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Frank Walsh:
My name is Frank Walsh. I reside on Oak Island, Minnesota, which is on Lake of the Woods, on the Minnesota-Manitoba-Ontario borders. I own and operate a fishing camp, which also caters to winter ice fishermen.
I have two machines. One, a 1950 woody that was completely rebuild by the "Bomber Maestro" Cam McLean 5 years ago. And a 1965 metal machine. It has just received a complete make over, and no longer looks like this. I have not seen it yet, so will be a surprise to me when I get it back next week.
All I have to say is this is a great site, and happy I stumbled on it.
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Trapper 2:
Hi,
Just found this site a few days ago. In the past, lived in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Use to help my dad commercial fish on Athapap, Wedge Lake, 1St, 2nd, 3rd Cranberry lakes in lte 50`s, early 60`s. We use to have 2 bombs. I was young at the time and can say I did not like the -40+ wather when we were fishing.
Now retired, living in Beaumont, Alberta. In the process of buying a wide gauge 52, R-18. It needs a lot of tender care. Will be asking for help to find parts here as I don`t know where to look at this time.
If I ever get it going, will try to make it home to Flin Flon for the meet. I just have to go across Athapap as we have a cabin on the big lake.
Doug
Rainyriverjoe:
started working at resorts on lake of the woods 14 years ago taking tourists out fishing in bombers. did that for a number of years for a couple of self sufficient resorts that did their own repairs. i really liked the rigs and caught the bomber bug. after the resorts i worked at a marina that repaired bombardiers in the winter and boats in the summer. some of the projects were as simple as a new marine band radio install to as involved as 3/4 ton rear end swaps and fuel injection conversions. one project i liked was fabricating a manual choke setup. we punched our own tracks, rebuilt suspension drums, you name it.
i dont own my own rig just yet, but i am pursuing a couple leads and am getting a excited at the prospect of having one. bombardiers are difficult to come by on this side of the border. i live in minnesota, midway between baudette and international falls.
i just came across this site and it is one of the first i bring up every time i fire up this crappy computer i have. my printer/scanner isnt compatible with it or i could send some pictures of one bomber i sunk in 11 feet of water one time or else some really nice scenery pics, among others. i really like looking at bombers doing what they were meant to do even 50 or 60 years later.
Frank Walsh:
Bombernut,
I assure you are referring to LOTWs Marine. I was just there today, picking up a machine.
Al mentioned someone he knows with a pretty nice woody for sale at a good price. You may want to call him.
cletus:
Name: Ray Rossington
Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba
Interests:
I have been interested in Bombardiers and other types of track vehicles since I was a kid. In my previous life as a heavy equipment contractor we owned a number of track vehicles, Nodwells, Muskeg tractors and Cat dozers, used mainly for bush work and opening up winter roads. Over this period of time we actioned a number of major rebuilds in our shop facility.
Presently I run a small manufacturing company specializing in the manufacture and marketing products used in ice road construction. www.bigice.ca
When time permits my partner and I (Swamp Dawg) have a number of projects on the go. Our 1983 Bombardier Muskeg tractor is under going a ground up rebuild, the Bombardier 1952 Narrow Gauge is slowly coming back to life as it has seen a new driveline, tracks and body work, and the Bombardier 1974 Wide Gauge has not seen the shop to date.
General:
We recognized that there was no location on the internet that offered information resources for Bombardier Snow Bus ( Bug) users, so we created www.Northerntracks.com to try to provide a medium where interested individuals can view and exchange knowledge that is necessary to optimize the performance, reliability and looks of these fantastic over the snow vehicles while at the same time many new friendships develop with folks of mutual interest.
Going Forward:
I would like to encourage more viewers to consider offering their help or views that is required by the various Bombardier owners/rebuilders. There are signed in members that undoubtedly have an enviable amount of Bombardier knowledge by virtue of the fact they may have spent a life time working, repairing and rebuilding these great machines.
We would like to thank all that have contributed to this forum to date and look forward to hearing from them in the future.
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