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Looks like the 601 won't head north until next week due to logistics (time/space/equipment). No biggie since I won't be able to get up there until November. Then there will be some fun! I have purchased the 4T10. Now I just need to transport it from NV to NH or NM. Haven't decided which place...

JeepStinker is a smartypantz. :goodjob: It's a seismic sensor for detecting very large man-made bangs, like those made by a nuclear detonation. More like a magneto inductor. :wink:

Holy Frijole, are you timely or psychic? The 601 will be on the move this week. Today my M43 and the 601 tracks made their great escape from my cousins place and may have made it north by now. Tomorrow it should be the 601s turn. Reports from the field are the 601 engine is purring like a big...

Second that. They are cheap enough to not have to take the risk of doing without. I got a couple of boards from HD for my M1950. Didn't really need two, so the second is just leaning against the wall. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?117163-Yukon-Model-M1950-Multifuel-Stove

In the area of curiosities, I have just recovered this device from where the USAF entombed it in 1969. I'll let a few folks guess as to what it is before I spill the beans. For scaling, it's about 10ft long, 8-12in in diameter, and maybe 400lbs. I have named it 'Jed'. Next week I will try to...

This just in... A picture from back in the day at a fixed RTG emplacement. Note the TLDs (especially Guidos). It's been 32yrs since this picture was taken, but I'm sure this unit is still putting out enough juice to keep your cellphone charged. Callsigns left to right: Trollop, Deedle...

First they gave aircraft to Squids, now I see they gave trains to Coasties. What a messed-up world. :shrugs:

Looks like I'm stuck in AK again this year. Give my brother (John, at campsite B11, unless I missed the reservation deadline) a scolding for not learning to drive a standard so he could have driven my vehicles in.

Wish I could take credit, but I stole it and reworked it a bit... The Six Shooter The man in the saddle is angular and long-legged. His skin is sun-dyed brown. The gun in his holster is gray steel and rainbow mother-of-pearl, its handle unmarked. People call them both 'the Six Shooter'. One of...

Friday night the 'Jitter Junction' was actually open, and the owner of the Alaska 7 Motel halfway remembered me. Went to the IGA on Saturday morning for coffee. They have a surprisingly good espresso bar and pastry counter, and the Jitter Junction never seems to be open in the morning. The man...

I'll probably be staying at the Alaska 7 motel on Friday night. I hope to head for Squarebanks on Saturday, but depends on how work goes. We might pass each other enroute. Watch for a silver Tacoma with bug-eye off-road lights and govt plates. Is that a stripped-down laundry trailer (M1061) you...

Making another long north-south run through the interior if anyone wants to have a BS competition. Tomorrow night, Tok. Friday, working in Chicken. Saturday, Somewhere between Paxson and Delta Junction. Weekend in Squarebanks. Monday or Tuesday will be the big run to Toolik Field Station on the...

Just spent a couple of nights at the Alaska 7 Motel on the north side. I pass through there every couple of months. The fellow that runs the motel always asks what I'm doing in the area, and when I tell him, he says 'just had a guy here last month doing that'. Never remembers me. :| And that...

And we missed each other again! I just got back from an overnight trip working at the DoE/NSA facility in NARL. Might have one more trip to make there later this year. So far I've spotted a total of 5 military snowcats in town and NARL, plus one civvy. Yes, I would like the contact. I'm thinking...

Secret weapon? :cookoo:

Here we go again. Looks permanent this time, as users have been asked to remove their gear by the end of May. I'll be heading out there next week to scout for a new spot for my high-tech gear-crap. http://www.ktoo.org/2014/04/14/haarp-research-facility-shut/

Treadlite, I'm currently in Anchorage, but heading for Barrow on Thursday. I'll be working near the LRRS for about a week. While I'm up there, I hope to 'track' down a Thiokol 601 that was seen there around 2009. Have you seen this? I think the sign above it says 'Vote Stotts'. I hear he didn't...

Well lah dee dah. I am on my way to the Point Barrow DEW radar site. Years ago I saw a picture of a 601 in Barrow, AK. No idea how I'd get her home if I find her, but I'm going to try!

Meanwhile, my old girl was on the move over the weekend. But first she had to be dug out, only to find that the tracks were frozen to the ground. Ok, so now I need to remove the tracks. Without a 'track jack', I used a pair of cargo straps to compress the grousers/cleats so that the rubber...

There's a happy camper out there somewhere. Looked like it was going to go for a mere $8,200, but someone sniped at under 5secs for $10,500. A good price, but what a steal it would have been at $8,200!! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-Snowcat-blue-/231181393313