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Shovelling snow can be a chore, but one Prince George resident has found a way to make it fun. Ron Marwood spent roughly seven months designing and building a custom radio-controlled bulldozer, which makes short work of snow – as long as it’s not too deep. “The blade is only five inches high. We’ve been getting seven or eight inches… when the snow is that deep, it’s not the ideal tool,” Marwood said. “(But) I’ve been wanting to build a bulldozer for years and years. It’s been fun. I had fun building it and I enjoy playing with it.” Marwood is a member of the Prince George Aeromodelers club, and has been building and flying model and radio-controlled airplanes for roughly 70 years. He’s built dozens of model airplanes over the years, and designed a few himself. He used a photo of a real Caterpillar D8 bulldozer as a model, and built the chassis out of aluminum deck railing. The two-way electric drive motors came from a local hardware store, and likely were intended for a car’s power seats. Marwood finished work on the
In 2022, Prince George RCMP created a total of 45,465 new files, down nine per cent from the 50,182 created in 2021, according to a city report. The number of case files in 2022 is the equivalent of a new crime roughly every 11.5 minutes, or three crimes for every five residents of the city. “2022 was another busy year for police services,” city director of public safety Adam Davey wrote. “2023 will see some major changes in the policing landscape. The decriminalization of illicit drugs and full implementation of the Health IM system in the city of Prince George are two of several developments/initiatives that will significantly impact the policing in the city moving forward through 2023.” In 2022, Prince George RCMP investigated 879 assaults, 410 assaults with a weapon, 197 sexual offences, 712 missing persons, 104 robberies, 302 vehicle thefts, 747 break-and-enters, 786 thefts under $5,000, 1,327 cases of mischief to property (such as vandalism), 1,407 cases of people causing disturbances, 1,369 Mental Health Act incidents, and 223 liquor and cannabis regulation incidents, the report says.
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Prince George resident Ron Marwood designed and built a custom remote-controlled bulldozer, which he uses to clear snow from his deck and driveway. The chassis, right, is made from aluminum deck railing and electric motors from a car power seat.
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machine in January, but is still working out a few bugs. “I’m still having trouble with raising and lowering the blade,” he said. “It works, but it’s not perfect.”
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