Old Military Ski Doo Alpine Logging At Our Off Grid Homestead 

I really like Ski Doo Alpine. I had a new one in 1968.

That old skidoo is a beast

You sure did a good job on that hitch, You don't need to worry it withstood the test.

Looks like the ski repair is working amazing

Cecil is Mad Max of the North! Time to make some lumber!

What a slick set up. Looks like fun !

I enjoy the skidding videos. Not having snow here yet it’s nice to enjoy your snow covered woods. That machine looks like it’s working awesome. Cheers from Missouri @ Ketch Homestead Outdoors

Love it, just love it💯👍🏻

Great video Cecil and Heather. The old ski doo keeps on giving, its a great workhorse and gets the job done as demonstrated by another great load. Cheers, Jeff.

merry Christmas cicel and heather skinners may god continued to bless and cover your lives and see the product of your hard ladour and endeavors blessings to you all

Great video. Glad you got out to get some work done! Cheers! Whipple

Great video and thanks for taking us along. Looked to be a nice day for wood work. Machine pulls good especially it seems once the revs are up and clutch’s are in spinning. A lot like my 2-stroke sled cheers and Merry Christmas 🎄

Hi Cecil and Heather!!😀😀 That is just about the right amount of snow to start getting your trails broke. Have you ever tried using a short tow strap for skidding the long logs? They act like a big rubber band that really helps to get the load started moving and dosen't bend the hitch like a chain does when you have to jerk the load to get it started moving. I've used them a lot with my wheeler when I'm pulling something that weighs more than the wheeler does. Where the jack pine planted in rows? In that spot it almost looks like it. Take care my friends and don't work too hard!!😀😀 TTYL!!😀😀

lol. I love this stuff! I think you should make it a big sled with double tracks and make the whole frame of the sled to hold 12 foot logs. Kind of like the slide at the end but just put a huge motor in it and bigger tracks so you can get a bunch of milling logs out of there without having to make dozens of trips.

Merry Christmas Cecil and Heather, and to all your viewers.

Where there is will there is a way and Cecil ALWAYS has the will. Cecil and Heather have a wonderful Christmas!!!

Good work Cecil , your snow mobile is fantastic Old is Good. Hava nice Christmas Both of you.

Cecil and Mrs Heather have beautiful Christmas & hope you have a beautiful Christmas meal & get all done to your home you desire

Hi there Happy holidays to all Have a good day be safe god bless

Great to see the Alpine dashing through the snow.

Goodmorning looks so peaceful and calm out there in the snow covered woods,another day that the ol alpine put in a good day's work saving on the back. Your co pilot did an awesome job on the camera. Thank you and have yourself a very merry Christmas. 🎅🤶♨️⛄🏕.

That’s a work horse!

Wishing you and Heather a very merry Christmas

Great job guys.... Merry Christmas Heather & Cecil...

Sharpening that chain is going to help you more than you think.

Merry Christmas 🎄🎋🎍🎁🎀 Family ‼‼‼

I wish we could snowmobile on our land but it's too steep here up on the ridge we live on (SW Wisconsin along the Mississippi River). First time here so I'll have to go back and get to the start of the home build and see how you guys built yours. My son and I built our homestead 10 years ago and I just added onto it last summer (actually just finished the siding a week ago 😉). It's a lot of work but I wouldn't have it any other way! Merry Christmas folks!

I would never use a snowmobile hear,in southern Ms it get cold hear we its 54 degree now I am love I love cold weather .wgen you want something you have too put the work into it Merry Christmas Heather ,and Cecil Happy New year's God Bless

A productive day put you folks that much closer to cutting board and battens. Well done. Hope you have a Merry Christmas on the homestead and continued success in the New Year.

Hi Heather & Cecil. I love this time of year when you get the snow bikes out and have to brake trail. For me it's exciting because i can see that both of you are enjoying it. And this Christmas you have your home to consider, which makes it even more important. You are putting the effort in to get the lumber so that you can mill the wood to start battening your house. this will enclose your home with even more insulation and look great at the same time. I am with you all the way on this build, and sending my joy to you both. Keep safe and God Bless. :-))

Another great video Cecil I would like to wish you and heather A merry christmas and A happy new year

Have a Merry Christmas

The Alpine pulls well.

Merry Christmas and hopefully a better year in 2021! Getting er done👍🏼🇨🇦

That is one tough working Machine. Merry Christmas to the Both of you. God Bless.

Merry Christmas

Lots of fun! hehe I intend to do some wintertime logging here in Colorado if the local forest service will let me. Probably in February. Plan on using my snowcat for that. Just a few select logs to help finish out our cabin build. Enjoy and hope you have a wonderful Christmas and fantastic new year!!!

As a retired Forester and chainsaw safety instructor I cringed, but the end result was getting the logs to the mill which you accomplished. Enjoyed watching the snow machine skidder.. Merry Christmas Cecil and Heather.

Merry Christmas! Here’s to hoping you and your family have a blessed celebration. Thanks for sharing your adventures this past year as well! Mike

Merry and blessed Christmas to you and Heather, 2021 will be a good year lots of work will be done by you two. Be careful covid not Finnished, new strains being found all over the world. Please look after yourselves, see you after New year. Amen

Great video guys and Merry Christmas from April n Me ✋🎅

Merry Christmas. May both of you have a blessed New year!

The livestream Christmas night at 7 p.m. that will give us all something to look forward to

Merry Christmas to you two ours is not so merry as we are on covid lockdown for another week.

Love watching hard work . Merry Xmas to you and heather , all the best for the new year and let’s hope it’s an improvement on this one

Hurricane Cecil- knocking things down like a tornado in a trailer park! Have a Merry Christmas to you and your #1firewood pilot Heather! John

merry xmass and a happy new year

Looks like you could use a Nova Jack skidding cone.

HOPE YALL SO BUSY OPENING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS THAT YOU FORGOT TO VIDEO PROGRESS;;;;HOPE U B OK AND WE B WISHIN Y 'ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR

You need to build a hydraulic grapple on that rig. it wood be awesome!

Interesting how long will last the clutch and the gearbox of using this ski doo in such way. But besides all the works, cares and troubles, it's Christmas. So, Merry Christmas Cecil and Heather and dear friends!

Mr Cecil's Northern Woods - ♫ It's a beautiful day in the northern woods, a beautiful day in the northern woods ♫ ...

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year of Hope in 2021. Need a clip-on mic, it's very hard to hear you.

How heavy is the Alpine compared to your other machines? It seems to have tons of traction. Great work snow machine. Merry Christmas. P.S. all snow here gone, tons of rain.

Really liked the “Three-for-One” shot on those firs. Merry Christmas! Whipple

I like the new snow machine. Did you sell off the ones you were using last season?

What engine do you have in it?

Better get a draft horse for skidding those logs

WELL NOW ;;;;ME TINKS SOMEBODY SHOWIN OFF DA REPAIR ON STEERING AND BACKING CAPABILITY;;;;LOL great job;;;;also showin dey know a little about fellin trees;; ya got er goin;;;AND;;;; WE BE WISHIN YOU BOTH A VERY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS UP DER IN DA SNOW;;;;ITS A BALMY 22 F HERE IN TEXAS JUST SOUTH OF FORT WORTH. WE ABOVE 0;;;;MY BLOOD SLOWS DOWN WATCHIN Y'ALL OUT IN DA WOODS DOIN;;;;;;LOL MERRY MERRY;;;;;

I still don't see you running out of timber by cutting some green trees as well. Not likely that your going to have kids and so no dog, no leaving the land to someone else. Of course the dog comes with "Nuptials" as to who gets to own him and how his toast is buttered. I see tons of dead and or down.... of course this siding is not structural so alls good for woodwise.

Ontario!! Where from?

How do you tell if its a military version

In this new year, how can I visit to USA to learn and to know the life style of the people. Please tell me who can pay me travelling expenses by loan. I will repay surely in the name of God. I want to tell you one more, the State of Mizoram is different from another state in India and also the people, our face, religion, colour and deeply in mind...

You work hard, with the help of modern technology you can done everything esily... but in our country the people can't, lack of modern machine is effect our daily work . Working only with man power is very slow and not sufficient in product....

....HO HO HO...

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if you have a sled and chain saw with gas engines, you're not truly off grid. not yet at least...where's the 3 cans full of gas and oil come from on the sled ? those are pumped out by Big Oil