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S3-132: Storm Field Day 2025 Event Review!
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The guys welcome Harry Steldt of Extra Mile Snow Wisconsin, Adam Ferchen of Elite Landscaping in Buffalo, Shawn Devincenzo of Native Property Maintenance in NJ, and Steve Smythe of Storm Equipment to the show to get their takes on this year's Storm Field Day. We will talk about the entire two day event, and what everyone liked, and possibly didnt like with this years event!
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Introduction
00:00:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Here we go, Snow Jobs Nation, back again, bringing you episode 132 of the Snow Jobs Podcast, main show powered by Top Gun Backblades. As always, I'm Steve. You know who's with me, the way more popular Jeremy Lindstrom.
00:01:00
The SnowJobs Podcast
What's up, Jay?
00:01:02
RICK JAMES
Hey, Steve-O, not a lot. How are you, buddy?
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I'm doing
Travel Adventures
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all right. How about you? Getting a fever here, but we're going to roll.
00:01:07
RICK JAMES
Doing good? Yeah,
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The SnowJobs Podcast
Another Sunday night recording under the gun.
00:01:11
RICK JAMES
that's the only way we do it. That's way we roll.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
We traveled too much. We got too much travel going on.
00:01:16
RICK JAMES
Yeah, that a good one.
00:01:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
It was a good week though, right?
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RICK JAMES
Definitely fun. Yeah, a good time, definitely.
00:01:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, we got to go to storm day. Actually, it was storm multiple day and ah that was great. It was good to see everybody there. Good time Wednesday and Thursday. thanks for Thanks for having a storm equipment. We got to sell some merchandise. i think we got the money for about half of what we sold, right?
00:01:40
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after sean After Sean took his vig out.
00:01:40
RICK JAMES
I think so.
00:01:43
RICK JAMES
Yep, I believe so.
00:01:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
Who put him in charge of so selling in the money? That was a bad decision.
00:01:47
RICK JAMES
i think I think he just got there and no one else was there, so he took over, so you got to give him credit for that, I guess.
00:01:48
The SnowJobs Podcast
yes
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The SnowJobs Podcast
It's amazing. He lost his wallet ah the second he stepped off the plane, but he found all that money.
00:01:55
RICK JAMES
He... he
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RICK JAMES
He found an opportunity. They made money. So that's what he did. You know, Sean, it's like, it's like selling salt
00:02:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah so yeah That's it. He's a hustler. Gotta love it. Gotta love it.
00:02:09
RICK JAMES
selling salt.
00:02:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
But yeah, it was a good week. It was a good time. flights were ah Flight out was a little bumpy. Flight back was smooth. So it was was good. I was glad to be out there. Beautiful weather for the most part, right? it only rained for like five minutes during the event.
00:02:24
The SnowJobs Podcast
Wasn't that big a deal.
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RICK JAMES
Yeah. that was It was a great, was great weather. Good time. Yeah. Fun.
00:02:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
Good time. Good seeing the boys. All right.
00:02:31
RICK JAMES
Hell yeah.
00:02:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
So what are we doing tonight, buddy?
00:02:34
RICK JAMES
will I think we're going do a little creep recap of the old events, see what everybody thought about it.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, that's right.
00:02:39
RICK JAMES
so
00:02:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
That is
Storm Field Day Review
00:02:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
correct. We are doing the annual Storm Field Day review. And like we said, we just got back from that. So we ah have some guys with us that that were attendees and attendees slash vendor, ah one of them. So we're going to hear the ah the good, the bad, the ugly, what they liked, what they thought could have been improved upon for next year. Because ah If there's one thing Storm wants, it's honest feedback. They don't shy away from it.
00:03:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
And that's why the event's been better every year for the past three years that they've run it. And it's been more popular every year. I think Jordan said half the 200 flew in this year from outside.
00:03:16
RICK JAMES
think that's what he said, yeah.
00:03:17
The SnowJobs Podcast
So that's awesome.
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RICK JAMES
yeah Yeah.
00:03:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's great. That's not a that's not a regional event anymore.
00:03:19
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:03:22
RICK JAMES
No, definitely not.
00:03:24
The SnowJobs Podcast
Good for them. Good for them. So to help us do a quality review tonight, we're going to welcome back to the show for the first time since episode two. What are we, 132? So we've done 186 episodes total of this show.
00:03:35
RICK JAMES
Yeah. Yeah.
00:03:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
Episode two, Adam Furchin of Elite Landscaping up in the Buffalo area. He is back tonight. We had him on the Buffalo Blizzard episode two year over two years ago. And he's back.
00:03:50
RICK JAMES
Yep.
00:03:50
The SnowJobs Podcast
He was there. So while we're going to get his take on it. We welcome back Harry Stelt of Extra Mile Snow and Wolf Loaders from Wisconsin. We got Ron Devinbenzo, otherwise known as Sean DeVincenzo of Native Property Management, New Jersey.
00:04:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
And we have from Storm Equipment, Steve Smythe. So we're gonna we got a good crew, good group. Should be a lot of good feedback and looking forward to getting into it. But before we dive into it with the guys, we're going to hear from Team Top Gun.
00:04:20
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Come back and do a quick week and review.
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All
Upcoming Events
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right, gang, we're back. So we got a couple announcements just like last week. We want to put some regional shows regional shows that are coming up on guys' radar. As we said last week, August 19th, which is this Tuesday, ah tomorrow actually if you're listening to this on Monday,
00:05:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
Connecticut groundskeepers association is having their ground, a nice expo at the Durham fairgrounds. All right. They said there's over 50 vendors there as well as free food. Uh, they got a couple of seminars going on and they got classes for the Connecticut guys offering three a and three B Connecticut deep credits.
00:05:23
RICK JAMES
Well, for
00:05:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right. So for more information on the event, head over to cgka.org backslash events. Uh, what else we got Thursday, me and Jeremy will be in Baltimore.
00:05:36
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Well, I know I, or Baltimore, Buffalo, Buffalo.
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RICK JAMES
both for
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The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. I got the B mixed up there. Uh, on third this Thursday, August 21st, I know I'm going to be in Buffalo. We're hopefully going to get Jeremy there too. Uh, you got the Buffalo snow and ice conference. It's a one day event in Amherst, New York, which is just outside Buffalo.
00:05:53
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah it's put on by some, uh, some great guys up in the Buffalo area. So if you're in or around that neck of the woods, make sure you come on out and, uh, and check it out. Um, We have Adam Furchin tonight, so ah we'll we'll give him a couple seconds to tell us a little more about that event.
00:06:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
And ah hopefully we get some people to turn out for because the these one-day regional events are becoming more and more important. you know, guys don't all have thousands of dollars to spend to go to, like, a CIMA or fly across the country for a storm day every year. So these these regional events are important to get them and built up as much as possible and worth the ah worth the time.
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August 27th is the Ohio Landscapers Association having their annual snow and ice clinic. All I have as far as that goes is ah it's going to be at St. Michael's Woodside in Broadview Heights, Ohio.
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If anybody from Ohio Landscapers Association would like to reach out this week, get us more information, ah we'll make sure we get it out there for you guys on our socials and also on the show.
Welcoming Guests
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um So, yeah, reach out from Ohio, the OLA as it's called.
00:06:58
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ah Reach out and let us know what you want ah want to get out there to the guys. Snow Jobs Nation store is still stocked, even though we sold a good chunk at Storm Day. So make sure you get your Snow Jobs gear.
00:07:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
And like said, Jeremy touches every piece that goes out. So you know if you need ah if you need an autograph from the legend, then you just put that in the comments section on your order, and I'm sure he will autograph for you.
00:07:23
RICK JAMES
Yeah, you bet.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
right there you go all right cool anything else i missed bud
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RICK JAMES
You can do that.
00:07:31
RICK JAMES
Nope. Nope. I think we're good.
00:07:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
all cool cool all right then let's hear from our awesome partners who we appreciate very much and then we're going to be right back and get into it with the boys
00:08:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right, gang, we're back. So we're going to welcome in all the boys, bring them into the room. Adam, Harry, Sean, and Steve. Welcome back to the Snow Jobs, guys. How we doing?
00:08:54
RICK JAMES
Thank you, guys.
00:08:55
Arctic Steve
Doing great.
00:08:57
Harry
good
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Native Snow
Doing good.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
Good. Good.
00:08:58
Adam Ferchen
Yeah.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
How was fishing, Steve? Any bites?
00:09:01
Arctic Steve
Fishing was probably the absolute worst conditions you could have that day. It was hot, it was calm, sunny. um Paul Vanderzon did wind up hooking up look in a smaller pike. We got a picture of that. And Steve Wheatcroft had something. I want to say he had the biggest fish on the lake, but then it got off.
00:09:18
Arctic Steve
So we never saw it.
00:09:19
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
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Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:09:20
The SnowJobs Podcast
Probably a tire.
00:09:21
RICK JAMES
yeah
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Harry
Thank
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Arctic Steve
ah could I was thinking maybe a big weed, but it did shake a little bit.
00:09:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right.
00:09:25
Arctic Steve
I told him it big muskie.
00:09:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
What's a small, what what what's a small pike?
00:09:30
Arctic Steve
A little pike he got was probably, I don't know, 12, 14 inches, something like that. Little guy, little slimer.
00:09:34
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right. Yeah, because they're long and lean.
00:09:37
Arctic Steve
he He tried to get it inside my boat, and we told him the rules were real quick. Those don't go inside the boat. We don't want that on the carpet.
00:09:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
Gotcha. Gotcha.
00:09:45
RICK JAMES
He wanted to bring it back to vagina.
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gotcha
00:09:47
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
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RICK JAMES
I mean, vagina.
00:09:48
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:09:48
Native Snow
Next.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
the see
00:09:51
Arctic Steve
read Regina with a V.
00:09:51
RICK JAMES
Hmm.
00:09:53
The SnowJobs Podcast
If you were at storm day and you heard the keynote address, then you'd understand that joke a little better.
00:09:54
RICK JAMES
Hmm.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh boy.
00:09:59
RICK JAMES
Hmm.
00:09:59
The SnowJobs Podcast
So, uh, let, before we start, Adam, do you want to tell everybody a little more about the Buffalo event? What the, what it's about, what to expect?
00:10:07
Adam Ferchen
ah Sure. Can you hear me okay?
00:10:09
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:10:10
Adam Ferchen
Yep. So like you said, Thursday, August 21st, it's in Amherst, New York, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a second year event put on by Plant Western New York, which is in a local organization here.
00:10:23
Adam Ferchen
um Last year, it was primarily... a local event only. They kind of just targeted local contractors this year. I was brought on to their snow committee to help organize and promote the event. And I'm kind of been putting it in their ears. We got to make this more of you know, a regional event, not just a Buffalo event. And we've got some good vendors coming in. Storm's coming in from Minnesota.
00:10:47
Adam Ferchen
um Patty Salmon's coming in ah Cameon's coming. can't think of all of them. the Arctic guys are coming with the Razorback, which I didn't actually know that until I was in Minnesota ah this past week.
00:11:00
The SnowJobs Podcast
Cool.
00:11:01
Adam Ferchen
ah Adam Hansen's coming in with VSI and he's doing a talk on liquid deicings and technology in the snow industry.
00:11:06
Arctic Steve
Okay.
00:11:08
Adam Ferchen
then, oh, the weather pros are coming too.
00:11:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, good. All right.
00:11:13
Harry
Thank you.
00:11:13
RICK JAMES
Oh, the Emmy?
00:11:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
it's
00:11:14
RICK JAMES
Will the Emmy be there?
00:11:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
With the Emmy, we'll be there. I guarantee it.
00:11:18
Adam Ferchen
Yeah. rob Rob Garino is coming with the weather pros.
00:11:20
Arctic Steve
yeah
00:11:20
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep. Rob's coming. He'll have the Emmy.
00:11:23
Adam Ferchen
Yeah. So, What else we got?
00:11:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
Great.
00:11:28
Adam Ferchen
Bobcat of Buffalo is presenting. and then there's small trade show and round table discussion with liquid de-icing insurance, legal information and pricing and estimating in the snow industry.
00:11:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
Cool.
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Adam Ferchen
up so registration is still open for anybody who wants to attend that.
00:11:46
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sounds good. You know how about how many people you guys are expecting or you have no idea yet?
00:11:51
Adam Ferchen
I have no clue.
00:11:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
00:11:53
Adam Ferchen
I'll find out later in the week.
00:11:54
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, no big deal. Cool. Well, we'll see you out there then. Looking forward to it.
00:11:59
Arctic Steve
That should be a good time.
00:12:01
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Absolutely.
00:12:01
RICK JAMES
Yeah. 630.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
Buffalo in August. What could be better?
00:12:04
Arctic Steve
and Buffalo wings Wednesday night, Adam.
00:12:06
Harry
Thank you.
00:12:07
Adam Ferchen
Oh yeah, i got I got it set up for us. but time What time do you guys get in?
00:12:12
Arctic Steve
Right by flight gets in around little bit right around six.
00:12:14
RICK JAMES
six three
00:12:16
Adam Ferchen
right, we'll get a wing in your mouth by seven then.
00:12:17
Arctic Steve
Perfect.
00:12:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah All right, cool. All right, boys. Well, like, let's move into Storm
Storm Academy Insights
00:12:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
Day then. So why don't we start with the start with Wednesday? We had the ah the kickoff was the Storm Academy walk around meet and greet there.
00:12:35
The SnowJobs Podcast
Um, let's go around. the Let's start with Harry. Actually, since you were there as a ah vendor, uh, we got to check out your wolf loaders earlier in the day. Those were, uh, that the I got to say it was an impressive machine for the price point.
00:12:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
I, uh, I was impressed by him. Jeremy, you hopped in there, right? The tele boom, that tele boom lifts high.
00:12:56
RICK JAMES
Yeah, sure did. Yeah, it definitely does. It lifts high and but drove nice, I thought. Yeah, I mean, it was was a decent loader for what the price they got.
00:13:07
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, I mean, if you're pushing snow 150 so hours a year, I don't see why you wouldn't give it a shot.
00:13:07
RICK JAMES
so
00:13:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
I mean, for that price point, I've loaned more money on less sure things. so So, you know, I mean, I would give it a shot.
00:13:19
RICK JAMES
yeah, yeah. yeah
00:13:22
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so ah But yeah, I was impressed. I mean, it seemed ah it seemed very well put together. The pedals were ah the petals pedals were responsive. The hydraulics were what you would expect, what we what you would expect the speed.
00:13:34
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:13:35
RICK JAMES
Yeah, maybe a little different.
00:13:36
The SnowJobs Podcast
But you can also speed that up in neutral. you know, if you're stationary and you want the boom to go up, you just gas it like old school. But, uh, you're a snort.
00:13:45
RICK JAMES
Let's go.
00:13:45
Native Snow
Thank you.
00:13:46
RICK JAMES
oh
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The SnowJobs Podcast
But yeah, Harry, what did you, uh, what did you think about the, uh, storm Academy?
00:13:53
Harry
I thought it was really cool. um As a vendor, it was cool to talk to you know everybody about the machines. um Kind of coming from both sides where I like looking at other equipment and stuff too. It's always cool to see everybody else's stuff.
00:14:08
Harry
um it was it was a good experience for me that was the first kind of we've done some smaller ah you know farm trade shows and we did take a take them to sima um but this was like way more personal uh it's snow guys it's it's you know the guys that i want to talk to so it was really fun
00:14:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
Cool And ah you were pretty well mobbed There the whole time There was a lot of interest in those
00:14:33
Harry
Yeah, yeah, I was, the I can't say I was surprised. um I'm thinking it's just kind of a matter of time. ah Kind of like what you guys did. Once you get in it, drive it around, get a feel for it.
00:14:45
Harry
um You know, for the price tag, it's it's it's what we use in our own fleet too. um
00:14:50
Arctic Steve
Thank you.
00:14:50
Harry
So that's kind of the biggest advantages. I get to run these things in winter and then I can tell guys about them too.
00:14:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sure. And it it moves, you know, 20, 21 miles an hour.
00:14:59
Harry
Yeah.
00:15:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
It moves.
00:15:03
Harry
Yeah, it it gets us A to B pretty quick.
00:15:03
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:15:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
and Absolutely. And snow tires are stock. That's pretty great.
00:15:09
Harry
Yeah, we order them standard.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
Can't beat that.
00:15:11
Harry
no
00:15:12
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. You had a lot of, you had a lot of interest there. So how did it go? Did you sell any
00:15:17
Harry
Yeah, we we got two sold um and some good and some good interest.
00:15:20
The SnowJobs Podcast
sweet?
00:15:22
Harry
And probably say a handful of guys. um There's definitely that ah I would say i want to see you run them for another couple of years and get four or five hundred hours on them just to test them.
00:15:35
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sure.
00:15:35
Harry
And, you know, durability wise, which I think that, you know, the over the next couple of years, I think we're going to start seeing a lot of these out there.
00:15:36
Native Snow
Mm-hmm.
00:15:45
The SnowJobs Podcast
Definitely. I believe it. I think so.
00:15:47
RICK JAMES
Mm-hmm.
00:15:48
The SnowJobs Podcast
I think you're onto something with those. Um, let's see. What about Sean? Sean, what'd you think of the, uh, storm Academy?
00:15:56
Native Snow
Oh, yeah, it was it was good. Definitely good networking that was going on there. i was talking to Henry over there Wolf, or Harry, I'm sorry, over at Wolf, and it was good to see everybody.
00:16:05
Harry
Thank you.
00:16:08
Native Snow
was a nice little kickoff event, talking to everybody. Wish we would have been able to operate some equipment, but I guess that was prohibited.
00:16:12
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and
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The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, I was under the impression that was going to happen, Steve.
00:16:18
RICK JAMES
Yeah, same.
00:16:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
what What happened with that? thought was going to be like a rodeo area.
00:16:21
RICK JAMES
Same.
00:16:23
Arctic Steve
yeah Next year, guys. We'll just kind of dangle the carrot this year just to get you excited the next year.
00:16:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah well i
00:16:30
RICK JAMES
and what i thank Yeah, I thought you could have roped off like the bottom half and had to quit.
00:16:34
Arctic Steve
what do you mean What do you mean? You guys didn't get to run it? I was out there on Tuesday. i got to run it all.
00:16:39
RICK JAMES
Yeah, we ran it, but I met the other people that got there at like on Wednesday.
00:16:40
Arctic Steve
yeah
00:16:42
Arctic Steve
I know.
00:16:44
RICK JAMES
I think if he should have that back end where guys can actually play with the plows and stuff, but it's my opinion.
00:16:51
Native Snow
Yeah, there's definitely a big enough area for that.
00:16:51
Arctic Steve
Yeah, well.
00:16:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep.
00:16:51
RICK JAMES
Nobody cares.
00:16:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
I agree with that. Yeah. Not at the other half is paved to it.
00:16:57
Arctic Steve
Yes, it has.
00:16:57
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's come a long way. Good for you guys. The, uh, the, the, uh, classroom looks really good. The, uh, the banners look sharp hanging on the trailer, even though one's missing. Um, but you know, other than that, it looks really good.
00:17:07
Harry
Yes.
00:17:08
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:17:10
Arctic Steve
going to put an X ah rush order on one of those banners tomorrow.
00:17:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
Hold.
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The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. Okay.
00:17:16
RICK JAMES
I think they're waiting for the one that covers that entire semi on that other one.
00:17:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:17:20
Arctic Steve
Yeah, on the other side.
00:17:20
The SnowJobs Podcast
yeah I'm sure that's what they're doing.
00:17:21
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
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and
00:17:22
RICK JAMES
That's what they're waiting for. oh well
00:17:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah What about you, Adam? What did you think of the ah the Storm Academy?
Event Highlights
00:17:29
Adam Ferchen
I thought it was pretty sweet seeing everything there and you know what they got going on. you know, I've heard about it and seen videos, but and seeing it in person is a little bit different. Um, like the Wolf Loaders, I was interested in those two, ah especially after Harry's podcast, uh, seeing them in person.
00:17:46
Adam Ferchen
You can't beat the price on them, um, for what you're getting. Custom paint, snow tires. That's a pretty sweet machine. Um, what else? It was hot as fuck.
00:17:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
It was hot.
00:17:57
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:17:57
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yes, it was hot.
00:17:57
Adam Ferchen
It was not minimal, minimal shade, Steve. We need more tents next year.
00:18:01
Arctic Steve
More tense.
00:18:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah I didn't leave that 10 by 10.
00:18:03
Arctic Steve
Well, next year when we all get to run the equipment, and um we'll make sure the air conditioning cranked and all of them, then we really can
00:18:03
Adam Ferchen
can make a Yeah.
00:18:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:18:08
Adam Ferchen
I thought we were turning the snowmakers on.
00:18:09
The SnowJobs Podcast
yeah Yeah.
00:18:10
RICK JAMES
yeah Yeah, that's what I was told.
00:18:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
What happened to the giant misters?
00:18:12
RICK JAMES
well
00:18:13
Arctic Steve
do it. We talked about that too. We just didn't execute.
00:18:17
Native Snow
Next year, year.
00:18:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah That would have been
00:18:18
RICK JAMES
Oh, because of water. I heard because the water might be dirty or something, right? And you didn't want to stain people's clothes or something? No? I thought somebody said that.
00:18:25
Harry
count what Can't waste the water.
00:18:29
RICK JAMES
Oh, got plenty of water.
00:18:30
Harry
it fine
00:18:30
Arctic Steve
plenty of water.
00:18:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, man, i was i was looking forward to the giant misters. It was hot. It was very, very hot.
00:18:37
Arctic Steve
was
00:18:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
on And it wasn't that hot out. It was just the asphalt.
00:18:40
Arctic Steve
It was hot.
00:18:40
Adam Ferchen
No, it's just a circle.
00:18:41
Arctic Steve
It was humid and hot.
00:18:42
Adam Ferchen
Yeah.
00:18:43
RICK JAMES
Human.
00:18:43
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:18:44
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:18:46
The SnowJobs Podcast
So, and Steve, how did it go for you as the as the host of Storm Academy?
00:18:46
RICK JAMES
Yep.
00:18:46
Harry
Thank you.
00:18:52
Arctic Steve
It went great. We got a lot of feedback, good feedback. I like what you guys are saying about the demo demo area for next year. um Kind of like do like an equip. You know, equip has the outside area where you can test some stuff.
00:19:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
Mm-hmm.
00:19:04
Arctic Steve
That's something definitely we'll talk about. Um, the wolf, you know, the wolf loaders were new for us there. It was pretty cool. I got to pull a few strings and and get in a little early on Tuesday and got to coax some people into letting me try those out. So I got to play with a little bit Tuesday and I was, I was super impressed. Like everybody said for the price of those things, it's just like, you can't beat it for a hundred and 150, uh, you know, our market, it's like they're half the price of a machine. It's like, why wouldn't you try it? Right.
00:19:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep.
00:19:33
Arctic Steve
And Harry was saying to him about $400 for a snow tire and a wheel, you know, to have on the shelf.
00:19:33
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. 100%.
00:19:37
Arctic Steve
It's like, you can't beat that. But I just like to thank, well, first of all, thank all you guys, you five guys that are on here tonight for being there. But the vendors too, the vendors are which really, really make this happen.
00:19:45
Harry
Thank
00:19:48
Arctic Steve
And all of them are so are super, super involved and on board for it.
00:19:48
The SnowJobs Podcast
hundred percent
00:19:53
Arctic Steve
And I talked to most of the vendors that were there and they were just super pleased with the the questions from from you folks and the other snow fighters that were there. and It was cool, All the major...
00:20:03
The SnowJobs Podcast
And what's really cool is you have buy-in for Storm Academy from pretty much everybody, and all the vendors in the industry. I mean, you've got Metal Plus, Artic, Douglas has representation. You got Case.
00:20:16
The SnowJobs Podcast
um I think you got Boss out there.
00:20:17
RICK JAMES
Ross.
00:20:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
You got Snow Power. You got you know you got Snow Wolf.
00:20:21
RICK JAMES
Snow Wolf.
00:20:22
Arctic Steve
Truck, the Wolf truck Truck Brush, Truck Brush is a new one.
00:20:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. Truck Brush. Yep. You got...
00:20:27
Arctic Steve
So we got all the major players that are are there, and it's it's super cool.
00:20:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
um
00:20:30
Native Snow
Thank you.
00:20:31
Arctic Steve
I mean, it's, yep, we're getting muskox.
00:20:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
You're getting a muskox. I know you're getting a muskox.
00:20:34
Arctic Steve
We got some ah Norman blower and Pronovost blowers, I believe, are on the way, and some John Deere tractors to hook up to those from some residential stuff, Vroom Vroom, Tommy's Broom.
00:20:34
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:20:38
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sweet.
00:20:41
RICK JAMES
Vroom, vroom.
00:20:44
The SnowJobs Podcast
No cages, though. No cages. i was I'm kind of shocked to see no cages out there, but I guess, i don't know.
00:20:47
Harry
This is...
00:20:50
Arctic Steve
You know, it's kind of heart rate heartbreaking, a guy that ran a lot of cages over the years, and there's no cages there, so I kind of feel it.
00:20:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
They don't want in.
00:20:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
Cage, get your shit together. Get a plow out the Storm Academy. That's, I mean, it's noticeable absence.
00:21:00
Arctic Steve
yeah
00:21:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
They got everything else. ah So, you know, there's a lot of guys out there that run cages. So they they there should be representation there.
00:21:08
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:21:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
100%.
00:21:10
Arctic Steve
Yep. and And right in our own backyard, they make them, you know, so it's like we've asked, but not getting a lot of follow through on that.
00:21:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
um
00:21:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
hundred percent
00:21:16
Arctic Steve
Maybe someday they'll see it and and want to show something there. But yeah, absolutely.
00:21:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, you know, it was a first year thing. Maybe they were waiting to see how it went. But it's definitely a thing now. so It's definitely there.
00:21:26
Arctic Steve
it's ah It's a thing. So.
00:21:27
RICK JAMES
you know, I mean,
00:21:27
Arctic Steve
so
00:21:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's a thing. ah But yeah, I mean, I thought it was great.
00:21:29
RICK JAMES
you know i mean
00:21:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
I really it was impressive to see how much buy in there was from vendors. And I think that's awesome. it's It's very collaborative. And that's, you know, you know, that's what we're trying to do. So it's awesome.
00:21:40
Arctic Steve
And that's what that's what's super cool. I mean, there's never been a place, as as far as I know, in the snow industry where everybody's just at once. I mean, Sima has their show, but this is like everybody's here in the sandbox together.
00:21:52
Arctic Steve
It's like Jeremy and I were in at Tomahawk here ah week ago.
00:21:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
You
00:21:55
Arctic Steve
it was all case equipment, coolest thing ever, but this is like a snow Tomahawk, but with all the different kind all the different brands, you know.
00:22:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
you just keep rubbing that in, huh? Just keep rubbing that in, huh?
00:22:04
RICK JAMES
Uh, uh, uh,
00:22:04
Arctic Steve
Well, hey, you said they invited Steve.
00:22:06
Arctic Steve
They just invited the wrong Steve, I guess, but
00:22:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
That is what John said, actually.
00:22:09
Harry
And.
00:22:09
Arctic Steve
he he He said he wanted podcast steam, so they called me. I don't know.
00:22:13
RICK JAMES
ah
00:22:14
Arctic Steve
but
00:22:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
That is pretty funny. He's smart enough to lie to me. I said, Steve, I met you. That's pretty funny.
00:22:21
Native Snow
And
00:22:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah But that's awesome, man. It looked great. The the ah classroom looked great.
00:22:26
Arctic Steve
Yeah, that the i the igloo there, we got that.
00:22:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
um
00:22:29
Arctic Steve
And that's basically set up, you know, it's it's ah basically like a warming house, you know, at a hockey rink or something where can go in and warm up. We have TV in there. This year we'll have video on the machines to ah show the yeah show what's going on out there and whatnot.
00:22:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Nice. Yeah, it looked great. Good for you guys. Uh, so then we had the, uh, the next thing we did, we covered everything we want to cover at storm Academy.
00:22:49
Arctic Steve
We then we kicked off, then we went to dinner after dinner after that. That's what you're talking about.
00:22:53
The SnowJobs Podcast
Crooked pint.
00:22:54
Arctic Steve
Crooked Pint, um Metal Plus sponsored that.
00:22:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
Crooked pint was awesome.
00:22:57
Arctic Steve
Thank you for that. And it was this, that was honestly, that was one of the highlights for me being there, just networking and basically catching up with all you guys. So.
00:23:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yup. No, that was a good time.
00:23:07
RICK JAMES
Yep.
00:23:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
That was definitely a good time. got to ah Got to see the doctor.
00:23:14
Arctic Steve
To doctor.
00:23:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
Dr. Shanaburger with no suitcase.
00:23:17
Arctic Steve
Yeah, I wonder if and wonder if he got that.
00:23:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
was
00:23:18
RICK JAMES
Yep. Yeah.
00:23:19
Arctic Steve
He was looking pretty good in those shorts, you know?
00:23:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
I don't know. i don't know. I kept telling him, just ask Jeremy.
00:23:22
RICK JAMES
Well,
00:23:24
The SnowJobs Podcast
like Just tell Jeremy what size you need. He's got everything in the truck.
00:23:27
RICK JAMES
I told him.
00:23:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
I know.
00:23:28
RICK JAMES
ah told I told him.
00:23:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
i know.
00:23:29
Harry
Thank
00:23:30
RICK JAMES
and I didn't give him anything. He went to Shields and my stuff isn't good. No, he went to Shields and just bought all the nice E-N-R-L stuff. so Yeah.
00:23:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
he says, I'd rather be dead than wear snow jobs gear.
00:23:41
RICK JAMES
I
00:23:42
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:23:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
No, no, he's too, uh, he's too modest. He wouldn't do that, but he appreciated the offer. But yeah, well, I'm like, you got what? No suitcase. They lost your suitcase. That's horrible.
00:23:52
RICK JAMES
think I went to Texas. think went to Dallas or something.
00:23:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh man, that stinks.
00:23:57
RICK JAMES
Huh.
00:23:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
That stinks. But, uh, but yeah, that was a lot of good conversations going on all over the place. Uh, you know, Sean played some golf.
00:24:04
Harry
Thank you.
00:24:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
I was, uh, that was interesting.
00:24:07
Native Snow
me and Me and Adam.
00:24:08
RICK JAMES
ah
00:24:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:24:10
Native Snow
yeah Yeah, I was like Tiger Woods.
00:24:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
How'd you do? How'd you do on the golf simulator?
00:24:14
Native Snow
He was like an old guy.
00:24:15
Adam Ferchen
my Yeah, my body
00:24:16
Native Snow
i don't know what he was. No,
00:24:20
RICK JAMES
I walked by and it didn't look good.
00:24:22
Native Snow
no we were not good.
00:24:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
No.
00:24:25
Adam Ferchen
No, my shoulders hurt still.
00:24:25
Native Snow
No, I think it was a simulator, though.
00:24:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
No.
00:24:26
Adam Ferchen
and
00:24:26
Native Snow
It wasn't really us. I'm really good at golf.
00:24:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
i
00:24:28
Adam Ferchen
Yeah.
00:24:29
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:24:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:24:29
Adam Ferchen
Yeah.
00:24:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
I've never, I've seen a lot of golf simulators.
00:24:30
Adam Ferchen
and look
00:24:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
I've never seen anybody actually take a divot out of artificial turf. no
00:24:37
Harry
you
00:24:38
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah That's impressive as fuck.
00:24:39
Arctic Steve
I felt the floor shake a little bit. That's what that was, huh?
00:24:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. Oh, my God.
00:24:43
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:24:43
Adam Ferchen
and
00:24:44
The SnowJobs Podcast
I think there's one bent club at Crooked
00:24:47
Adam Ferchen
There might be a couple of holes the wall too.
00:24:47
Native Snow
There's definitely a couple.
00:24:48
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:24:48
Native Snow
but
00:24:50
RICK JAMES
yeah
00:24:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
But that was great. that's the For those of you guys that don't know, we talked about it last year. Crooked Pint is the one that has the the hockey rink attached to it, ah which is pretty cool. It's a nice venue, um nice bar area.
00:25:05
The SnowJobs Podcast
And we had the whole upstairs to ourselves for the storm event. And it was very, very cool. a lot of people there.
00:25:10
Harry
Thank
00:25:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
And I think I think everybody really liked that, Steve, this year that it was kind of like a all right, we're coming in. We're not just coming in for eight hours. We're coming in for the night before. And, you know, we're we're making it now a two day event type deal.
00:25:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
And and it was long enough that guys really enjoyed it. And they got a they got a lot of networking time before the event, which I think everybody liked. At least that's what I'm getting so far.
00:25:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
Feedback wise.
00:25:34
Arctic Steve
Yeah, I've heard the same. That's great.
00:25:36
The SnowJobs Podcast
Harry, did you make crooked pint? don't remember if I saw you.
00:25:38
Harry
i made
00:25:39
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:25:40
Harry
I was hanging out watching the dad versus kids hockey game going on out there.
00:25:45
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:45
Harry
with ah There was probably 10 or 15 other guys, and it was it was a pretty comical time ah watching watching that.
00:25:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
yeah
00:25:52
Harry
couple of the dads were definitely a little more serious than I think they should have been.
00:25:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
It was like six-year-olds.
00:25:59
Harry
Yeah. Yep.
00:26:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
it's like It was like watching one of those NFL mascots versus kids football games and the mascots are just housing the kids.
00:26:08
Harry
Yep.
00:26:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's what it was.
00:26:09
Harry
Yep.
00:26:10
RICK JAMES
They want to be out there. That's their problem. Either play or get off the ice.
00:26:13
The SnowJobs Podcast
and It was pretty funny.
00:26:13
Harry
There, there was a pretty good gloves drop moment too, for a while.
00:26:14
Native Snow
ah
00:26:17
Harry
I think about eight of the kids all on two, two, two of the dads went at it. So that was pretty entertaining.
00:26:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah That's funny. That's really funny. But, yeah, it's ah it's a cool venue. um Anything else we want to talk about for Crooked Pint Night?
00:26:34
The SnowJobs Podcast
No?
00:26:34
RICK JAMES
I don't think it was good.
00:26:34
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right.
00:26:35
RICK JAMES
and It was a good night at networking and hanging out.
00:26:36
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:26:38
Native Snow
Yeah, my only complaint was they didn't let us bowl.
00:26:38
The SnowJobs Podcast
Very good.
00:26:39
Arctic Steve
think everyone was there until.
00:26:42
Adam Ferchen
Yeah, i was going say, i wish the mini bowl was open.
00:26:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, no bowling this year. What happened to the bowling? That was a big hit last year, right?
00:26:48
Native Snow
Yeah, they shut it down this year.
00:26:49
Arctic Steve
It was, yeah.
00:26:50
Native Snow
I don't know.
00:26:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
I think they shut it down mainly because of you.
00:26:55
RICK JAMES
and Rob.
00:26:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:26:58
Adam Ferchen
No.
00:26:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
Weren't you throwing?
00:26:58
Harry
Maybe too much too much aggression.
00:26:59
The SnowJobs Podcast
i think yeah I think, yeah, I think they threw the ball overhand. i don't, I think that's frowned upon. Probably, but yeah, they they had it roped off. Like, nope, no bowling tonight, boys.
00:27:11
Arctic Steve
Nope. They knew Sean was coming. So they figured that'd be a golf ball for him.
00:27:13
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:27:14
Arctic Steve
So they said no dice.
00:27:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's it.
00:27:16
Arctic Steve
So,
00:27:17
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's it. So the actual Storm Day event, we'll take it right
Keynote Feedback
00:27:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
from check-in. How is check-in for everybody? We we don't need to go in order. Just jump right in.
00:27:26
Native Snow
Easy. Yeah.
00:27:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
Checking went smooth.
00:27:28
Harry
Seamless.
00:27:29
Native Snow
yeah
00:27:29
Adam Ferchen
Yeah, that's quick.
00:27:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
Perfect. Yep. For us too.
00:27:33
RICK JAMES
you know
00:27:33
The SnowJobs Podcast
I think you had that nailed. That was good.
00:27:35
Arctic Steve
I know Darcy and Alex worked hard this year on doing the the badge with the schedule on them and all that. So it kind of kept everybody in loop what was going on.
00:27:45
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep. Absolutely.
00:27:46
Arctic Steve
So we had how how are the donuts?
00:27:46
RICK JAMES
yeah
00:27:48
Arctic Steve
That was my gig. Are the donuts good?
00:27:51
Harry
It was worth you leaving the crooked pint late and going home and getting up early to get them. They were good.
00:27:56
Arctic Steve
Perfect. Perfect.
00:27:57
Native Snow
The donuts were good. My only complaint is there was not enough coffee. By the time I got there, all the coffee was gone.
00:28:03
Arctic Steve
Okay, but more coffee noted for next year.
00:28:04
RICK JAMES
Coffee, co coffee.
00:28:06
Native Snow
More coffee. Darcy was nice enough to make me a K-cup inside the shop.
00:28:12
Arctic Steve
Nice.
00:28:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
You're such a little baby. yeah if you If you would get up 10 minutes earlier, you could have time to get coffee.
00:28:19
RICK JAMES
no
00:28:24
Native Snow
We don't do that.
00:28:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
You're always late.
00:28:28
Harry
ah wasn't it Wasn't that the night the $200 McDonald's was ordered?
00:28:29
RICK JAMES
Always.
00:28:32
Harry
Were you in a McDonald's coma?
00:28:33
RICK JAMES
yes yeah Yes, he did the order 200.
00:28:36
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, probably.
00:28:36
RICK JAMES
Yep, he did order 200.
00:28:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
i mean, that that's...
00:28:38
RICK JAMES
No, here's a McDonald's.
00:28:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, that's pretty impressive, actually.
00:28:41
Native Snow
Which is a little ridiculous.
00:28:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's a little ridiculous. Did it all go though?
00:28:46
Native Snow
It did. I had one burger and a couple of fries and went to bed.
00:28:49
RICK JAMES
Back to his room with him.
00:28:51
Native Snow
yeah yeah
00:28:54
The SnowJobs Podcast
i That's funny. yeah That's great.
00:28:58
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:28:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
Um, all right. So more coffee, a bread. I thought, I thought it was actually cool that you guys had donuts and and stuff for, uh, for some kind of breakfast.
00:29:05
Harry
Thanks.
00:29:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
Um, cause you didn't, you don't really need to, i I mean, I guess starting that early, it's a good idea, but, uh, you know, that's just a nice touch. I don't know if you,
00:29:14
Arctic Steve
We just wanted to get everybody jacked up on some sugar before Steve Wheatcroft kicked it off.
00:29:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
so let's nice segue. Let's go right into Steve Wheatcroft, the, uh, big time Canadian, uh, businessman. uh, ran ah a snow company or a landscaping and snow company and sold that for a bundle. And he's a very good motivational speaker. What did everybody think of Steve's speech there?
00:29:40
Arctic Steve
Okay.
00:29:40
RICK JAMES
I thought it was a good speech. was very entertaining, kept everybody interactive, I guess. He was... ah
00:29:46
Arctic Steve
He was from reg Regina, right? Right?
00:29:49
The SnowJobs Podcast
He had something to That's when I, yeah.
00:29:50
RICK JAMES
Not to his wife. ah his wife but His wife was from Regina.
00:29:51
Native Snow
and his wife's
00:29:53
Arctic Steve
Okay.
00:29:55
RICK JAMES
But, no, he was – I thought he was entertaining. had some good stories and good takeaways from that, at least I thought so.
00:30:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
Mm-hmm.
00:30:02
RICK JAMES
um I don't know. He was – I liked the guy. I mean, like said, I was entertained. He kept me engaged. So I had heard good things about him from Todd, guys at Top Dog. And, yeah, he was good. He he didn't sugarcoat anything, which is the way I like it. Yeah.
00:30:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
So now I missed, i was I only made about 10, maybe 15 minutes of Steve. And then my phone went off ah from my wife at the E because Riley fell down the stairs there and banged himself up pretty good. So I knew I was going to be tied up for a little bit. So I went outside.
00:30:33
The SnowJobs Podcast
I didn't hear any of his speech, but I have from our poll, I got to ask you guys these questions to see if some of the stuff people were saying was, was actual, it was anybody in the back half of the room.
00:30:46
Native Snow
I was.
00:30:48
The SnowJobs Podcast
Was the audio very hard to hear or tinny is the two comments we've got.
00:30:53
Native Snow
we Between his mic and the accent, it was very hard to understand some of the things he was saying when back there. ah You had to really, really pay attention to what was going on.
00:31:00
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
00:31:03
Native Snow
I was actually using all my brain power.
00:31:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
00:31:04
Native Snow
I fell asleep.
00:31:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
You were overloaded.
00:31:10
Native Snow
I feel like my brain can't take this right now.
00:31:11
RICK JAMES
Yeah, that's why you fell asleep. That's why you fell asleep.
00:31:12
Native Snow
got to take long nap.
00:31:14
RICK JAMES
that's why you fell asleep
00:31:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
harry Harry, you're nodding your head. that You agree with that, that something was off with the mic?
00:31:20
Harry
I was in the middle of the room and the the accent and his passion, it it was tough to understand. Obviously in the middle of the room, I could understand, but when he, when he really gets going, the accent comes out, then it's a little tough.
00:31:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
00:31:35
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
00:31:36
Adam Ferchen
yeah He was one table away from me and I couldn't understand what he was saying.
00:31:36
The SnowJobs Podcast
Good to know.
00:31:39
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay. So was it more, was it, was it the mic or was it more the accent and the AEO and
00:31:46
Adam Ferchen
was
00:31:46
Native Snow
No, I think it was mic.
00:31:47
Adam Ferchen
It was his lapel mic.
00:31:48
Native Snow
Sorry.
00:31:49
Adam Ferchen
Yeah, it was his lapel mic.
00:31:49
The SnowJobs Podcast
sure, Sean, hold on. Go ahead, Adam.
00:31:52
Adam Ferchen
I said it was his lapel mic.
00:31:54
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's the little, well, that's the funny thing is I believe that Josh Gamas wore the same mic.
00:31:55
Adam Ferchen
Yeah. Yeah.
00:32:01
Adam Ferchen
He had a mic, a lapel mic also. it must have been how close he had it Steve Wettkopf must have had it like on his inner side.
00:32:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay. Okay. may All right. that That makes sense. Maybe it wasn't at the right distance from his mouth. Now you can go, Sean.
00:32:12
Native Snow
No, I was saying I think it was the mic more than the accent. Just a when he started getting going, like like they said, it was really hard sometimes.
00:32:16
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
00:32:21
Native Snow
You got to really pay attention to what was going on.
00:32:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
And okay. Good to know. Yeah. Cause I didn't, I didn't hear any of this. And the other comments we got from a bunch of people were ah very little to do with snow. Is that accurate?
00:32:33
Adam Ferchen
He didn't mention snow until at the very end of his his speech.
00:32:36
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay, so was more like a motivational thing?
00:32:39
Arctic Steve
Yeah, his speech was more on the lead on leadership and whatnot.
00:32:39
Adam Ferchen
It was a leadership speech.
00:32:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
00:32:43
Adam Ferchen
Yeah.
00:32:43
Arctic Steve
And he kind of went into some stories with that and not snow based, but more, more of a leadership.
00:32:45
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
00:32:46
RICK JAMES
Yeah, yeah yeah
00:32:46
Adam Ferchen
It was good.
00:32:46
The SnowJobs Podcast
Good enough.
00:32:47
Adam Ferchen
was a good speech, just not snow-related.
00:32:50
The SnowJobs Podcast
Gotcha. Okay, cool. Anybody got any other anything else about Steve Weakrow's speech they want to say? All right, cool.
00:32:58
Native Snow
No. I will say we talked to him in the lobby, though, and he was it was really a pleasure to talk to him in the hotel.
00:33:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, he's pretty funny. Yeah, he's a pretty funny guy.
00:33:06
Native Snow
Yeah.
00:33:06
RICK JAMES
he was awesome.
00:33:07
The SnowJobs Podcast
100%.
00:33:08
RICK JAMES
Yeah, we hung out with him for a while. it was it was fun. he yeah He's the same guy on stage as he hanging out him.
00:33:12
Native Snow
the Yeah. he's Yeah, he's a good guy.
00:33:14
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:33:14
RICK JAMES
He just lets it all fly.
00:33:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:33:16
Native Snow
He's a good guy for sure.
00:33:16
Arctic Steve
I was out at the boat with him a good part of the day on Friday and dropped him off at the airport.
00:33:17
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, yeah he's
00:33:17
RICK JAMES
I
00:33:21
Arctic Steve
And he's exactly the same as he was up there as an in-person. Good guy, really good guy.
00:33:24
Native Snow
Yeah. Yeah.
00:33:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
he's definitely a set it high, let it fly guy.
00:33:27
Harry
you
00:33:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
He's definitely, yeah he's cool like that.
00:33:28
Arctic Steve
Mm-hmm.
00:33:30
RICK JAMES
love it.
00:33:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's pretty, yeah.
00:33:30
Native Snow
Yeah. Yeah.
00:33:31
RICK JAMES
you
00:33:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
he does not He does not get stuffy, you know, suit and tie-ish. He's very much a down-to-earth dude.
00:33:36
Native Snow
heavy yeah
00:33:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
I like that. ahead, Jay.
00:33:41
RICK JAMES
yeah Apparently he must've got a talk to from Martin or something about his language or something. He kept mentioning Martin during the talk.
00:33:49
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:33:49
RICK JAMES
ah Martin.
00:33:50
The SnowJobs Podcast
Well, shoot. What did he curse? Three times the whole thing? If if that was too much, then we're we're bad.
00:33:57
RICK JAMES
We're all big boys. we can handle language.
00:33:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
oh We're very bad, then. My goodness.
00:34:02
RICK JAMES
Yeah, we can't handle this operation.
00:34:02
Native Snow
Okay.
00:34:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Nope. ah Lunch. How was lunch for everybody?
00:34:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
Audio show, boys. Like nodding the heads. Okay. So it
00:34:14
Adam Ferchen
oh It was good. You know, the one food truck was, I think they got the wrong time, so they showed up late, but the barbecue was good.
00:34:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
okay so it was two food trucks. It was one taco truck and one ah barbecue truck.
00:34:26
Adam Ferchen
yeah illegal The illegal amigos.
00:34:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
illegal amigos. That was the name of the taco truck. That was, I thought that was pretty funny.
00:34:33
RICK JAMES
Really?
00:34:34
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. That was the name of it.
00:34:35
RICK JAMES
i didn't know that was the name
00:34:36
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. was right on it. Illegal amigos.
00:34:39
RICK JAMES
of it.
00:34:39
The SnowJobs Podcast
Uh,
00:34:40
RICK JAMES
Was it
00:34:40
Adam Ferchen
Yeah.
00:34:41
RICK JAMES
I
00:34:44
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah and then the, uh, they had a barbecue truck as well.
00:34:44
RICK JAMES
don't know.
00:34:47
The SnowJobs Podcast
So who, uh, anybody have the tacos?
00:34:49
Arctic Steve
I had the tacos. They were great.
00:34:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
They're good.
00:34:51
Arctic Steve
Chicken tacos.
00:34:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
All
00:34:52
Arctic Steve
And yeah, the hot sauce we had was was really hot. So it was good stuff.
00:34:55
The SnowJobs Podcast
right, cool. Harry, you had the tacos too.
00:34:56
Adam Ferchen
That's chit softening.
00:34:58
Harry
Yeah, I went chicken quesadilla and it was really good.
00:35:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right, cool. So, Illegal Amigos, nicely done. ah Who had barbecue?
00:35:08
Adam Ferchen
I had it.
00:35:09
The SnowJobs Podcast
How was it?
00:35:10
Adam Ferchen
It was great. It was awesome.
00:35:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay. Very good.
00:35:12
RICK JAMES
i had ah I had it also like a loaded fries, but I just had the, I should have just a plate of fricking beef. Cause that was really good. I didn't eat the fries, but beef the brisket was great.
00:35:25
RICK JAMES
I thought so.
00:35:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
cool. Yeah, so it looks like everybody liked lunch. Uh, the only other feedback we got, we covered because the, uh, the, the one truck showed up the little bit after the fact.
00:35:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
So there was a little bit of a delay getting going with that truck, but that's just logistics. That's not anything to do with that. That storm can change. Um, so we'll go right into, uh, the second keynote speaker, which I also missed.
00:35:55
The SnowJobs Podcast
Um, how was, uh, how was, uh, Josh Gama's speech?
00:36:01
Harry
I thought it was really good. um For me, I've always just heard of ECF and you just see him on TikTok all over the place. ah Never met the guy or heard really a whole lot about him. So it was cool just kind of hearing the backstory of where he came from, essentially.
00:36:17
The SnowJobs Podcast
hu
00:36:18
Harry
How he built, you know, what they have now, which is absolutely massive and hard to even wrap your head around sometimes.
00:36:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yes, sir. Anybody else?
00:36:30
Adam Ferchen
They're going
00:36:30
RICK JAMES
Yeah, I mean, i thought i was I thought it was a good, like like Harry said, you know, he started off telling about how he got started it in it U.S. lawns and all that stuff. And that was kind of good to hear from him again.
00:36:42
RICK JAMES
and But then he went into some, you know, bidding and stuff like that. So that was really, you know, guys can take a lot away from that too at times. So I thought I heard Jordan jordan say they're going to put that out or something, maybe down the road here or something.
00:36:50
Arctic Steve
Yeah, the table.
00:36:56
RICK JAMES
what he You know, his –
00:36:58
Adam Ferchen
to email it out, he said.
00:37:00
RICK JAMES
I thought, yeah, I can email that out. But, yeah, it was it was good information out there from from him. So, yeah, we all know he runs a pretty big operation and it's got a lot of irons on the fire. So, yeah.
00:37:10
Harry
Thank you.
00:37:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep, absolutely.
00:37:11
Arctic Steve
it's the second part of the, kind of if you want to say break it down, the second part of the yeah presentation, a lot of guys like at the tables around me were starting to kind of take notes and
00:37:20
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's what we got.
00:37:20
Arctic Steve
and figuring out, you know, when he was start talking about numbers and stuff.
00:37:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's...
00:37:23
Arctic Steve
And I think that helped some people out. So that was good.
00:37:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's what we got a lot of in the poll, that the ah the first hour they could have taken or left, but the second half of his his presentation when he got into bidding and how to bid and what costs are and stuff, ah that's that was really ah really well done and and meant a lot to guys.
00:37:44
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah Like you said, taking notes. We had that from like 15 guys at the second half.
00:37:48
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:37:49
The SnowJobs Podcast
The second half of the lecture was actually very useful.
00:37:49
Arctic Steve
Or just the...
00:37:52
RICK JAMES
was kind of hoping we could have gotten some more questions and answers from him, you know?
00:37:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah That was actually multiple, yeah, multiple people that none of their questions were answered.
00:37:57
RICK JAMES
ah I mean, I know it got long, but that's...
00:38:03
Arctic Steve
Yeah, that was, you got, yeah, got a little bit long, but that would have been definitely nice. I had some questions in there too that I didn't hear the answer of, but we know the answer.
00:38:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
and four
00:38:12
RICK JAMES
and
00:38:12
Arctic Steve
We know the answer though, right,
00:38:14
Native Snow
Now, did he did he cut it short because it was running long?
00:38:14
RICK JAMES
Yeah, I know, yeah. Yeah.
00:38:17
Native Snow
Because I didn't feel like it was running long. But I felt like it got cut short. they He um got a lot of slides and stuff.
00:38:21
RICK JAMES
yeah I think they wanted, it's Steve can answer it, i guess, not me.
00:38:26
Native Snow
Yeah, that's...
00:38:27
Arctic Steve
Jim? Um, it, It felt like it wasn't running real long, but with the kind of the delay with the food trucks and stuff like that, we just wanted to make sure that there was adequate time for the vendors, too.
00:38:32
Harry
Thank
00:38:37
Arctic Steve
A lot of those vendors for for the trade show part came from a long ways. and We just wanted to really make sure that they got time, too.
00:38:44
Native Snow
Gotcha.
00:38:44
Arctic Steve
But, it yeah, it would have been a good good thing, you know, if we would have spent, you know, even 15 minutes just kind of going through some Q&A on that.
00:38:49
Adam Ferchen
kind going through some out there. you know
00:38:52
Native Snow
Yep.
00:38:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
Cool.
00:38:52
Arctic Steve
Cool, because i know I know some guys just at our table alone had some questions, so.
00:38:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
Very cool. um Steve, you want some of these ah you want some of these comments from that people wrote in
00:39:04
Arctic Steve
and Absolutely.
00:39:05
The SnowJobs Podcast
As far as feedback, so we got overall great event.
00:39:06
Arctic Steve
Yeah. Fire away.
00:39:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
Two keynote speakers was a bit much ah more social time during the day. Not really sure what that means, but I think they had ample social time. I mean, the trade show and lunch, right?
00:39:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
um But that was one, and ah there were a couple that said that, actually. ah More breakout groups, um shorter keynote speeches. ah Snow guys' focus is...
00:39:33
Harry
Thank
00:39:35
The SnowJobs Podcast
I got to read this. Snow guy's focus is not... I guess he's saying that we don't have a lot of attention span ah because it says, oh, look, shiny objects.
00:39:45
RICK JAMES
or Or grammar.
00:39:46
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah Yeah, well, you know, it's ah it's a short note.
00:39:47
Arctic Steve
Thank you.
00:39:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
So the trade show was on point. um The afternoon lecture was tough after lunch too long. um And then maybe same thing next year, but throw in another panel discussion. Love those.
00:40:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
What else do we have here? ah Another one for breakout groups. But yeah, I mean, everybody everybody was first to say that it was very well done, very good event, very well worth attending.
00:40:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
um you know So it looks like it's really taken off and becoming another like Storks West type deal where it's going to be the place to be in August.
00:40:30
Arctic Steve
Good. Glad to hear it. And we'll definitely take that feedback back and discuss it and make, you know, want to hear what you guys have to say.
00:40:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
uh trade the trade show portion um so you had let me i'm just gonna go through the list here of what i remember and and people you guys can remind me if i've missed anybody uh you had arctic you had case you had saber you had view robotics turbo melt muskox western uh which i believe was representing all of douglas fisher wasn't there were they or
00:40:38
Harry
I
00:41:02
Arctic Steve
ah Douglas Dynamics.
00:41:02
Harry
had a fisher plow sitting there.
00:41:03
The SnowJobs Podcast
Douglas. douglas
00:41:03
Arctic Steve
You had Case, right?
00:41:04
RICK JAMES
Douglas and Alex.
00:41:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. Douglas was there. ah Boss Snowplow, Midwest Equipment, Boss Software, not to be confused with Boss Snowplow, ah Snow Wolf and Viper. Did I miss anybody?
00:41:20
RICK JAMES
Muskok. Oh, you said Muskok.
00:41:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
had Case. I had Muskox.
00:41:21
Arctic Steve
Metal Plus.
00:41:23
Harry
Who had pronovost?
00:41:24
The SnowJobs Podcast
I think
00:41:24
RICK JAMES
Oh, metal post. Midwest. Yeah.
00:41:27
Arctic Steve
Midwest Machinery by the John Deere.
00:41:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
Midwest.
00:41:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, i think i I think I got everybody. Oh, and Metal Plus.
00:41:34
RICK JAMES
Oh.
00:41:35
The SnowJobs Podcast
I thought I said Metal Plus. Maybe I'm not.
00:41:36
Arctic Steve
Nope, metal.
00:41:36
RICK JAMES
State view, true weather.
00:41:38
Arctic Steve
then NTS tire.
00:41:39
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, True Weather. Sorry, Mark.
00:41:40
Arctic Steve
Yep.
00:41:40
RICK JAMES
Plow right stakes, plow right stakes.
00:41:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
True Weather.
00:41:40
Arctic Steve
Mark, the doctor, then and andts NTS tire too at a Redwood with the single tire.
00:41:44
The SnowJobs Podcast
There we go. Plowrite NTS Tire.
00:41:45
RICK JAMES
Oh, yeah.
00:41:46
The SnowJobs Podcast
So you guys had good representation.
00:41:47
Arctic Steve
Yeti staff there. Yep.
00:41:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's great. That's really great. I mean, it was...
00:41:53
Arctic Steve
and We had actually, we had some more vendors. We were, as you guys could tell, we were, we were out of space for that, but we did have some more vendors at the end that were contacting us that wanted to
Trade Show Experience
00:42:03
Arctic Steve
be part of it. So for next year, we'll, we'll make that bigger and better yet.
00:42:07
The SnowJobs Podcast
Well, I mean, honestly, you could have you could have given up our space. Like, we had a little booth area. We didn't really need that. We could have done that anywhere.
00:42:16
Arctic Steve
No, it worked out good for you guys too. So.
00:42:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
But, yeah, but, I mean, if you can get another vendor in there, that's what it's all about.
00:42:20
Harry
Okay.
00:42:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
They're not there to see us.
00:42:23
Arctic Steve
No, no.
00:42:24
The SnowJobs Podcast
They're see that here there to see vendors and trade show stuff. um But I thought that was awesome that you had that many vendors. um Everybody seemed really happy. Everybody's booth had traffic, which was good to see.
00:42:35
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:42:39
The SnowJobs Podcast
Um, anybody see anything at the trade show that, uh, as far as products that caught their eye or anything, or that they learned a little bit more about.
00:42:40
RICK JAMES
Definitely.
00:42:48
Arctic Steve
so I saw it at Syma, but Western's flow control on their Salter again was just again for the $600 investment for that just blows me. I just, it's super cool to me and you can use it on moulder machine.
00:42:59
The SnowJobs Podcast
yep
00:43:00
Harry
I'm sorry.
00:43:01
Arctic Steve
So that's even cooler.
00:43:02
RICK JAMES
Yeah, that was very cool.
00:43:03
Arctic Steve
um Razorback, you know, I'm a fan of the Razorback. And now that they got the the final one now with the new controller with the different options on that, the strobes and the headlights and stuff was pretty cool. And I haven't seen that yet. That was the first I saw that.
00:43:17
Arctic Steve
And then, of course, the Snow Jobs Black Pusher, probably the highlight of the show.
00:43:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
That was awesome. That was really awesome.
00:43:25
RICK JAMES
cool.
00:43:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's the first time I got to see it in person. That was kind of trippy to see that in person.
00:43:30
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:43:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
i couldn't be ah couldn't be prouder, actually, to have our logo on an Arctic section. That's pretty badass that they would do that for us.
00:43:38
RICK JAMES
It's pretty badass. no
00:43:40
Arctic Steve
But like you said, like you said, Steve, all that just ah I mean, I looked around, i was just watching, kind of keeping an eye, and every vendor there had plenty of traffic going through.
00:43:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
Crazy.
00:43:50
Arctic Steve
and And the feedback from the vendors were that everybody there was like, ah you know, wasn't just a tire kicker. It was serious people getting serious answers and questions answered from them.
00:43:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
Absolutely.
00:44:00
Arctic Steve
Yeah. That's what's super important. you know all the vendors, you know, from software companies, the weather companies to the machinery was like, there was actually people there that are making the decisions and really interested, you know, as used a lot, Harry.
00:44:03
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep.
00:44:12
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, and I think that's the great thing about i think that's a great thing about that event and Storks and like you know these events as they great gain traction. You ain't getting tire kickers.
00:44:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
you know it's These are serious snow guys that are traveling to events just for snow in August.
00:44:24
Arctic Steve
Correct.
00:44:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
you know, in April and, you know, most guys want to forget about snow by April. And, you know, so attending Storks, you're, you're pretty serious about snow. And, ah I think that's awesome. And that, that brings value to the vendors that, uh, are coming out and to support your event.
00:44:44
The SnowJobs Podcast
So it's great.
00:44:45
RICK JAMES
No par Rick was there. Got to see the back blade.
00:44:46
Arctic Steve
Snow car, Rick.
00:44:47
RICK JAMES
lot of guys are impressed by that again.
00:44:47
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's right.
00:44:48
Arctic Steve
Yeah, the back, the back blade on that was, again, super cool. And just listening, it was it was super cool.
00:44:54
Harry
Thank you.
00:44:54
Arctic Steve
I glanced over there towards the end and, and Rick and Ron from Muscox, they were both sitting side by side. And it's just like, what goes through that conversation?
00:45:01
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:45:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
I said, I'm locking them both in a room for a weekend.
00:45:05
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:45:06
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:45:07
The SnowJobs Podcast
I said, you're not coming out till I get 50 patents.
00:45:07
Arctic Steve
That was pretty sweet.
00:45:09
The SnowJobs Podcast
and sit
00:45:10
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:45:12
The SnowJobs Podcast
Those two are geniuses.
00:45:13
RICK JAMES
yeah
00:45:13
Arctic Steve
yeah
00:45:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
I mean, unbelievable.
00:45:15
RICK JAMES
Yep.
00:45:16
The SnowJobs Podcast
But yeah, Rick's back blade looks sick. It definitely does. um
00:45:20
RICK JAMES
Yeah. It's just...
00:45:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's good to see Rick there. I like it in black. thats that That looks sharp and black.
00:45:24
RICK JAMES
I like more black blades are good.
00:45:26
Arctic Steve
Yes. Yep.
00:45:27
RICK JAMES
Yep.
00:45:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:45:27
Arctic Steve
yeah
00:45:27
RICK JAMES
I
00:45:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
um I think what you want to I think. ah I think Matt actually sold the who the heck did he sell plow right to? I,
00:45:39
RICK JAMES
i think a lot of guys sold stuff, to be honest, what i think.
00:45:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
i yeah.
00:45:42
Arctic Steve
Yeah, I think Rick, I know Rick, Rick sold a few, few plows there.
00:45:42
Harry
Thank you.
00:45:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:45:42
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:45:42
Native Snow
Todd?
00:45:46
Arctic Steve
And I know one of a buddy of mine was, was questioning about the Razorback. And when he saw it there in person and got to touch it, he pulled the trigger over the weekend here.
00:45:56
Arctic Steve
So.
00:45:58
RICK JAMES
I'm sure Todd's brother Kyle's going to buy one.
00:45:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sean, did did you say Todd?
00:46:00
Native Snow
Yeah.
00:46:01
RICK JAMES
Todd's brother's going to buy one.
00:46:03
Arctic Steve
Chair.
00:46:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, he he liked He definitely liked it.
00:46:04
RICK JAMES
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:46:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:46:07
RICK JAMES
Todd goes, he'll have one. Don't worry. so
00:46:09
The SnowJobs Podcast
Todd Dickerson, yeah, his brother.
00:46:11
Arctic Steve
But even like the software companies, Yeti and Boss were both there.
00:46:12
RICK JAMES
Kyle.
00:46:14
Arctic Steve
And I know Stephanie was saying she had some really good conversation with some some decision makers there for that.
00:46:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeti, I say I forgot another one. Shit.
00:46:22
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:46:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
You had a lot of vendors because I was sitting here racking my brain. I'm like, I think I got most of the list.
00:46:27
Harry
got
00:46:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
I might have missed one or two. I missed like five. Shit.
00:46:30
RICK JAMES
I didn't get any of those Yeti socks either that everybody had wearing it.
00:46:34
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:46:35
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sean got him. I know that.
00:46:36
Native Snow
The Yeti Sox are nice.
00:46:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
and
00:46:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. Yeti was, I did see Yeti there. I didn't get a chance to go over and talk to them though. um Yeah, that was a, so yeah, Matt sold Matt's old plow, right to hoot, uh, top dog.
00:46:47
Harry
ah get
00:46:53
Native Snow
and think they were talking about it, yeah. They were talking about putting in an order.
00:46:55
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. I know they did a demonstration on them.
00:46:57
Native Snow
Yep.
00:46:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
Cool.
00:46:59
RICK JAMES
think for the Pentagon or something.
00:47:00
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's crap.
00:47:02
Arctic Steve
That's awesome.
00:47:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
Could be.
00:47:03
Harry
Thank you.
00:47:04
Arctic Steve
That's what it's all about, helping each other out.
00:47:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Could be.
00:47:06
Arctic Steve
So glad to hear this.
00:47:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's it.
00:47:09
The SnowJobs Podcast
It was cool meeting Todd's brother, Kyle.
00:47:11
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:47:12
Native Snow
yeah
00:47:12
The SnowJobs Podcast
He's ah he's a badass dude. i have a lot in common with him.
00:47:14
Arctic Steve
Then, and I,
00:47:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
we had ah We had a good long talk. That was pretty cool. Right down to our dogs. He was a canine guy. I got shepherds my whole life. So it was we had a lot in common. So it was really cool.
00:47:23
Arctic Steve
I forget the gentleman's name. I met him at Storks too, but it's, he's a, they can charge of Todd's fleet. He's a super, super good guy.
00:47:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, yeah.
00:47:30
RICK JAMES
john Sean?
00:47:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
He...
00:47:31
RICK JAMES
Sean?
00:47:32
Harry
so
00:47:33
Arctic Steve
Awesome guy.
00:47:33
RICK JAMES
Sean. They
00:47:33
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:47:34
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, he was a great dude, too. they like I love the guys in that company. they all seem one
00:47:39
RICK JAMES
they were great.
00:47:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
One seems cooler than the next, you know? It's like every time you meet a guy from Top Dog, one's better than the next.
00:47:42
Arctic Steve
yeah
00:47:45
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's ah it's pretty cool. They have, like, a really great team there. Good for them. um Did anybody buy anything? Nobody bought anything, right?
00:47:58
RICK JAMES
No, I didn't.
00:47:59
The SnowJobs Podcast
Right?
00:48:00
Native Snow
No, I forgot my wallet.
00:48:00
The SnowJobs Podcast
I don't
00:48:00
RICK JAMES
and Yes, Sean forgot his wallet.
00:48:08
Arctic Steve
yeah ah
00:48:12
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah She wouldn't let you buy anything?
00:48:14
Native Snow
No.
00:48:16
The SnowJobs Podcast
No, no. Oh, man. All right.
00:48:20
Arctic Steve
What would you have bought, Sean, if you didn't if you did have your wallet? That's a better question.
00:48:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yes.
00:48:26
Native Snow
Everything.
00:48:28
Arctic Steve
If you could choose one thing, what would it be?
00:48:28
RICK JAMES
yeah he probably would have...
00:48:29
Harry
Thank you.
00:48:31
Native Snow
one thing
00:48:33
The SnowJobs Podcast
He's not shy to buy.
00:48:38
The SnowJobs Podcast
He is a ready-fire aim guy.
00:48:41
Native Snow
I don't know what I want to bought I probably would buy a couple of those Western controllers they're pretty cool I need like four of those so I probably would have bought four of them yeah
00:48:47
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:48:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
If you need four, you need three, right? Didn't you win one?
00:48:56
Arctic Steve
You won one, didn't you Steve?
00:48:57
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, I won one, but, you know, it's got to go to my stepchild here.
00:49:01
Native Snow
Thanks, Dad.
00:49:02
Harry
yeah
00:49:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
but but
00:49:05
RICK JAMES
I was trying to win that drone. I wanted to win that drone. didn't win shit.
00:49:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
I did, too. said something for my kids to crash. Absolutely. But, yeah, dude, I thought it was great.
00:49:13
Harry
There was a lot of good give...
00:49:14
RICK JAMES
There's some good, there's, there's some great prizes.
00:49:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sorry. Go ahead.
00:49:17
Harry
Muscox was giving away that...
00:49:19
RICK JAMES
T-TAC.
00:49:19
Harry
Yeah, Muscox was giving away the manual T-TAC, which I think are still, what, three, four grand or something?
00:49:20
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:49:23
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:49:24
RICK JAMES
Yep.
00:49:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
They ain't cheap, but they're good.
00:49:27
RICK JAMES
yep
00:49:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
we yeah We had one last year, the the unimproved version. the The version they have out now that is actually the manufacturer version is a lot better than what we had.
00:49:35
RICK JAMES
okay
00:49:39
The SnowJobs Podcast
And even then when we had it in R&D, it was phenomenal. like it made It made big differences when you... You don't realize how limited you are sometimes when you're in the machine because you're just so used to, you know, being in certain spots to get the bucket to do
Product Innovations
00:49:53
The SnowJobs Podcast
certain things. Or, you if you have like a rigid Harley rake with it, like we have the quick attach Harley rakes with the self-equalizing bracket.
00:50:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
But if you don't have that, if you just have the the rigid hookup, that makes that thing a lot more versatile. So, yeah, that's a cool and forget it, put it on with their snowblower. And that changes the game a little bit.
00:50:11
RICK JAMES
Right. I
00:50:14
Arctic Steve
Yeah, it's pretty sweet.
00:50:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's really cool.
00:50:15
Arctic Steve
Yeah, all the vendors all the vendors had some really good prizes was super cool.
00:50:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
It was a great idea.
00:50:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, I kind of questioned that. I'm like, you're giving away what? Like,
00:50:25
RICK JAMES
i was like, I did send that away.
00:50:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
why
00:50:27
Harry
you
00:50:28
RICK JAMES
i put my name in for it too. i was like, if I want, I'll just give it to Andy.
00:50:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
yeah, like I'm like, shit, man, give him a hat and a sweatshirt.
00:50:31
RICK JAMES
I was like, I just give it to Andy. So i was like, shit.
00:50:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
You're giving away the detach. Oh, that's great, though. Good for them, man. Muscox is awesome. They're an awesome family. I'm glad they're doing so well.
00:50:45
RICK JAMES
too.
00:50:46
The SnowJobs Podcast
They're killing it. Ron's a genius, and he just keeps coming up with the latest and greatest. You see like you guys have all seen the Muscox before, like right? Like Gen 1, Gen 2. like What did you think of the redesigned one that they had there?
00:50:59
Arctic Steve
that's pretty pretty sweet i saw you know sima sima they had that one there too and it's just i've never ran it yet i i will now because they're gonna drop one off for storm academy so i'll get to play with it but it looks there's nothing on there it looks bad i mean everything on it looks really good and it's and well thought of and that's that's like all all this stuff as it gets out and you
00:51:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
You'll have fun.
00:51:17
RICK JAMES
Mm-hmm.
00:51:20
RICK JAMES
Carbonized? Oh, carbonized.
00:51:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep.
00:51:21
Arctic Steve
some hours behind it and make some improvements, you know
00:51:24
The SnowJobs Podcast
You know what's awesome though? And like, yes, I've had that and run that for three full seasons now, but the cool thing about muskox is i see it in there five things that were not pain points, but what we said, Hey, long-term, this is going to be an issue.
00:51:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Like where part, you know, the, where some of the, uh, the h what is it? The, h what are they called? Uh, the high density plastic there.
00:51:47
Arctic Steve
know? UHMW.
00:51:48
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right, UHMW, we were wearing through that because for two seasons we had unfrozen pavement, and it it war it chewed through that stuff a lot quicker, which is no big deal.
00:51:54
Arctic Steve
Sure. Yeah.
00:51:59
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's wear parts. you know It's a $100 kit. We replaced them mid-season. We're good to go. No big deal.
00:52:04
RICK JAMES
yeah
00:52:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
But I told them that, and they've now they've now adjusted that in the new design where that's not going to be an issue. It's really the wings being on pistons now.
00:52:14
Arctic Steve
yeah
00:52:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
Uh, that that's going to be a huge issue. You know, that's going to be a huge upgrade. Uh, the, the venting and the way that they changed the paddle on the auger. Uh, it's just the, the tweaks they made, anything that we said, feedback wise, that possibly could be improved.
00:52:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
They took to heart and did it. It's really cool.
00:52:34
Arctic Steve
that's what That's what's super cool about it. I mean, they get these get out in the wild and they listen to the end user and make the changes, you know.
00:52:36
The SnowJobs Podcast
Super cool.
00:52:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Super cool. And what was cool, like ah cool about them is they're not just like, I remember two things that we found that we said, Hey, we're, we're seeing this. and Have you ever seen that before? And they said they hadn't, they'd said they'd never seen it before, but they actually, once we told them about it, they went and tested it on like the unfrozen pavement thing on the, uh, the plastic.
00:53:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
We were, we were chewing that up and they were like, Oh shit. Yeah. You know, that makes total sense now. So they've they've upgraded that. So they're they definitely listen to their customers. It's it's pretty, pretty cool.
00:53:11
Arctic Steve
Yeah, I don't think there was a vendor.
00:53:13
RICK JAMES
Right.
00:53:13
Arctic Steve
There wasn't a vendor there that would not listen and and act on what what they're being told. I know Arctic, you know, with the Razorback, they changed that electric plug on that.
00:53:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:53:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, yeah.
00:53:22
Arctic Steve
And so.
00:53:24
The SnowJobs Podcast
Well, they've changed a lot on the Razorback from the first version to now, and now it's kind of bulletproof, which is just awesome to see for them.
00:53:26
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:53:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
I'm i'm happy for them. blake ah Blake outdid himself with that one.
00:53:34
RICK JAMES
Pretty exciting.
00:53:36
Arctic Steve
yeah
00:53:37
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:53:39
Harry
Going back to the muskox.
00:53:39
The SnowJobs Podcast
I was still jacked about the black black snow jobs. Go ahead. Go that?
00:53:43
Native Snow
Jesus Christ.
00:53:44
Harry
Back to the muskox a little bit.
00:53:45
Native Snow
Sorry.
00:53:47
Harry
ah That rubber... Sonny's
00:53:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sorry, Harry. Go ahead.
00:53:52
Harry
gone. on
00:53:55
The SnowJobs Podcast
i don't know what ah what just happened to Sean.
00:53:55
Harry
The rubber...
00:53:56
RICK JAMES
Oh.
00:53:58
Harry
The rubber for the bottom...
00:53:59
Native Snow
That was my German Shepherd just blowing through the top gate.
00:54:00
Harry
Oh...
00:54:02
Native Snow
Sorry, guys.
00:54:03
Harry
oh
00:54:04
RICK JAMES
but
00:54:05
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah All right, Harry. Try it one more time, buddy.
00:54:08
Harry
the
00:54:09
RICK JAMES
oh
00:54:09
Harry
The rubber on the bottom side, instead of having the metal cutting edge, I think i think that's a super cool idea because a lot of HOAs, we worry about scratching driveways and if they got you know decorative concretes or anything like that.
00:54:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yes.
00:54:23
Harry
We bought two last year and i might be listing those two for sale because that new version looks killer.
00:54:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
yeah that that was one of the That was one of the things we said that that metal, the metal cutting edge, we blow on the way in on the driveway and then rotate and pull out.
00:54:32
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:54:38
Harry
Mm-hmm.
00:54:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
And we were seeing that it could scratch. Not that we were gouging or scratching, but when that blade... when that steel blade maybe got a little gouge here or gouge there from something on the road or, or something on one of the driveways that it, it hit, you'd get a little burr.
00:54:57
The SnowJobs Podcast
And now when you're, when you're, you know, when you're blowing in, if the guy's got the angle too steep and and that edge is making contact, you can scratch.
00:55:02
Harry
Mm-hmm.
00:55:05
The SnowJobs Podcast
And we have a zero scratch policy on that one, that one HOA. So that came directly from that feedback, which is awesome that they listen.
00:55:14
Harry
Yeah, that's killer.
00:55:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, it's going to be squeegee in, squeegee out. It's going be great. Good for them. Yeah, they're killing it. um What else? Anybody else with any products out there?
00:55:27
Adam Ferchen
I got a look at that Razorback and um that's a sweet blow.
00:55:28
RICK JAMES
No, they're all.
00:55:33
The SnowJobs Podcast
definitely is.
00:55:33
Adam Ferchen
I actually just got a quote from our dealer on one and we're probably going to to order at least one of them.
00:55:38
Adam Ferchen
And then no
00:55:38
The SnowJobs Podcast
Just take the one that's at the Buffalo Show.
00:55:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
John will give it to you right off the truck.
00:55:42
Adam Ferchen
I asked him if he wanted to leave it there. He said No,
00:55:44
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah No?
00:55:45
RICK JAMES
yeah
00:55:45
Adam Ferchen
yeah
00:55:45
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah
00:55:47
Adam Ferchen
thought I'd get a better deal, but maybe not.
00:55:48
Harry
Thank you.
00:55:48
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah
00:55:48
RICK JAMES
Ask again.
00:55:49
The SnowJobs Podcast
Ask again while they're in Buffalo.
00:55:49
Adam Ferchen
I will have. um the other thing The other thing I liked was the Vue Robotics.
00:55:52
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:55:57
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:55:57
Adam Ferchen
they I haven't seen those in person and that seems like ah a good deal on
Vendor Highlights
00:56:02
Adam Ferchen
a good camera.
00:56:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's awesome.
00:56:03
Arctic Steve
Yeah, and the support ah support from Patrick and Chris, too, are unbelievable.
00:56:03
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's a great deal.
00:56:04
RICK JAMES
Awesome.
00:56:04
Adam Ferchen
you You guys use those?
00:56:05
RICK JAMES
I got a couple. I got a couple. Yeah.
00:56:08
Adam Ferchen
Yeah.
00:56:09
Arctic Steve
Those guys are awesome.
00:56:11
Adam Ferchen
Yeah.
00:56:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
They are doing phenomenally well.
00:56:11
RICK JAMES
Yeah. ah
00:56:13
The SnowJobs Podcast
They're constantly upgrading. They're listening. Again, they're, they're another company that's listening to feedback from guys, what they need, what they want. Uh, and so simple, so simple
00:56:21
RICK JAMES
They're so simple. They're so simple to use.
00:56:24
Adam Ferchen
Yeah.
00:56:24
RICK JAMES
ah okay Simple to use, simple to put up. It's just easy.
00:56:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
and affordable.
00:56:30
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:56:30
Adam Ferchen
Yeah, the price, you can't beat that price.
00:56:31
RICK JAMES
Affordable.
00:56:33
The SnowJobs Podcast
No, you can't. And, and those, uh, Pat and Chris, they're just, uh, I don't know if there's two better guys out there. They're,
00:56:39
RICK JAMES
No, they stand behind everything. They're great guys.
00:56:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Absolutely. Absolutely. It's, uh, it's good. I'm glad to see them doing so well too. Uh, anything else jump out at anybody product wise?
00:56:53
RICK JAMES
i don't i know I know Rick was talking to Tom at the Vroom Vroom about doing some nitrogen things on on his brooms.
00:56:58
Harry
So
00:57:00
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh yeah. Yeah.
00:57:01
RICK JAMES
yeah So that sounds like that could be pretty cool down the road here too. so Where he has springs for the wheels.
00:57:07
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
00:57:08
RICK JAMES
for the guide wheels. Yeah. Rick was talking about putting nitrogen like shocks there.
00:57:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
I did see the top doggies over there looking over the vroom vroom.
00:57:18
RICK JAMES
Yeah. Yeah. They're looking at them. So um hopefully, hopefully he can get some out there. he I mean, he's got quite a few out there, but I think, think the show might have helped him out a lot too.
00:57:28
Arctic Steve
and That brings ah broom's so phenomenal, how it wears.
00:57:28
RICK JAMES
not Not new eyes.
00:57:31
Arctic Steve
It's just how it doesn't wear, actually.
00:57:33
RICK JAMES
Doesn't wear yeah or break.
00:57:35
The SnowJobs Podcast
You guys are John Deere guys out there, right? For your sidewalk machines, Jeremy, you you you you know those. you know what's the Is it 1585? Is that the one, the cab forward one that they had that one out there?
00:57:45
Harry
you.
00:57:45
RICK JAMES
Yeah, 1585. Yep. Yep. you know Oh, yeah.
00:57:48
The SnowJobs Podcast
The one guy said it was 40-something thousand without the cab? Holy shit. They're out of their minds. That's insane.
00:57:57
RICK JAMES
There's... Yeah.
00:58:00
The SnowJobs Podcast
Without the cab. Just the staff.
00:58:03
RICK JAMES
Oh, I don't know. Without the cab?
00:58:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
It said without the cab.
00:58:05
RICK JAMES
i mean I don't think you can even get it without the cab, 1585.
00:58:05
The SnowJobs Podcast
It was.
00:58:08
RICK JAMES
Could you? I don't think you can.
00:58:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
There's a 40 something without the cab.
00:58:10
RICK JAMES
think he did he Did he mean without any attachments, probably? That's probably what he meant.
00:58:13
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah I don't know. The guy just said 40 something without the cab. i was like, whoa, okay. I'm done talking about this.
00:58:20
RICK JAMES
Yeah, it ain't cheap.
00:58:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
Wow.
00:58:22
RICK JAMES
It's got that green paint on, you know, that's an extra 20 grand.
00:58:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. heavy Well, heavy duty green paint, you know, that's it.
00:58:27
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:58:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
Can can you can you get a wolf loader in the heavy duty green paint?
00:58:29
Arctic Steve
and see it?
00:58:33
The SnowJobs Podcast
Harry.
00:58:34
Harry
i'll find I'll find the paint code and I'll find a workaround, but I'm sure I can do it.
00:58:38
RICK JAMES
yeah yeah
00:58:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
Please don't. ah
00:58:43
Harry
No, like like we talk like we talked, I think we're just going to start ordering them all black.
00:58:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah
00:58:48
Harry
have Have a good good bit of all black in there.
00:58:48
RICK JAMES
Yeah, I think it should.
00:58:49
The SnowJobs Podcast
so
00:58:50
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
00:58:50
The SnowJobs Podcast
I think that works, man.
00:58:51
Arctic Steve
Oh, it looked pretty sweet.
00:58:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
Black black and Battleship Gray.
00:58:54
Arctic Steve
No more?
00:58:54
RICK JAMES
Battleship Gray, yeah.
00:58:54
Harry
Yeah.
00:58:55
Native Snow
Yeah, Gray.
00:58:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, I think, no, I mean, stock two colors, give two choices only black or battleship gray.
00:58:58
Native Snow
That's me.
00:59:03
The SnowJobs Podcast
it Black works with any graphics and lettering package you could possibly want to put on them. You know, it'll go with any color. I think that's, and so will gray, honestly. So I think that works for most customers, but the black looks tight.
00:59:16
RICK JAMES
That looks cool.
00:59:17
The SnowJobs Podcast
I saw that one black wolf you you have on the video and that that really looks tight.
00:59:22
Harry
with the all black uh arctic that would be a pretty cool looking you know all black plow of any sort right it would it would all look cool on there
00:59:26
RICK JAMES
or No, you had it right the first time. You had it right the first time.
00:59:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
All black snow jobs edition, Arctic. Absolutely.
00:59:34
Harry
that's we'll get the stickers we'll put it right on the machine the plow and everything you'll be ready to go
00:59:34
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
00:59:40
Arctic Steve
would look pretty sweet black, that black wolf with Adam's red metal plus on there too, I think.
00:59:44
The SnowJobs Podcast
I'm definitely putting that Arctic snow jobs logo on my machines. That ah looks really cool.
00:59:51
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
Attendance and Representation
00:59:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
Any other products out there that the guys were interested in or caught their attention? All
00:59:59
RICK JAMES
Yeah, mean, just your standard stuff.
01:00:00
The SnowJobs Podcast
right.
01:00:02
RICK JAMES
It's all good stuff, so.
01:00:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Absolutely. um So what about, oh, you know who was missing Steve? Why wasn't winter there?
01:00:10
Arctic Steve
um Great question. I reached out to Ron, sent some information. He passed it up the chain of command and guess.
01:00:17
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh yeah. Ron's not sales anymore.
01:00:18
Harry
See. so
01:00:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
Right.
01:00:20
Arctic Steve
No.
01:00:20
RICK JAMES
ron Ron needs to be sales. He needs to be at these shows.
01:00:23
Arctic Steve
I was I was confused.
01:00:23
RICK JAMES
Ron makes deals happen.
01:00:25
Arctic Steve
You know, when I i was.
01:00:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's a miss. That's a huge freaking miss that winter was not there. And saber was for them.
01:00:30
Arctic Steve
Yeah, I was.
01:00:31
RICK JAMES
And i know i know much i know a few sorry steve i know I know a few guys that were really looking at knocking out some and edge topics for a big thing at the show.
01:00:32
Arctic Steve
I.
01:00:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yes, absolutely.
01:00:40
Arctic Steve
100%. Yep. I reached out to him.
01:00:41
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
01:00:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Saber had traffic, a lot of it.
01:00:43
RICK JAMES
Yep.
01:00:43
Arctic Steve
I did. And reaching out to Ron and he passed it up to who he needed to pass it up to. And they didn't think they didn't buy go for it, but it's, you know, you know, like we all like all of us, right.
01:00:54
Arctic Steve
When we think of winter equipment, we think Iran, it's like, and roll you know, kind of like we thought he owned winter equipment there for a little while, but yeah.
01:00:57
The SnowJobs Podcast
Well, yeah, that's the guy.
01:00:57
RICK JAMES
Yep.
01:01:03
The SnowJobs Podcast
Well, if you call him at midnight, he picks up the phone.
01:01:03
RICK JAMES
He's the to make it happen guy.
01:01:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's yeah.
01:01:07
RICK JAMES
He's the make it happen guy.
01:01:08
Arctic Steve
He's the guy that makes it happen for sure.
01:01:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
01:01:10
Arctic Steve
And it's, uh, no, I I really wish they were there and hopefully they're listening to this and understand how important these kinds of shows are. And, and definitely, definitely if they, if they want to be on their a game, they should be sending around to this stuff.
01:01:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
That was a miss. That was definitely a huge miss on their part for not being there.
01:01:25
Arctic Steve
So
01:01:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
Steve, what do you guys mind?
01:01:26
RICK JAMES
They should be on their show. They should be on the show period.
01:01:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
and Do you mind? ah what What was the price for the vendors? Can you say it or no?
01:01:33
Arctic Steve
it was, uh, believe it thousand dollars per vendor for the show.
01:01:36
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh my God.
01:01:37
RICK JAMES
Mm-hmm.
01:01:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
That's so reasonable.
01:01:38
Arctic Steve
Correct.
01:01:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
yeah That's ridiculous.
01:01:42
Arctic Steve
And that was.
01:01:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
How do you say no for a thousand dollars with that kind of exposure of literally 200 hardcore snow guys?
01:01:49
Arctic Steve
You got that plus the day before, you know, most ah most of most the vendors that there are part of Storm Academy and even the ones that weren't part of Storm Academy, they could definitely have their stuff around. And it's just.
01:01:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh man, that's a big miss.
01:01:59
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
01:02:00
The SnowJobs Podcast
and You know,
01:02:01
Arctic Steve
Yep.
01:02:03
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, yeah, yeah. All right. Good enough. Well, yeah, I'll have to give them a shout tomorrow. when once Yeah, tomorrow's Monday. Find out what.
01:02:10
RICK JAMES
Well, Ron will hear this story.
01:02:13
Arctic Steve
Ron's going to listen to this.
01:02:13
RICK JAMES
Ron will hear this.
01:02:14
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
01:02:14
The SnowJobs Podcast
I'm sure Ron will, but I don't think we need to talk to Ron. We need to talk to the guy that's doing the job Ron was now. Because obviously he doesn't he doesn't see it the same way.
01:02:22
Arctic Steve
Who is anybody? Does anybody know who that is even?
01:02:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
i don't.
01:02:27
RICK JAMES
i don't i don't really care. I still want to talk to Ron.
01:02:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
I don't.
01:02:31
Arctic Steve
We'll just say the guy.
01:02:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
Well, yeah, I'm going to call Ron.
01:02:33
Arctic Steve
We'll just say that's the guy that replaced Ron, but we still call Ron though.
01:02:36
The SnowJobs Podcast
Well, yeah, I mean, Ron, no offense to the new guy, but Ron's the guy that built all the relationships.
01:02:37
RICK JAMES
Yeah. Yeah.
01:02:41
Arctic Steve
Correct.
01:02:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
you know, all the phone calls answered at midnight and 2 a.m. m and overnighting stuff the next morning, having it in hand in less than 24 hours that you you don't undo that relationship just because you change positions.
01:02:53
Arctic Steve
No, no.
01:02:55
The SnowJobs Podcast
So, and unfortunately for, for winter and whoever's taking Ron's place, Ron built that over how many years with how many different snow guys.
01:02:55
RICK JAMES
Nope.
01:03:02
Harry
Ss. Ss.
01:03:03
The SnowJobs Podcast
So, I mean, that, that just doesn't go away for guys like us.
01:03:06
Arctic Steve
And every everybody on this, everybody listening to this and and on the show right now is a snow guy.
01:03:06
RICK JAMES
Ron knows his shit. Ron knows his shit.
01:03:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yes.
01:03:10
Arctic Steve
And that's what they expect. You know, they expect that when they call somebody, to and someone answers the phone and gets back to them and and helps them solve a problem. And that's Ron Ropos.
01:03:17
The SnowJobs Podcast
hundred percent.
01:03:19
Arctic Steve
I mean, that's that's the guy. So.
Equipment Discussions
01:03:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
Definitely is.
01:03:22
RICK JAMES
Mm-hmm.
01:03:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right. um What else? What else? What else? I mean, you had represent dealer representation, vendor representation from basically every part of snow.
01:03:34
Arctic Steve
So what'd you guys, what, what'd you guys think of that?
01:03:34
The SnowJobs Podcast
I mean, minus shovels.
01:03:36
Arctic Steve
They had the SL 23 there, but like for those cases, those new articulating for sidewalks, like they didn't have the 20.
01:03:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, they're those things are tanks.
01:03:44
Arctic Steve
yeah I liked the 15, you know, and I know Harry's got a wolf version of that as well, but Jeremy and I got to play with those a little bit when we were out to Tomahawk.
01:03:50
RICK JAMES
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
01:03:53
Arctic Steve
Those are pretty sweet. And Arctic was running a bunch of them when we were out at filming for storm chase.
01:03:54
RICK JAMES
yeah
01:03:58
Arctic Steve
And I think that type of setup is starting to kick off, you know, and,
01:04:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
i I think you're going to see, especially for case with that model, I think you're going to see a lot more market share as long as they can get them out there ah because you can use them.
01:04:02
Harry
Thank you.
01:04:07
Arctic Steve
Yes.
01:04:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
twelve They're a 12 month sidewalk machine and they're not just a sidewalk machine.
01:04:13
Arctic Steve
Yeah, we had
01:04:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
You can use them for, you know, moving piles and stuff too.
01:04:16
Arctic Steve
Yeah, we we we ran them when I was doing snow ops, we ran the Bobcat, the L-28s and 23s, and they were they were great for sidewalks.
01:04:20
The SnowJobs Podcast
Slowly.
01:04:24
Arctic Steve
But we for enhancements, it just felt like they were a little bit underpowered and just kind of digging in the dirt with that with the cases that felt they had the power.
01:04:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
01:04:32
Arctic Steve
So.
01:04:32
Harry
Thank
01:04:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
01:04:33
RICK JAMES
Well,
01:04:33
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah. I mean, those, those little articulating, those those are all giant loaders. I mean, for years, so giant built a nice little compact, you know, articulating loader back in the day.
01:04:37
Arctic Steve
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
01:04:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
Go ahead.
01:04:44
RICK JAMES
since we're talking about these little loaders, and we as well talk to the man who's got one, Harry. what We didn't really talk about your little loader. Might as well tell everybody about that too, since you're on here.
01:04:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, to mini.
01:04:52
Harry
Yeah, it's ah we call it the 780.
01:04:53
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
01:04:56
Harry
I don't have a spec sitting in front of me, but I think it's like 4,000 pounds. um We actually put some real skinny snow tires on it and narrowed it up to 48 inches.
01:05:06
Harry
So this year we're going to try out running. I haven't decided on what kind of plow because it's a pretty small market of V plows with skid steer attachments.
01:05:16
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
01:05:16
Harry
I know there's a couple of them out there, so we're going to give that a try. and then... ah I think we're actually going to try a eight foot prodigy on there too, just to see if it can kind of on some of those dedicated sites where instead of having a $70,000 skid loader, we sell them for basically half of that almost.
01:05:36
Harry
So if we can get, you know, relative production on just cutting curbs and getting stuff out to the big machines with a machine, that's half the price. We're going to keep on doing it.
01:05:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
yeah
01:05:44
RICK JAMES
Aren't they 36,000?
01:05:45
Arctic Steve
Yeah, I thought but it, yeah, I thought $36,000.
01:05:45
RICK JAMES
and say 36? Yeah. thirty six thousand thirty six
01:05:47
Harry
Yeah. 36.
01:05:49
Arctic Steve
i I played with that thing actually quite a bit on Tuesday down there, drove it around, just kind of screwed around with it. That's an impressive little machine too.
01:05:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, i didn't get to run the little guy. I should have, but I didn't.
01:05:59
RICK JAMES
yeah
01:06:00
Harry
It's cool. It's got a turtle and a rabbit speed. So if you really got to push something, you can go down the turtle.
01:06:03
Arctic Steve
but yeah
01:06:04
Harry
And I think it's just got nice low end torque. So I think with a V plow on there, even pushing through and the city rolls, you know, two feet of snow onto your sidewalks, you can cut right through it.
01:06:16
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Metal Plus makes a V for sidewalks, right?
01:06:19
RICK JAMES
Yeah, yeah.
01:06:20
The SnowJobs Podcast
Didn't a bell get one?
01:06:20
RICK JAMES
ah but
01:06:21
Arctic Steve
They do. they do
01:06:21
RICK JAMES
bello Bell has one, yeah.
01:06:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
01:06:23
RICK JAMES
yeah
01:06:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
So metal plus is an option. I think you got a Douglas option. I think Western makes so a V with a quick, quick attach. um And boss. I think boss does too. Honestly, I don't remember, but yeah, that's cool.
01:06:39
The SnowJobs Podcast
Good for you guys. Yeah. I think those with all the little like winter only sidewalk machines creeping up in price.
01:06:44
Harry
Thank
01:06:49
The SnowJobs Podcast
What are you, what's, what are you, what's the matter day? You good? Oh, all right.
01:06:53
RICK JAMES
No, good. didn't. It was just hurt on my neck.
01:06:54
The SnowJobs Podcast
You look like you're laughing or something. Um, with all those things creeping up in price, you know, I think you're going to see something that people can use for 12 months.
01:06:56
RICK JAMES
No, was...
01:07:03
The SnowJobs Podcast
And, uh, it's a reputable brand that's going to, you know, it's not just a three season machine.
01:07:09
Harry
Thank you.
01:07:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
you know, they can use it the entire year and, I think you're going to see them as long as Kate can keep them keep them in stock. I think you're going see them get a nice little market share for sidewalks. But they are. Do you know the width of those, the SL-15s there, Steve?
01:07:24
Arctic Steve
I do not, I don't remember the specs on those, but I know that
01:07:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, it won't work for me. Not
After-Party Fun
01:07:31
The SnowJobs Podcast
going to make it on 36-inch sidewalks, that's for sure.
01:07:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
What else, boys? Anything else?
01:07:40
RICK JAMES
No, just the after party, I think we're up to now.
01:07:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep. After party, how was the after party? What everybody think? Food was okay? what Food was good? well
01:07:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, we said food. Sean sat up. Go ahead, Sean.
01:07:55
Arctic Steve
John sat up and smiled.
01:07:58
RICK JAMES
like a horror movie sitting in the back there.
01:07:59
The SnowJobs Podcast
I know.
01:08:00
RICK JAMES
Now he's
01:08:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
was like, is he still in the room?
01:08:03
RICK JAMES
got a big smile on his face.
01:08:05
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, my God.
01:08:05
Native Snow
Yeah.
01:08:06
RICK JAMES
ahead, Sean.
01:08:06
Native Snow
It was good.
01:08:06
RICK JAMES
Sean.
01:08:07
The SnowJobs Podcast
Go ahead, Sean.
01:08:07
Native Snow
you know It's always a nice setting. Jordan's nice enough to have everybody back at his house, which is awesome. It shows how in intimate the the entire venue is, you know, with the size and the scale and all the different people.
01:08:21
Native Snow
ah The food was good. The carrots were really good, actually. Carrots.
01:08:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
01:08:26
Native Snow
Yeah.
01:08:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sean liked the carrots.
01:08:28
Native Snow
Other than that, I got
01:08:29
Harry
That complimented the hot fudge sundae bar.
01:08:32
Native Snow
Oh, yeah.
01:08:32
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
01:08:33
Native Snow
Yeah, that was good.
01:08:33
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
01:08:34
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, all right.
01:08:36
Native Snow
Yeah, everything was good.
01:08:37
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
01:08:37
Arctic Steve
that's That the salad they had was really good.
01:08:37
Native Snow
The event was great.
01:08:39
RICK JAMES
I. Yeah.
01:08:40
Native Snow
So no complaints on my end.
01:08:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
Cool.
01:08:43
RICK JAMES
It
01:08:46
RICK JAMES
yeah was another, another good time down Jordan's house with the networking. We, everybody got to sit around and talk and then have some food, I guess, and all that. So it was, that was the best part too. So I don't know. Everybody should have got their fill down there. i think so.
01:09:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, yeah. Absolutely. They were, ah the caterers were like, they were in and they were out. They got everybody fed quick and they were out the door. Like, okay, have your dinner and then boom, have your ice cream sundaes.
01:09:16
The SnowJobs Podcast
Done. They were cleaned up quick.
01:09:17
RICK JAMES
ah but so the beef
01:09:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
and
01:09:20
RICK JAMES
I thought the beef was a little tough, but that's just me.
01:09:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
Some of it was.
01:09:23
RICK JAMES
I thought it how was
01:09:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
um Some of it was a little, but what are you going to do?
01:09:26
RICK JAMES
But, hey.
01:09:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
It was good flavor though. Very good flavor.
01:09:30
RICK JAMES
Yeah, I mean, I'm not complaining. I'm just being honest.
01:09:33
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sounds like you're complaining.
01:09:36
RICK JAMES
Could be.
01:09:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah ah
01:09:38
RICK JAMES
Don't worry. Went back to the hotel and sat around and Sean ordered another, i don't know how much Taco Bell he ordered, but he ordered two bags of Taco Bell.
01:09:44
Native Snow
Taco Bell.
01:09:46
The SnowJobs Podcast
Did you really?
01:09:48
RICK JAMES
I didn't have any of that for you.
01:09:49
Native Snow
Yeah, but Taco Bell was only $40.
01:09:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah
01:09:51
Native Snow
McDonald's was $200.
01:09:52
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sean.
01:09:52
Native Snow
That was fucking ridiculous.
01:09:54
The SnowJobs Podcast
sean
01:09:54
RICK JAMES
Apparently after throw went to bed, Kyle Martin ordered Burger King too, so they were eating.
01:10:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
So, wait a minute. You ordered McDonald's and Taco Bell. Did you find your wallet?
01:10:06
RICK JAMES
I was on his phone.
01:10:06
Native Snow
No, I could use my phone.
01:10:06
RICK JAMES
There was an app app on his phone.
01:10:09
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah
01:10:09
Arctic Steve
yeah
01:10:09
The SnowJobs Podcast
Funny how that thing only works when I'm not around.
01:10:11
RICK JAMES
that That money doesn't... that's but That's free money. It's not real money since it's on your phone.
01:10:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
01:10:16
RICK JAMES
you know So that's like...
01:10:16
Arctic Steve
That's with good food money.
01:10:16
The SnowJobs Podcast
yeah
01:10:17
RICK JAMES
plain money
01:10:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
a
01:10:19
RICK JAMES
Girl mouth right there, right?
01:10:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah It's
Event Improvements
01:10:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
app money. It doesn't count. It's not real.
01:10:25
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
01:10:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, my God.
01:10:26
RICK JAMES
Look
01:10:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sean, you crack me up. Yeah, somebody... We're going to have to do that. Somebody said Bigfoot. Bigfoot was seen holding Sean's wallet. Sean's wallet makes a disappearance every time ah from the time he gets off the plane and then it magically reappears at the airport going home.
01:10:36
Harry
Thanks.
01:10:46
RICK JAMES
at that smile.
01:10:47
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah It's awesome, dude. it's It's like a trip, you know, must. It's a tradition now. It's so funny.
01:10:55
The SnowJobs Podcast
but ah He cracks me up. Oh, all right, boys. Well, anything else that we want to talk about for storm day? What are you?
01:11:05
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, here we go.
01:11:05
RICK JAMES
this
01:11:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
So what are you guys next year for planning next year? What would you guys like to see different from this year?
01:11:13
RICK JAMES
I would like to see this goes.
01:11:15
The SnowJobs Podcast
Go ahead, Jake.
01:11:16
RICK JAMES
Well, if we have that, if you have that two day event again, i'd i'd like to have where guys could jump in at the storm Academy, which is storm Academy, which that's what it's built on trying stuff out.
01:11:27
RICK JAMES
We should be able to try stuff out. You know, guys build drive stuff, run plows.
01:11:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
Like it.
01:11:32
RICK JAMES
So that's my two cents.
01:11:34
The SnowJobs Podcast
Anybody else? Anything different for next year?
01:11:36
Adam Ferchen
I got something.
01:11:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
Go ahead, Adam.
01:11:38
Adam Ferchen
Yeah, so there there was a period of time when they did the raffle. i don't know if you guys remember when they did the raffle.
01:11:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
Mm-hmm.
01:11:44
Adam Ferchen
Between the raffle and then we went to Jordan's house, it maybe an hour, hour and a half, where they said just you know go back to the trade show. And at that point, I felt like I had already been through the trade show multiple times and talked to people wanted talk to.
01:11:56
Adam Ferchen
i thought maybe if you had like someone in the building doing a Q&A or a panel or so something where I could – listen to or ask questions. I ended up just going back to my room for a half hour and taking a nap and and then going to Jordan's house.
01:12:05
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep.
01:12:10
Adam Ferchen
um But other than that, everything else was good.
01:12:12
The SnowJobs Podcast
Gotcha.
01:12:13
Adam Ferchen
So just that one, that one timeframe.
01:12:13
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay. Cool. Harry.
01:12:17
Harry
ah I really like like the round table settings, you know, kind of what we do at SEMA a little bit there.
01:12:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
Mm-hmm.
01:12:24
Harry
um Maybe one keynote and then just some more round table stuff with different topics. And i think a panel will be kind of cool to get some of the You know, so they do it ah at some of the other shows, too, where you got four or five guys and they're all talking about, you know, a certain topic.
01:12:41
Harry
um
01:12:42
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep. Yeah, they did that last year at Storm.
01:12:42
Harry
Something like. Sure, sure. ah I think that's always cool. Like a Q&A thing where guys can, you know, ask questions. And if they don't want to be involved, then they can go outside and talk and you know, mingle, whatever.
01:12:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep. So you guys like more collaborative stuff. More stuff you can be part You
01:13:01
Harry
ah
01:13:01
RICK JAMES
Yep. Yep.
01:13:04
Harry
I think you almost get more out of just talking to other snow guys than, know, as much as I like the classes and stuff, right?
01:13:04
RICK JAMES
yeah
01:13:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
you do
01:13:10
Harry
There there is good information in them. But talking to guys for me across, you know, the U.S. and just learning on, you know, different methods or, you know, processes of what guys are doing, i think that's super beneficial for everybody.
01:13:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep, I agree.
01:13:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
Anybody else?
01:13:30
RICK JAMES
think I think I heard John say Mardic he have liked a little more trade show time or something. think that was what I'd heard him say. So as being a vendor, you know.
01:13:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
I think you can. the like I think that was big enough. i was I relayed this already
Networking Highlights
01:13:47
The SnowJobs Podcast
to Jordan ah that I think you can do breakout groups where you have set up like you got 200 people, you have 10 tables of 10.
01:13:56
The SnowJobs Podcast
And you have 100 people inside doing the breakout groups for an hour and a half, two hours. And then you have the other half is outside at the trade show. And then you rotate. And then even in the afternoon, you could do a couple more hours of trade show.
01:14:08
The SnowJobs Podcast
If it's big enough that it takes, you know, three hours to talk to everybody and see everything.
01:14:12
Arctic Steve
And that would free up the vendors too, so it's not getting a big, you know, 20 people showing up at the booth at once.
01:14:17
The SnowJobs Podcast
Exactly. It spreads it out.
01:14:18
Arctic Steve
let Give them a little more time to, you know, answer some questions in depth and whatnot.
01:14:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
Spreads out the traffic.
01:14:21
RICK JAMES
You
01:14:22
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
01:14:23
Arctic Steve
So,
01:14:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
put 10 tables out with 10 different topics and, you know, let guys kick the ball around.
01:14:28
Arctic Steve
yeah, we'll look at doing that next year. And then like Jeremy said, down at the Storm Academy, i'd love to see guys being able to so run some of this stuff. You know, each vendor kind of reps their product and and goes through it and lets everybody try it out.
01:14:40
Arctic Steve
So,
01:14:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Absolutely. Absolutely. All right. Anybody else got anything they want to see different next year or what they'd like to do?
01:14:48
Harry
Thank
01:14:49
Arctic Steve
And you guys all saw when they when Jordan did the announcement at the beginning when he talked right at the morning, the storm chasing, you know, for the additions for that. I know we put them all out on socials and whatnot, but make sure everybody gets their registrations in for that, additions.
01:15:00
RICK JAMES
Yep.
01:15:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep.
01:15:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep. Yep. The audition should be funny. Hopefully. Very good.
01:15:11
RICK JAMES
It should be another good season. I know there's a few good people out there that we've been thinking about, so should be another good show coming.
01:15:12
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah
01:15:16
Arctic Steve
Mm-hmm.
01:15:18
RICK JAMES
Part two.
01:15:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep. You got a thunderstorm there, Steve.
01:15:20
RICK JAMES
Part two.
01:15:21
Arctic Steve
We do. It's actually right on our right on the doorstep. My phone keeps going off here.
01:15:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
I was going to say, you got lightning in the background there.
01:15:27
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
01:15:27
The SnowJobs Podcast
We might, we better wrap this before we lose you.
01:15:30
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
01:15:30
Native Snow
we We got it also, Steve. That's why my dog broke through a gate. Thunder went off.
01:15:34
Arctic Steve
yeah Dogs are upstairs with Andrea right now going
01:15:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
Big fearsome German shepherd, loud noises. He goes running through windows.
01:15:44
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it like I'm so disappointed as a dad. ah So, all right, let's hit some commercials. We'll come back and we'll wrap it up with these boys.
01:15:51
Harry
Thank you.
01:16:43
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All right, we're back. So last question for everybody. Who did you meet there um for the first time? the You know, that that was cool. Harry, what about you?
01:16:54
Harry
john John from Arctic.
01:16:55
The SnowJobs Podcast
Anybody stand out?
01:16:58
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay, yeah, he's a character.
01:16:58
Harry
ah For...
01:16:59
The SnowJobs Podcast
If you never met Big Daddy, that's a big deal.
01:17:00
Harry
sir
01:17:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep.
01:17:02
Harry
net Never met him. ah Sat down at dinner and i looked at him and I was like, man, I know that voice, but i can't i i can't put put your, you know, and ah that that was super cool.
01:17:10
RICK JAMES
first
01:17:11
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but you
01:17:13
Harry
Got to have some some pretty nice talks with him and ah but just a super cool guy.
01:17:18
Native Snow
Bye.
01:17:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep. Big daddy's the man. What about you, Adam? anybody Anybody you met for the first time out there that stood out to you?
01:17:26
Adam Ferchen
Well, met a bunch of people I've talked to through social media, but have not met face to face. I don't want to name every single one of them, but I i met Rick from snow power. He was a good dude to talk to. I spent a bunch of time at Jordan's house talking to him at the end of the day.
01:17:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yep.
01:17:42
Adam Ferchen
else?
01:17:44
Adam Ferchen
don't know.
01:17:45
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
01:17:45
Adam Ferchen
don't know.
01:17:46
The SnowJobs Podcast
Sean, what about you?
01:17:49
Native Snow
ah Yeah, I think, well...
01:17:50
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, oh wake wake up. Stay awake for five more minutes,
01:17:53
RICK JAMES
Kyle, what a child.
01:17:54
Adam Ferchen
Oh, Sean, not me.
01:17:55
Arctic Steve
Yeah.
01:17:55
Adam Ferchen
and Sean, not me.
01:17:57
RICK JAMES
so
01:18:07
The SnowJobs Podcast
Come bring it home. shelon Let's go.
01:18:09
Native Snow
I met the rest of the top dog guys. I met Todd you know in April, but um meeting and his brother and his head operations guy.
01:18:16
Harry
Thank
01:18:16
RICK JAMES
kyle chair
01:18:17
Native Snow
Yeah, they were you know they were cool.
01:18:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
yep
01:18:20
Native Snow
we We established that I'm the better fisherman of the group, which we already know. Yeah,
01:18:25
The SnowJobs Podcast
okay but It's a different game, right?
01:18:30
Native Snow
yeah it doesn't matter.
01:18:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
They're like, they're a couple hundred miles offshore fishing and you try and get eaten by sharks by close to shore.
01:18:31
Native Snow
i I'm still the best at it. It doesn't matter.
01:18:37
The SnowJobs Podcast
Right.
01:18:38
Native Snow
Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm a little retarded.
01:18:39
The SnowJobs Podcast
Okay.
01:18:40
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
01:18:40
Native Snow
It's all right.
01:18:40
The SnowJobs Podcast
they All right, cool.
01:18:43
RICK JAMES
ah and
01:18:44
The SnowJobs Podcast
Jay, anybody you met for the first time this one?
01:18:47
RICK JAMES
I always, always meet a lot of great people, a lot of great people that know me from the show and then I get to meet them. So, and I mean, just, it's always fun to meet those, those guys. i did get to meet Carl for some, I met Carl caffeinated Carl.
01:19:00
RICK JAMES
So I was, yeah, he was, he was, he was looped up.
01:19:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
half an eighted girl Steve what about you and anybody you met for the first time
01:19:05
RICK JAMES
Yeah.
01:19:10
Arctic Steve
Yeah, I got to meet quite a few guys, but, you know, Adam, adam if we've been on a group chat for this Buffalo show coming up this week, and got to meet him in person, so that's cool.
01:19:17
Adam Ferchen
Oh, yeah.
01:19:19
Arctic Steve
and Put the face to the name, and we'll see him on Wednesday.
01:19:20
The SnowJobs Podcast
very cool very cool all right boys anybody got anything else
01:19:26
Adam Ferchen
So...
01:19:28
RICK JAMES
Well, you Steve, can you mean anybody?
01:19:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
Not really. That I met for the first time? ah Not that I remember, honestly.
01:19:41
Harry
I suppose i ah I'll add mine in.
01:19:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
ah
01:19:43
Harry
That was the first time I got to meet you, Steve.
01:19:46
The SnowJobs Podcast
There you go. There you go, Harry.
01:19:46
Harry
You know? Yeah.
01:19:49
The SnowJobs Podcast
That was huge. Well, that was the first time i met Harry in person.
01:19:51
Harry
yeah
01:19:51
The SnowJobs Podcast
I mean, but we talked to so many people on this that it's like I feel like I know them and I've met them because we do the video, but...
01:19:55
RICK JAMES
yeah
01:19:59
Native Snow
Yep.
01:19:59
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, that's a weird thing.
01:20:00
RICK JAMES
so
01:20:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
But yeah, it was cool. I mean, it was great to see so many people that I don't get to see, but I talked to during the year. you know, Brandon Riley got to see him again. ah He's always a he's always a fucking trip.
01:20:10
RICK JAMES
Oh, yeah.
01:20:11
The SnowJobs Podcast
I love that dude. ah the lin ah The line of hands, Luke and his dad, they were there.
01:20:16
RICK JAMES
Oh, yeah. Lukan was dead.
01:20:18
The SnowJobs Podcast
i didn't I got to talk to his dad for like 25 minutes. I didn't get to talk to Luke, though. More than like, hey, how are you, buddy? um But they're killing it. Luke's pushing the snow forward. His dad's trying to pump the brakes.
01:20:27
Arctic Steve
that It was great.
01:20:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah.
01:20:29
Arctic Steve
Great with Brandon. Brandon messaged me the night before when we were at the Crooked Pint. and He's like, hey, am I registered? And i just kept responding back. Who is this?
01:20:37
RICK JAMES
Yeah, who is this?
01:20:37
Harry
Thank
01:20:38
Arctic Steve
is this?
01:20:39
RICK JAMES
Who is it?
01:20:40
Arctic Steve
And then he says, he says, Brandon, Brandon Riley with LEDs. I go, oh, Brandon from LADC, you know, question mark, just screwing with him. Well, then when he gets to the, that gets to the deal, the registries in panic mode because they didn't make his name tag said Brandon Riley, it just said Brandon. So they said they didn't have a name tag for him. So he's just like, yeah I was registered. I'm like, who are you?
01:21:01
The SnowJobs Podcast
Jeez.
01:21:01
Arctic Steve
So.
01:21:02
The SnowJobs Podcast
Oh, man.
01:21:02
RICK JAMES
That's funny.
01:21:04
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, it was good to see Bran. He's done a lot for the show. and We got to get him back on for a couple things because he's always a good time on the show. Wealth of knowledge. ah Mitchell.
01:21:14
RICK JAMES
It's always good to see him.
01:21:16
The SnowJobs Podcast
Mitchell showed up at the Crooked Pint for a half an hour.
01:21:17
Arctic Steve
Mitchell showed up to a crook at night.
01:21:17
RICK JAMES
Fuck Mitchell.
01:21:20
Arctic Steve
Was he air for
01:21:20
The SnowJobs Podcast
Yeah, for a
01:21:20
RICK JAMES
so
Event Wrap-Up
01:21:21
The SnowJobs Podcast
half an hour.
01:21:21
Arctic Steve
there for a half hour?
01:21:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
Dude, he goes he like he was there and then he was gone. I looked for him.
01:21:26
RICK JAMES
Next subject.
01:21:26
The SnowJobs Podcast
I'm like, I couldn't find him.
01:21:28
RICK JAMES
Next subject.
01:21:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
you
01:21:29
Arctic Steve
a Yep, Dustin, Mr.
01:21:30
The SnowJobs Podcast
He made an appearance. It was good to see Dustin, though. love Dustin.
01:21:34
RICK JAMES
Dustin's great. I love Dustin.
01:21:36
Arctic Steve
Van Hale.
01:21:38
RICK JAMES
Yeah, oh yeah ill always fun to see CJ and Matt from Clippers and Plowright.
01:21:38
Arctic Steve
Awesome guy.
01:21:41
Arctic Steve
Yeah, two class acts there.
01:21:41
The SnowJobs Podcast
Absolutely.
01:21:42
RICK JAMES
Those guys are phenomenal.
01:21:43
The SnowJobs Podcast
They're family. Yeah, they're family.
01:21:45
RICK JAMES
Those guys are
01:21:47
The SnowJobs Podcast
they are
01:21:48
RICK JAMES
oh
01:21:48
The SnowJobs Podcast
They are very, very good dudes. um All right. Anybody got anything else, boys? We got to let Sean go to sleep here because he's going to pass out on us.
01:21:54
RICK JAMES
awesome. I want to say onces thanks Storm for starting the whole team at Storm Jordan and your team for putting it on, putting on another good show.
01:21:58
Harry
Thanks.
01:22:04
RICK JAMES
I had a good time and we can't wait for next year, so.
01:22:06
The SnowJobs Podcast
It's always a good time.
01:22:07
Arctic Steve
Perfect.
01:22:07
The SnowJobs Podcast
They do a phenomenal job. I mean, they, they take all the feedback they can, they, they improve it every year. It's improved every year. It's been better attendance. And it's, uh, I think with the half the people flying in this year, it's shown that this is going to be, you know, ah an event that's, that's a hardcore legit event now.
01:22:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
So it's good.
01:22:28
Arctic Steve
Yeah, and feel ah all the listeners out there to feel free to message us and messages on socials or your email us or whatever and just let us know if there's something else you'd like to see too and we'll definitely yeah put that into action.
01:22:29
The SnowJobs Podcast
Keep growing.
01:22:30
Harry
Thank
01:22:41
RICK JAMES
Yeah, don't you have that code out there still people though? Okay. Okay.
01:22:44
Arctic Steve
We do yeah that that question your deal
01:22:48
RICK JAMES
okay
01:22:49
The SnowJobs Podcast
right, boys. Anybody got anything else before we wrap it up?
01:22:53
Native Snow
That's it.
01:22:53
Harry
ah so i'll say I'll say a big thanks to Darcy and and the team. i got there on Tuesday and Darcy and Steve and all the guys running around like crazy, problem solving solving, making stuff happen.
01:23:05
Harry
So big recognition to Darcy on that one.
01:23:09
Arctic Steve
Yeah, darcy Darcy did an awesome job with it.
01:23:10
RICK JAMES
Yeah, she kicks it.
01:23:10
The SnowJobs Podcast
They're very good. Yeah.
01:23:12
RICK JAMES
She's great.
01:23:13
The SnowJobs Podcast
They're very good scramblers. fair there They're not pocket passer quarterbacks.
01:23:18
RICK JAMES
you Get it done.
01:23:19
The SnowJobs Podcast
They are they are excellent scramblers.
01:23:23
Arctic Steve
Yeah, Darcy's probably right now sitting at her kitchen table already working for next and next year, so I wouldn't doubt it.
01:23:23
The SnowJobs Podcast
Absolutely, they do.
01:23:28
The SnowJobs Podcast
Supreme Intergalactic Commander Snow Event Planner. That is Darcy's title.
01:23:33
Arctic Steve
Mm-hmm.
01:23:35
The SnowJobs Podcast
But yeah, awesome job to the whole Storm gang. Thank you very much for having us. ah Thank you, everybody who came and everybody who flew in like we did. I think everybody had an outstanding time. It was a great two days and can't wait for next year.
01:23:50
The SnowJobs Podcast
So if nobody's got anything else, we'll wrap it there.
01:23:54
Arctic Steve
Perfect. Thank you.
01:23:54
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right, gang, then that's going to do it. Episode 132, Snow Jaws podcast. Main show is in the books, so we want to thank the boys, Adam, Harry, Sean, Steve.
01:24:07
The SnowJobs Podcast
Thank you very much for the time tonight. We appreciate it. um For the rest of you, everybody out there, have a safe week. If you're going to Connecticut or you're going to Buffalo on Thursday, Connecticut Tuesday, Buffalo Thursday, have safe travels, have a great time, and will we will see you in Buffalo.
01:24:24
The SnowJobs Podcast
All right. For everybody else, have a safe week. Get your bids done and keep pushing.