,...time for a Chuck Porter's "Everything Outoors" marathon, ..cheers
Glad you’re enjoying the show! Merry Christmas!!
Really smart idea
Cheers chuck
Merry Christmas to you and your family
and to you as well sir!
Merry Christmas chuck and to the porter family
you too sir!!
gonna use our big otter to warm up and work on our snowmachines on cold days also
Merry Christmas Chuck to you and your family
All the best for the upcoming year.
👍👍
You too my friend
Great video we are in Labrador now it’s cold tonight
Welcome back!! We made it cold for you just to make you feel at home 😂
Yup I have the diesel heater for ice camping and have a wood stove also as I always like backups , so plan is use diesel heater to warm up machine if don’t start or throw tent over it if it really won’t start , or if breaks down can throw tent over it to work on it in warmth , also a lithium jump box I always carry , can get them small but pack a big punch , my jump box will eventually boost a 6.7 diesel engine , and it’s the size of a VHS tape lol if you remember the size of those lol also can use it to charge your phone and has a light on it , and a 12volt plug hook up for it ,
Merry Christmas Chuck to you and your family
God Bless
Thanks so much. Merry Christmas to you as well!
Great advice Mr porter hope it will never get that cold 🥶 here in Northern Ohio
Always great to hear from Northern Ohio!!!! Merry Christmas!!
Skidoo's block heater for the 900 is easy to install and works great.
junk plug it into a tree
How about a block heater kit for the 900 ace?
It's available - but I usually cope just fine without it
I gotta share this..I watched a guy jump start his truck with a makita drill battery pak +2 nails hook up cables to Ford (( found on road dead)) P/U truck 1st.. then 1 nail each into contacts +/- of battery pak wait a couple minutes then jump truck battery and start....BUT THEN..TODAYS charging BATTERY PAKS would warm or juice the snowmobile battery also..smaller than a Quart of Milk..
Great video as usual my buddy , actually that last method a couple of my buddies had to use. One of them had a four stroke and it hated the cold weather it seemed , they got caught out on one trip and had to put the skidoo in the Labrador canvass tent to warm it up to start it. So it happens. Hope you have a great week my friend and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family from Tucker and I and family.
Yep, that tent trick works! A good old fashioned warm up is sometimes the best way to deal with a cold engine. Merry Christmas to you and yours
Good to know
So is it the cold battery or cold engine block that mostly prevents it from starting properly?
Can it be possible to have a solar trickle charger, or an engine block heater, for a snowmobile?
I was also thinking that if you had some kind of small covered ramp, then you could slide the front half of snowmobile on there, and light a small fire underneath the ramp, to let the heat travel upwards to heat the engine.
Its mostly the engine that causes the issue. It helps to increase the temp of the battery also.
Merry Christmas 🎄 😊
And to you as well Robert 🌲
Nice place but should make a shed that’s got some kind of insulation and heat. .If you need it for the sled just keeps everything safe and secure ,bad weather seems how you rely on transportation like this.👍👍 I’m a hunter and some things can be so relaxing. . I like it. I live in north east and we see cold temps .. only a few this cold … -15 more so. . 🥶👨🏻🚒 been frozen a few nights. 👍
Always good videos, me and hubby enjoy them, you’re calming to me, and I needs it, 😂Merry Christmas to you all, looking forward to more in 2025, be safe, Nova Scotia here 😂🎉
Thanks for watching - we'll be back at it in the new year!
Seeing that you live in Labrador, and you use a winter well stove, I knew I picked the right stove even though I only live in New Jersey.
It’s my favourite. Great to hear from New Jersey.
enjoy your videos Chuck. what battery do you have in your sled? lithium? what brand? thanks.
No it’s just the factory agm (bombardier). I usually upgrade tho at the first sign that I see the battery is getting weak.
I enjoyed your video as always. Thanks for the tips. Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🎄 Best wishes for the New Year!🎉.
You to my friend
My old 2 stroke sled started when it was -40C and it was pull start.
Merry Christmas Chuck.
Tks and Merry Christmas to you too!
Hi Chuck!
Does that Vevor heater come with a AC plug in or does it always require a battery hook up?
I would love it for my shop, but lugging around a car battery isnt ideal.
Thanks!
It’s just DC but I’m thinking if you got a voltage reducer or adapter (down to 12 volts) you’d work around it that way