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My chum called on his way in to work last night (Prison Guard in Munising) and was expecting to be on for 24 hrs, as many will call off. .

We had 'Fearless Boy' running point on the way back to the trucks last night, but Dad got mad when he hadn't seen his tail light for "at least 6 miles". Who knows, maybe he is off in a snowbank somewhere and we rode past him? He turned up playing offtrail shortly afterwards. That boy can ride a snowmachine! It seems that I end up running point when bushwhacking, and our group of 4, leaves 6 tracks. 3 of which are mine. I git more milles on than anyone, as I am always goingback to fetch stragglers. .

I had a JD800 My dad had a JD800 My uncle had a pair of JD600's Not sure what the difference between those ever was? They were both 440's, so ??? Never had any "X's" I think the X's had slide rails in the mid 70's? IDK if there was anything else different (color) than that tho? None of us had any of the newer "Kawi" powered sleds. One fella I knew bought a Spitfire for his wife, but that's aboot it that I can think of in our circle. .

AH! But this just in! EXTRA EXTRA! Next week is officially "Safety Week" per the OFSC! I shore fell more better now... .

"Ride Safe" Yeah, whatever.... That's why everyone here rides a 500 fan...* *Fan /= turbo .

First year XLT was 1993 and less than 10" rear travel - I am purty sure. I think it was 8". I think the Extra 10 was a selling point for '95 maybe? The 12" came along soon, but ... Shirley not 1st year. Prolly '96. Now - the 2nd Gen XLT (Limited) came out in '97 - and that had a 12" on it. The ride height would have moved up 2" each time as well. .

Yeah, he was expecting some down sapplings, but I think this may have been the only time he used it the whole time. .

Just to add some contrast to y'all's pics. My chum didn't fair well being 3rd sled through on either the Sand River, or Agawa. It's prolly the Sand, and I will haft'a look into that fact later for sure, but the headwaters for the Sand and Agawa are surprisingly close to the Michipocotin. He thought that he had a ski under the ice, but we got lucky and didn't actually have to fight that fight. We didn't see any other sleds all day, and we didn't have a crowded lunch spot. Although they had apple pies in their muffpots...

Two days? I seen plenty of fella's roll through Halfway that could round-trip Searchmont to Wawa and be back by supper time! -30C and I'm all about letting that sun come up for a while before heading outside, but these jokers roll INTO Halfway at 8:30am looking for food and gas! Jack - that is NOT me! .

Are we on the same page here? That is <10 MPG! Yeah, sure, if you are breaking trail maybe? On trail? Welcome to 1995? .

Well, I'll tell yuh what I notice aboot that sled, is that those headlights are not likely to git covered up when breaking trail! Even this week when we were still pushing snow after dark - with my G4 Summit, I still had snow comming up over my headlights. Now - I doo have a Lead Dog that I could git out if it came to it.... But for that porpoise, one sled that I was goggle-eyed over at the time was the new Storm in the Agressive chassis. Having one of those with a long track, I think I could'a put that to use. I broke a LOT of trail after dark back then! This is an XCR, but it's the right chassis.

I love the uniqueness of the Merc sound. The sound of the 70's! .

My first throughts went to the Kaw's as well. .

Fixed it for yuh. But it seems that the snow does note the difference. I have seen it turn really great snow into sugar to the bottom from a cold snap. Just like drying out your coffee beans, - it freeze dries the snow. .

Boy, now that you say it - it seems that maybe he has gone underground? I don't "facebook" much, but I am purty sure that he was a "friend" there, and now I don't see him in my list. Maybe he took a job as black opps? What say ye @skidooboy I even see where some content of his that Luc shared has been removed. .