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44 minutes ago, manotickmike said:
Somebody in "risk management" drew attention to existing agreements apparently. HO blames the clubs, and vice versa.
One trail here wanted OFSC to provide year round insurance to gain access that had been granted for YEARS. Why not? Nobody else pay for access, or does anything to maintain things.
Volunteers with tons of hours in and other people treated like mushrooms are venting.
I believe that the issue is some wanting snowmobiling to pay all costs for every free rider user
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On 1/14/2020 at 5:57 PM, signfan said:
Nope. Every club has it's own agreement (same one from the mto in theory). In recent years it's went to a district agreement between the district and mto, but still seperate for every area. The MTO signs off on every crossing and they have a spec you have to meet for sightlines, etc. Each district deals with their local MTO field office. Who knows what's going on here. I'm only speculating.
D10 has one agreement and a great working relationship with the MTO
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looking better now after todays snowfall we should be packing trails
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If todays/tonights snowfall is as promised we will be packing trails!
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19 minutes ago, snowchopper said:
When i went by this morning their trail east of the shed were groomed into Kearney. The seguin west of the shed at the railroad tracks was untouched. I did stop at the shed as i saw Marks truck there and banged on the door but they were out. I thought i ask how they were making out. Things must have changed from this morning.
Seguin trail has no LUP problem it was sorted out . I am the vp of park to park
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It is aimed at maintaining output in the thinner air. Good idea
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issue should be settled tomorrow. SSSC will open the second mother nature allows us to . Piss on the beaurocrats
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13 minutes ago, Ox said:
I've lost a cpl of those on that motor over the years.
yup seen that before
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13 minutes ago, Yamaha Fan said:
We try to get friends and family to join the sport, but it's better to bring them to the trail and give them a couple rides on your sled with your guidance. If they like snowmobiling, then they can purchase a sled and you have a riding buddy. The present winter conditions would not encourage anyone to purchase a sled for the first time as it would seem like wasted money. This is an expensive sport to get into but expenses smooth out as the years go by.
1. Lending a snowmobile might be a breach of Insurance Policy and if an accident occurs and the borrowed sled crashes into a paid up and insured snowmobiler who is out enjoying the day ... then who is responsible? The person that borrowed the snowmobile or the Owner who has the insurance in his/her name?
2. If you have to borrow a snowmobile to have your fun .... then you cannot afford the sport and shouldn't be borrowing from friend or family.
3. If you rent a snowmobile and it grenades ..... I'm sure you have to pay the costs for the repair in full. ( Was hoping WB would have some input)
It's my opinion that the borrower should stand the cost of the repairs.
Bottom line is... don't lend your $20,000 snowmobile, I'm sure if the borrower asked you for the same amount in cash that you would think twice.
Cheers and it's just my opinion guys.
With our rentals the renter is only responsible for damages that they cause. Engine failure unless they cause it would be our problem. That has never happened but I would not hold the renter responsible for a mechanical failure of any type
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18 hours ago, slomo said:
Your wife and possibly yourself will hate the stink of 2 stroke oil on your clothes and in your nose. Keep a lookout for a skidoo touring machine with a 600ace 4 stroke motor with fairly low kilometers, although well cared for, 13,000 or so would not be unreasonable. Bulletproof and low maintainance, 380 to 400 kilometers per tank of fuel.
Some of us like that smell. Welcome to the sport lots of good advice here maybe find a local that can break the trail and check the ice for you. Often a couple of bucks to the right local means a set off eyes that you trust watching your cottage. Floater suits on sale from 229.95 taxes in btw
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Better off just not to loan something out in my experience it often ends badly
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44 minutes ago, 1049 said:
Only on a sled could you wake up to this
and be happy about it
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Anu is a good guy and is trying so hard he has spent more than most folks retirement savings on this restoration of the JR. I believe in his efforts.
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14 hours ago, ToSlow said:
Picking up the new sled in a couple weeks, Ended up getting a 2019 137 ZR7000 iact black on black. Hopefully we will get some snow to the south for a maiden voyage.
Bought the sled from unlimited snowmobile in varney, very easy to deal with, and great guys to chat to.
Steve is great
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12 hours ago, BuckLakeBeauty said:
The real story is that the new owner is ex (?) Hells Angels with a first degree murder conviction under his belt. He thought he could register the liquor licence under the name of the bar manager since he could not get one with the conviction. Not sure what happened but the AGCO found out and pulled the licence. There was some bs on Facebook about renovations etc but that is the real story. It’s up for sale now and the heat has been turned off so there is frost visible in the windows. I heard it was in foreclosure now which would not surprise me. I hope someone steals it and puts a bit of money into it. Every community, even the tiny ones need a place to gather. Shame.
The heat being off will be the end of it
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On 11/7/2019 at 1:32 PM, Dave K said:
I keep thinking about the Jolly Roger. Makes for a pretty inexpensive holiday when you can stay for about $100/ night and includes breakfast. I see lots of negative reviews lately, however would like to give the new owners a chance.
Not sure what else to do though besides sledding if we did stay there.
New owners there things are getting better Tappattoo is great
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Some people prefer to believe what is convenient for them instead of researching the truth.
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1 hour ago, Strong Farmer said:
Whole idea of self insuring is to hold money in trust until needed. It would take time to do it no doubt. Ofsc should be way farther ahead once reserves got built up though. Maybe a portion of self insurance and a portion of regular insurance would work, to build necessary reserves and cover risks. Powers in numbers and maybe we could eventually join atv riders to self ensure too. Anything is possible. Have to think outside box to survive today.
We are self insured to a limit. As for the atvs those guys cannot even get along with each other. I am not saying that it will never happen but the entitlement and kingdom building that is (dis)organized atving has to stop first and atvers will have to understand that all trails are not available
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3 hours ago, Strong Farmer said:
Now you can buy 8 days total( 4, 2 day permits) before you Hit cost of a full season permit. Early permit is a great deal and I always take advantage of it. But with no snow around here better to wait and see before shelling out 270 dollars, that is all, especially since you can buy online and ride right away. I would be in favour of a two year permit if it ever gets tied to Val tags, just like license on cars. Then ofsc could plan farther ahead and count on funds and do an investment ahead of time to grow funds during off season.
This will be the final solution to so many problems from permit enforcability to final cost as long as a solution can be found to the ever looming insurance nightmare that is not just the sport of sledding but ontario in general
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35 minutes ago, PISTON LAKE CRUISER said:
Buying multi-day permits in lieu of a full season permit is a personal choice and IMHO should be kept a personal choice. There won't be any trails if a large percentage of permit buyers switch to multi-day permits.
If you end up buy 3 different day permits over the season, you have spent more money than buying an early permit.
If you are not going to ride at least three times you are better off renting imho
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We tow a lot. Two hummin cummins no issues ever engine wise over a hundred dollars. I get better fuel economy towing a 10000 lb boat than a certain buddy of mines Yota 5.7 . Truck starts everyday no matter how cold it is gets better traction in the slippery crap because of the heavy engine and easily lasts half a million working kms and 20 years. No regrets ever. We also own two Hemis that do not tow as much love these trucks they are very good on gas tow well when needed however they have the ability to beat up your drivers license they are rockets. Too each their own your bucks your say we have it both ways no regrets. As for the def fluid mine are older and do not need it future tier 5 Diesels will not need it either I am told.
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Under load it is hard to believe that anything beats the diesel engines
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32 minutes ago, Muskoka Man said:
That’s Just another kick in the rear for the club , I think a lot of guys may be unloading this season at smiths gulf or maybe at your new spot in port Sydney to get above this new road rash
We will make them welcome
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On 12/15/2019 at 4:56 PM, Muskoka Man said:
Wow.all the time and effort and $ that went into that new bridge and now will see weeds grow up through it
worse yet it will now need to be decommissioned and removed
Holy Crap!!!
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