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22-03-10, 16:14
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Thanks for all kind words.
This expedition has caused me a lot of problems not only that I had to cancel it but due to other reasons. We managed to do some damage to the prepared snowmobile iceroad (donīt know the right word, sorry) that I now have to repair and as you know Iīm a long long way from the scene of action. In my search for someone to help me repair the iceroad I got a tip of another UC stranded in the mountain! I called the owner and he confirmed it was an UC and it sits not that far from nearest road, about 2km. Will make a trip there this summer. Pansar is cut down and a Volvo engine has replaced the V8, donīt know anything more other than that for the moment. Erik 
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23-03-10, 03:13
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In all seriousness, there are parts of Canada where the trucking companies run 18-wheeler semi trailer trucks on the frozen lakes to haul fuel, cargo and building materials to isolated communities, diamond and gold mines, and oil rigs. This winter the season was only 6 weeks long for one particular road in Manitoba. That is about 800km (500mi) north of Winnipeg.
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29-03-10, 20:40
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Ice Roads..
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To build an ice road over a lake.. Step one... Wait until the lake is frozen hard enough to support a light weight motorized plow or scraper.. Then plow the snow off the route that you want to make a road on..extra wide usually triple the width of the actual road surface.. That gets you down to ice only on the surface..you must do this as snow is an insulator and keeps the lake ice from freezing.. Next step .. Every hundred meters bore a hole through the ice down the center of your proposed road.. Pump the lake out on the ice to spread out from the hole all around to over lap the next hole.. The water will start to freeze from the center of the road out to the edges..if it is cold enough this water will freeze in a matter of minutes..and start to thicken your ice road.. Step three.. Using pink fiber glass insulation form a plug to plug your ice hole to keep it from freezing.. Move on to your next hole and repeat procedure.. If it is cold enough,you can move quite quickly ,hole by hole along the route..drilling ..pumping..flooding..plugging.. When you get to the end ..go back to the start and go again..but this time you just have to pull out the frozen plug and start pumping.. In no time   you will be able to drive a tank on your road..you can easily build two inches of ice on the road in a day..,depending on the temperature and length of road..lots of help is nice to have..And Whiskey..!! Each flood will add strength to your road.. The trick is to move quickly..keep the snow clear from the road and keep pumping and freezing water on it..By this method you are building the ice thickness from the top down..that is the way you build ice roads ..drilling pads..to drill for gas or oil or gold under muskeg or lakes that you can not access in summer time.. The ice will melt from the top AND the bottom so care must be taken when transporting anything by ice road.. Good luck.. Keep pictures... all of us want you to succeed..  Step
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25-04-10, 15:51
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Hello, any news from Sweden?
Hendrik
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07-05-10, 13:06
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Carrier is now recovered!
Yes, I have great news from Sweden. Yesterday night my friend draged the UC over the frozen lake in ideal conditions with his very very very nice diesel Hagglund BV206. Winter up in the north is still holding on, very late though. At 24.00 it was up on the truck and heading back, a 5h trip. Did get a picture from the cellphone and hope to get some more pictures soon.
This has been a long adventure but this little crawler will get a special spot in my collection. This summer I will interview some people who remember when it came to the village and driven out to the mountain farmers in the 50's. Will also take a hike and investigate the other UC I've found (much closer to a road and not behind a lake  ).More info soon Erik
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07-05-10, 15:02
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Engine info
If I want to buy sparkpluggs, distributor cap, rotor etc, which engine modell shall I quote when buying parts?
Thanks Erik
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07-05-10, 18:54
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hi erik
i've been following your adventure and i'm happy to see your hard work and determination has paid off finally. i've just acquired a mk1 for restoration but i took the easy route and bought it from a dealer, i think your way is the best well done and all the best for the restoration. eddy
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11-05-10, 05:10
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great post
Hello Erik, I absolutely love your post. Please keep up the pics once you start the restoration. Great work !
Cheers Phill
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01-01-12, 01:57
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It has been a long while since you posted about recovering the carrier - how are things progressing with its restoration? Kind Regards Lionel
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17-01-12, 14:45
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Well what can I say... Progress is slow... Focus on family and a new home made me put this project in a kind of sleeping mode. Even the project with recovering a burried UC was put on a hold, new attempt this summer.
Regards Erik
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22-08-15, 00:08
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Hi folks
As I said, progress has been slow but with over 25 crawlers time is short... I decided to keep it "As found" and do as little as possible to get it running. Distributor was totaly renovated, carburettor and fuelpump got a cleanup and a gasket set, new coil, new starter, all new oils and a battery: http://images.mydozers.com/#!album-40-0 Monday or tuesday I'll try to get it in gear /Erik
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