After a successful quick shake down run yesterday I decided to take advantage of a beautiful day and rare (for 2021) awesome snow conditions and head out from the house for a rip in Project 6x6.

Since yesterday snow conditions have remained much the same, only now there have been a few snowmobiles and ATVs on the trails to help get them packed down nicely. Even still, the Argo is so wide I often found myself breaking trail. Between snowmobiles and the Argo our trails are becoming groomed nicely!

Near the pole line I decided to take a detour and break trail on a rarely used side trail. This path was quite narrow, made worse by snow weighing down branches. This meant a lot of snow fell onto the machine which put my new windshield wiper to good use.

In hindsight I should have closed the driver door panel which I normally leave open as it gets quite warm inside. This would have helped keep a lot of snow and tree branches out on this very tight trail!

I emerged from the super narrow path unscathed, but undoubtedly a wider machine simply won't fit down there without some trail modifications! As it was I was glad to have my mini chainsaw with me to take down a couple of leaning trees that would have taken out the windshield and/or canopy.

As mentioned in yesterday's adventure, ponds and trail puddles are not frozen very well or at all. Most machines easily break though which unfortunately makes for a messy winter ride. Normally trails are well frozen this time of year which make for a clean, dry, enjoyable ride especially on snowmobile.

Argo's may be slow, but in these conditions it's hard to beat them as you stay warm and dry inside regardless of the conditions!

Back on the airport fence trail I carried on to the path leading to Indian Meal line. I ran in as far as the first field where I took a quick snack break and turned back towards the house.

In an Argo if there's no trail just make one, if it fits it ships!

The ride back to the house was significantly quicker as the trail was now packed down Argo-wide. Now I could easily run in high gear for a much quicker trip. Project 6x6 continues to run well and is all ready for winter ice fishing which opens up in just a couple weeks.

Cheers, MIKE

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