Anyone from Alaska
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Yes that's the place. If you spent a few nights at Good Time Charlie's then you have hit where old worn out strippers go to die, or at least that was the way it was back in the 80's. We were in there one night when someone decided it need more ventilation and started shooting holes in the place with a 44 mag. There was a gal in there one night that was so ugly we took up a collection to give to her to keep her clothes on.
Lol, I could see that being the norm there in the off season, but when we were there the girls were driving down from Anchorage and for the most part were pretty good looking. You are right though the place is a dive, but after some of the hunting trips I have been on, not seeing civilazation for weeks, it was kinda cool to have a place to chill after a hard day of fishing
If you live in Fairbanks for more than a SUMMER you will either learn to love it or hate it doesn't seem to be any in between.
They have been doing some drag racing up here at one of the airstrips, I'm sure it was Fort Wainright. I was out of town working when they had them.
Like mentioned above get out and see the state. I have seen some amazing country around here. Good hunting & fishing.
When you get to town give me a shout. You will have all summer to get your truck ready for the dark and cold. I can help get you set up with what you need. My truck has simply amazed me with how well its done in the cold weather.
They have been doing some drag racing up here at one of the airstrips, I'm sure it was Fort Wainright. I was out of town working when they had them.
Like mentioned above get out and see the state. I have seen some amazing country around here. Good hunting & fishing.
When you get to town give me a shout. You will have all summer to get your truck ready for the dark and cold. I can help get you set up with what you need. My truck has simply amazed me with how well its done in the cold weather.
I will be at Fort Knox, The Slope, Red Dog all over Alaska because I will be working for a tire company and Alaska will be my and one other guys region.
Oh believe me Christmas presents will be in the form of fish and meat! Atleast there are bears up there so Dakota can be back with his ancestors! HAHA! You will have to come visit. Stay for free and lets kill some shit. I guess I will probably be buying a sled in the winter too since there isnt much for dirt track racing up there.
Damn, you are going to hit all the garden spots. Hunting big game is Alaska is a pretty spendy thing until you establish residency and that takes a year or at least use to. Little bit of advice. When you go Moose hunting try and shoot one where you don't have to pack it too far. You think you have shot something pretty big, wait till you walk up on a very large bull moose for the first time and say, "what the **** have I done?" Especially if you have to pack it more than a half a mile. They die pretty easy too, at least did in all of my experiences. If you shoot one in the water more than likely it will die in the water. Been there done all of that stuff and found out the hard way. You will find no better eating than a good moose. The Sitka Blacktail deer on Kodiak and in SE are also great, Dall sheep are the best, and a Caribou in the rut isn't worth shooting. Mtn Goat isn't too high on my list either. If you hunt deer on Kodiak be aware that sound of a shot has become a dinner bell sound to many of the brown bears. They come to see if you got one cuz they want the gut pile. Most of the time they wait till you leave, most of the time. If you kill a deer don't hunt the same area the next day. Hunt somewhere else till the bears clean up the gut pile and you can go back. Deer limits are usually 4-7 either sex depending on the population density, winter kills at times is very hard on them, but they are very very good eating. Best king fishing in Cook Inlet, Bristol Bay, or South east in June and July. Reds in the Kenai River in July and Silvers about anywhere in August and early September. Halibut in Homer or out of Deep Creek in Cook Inlet. Razor clams in Cook Inlet. There is good trout and grayling fishing in the Interior as well as Pike if you like fishing for them. Tons of Arctic Char most everywhere up north.
If you kill a deer don't hunt the same area the next day. Hunt somewhere else till the bears clean up the gut pile and you can go back. Deer limits are usually 4-7 either sex depending on the population density, winter kills at times is very hard on them, but they are very very good eating. Best king fishing in Cook Inlet, Bristol Bay, or South east in June and July. Reds in the Kenai River in July and Silvers about anywhere in August and early September. Halibut in Homer or out of Deep Creek in Cook Inlet. Razor clams in Cook Inlet. There is good trout and grayling fishing in the Interior as well as Pike if you like fishing for them. Tons of Arctic Char most everywhere up north.
The airport mentioned earlier is near Tok...It is called Tanacross, fairly close to Fairbanks, about 200 miles. Old WW2 lend/lease airport that is now owned by the natives and leased by BLM for the fire crews. As far as I know no auto racing any more, just motorcycles
.The only drag strip with lights, etc., that I know of is outside of Palmer, about 20 miles from my house, and is at about 75' or so above sea level...gotta like low altitude HP! It is called Polar Raceway http://www.akracewaypark.com/ . Polar is starting to be a bit of a drive from FBX, about 400 miles.
As for winterization:
1. Synthetic fluids as much as is recommended,
2. Antifreeze rated to -50 deg F,
3. Freeze Plug heater,
4. Electric battery blankets-one for each battery-you MUST have BOTH batteries,
5. Electric pan heaters-I use the small 50w heating pads with the synthetic oil for both the engine and trans pans,
6. All of the electrical plug in stuff should be routed to a common 4x4 box with a single plug that runs out the front of the truck. Any electrical cord MUST be Arctic rated or the insulation will crack and could cause shorts.
7. If you have removed the insulation from under the hood, watch it when it first starts getting cold. You may want to put it back in, because the insulation will contain the heat from all the heaters and let the engine start easier.
8. Upper and lower cold front (grill and front bumper)-put them on and leave them on until you can hear the fan clutch engage in the spring. Depending on how hard you work the truck, you can leave the bumper cover on all the time, but you WILL need that cover for FBX in the winter. Buy a set of the stock covers on Ebay.
9. Remote autostarts are really nice, but make sure that you know the truck is not cold soaked before hitting the button. These engines sound like $hit when they come up on 3 cylinders. The better units will monitor the ECT and start the truck automatically, then turn it off when the engine is up to a reasonable temperature.
10. If you have an LB7, a high idle switch is nice. It is the only way the truck will idle fast enough to make heat in the cab when it is colder than about 15 deg F. If you like a toasty cab that is. The engines will warm up, but there is not enough heat left over to warm the cab until the idle goes up.
You truck will love the cold air if you can get it started and warmed up. I have never had as much throttle response as when I was working in Tok with -50 deg F ambient. IAT was LOW. I was scared to get on the throttle too hard because I was worried about busting hard parts that had been cold soaked....and that was back with the Banks chip and the stock trans...I could not imagine how the truck would run in those cold temps with EFILive and the new HTT.
I will be at Polar this summer for the first time. Hope to see you there.
BTW, you need to check out Skinny Dick's Half Way Inn, it is just south of FBX on the Parks highway. They have GREAT hats.:rofl:
Welcome to Alaska :happy2: