Furious Rant (ICE SPIKES) 

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Just a suggestion, when you stud a snowmobile track(similar studs) you don't want the scratch pattern in a row, so its best to offset the studs by an inch or so so the aren't in a line down the track. That way each stud is biting into a fresh area of ice or snow. Really enjoy you channel.

If that cat hanging out underneath the wood stove doesn't convince people the set up is safe then they truly are lost.

You didn’t show what it looks like with all the pins in. I’m going to give constructive criticism. You have started not showing completing videos. It’s like watching a movie and then it turns off 10mins before the end. Some examples are, not seeing the gas tank get painted, not seeing your sons reaction to the car upgrades and now not seeing all the pins in. I think it would be more interesting to see the videos completed. I know I might get blocked for saying this. But I enjoy your content and then I feel let down at the end. Sorry if you take this badly. It’s just my opinion.

About the studs and Captain Obvious. A friend of mine, in Montana, studded a couple of pieces of power equipment last year. To prevent gouging on his shop floor he bought a couple of those heavy rubber mats like they use in stables to help traction with horses shoes. It worked like a dream in his shop. In summer he simply hung the mats on the wall near the door. Just a thought from a friend. God bless you brother.

Dual alternators just aren’t enough for Cody anymore. He’s resorted to dual watches.

A couple pieces of plywood to lay on the floor when you back it into the shop will be cheap anti scratch for your concrete. Same as what we use for when we run the dozer in and out.

The "Do I spent $250 and 10 hours of labor on this thing or do I just spend the $500 and be done with it?" decision has to be one of the most agonizing decisions a Professional Homeowner ever has to face

I have first had experience with these grip studs in our John Deere 333 track skid loader. The machine is used for power line right of way construction in New England. Like Cody said, they will gouge the concrete and asphalt. Most modern skid loaders that use an "iso" pattern joystick control tend to drag one of the tracks while the other track rotates in order to turn the machine. And because of this, our machine has lost approximately 80% of the studs after one season. We have also found that they don't help much in situation where the surface is uneven and the machine can't scrape the snow cleanly. Even if there is 1/4" of snow left on the ground, the studs no longer made contact with the ground and were basically useless. I believe that using a longer stud would only cause more pull outs. They probably would work great on very smooth asphalt parking lots of concrete.

I ordered small studs intended for bicycle tires and studded my winter shoes. I heartily recommend!

Just got my Icebugs with carbide studs today, took them for a run on an slopy icy road in -13F (yes, with a minus), they stay on ice like glued. Total game changer.

I love hearing the cuckoo clock in the background. Just a suggestion, use your 12" speed square, line it up on the outter edge of the track, with a white market draw a 45° line across the track, slide the square up 12" and repeat, put your studs in every other track pad. This will give you a chevron pattern, much better then inline.

good choice I raced motorcycle sidecars on ice we used sheet metal screws in knobby tires on 750 cc motorcycle front and rear tires better traction on ice than the tires had in dirt and we had a blast. thanx for the video

Those studs are a lot smaller than I've seen used before. It will be interesting how those work out. Not sure how long they will survive CTLs are tough on tracks. Not sure if you watch Stanley Dirt Monkey he does a lot and I mean a lot of plowing with CTLs in Minnesota.

those glasses breaking apart at the nose caught me off guard. 🤣😅

Please send some of that cool weather to us east coast guys in North Florida! It’s been 80° this week, not cool at all. God bless y’all.

We run compact track loader for yard clearing as well. For winter to pull into the shop during the winter we went and got thick rubber mats from princess auto (our harbour fright) works perfect and way cheaper than fixing concrete floors.

I believe the right term is donuts, not cookies! Merry Christmas 🎄

The cat has the right idea with the weather, hiding under the stove!

So I'm an electrical engineer in the controls automation field where I'm using molded end cables literally every day in varying gauges and number of conductors and whatnot. And I can say without a shadow of a doubt in this situation, Cody is 100% correct and way better off in just getting the pre-manufactured plug. I can and do make plugs myself but... yeah it's worth it to buy one off cables if they're available.

Great info! Thanks!! I live on Texas Gulf Coast, not much snow here; sir!

In regards to the 14 pin... I believe a professional homeowner is not ever scared to try anything themselves (as you say), but, a professional homeowner also knows which battles are best dealt with a purchase or hire. Bought not built can sometimes be better when it comes to time!

Yes, a man needs to understand the value of his time. It is one thing you cannot get more of. Determine your value, make a decision and move on.

The Navy made me into an aircraft electrician, so yeah I would buy the connector, wire, tools and get the 'pinout' diagram. I probably wouldn't save much money, it would take some time, but I'd have fun.

I found a company that does screw in studs for forklifts. Just like the one you have. Really handy on ice and frosty smooth surfaces.

Lmao, was cleaning up my plate from dinner at the end of the video. I was thinking we'll that's different. Get back to the phone to see dancing snowy loctite....

Your furious rants ain't what they used to be, Cody. ;o) I'm still hoping for a Q&A. Clean those sunglasses and let's go!

Cody, I remember back in the day, studded snow tires used to be the thing. In Missouri, you were allowed to use them during the Winter months. Between certain dates, they weren't allowed. Either I haven't looked for them or they quit making them, but I don't see or hear them anymore. I hope your snowfall isn't too wet, I'm anxious to see how the blower works.

What a terrible rant!!! You’re getting soft with age Cody. Lol bless you and family this holiday season. Keep up the good work and looking forward to our next episode

Used a version of these spikes on our quads to ride on the ice. Work great, rarely came out.

To minimize the wear on the concrete floor, you coud park your skidsteer on some rubber mats. Make sure you can drive it straight in to your barn on to the mats. In our organisation the montain rescue hast the whole winter snowtracks on there landrovers. To protect the washbox we have some mats on the ground. This system works now for years and is pretty cheap too.

In Australia we harness the flies to keep the tracks off the bitumen so the tracks don’t melt

My old uncle used to say you aren't paying me so much for what I do, you're paying me for what I know. Sometimes you come out ahead just spending the money.

Minnesota, we had 56° today!!! CRAZY temp for Minnesota!!!

My snowblower is studded, I bought it used and it came that way. I'm careful and it still scratches the heck out of my driveway and garage floor. Grips great...I just am not a fan of the scratches. It will be interesting to see how you fare with them.

some times spending more saves you in the long run. making that plug would save you a few hundred but like you said. in the time researching buying all the stuff you could be doing more useful stuff

Our crews have a dozen old tires in the truck. They create a perfect runway to protect the surface from damage. Just lay them down in a row. Needs a couple of people though. Driver plus tire mover so your mileage may vary.

The Axe is an Ochsenkopf. The design is so iconic.

Everyone know you don't turn your studded skidsterr around in your driveway. If you need to do it you go out to the public road at the end of your driveway to do your cookies. Geeze people

I didn't know Loctite made Christmas themed packaging.

I think I redefined “double take” with the loctite snow flakes.....best edit ever!

I feel more Christmasie just watching your show. Being a Mesa man = no snow. Like your rig. I want to see you run that rig with the 'enhancements'. Bump up for the algorithm.

What will happen in the summer when you take out the studs, go in gravel and stones get in the holes and work their way in the rubber or better yet in wet conditions when water acts as a lubricant for rocks to cut the rubber easier. I would have kept them without studs and just been more careful operating. Or maybe find and old set of tracks and keep those studded for the winter

That's a fire proof kitty!

Im sure you have already heard about them but zig zag tracks work quite well in the snow and won't damage driveways. Albeit likely not as good as studs which I have not used. Great content!

Hey Cody. Hope you and your family are doing well. I have a possible suggestion to dealing with the thick heavy snow. I went to college up in the mountains were we were always hovering around the 32degree mark so we had thick wet snow and ice storms that would drop 1"of ice after snowing 12". And they used the hydro power brooms on their bobcats to clear all of the sidewalks/mega walkways. Me being curious I talked to one of the snow crew guys. He told me that if he runs the broom at full rpm it will shoot snow 20-25' at the typical "snow blower arc" and take it down to bare concrete. Since you no longer have a gravel driveway I figured it might be something to look into. Love all of the content for years. You and your family are always in my prayers. Thank you for everything you do! God bless.

The most tedious job I ever did, was to install steel cleats on my old 73 snowmobile track. The cleat kit came with two bags of rivets, each of which, I had to put in by hand, after drilling out hundreds of rivets to start with. Took me two days of hand cramping work. I said never again, after that was over with.

Us poor folk just use hex-head sheet-metal screws. Did that on my self-propelled snow blower and all slippage stopped - immediately. Easy to find and inexpensive. Get 'em in bulk at Home Depot or Lowes or similar.

No need for apologies. Part of being a professional homeowner/husband/father is knowing when your time is more valuable than what something costs. Kudos sir.

Channeling General Schwarzkopf with the dual watches. I dig that Explorer.

I ran studded tires on a wrangler here in dallas. You could hear me coming down the road!

Mama kitty 🐱 deserves a blanket for her curl up on, under that wood stove.

Winter so far In Florida is terrible. Usually around this time we can get 30s and 40s at night but the last 2 weeks has been mid 80s every day and like 68 for the low. It’s terrible. I look foreword to the cool weather every winter in Florida only for it to stay warm and humid

I added the accessory harness to kabota skid steer it wasn't difficult. A complete harness plug n play style would have been nice. I've had cat skid steers my whole life. My first one was a Case then about 15 years of cat. Then I had back to back situations where the machine died in such a way the only way out was to bust the front glass. I'm 2 years into my kabota. And the door makes everything easier.

I seriously thought he was going to address the fact he’s wearing two wrist watches.

No matter what I do or how careful I am, my carbides on my snowmobile chew up my driveway. I don't know about your machine but with snowmobiles it's bad. Throw some plywood or something down to protect your floor.

Don't beat yourself up about the pigtail, as a professional homeowner one of the most important lessons you can learn is to pick your battles. It's very easy to waste huge amounts of time and effort on something you should have bought in whether it be professional help or in this case pigtails!

Two watches? One must be for east coast time, very practical. 😏

I say SO WHAT!!! I have to run chains on my wheel skidloader in winter Ya the drive way shows some scuffing.. yet Im getting out in the worst case snowstorm.. its not like my driveway has to be perfect as I live in the country.. trees get rubbed... brown spots in grass areas...tree limbs fall.. AHHHHHHH a few scuffs... AND yes common since in how you turn but I also use that same since on dry soil too.. UGG some people.. good video Cody..

I use the same setup on my boots for ice fishing lol. They work great.

Keeping the cleats closer to the center will allow the weight of the machine through the bottom rollers to dig better in side hilling and forward motion. Plus reduce the chances of tearing a track with holes further from the edge. Keep up the good content and god bless.

I got some studded screws for my dirt bike tire from the local shop and they were basically just super sharp sheet metal screws. Worked amazing on slippery trees and clay.

Lol! I can't believe people told you to build it. Those mil spec circulars are an extreme pita to procure let alone the crimp too the positioner and the crimp pins. I wouldn't wish that on anyone and that's what I have to deal with on aerospace

Had some wicked winds here in northeast Kansas today. Lots of trees blown over. Getting the gang together with chainsaws and going to clean up town in the morning. Wish us luck!

You should put a small rug under the woodstove for the cat. Doesn't need to be fancy, just enough that it will get her off the concrete.

My uncle always used to put machines with studs on a big rubber mat. These mats are cheap and a good maintained workshop floor gives me the fizz. God bless.

Hopefully that little hole doesn't compromise the rubber. I've seen them degrade from less.

I expected the studs to be way bigger. I thought they were gonna be 3inch studs. Those ones will do fine for a west coast winter 😉.

So, remind me why you wear 2 watches again? I have a couple...similar to yours (not as expensive) but I onlu wear the Garmin when I go out hunting or on trails because of the backtracking feature & other GPS functions. So I just where my Citizen watch for around and about. I wear it doing chainsawing & such too.

Toupee looks pretty good today. Trimmed and nice and shiny.

I was waiting the entire video for the 'Furious Rant". Did you edit out the Furious part? :-) Was a normal fun video :-)

Sometimes it's better just to throw money at a problem and make it go away

it would almost be worth to have winter tracks and summer ones so you can just slip them on when the snow flies. May save some time down the road....expensive yes but worthwhile.

My wife gave me a Ken Onion knife sharpener for my birthday recently. I was able to finally sharpen my EDC to a great edge, next up is the kitchen knives. She said she had to go back and watch some of your videos to find out which one to get me because I didn't curate my Amazon Wish List. 😂 We need a Spyderco or a 940 emoji :D

Yeah, I agree, I was looking forward to a bigger rant 😎. The winter intro with floating Loctite and mobile was great- made me laff - thanks. I can’t say “captain obvious “ to my daughters - they would be mad at me - but tempting 😎

I wonder if some horse stall mats would work to save the concrete in the loaders parking spot.

I don’t get it. He talks like he is 12, but looks like he is 65!

I think that's a Gedore, I use one at home in Scotland if that's the case.

East coaster here. These are so great. I can’t wait to get some put them on my wife’s tires. Might even do all my vehicles and my tractor. 🤪 West coasters probably thought I was serious.

I have the same machine with studs in it and we do commercial snow plowing, it works great. You can do a lot of damage with the studs but I run logging chains on my loaders and those things will pull asphalt up if you're not careful. I'll tell you what I can go anywhere with those chains.🤠

You are Wright I fix 25 pin studio camera cable it take a hour for just 2 bad wires no room for Soderling iron

Showing off with loctite, I hope that joke never goes away

There's no way I'd ever put those in a track with the price of replacements.

Don't forget to hammer a few carbide ice spikes into the ole clogs so you don't slip down between the house and shop. Lol

Blessings to all our brothers and sisters. Peace be with you all.

Any one else know he’s rocking the double watch ! He’s never late for anything

You could drill and stud with auto studs .We do it all the time on ATV tires they stay in real well

Yes, you can make something but sometimes knowing when to buy an item is quicker and easier, plus if you have an issue with it you got someone to go to.

lol oh man, the christmas intro and outros are back! That's was fantastic Cody. Those spikes are seriously cool, you just know when you find something well made. So....these spikes seem like they are just for when it's icy? I'm a winter noob so I don't know much.

Putting the temp in the corner is interesting it's like 73 here in central Texas after the sun went down

Did you know about snow tracks? Dirt monkey RU-vid uses them and swears by them when in the snow. He swaps them out every season.

Also worried about the plywood from your shelf.

Loving the Christmas animations!

We have a special pin crimping tool. We use them for similar 6-50 pin connectors. German made. It was 400 dollars... Smart move not to buy one for one single use

Christmas intro 🔥🔥🔥🎄🎄 Love the videos keep it up prayers for you and your family

Hey Cody, just bought a granfors bruks outdoor axe, thoughts and what else should I get for a homeowner/shtf, keep in the vehicle axe? I was thinking about either the small forest axe or the American felling axe so I can have something bigger as well.

I guess the next video will be about installing hakkapeliitta tires on your cars.

Of course you’ll be careful on you driveway and garage floor. Amazing how those little pins can grip the ground so well. Looking forward seeing them in action. Cheers 🦘🇦🇺

Hope your weather change is friendlier than our was in Colorado. We didn't have snow (per usual this year) but the winds were that of a category 1 or 2 hurricane. Our neighbors camper blew over. Tree branches everywhere.

It sure looks like an Ochsenkopf. I have one of their hookaroons, it's wonderful.