Well i can feel it in the air. fall is here and that means winter is getting closer. so i took some time to make a set of chains for the honcho. i made a plow for it a while back and thought these would go well with it. finally got the lights wired on the plow. got the chain from the local hardware store and in like an hour extra traction in the snow is what i got.
I put them on the stock ripsaw's because the Swampers and Claws are to big and rub on the plow mount.
I was also thinking about the motor. i just recently had to replace the brushes and clean up the com on the tekin 35. now i got to wondering how i could protect the motor this winter. so i came up with something that may work.
it's a vented sleeve. it go tight up against the motor mount and is closed around the other end. sealed with shoe goo. the tube goes up in the body. i still need to extend the honcho's orange tube but made one for the ascender. it's more of what i'm going for. i'm not running the ascender in the snow but i thought it might dual purpose and stop mud from grinding down the brushes in the tekin 30 in the ascender. i use it as a mud truck.
I'll just have to watch motor temps in the summer while mudding. i wish the motor shafts where a little longer in the rear so i could mount a small fan on it to circulate the air. that would be cool.