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http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2024_01/image.png.d2ea52cd6fdb013888d442d27c9eda3f.png From FCMQ Map this AM!!! Not very optimistic.... GutZ

I trip over a garden hose now.

Tried open in new tab. Did not work. Tried open in new window. Worked.

I’ve been using a Garmin Tread 8” Overlander for 1.5yrs. Has all the features that I’m interested in, inreach, tracking, SOS, texting, route planning on either trails or forestry roads etc.and many more. Very easy to view. Was considering the 10” but am more than satisfied with the true 8”. It’s never froze up (always powered in the cradle) and goes inside whenever I’m at.

I’ve worked with a few people on this and it seems to be related to older operating systems. I would suggest trying a different computer or phone. However, I just bought a windows 11 computer and there’s another website forum I can’t see because it’s an unsecured https, but it works fine on an iPad.

I tried to react to a couple of posts tonight and I get an error message. Has anyone found this tonight?

Mike, I think you could handle the Polaris, but.........

Wishful thinking and I would have a young wife and a Polaris Matryx.

I stopped getting it a couple days ago and also showed RDL freshly groomed. Go figure.

It works for me on my iPad but not my laptop. Some days I like you some i don't lol

Just tried and it worked. Also FireFox does seem to work. Later GutZ

POS forum software on a non-secure server. Right Click on like and open in new tab.

Revrnd it won't let me like a post either but can make a post. Do not know what is doing this either.

Thanks (I couldn't react to your post). I guess had I wanted to I could've attached the cradle to the handlebar. Denis has a Montana 700i on his current sled & I saw it when we were riding w/ him last season. That was the motivation for the upgrade. Hope you guys are doing well!

I picked up a Montana 700 after last season. I got a bracket fabbed & my nephew helped w/ the wiring. Will be an inprovement over my GPSmap64. W/ this the glovebox is pretty much useless, but a good place to stow the harness.

It helps clubs in remote areas that may not have big memberships, but lots of trail and traffic. ie: areas like Clova or Murdochville It also works for areas that have heavy traffic and need to groom more often ie: Mont Valin

Still no big snowfall. The grooming map shows just part of Mount Valin is open. The rest of Quebec is in the 5-10 cm of snow if any. We need to do our snow dance and get Mother Nature back on track. We missed our annual trip to Lac St Jean. The forecast is for cooler temperatures. Let's hope it brings the snow with it. Jack & Sandi

why i am running a tread 8" overlander. i actually had a 5.5 for part of the season last year and the difference between them was huge.

So... how much is it to get the upgrade to a Newer Version\Software? GutZ

Nothing to do with an old operating system. I'm on the latest Windows 11 and latest Chrome and it does not work. It's the ancient POS forum software that also gives us the hideous picture posting failure's also, (links instead of imbedded).

It works. Thank you

Good Morning Jack, sorry to hear about your fall. I myself can see how you went down, I have to clean my shop floor all the time now, for fear of doing the same thing. When we were younger it seems we could dance our way out of these situations? Had elbow repair last year for bone chips and spurs, no way as bad as your mishap, but longest recovery of all the repair jobs I have had over the years. Good luck, and hope to see you two this season. Steve

I believe the Tread is a little more ruggedized and offers a link between units. LongHair ran this last year: http://quebecrider.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_12/Dash-SD.jpg.9d5497bc2d3f298bd1f8e2f3f432bb57.jpg

Hi Jack will miss riding along with you guy's sat on our sofa between Christmas and new year. Glad to hear your on the mend hopefully we'll see you and Sandi at some point in February, but if not there's always the following year God willing..... best wishes G&P and here's to a better 2024 ...

Hi Steven, Snow would be wonderful but not too heavy. That can bring many more issues. Just a nice dump of snow once a week would be my pick. Enough to keep the trails in shape but not so much that we are snowed in or battling drifts and white outs. Getting too old to fight with Mother Nature. Jack & Sandi

Sorry to hear the obstacles that were thrown at you this year. Glad to hear it’s on the upswing now. Im sure I speak for many hear where we enjoy your sled escapades. I know your stories will come but we all are on standby for winter to show up. Stay well

Hi Everyone, We hope a Merry Christmas was had by all. We were with family and had a great time eating and drinking and seeing everyone. Another season of snowmobiling has arrived. Although the snow gods apparently don't know it. Sandi and I have been making our annual first trip snowmobiling the week from Christmas to New Year's for over 30 years other than Covid year. This year we are breaking tradition. Last year we cut the trip short due to the lack of snow and warm temperatures. This week we are not going to Quebec to be disappointed again. After last week's rain, the FCMQ map is very grim. The Grinch is in the skies holding back the snow and giving us warm temperatures from down south. Obstacle number 1. Yuk! We had been tossing around whether to make the trip or not and the lack of snow is one culprit. There have also been a few other things that have come up. I won't bore you with everything but but picture this. It's the end of October. I have a small work trailer with a drop down rear door like a snowmobile trailer. The door is open down to the ground and I'm standing on the edge of it with my back to the trailer. I step to the side and my left foot is caught by the cable that lifts the door. Down I go face first. I broke my fall by hitting the ground with the palm of my hands first and then my head. The hard Irish/Polish head survived but my right arm was pretty sore. After a week my arm is still hurting and Sandi and my sister talk me into to having it looked at. I go to a local walk-in clinic that specializes in orthopedics. The right arm, wrist and elbow are x-rayed. Sure enough, a compound fracture of the radial head at the elbow. This is the top of the small bone that connects the elbow with the wrist. The surgeon looks at the x-rays and says to me, "We will have to replace the radial head. Lets hope you didn't tear the ligament too. If you did, that will extend the healing time. That we won't know until I'm doing the surgery." So the surgery is done. Of course I did tear the ligament from the bone up at the bicep. I now have a piece of titanium that replaces the radial head and an anchor for the ligament that re-attaches the ligament to the bone. Now up to today. The brace is off that was limiting my mobility so I didn't tear the ligament again. I have physical therapy twice a week. More x-rays and everything is looking good. When I ask the physical therapist about snowmobiling, she said a big NO. She said the brace is off and the repair looks good but it isn't 100% yet. So that is obstacle number two! Next up. Back in June, my 2021 Chevy 1500 diesel pick up truck blew the motor at 42,000 miles. The connecting rod for #1 cylinder put two holes thru the bottom of the block. I can tell you a long story about that but that was around the same time that the auto workers were on strike. Yea, parts not available. Three and a half months later, October 5th, I get the truck back. Great, we will have it for snowmobiling. 3,000 miles after that, the dreaded check engine light comes on. Back to the dealer it goes. The dealer checks it out and it needs a DPF, diesel particulate filter. The dealer tells me that happens sometimes. When the motor blows it can contaminate the exhaust system with oil and debris. They don't have a DPF on the shelf of course. They order it from the warehouse and yep, it's on back order. No shipping date available. They gave me a Malibu for a loaner. I wonder how well that will pull the snowmobile trailer? Obstacle number three! A few other things have happened this past year. Work and family related. It has been a long tough year for Sandi and I. So our plans are to still go snowmobiling but I don't know the time frame right now. We hope to see some of you either at the Delta Jonquiere or the Universal RDL. Cheers to the New Year. I hope it's better than 2023. Jack & Sandi

I have been getting that since spring.