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11 hours ago, mcstar said:

They look OK...maybe you can go back and do them again?

LOL........I am going to send you someone from NY to show you how to groom !!!!!!

Awesome job JG, we all appreciate it! 

 

hi mcstar !!!

 

great to hear from you ...yaa...i think i need extra grooming lessons ...ahaha

yesterday , tq 5  was still a 9 ....few mini drifts and 2-3 bad corners !!!

getting ready to groom all local trails !!!....-10c this morning !!!

 

bienvenue et merci !!!

 

jean-guy

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22 minutes ago, Jackstraw said:

Texting?

 

hi jackstraw !!!

 

hahaha...thats a good one !!!

no ...i-pod ...i pad for me.....whatever the name...

can t remember exactly what happened...i guess i lost sight of the ditch.....kaputtt !!!

back from grooming local trails ...half an hr ago....very windy late afternoon ...expecting drifts on tq 5 !!!

-20c ....

 

jean-guy

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few pics from tq 5 !!!

when i woke up ...storm was almost kaputttt...but on my way back ...just before ste marguerite...started snowing heavy .....dead again once at logging road...

roughly 6-7 '' at  st fidele cb !!!

about 30 sleds....

snow was close to sticky ..at least in the drag...and the machine was heavy ...slow run !!!!

windy a bit and colder a bit once back in town !!!

-14c !!!

 

jean-guy

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52 minutes ago, Phil 1 said:

Hi JG

That last picture gives a good idea of depth along the creek, cool photo.

bonsoir phil !!!

 

merci ...right...we think alike !!! i regret , i should have stopped on my way down to the bridge...there was already a bit of daylight.....and the light and mood  was better !!! i was stopping there more often before !!!

same place......february 18 ....2017 !!!

old pic of the church in st alexandre....4-5 years ago.... 

 

 

 

jean-guy

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17 hours ago, P Hardy said:

Awesome pictures Jean Guy! We were some happy to see the green warming hut on our way back to the truck on Saturday, it was -28 when we got there! Brr

 

hi p hardy !!!

 

sorry for the long wait for the reply.....more than very busy thursday and friday !!!

...and yes i guess so for the warming hut ......and still cold....-30c this morning + sunny ..

groomed tq 5 thursday and local trails yesterday ....25 hrs of grooming in 2 days !!!

met ontario friends + ns ones !!!

 

jean-guy

 

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bonsoir !!!

back from grooming ....looks like traffic has been heavy...rough trail ....but in exchange...

surprise......met tom + friend patrick a 1 / 4 mile before 90' corner on my way back !!! great exchanging a few words + pics  with both of you !!!....woow...super windy once at windmills road !!!

back at gas station at 7 45 pm !!

and when i landed at st fidele cb ....operator from cross point was there....3x in 18 years of grooming !!!

warm when i left this morning ...but around 2 pm....windy  and colder !!!

 

jean-guy

 

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9 hours ago, groomer said:

bonsoir !!!

back from grooming ....looks like traffic has been heavy...rough trail ....but in exchange...

surprise......met tom + friend patrick a 1 / 4 mile before 90' corner on my way back !!! great exchanging a few words + pics  with both of you !!!....woow...super windy once at windmills road !!!

back at gas station at 7 45 pm !!

and when i landed at st fidele cb ....operator from cross point was there....3x in 18 years of grooming !!!

warm when i left this morning ...but around 2 pm....windy  and colder !!!

 

jean-guy

 

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Hey! Thats me! Great to meet you Jean-Guy! Great job on the trails! 

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1 hour ago, Turd Ferguson said:

Hey! Thats me! Great to meet you Jean-Guy! Great job on the trails! 

hi turd !!!

 

great meeting you too !!! met 4 sleds on top of that long hill...about 4 miles from where we met !!!

groomed maybe an extra 3-4 miles....fixed trail on the left side after i passed ste marguerite...already bumpy a bit and a few drifts !!

 

jean-guy

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1 hour ago, Florida Snowman said:

Great seeing you yesterday in action Jean-Guy!

You keep the best trails in all of PQ!

Best,

Tom

bonsoir tom !!!

 

great thx...happy to meet you on my part of tq 5 !!!

went to amqui this morning ...stopped at clubhouse on my way back  around 11 30 am...lots of sleds stopping ...

...then a good nap in the afternoon ...haha

-20c at 7 am..

sorry old pics...did nt take much yesterday....and you were right...very windy up the hills....

 

jean-guy

 

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37 minutes ago, neksledr said:

Rut Roh JG! What happened, the window blow out at high speed? Don't worry, they make new ones every day!

hi terry !!!

 

entered a curve waaay too fast ...machine started to lean on the same side and window '' rubbed '' the trail and cracked !!! ahhaa

seriously ....a bit more than 2 miles west of ste marguerite...after crossing road for windmill...trail in the ditch ....there s a new clearcut about 800' after crossing road....right on the corner of new clearcut...there s a pile of birch ( bunch )....and its very narrow...between pile and road...machine is 10 ' wide...trail there about 10' 4'' for 50'...

so ,just before the pile , i put the '' bull '' in angle to make sure if i touch the pile with the '' bull '' it ll be only a little ''kiss '' and won t need to stop ...while grooming ..

so , as soon as arrived next to pile...took a very quick look at the road to see where i was on the snow bank .....then boom...then bing bang !!!

happened very fast ....2 '' maybe...i guess there was a log under the snow between the track and the pile....hit the log ....one side of the log went under the fender...made a bit hole....time to realize and put the brakes...i guess track brought the log way higher while turning and bang in the window !!!

if you look at my night pics i took earlier this week...you can see one of the piles in front of the groomer...the one i hit was  behind the groomer !!!

 

fixed it in ste florence ...

 

like we say here....when you don t work ...you don t break anything !!!!

grey sky all day ....maybe a bit over 0 c around noon ...-3c right now !!!

 

jean-guy

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22 minutes ago, neksledr said:

As they say, shit happens! Good thing the log didn't end up in cab with you! Will be back your way early March, I'll bring a saw and take care of the pesky log! 

right !!!.....happened so fast ...when i saw the log ...it was under the '' bull '' !!!...never saw the log hit fender or window !!!

not too bad...second time in 18 years of grooming ...first time ...12-15 years ago with the sur-trac !!!

i don t expect a promotion this week...ahaha

snowing lightly and slowly right now !!!

 

jean-guy

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hi pinkm1 and smclelan !!!

 

ahahaha

 merde in french...but more french from france.......quebecois we say marde (slang )....and usually add a swear to make people understand better !!! ahahaha

lets pretend you go moose hunting ...if i wish you '' merde '' ...means good luck !!!

saturday ...might buy a bottle of rouge to forget about my run !!! ahaha

 

-6c 

 

jean-guy

 

 

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