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2 hours ago, Sksman said:
It’s an amazing deal. For Bluewater maybe?
With limited supply sitting in August maybe a desperate slender will buy.
At those price For 3 or 4 weekends north you could have your sled shipped there and back.
The price is what it is.
I was commenting on that size trailer and being a single axle.
From my eye it appears there would be no way to balance it to %10 tongue weight.
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9 hours ago, Turbo Doo said:
Over 14gs, um, ok. Maybe I should list my '20 PR Triton 🤔....
Single axle 16x7? That just seems wrong.
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Just looked at Blue mountain.
2020 it was $63 for a Day pass.
So if you bought an early OFSC pass, that's just about 3 days of skiing.
Prices aside, I believe lobbying the province for funding is necessary.
They know how it helps restaurants and tourism. Both have been hit hard.
Lobbying for some actual enforcement is beyond needed.
I wish I could keep track of the unpermitted sleds I see on the trails, I believe it to be roughly %20.
Imagine %20 more grooming, or %20 fewer sleds.
Cops don't have the time, nor is it worth it.
Bring back STOP.
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I paid that for the longer version, brand new in 2014.
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Brother ordered a new trailer in the fall, arrived last week.
It went up %15 from when he ordered it, price was as ordered.
Sold his old trailer for more than he paid for it 3 years ago.
The market is loopy.
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LOL.
I don't ride bitch either,
I tried to order local...never answered the phone and the online ordering is a joke.
Ordered from Lyn Hoy.
I can ride the brothers spare sled as a last resort...but it's a Yamahacat and I'm straight, possibly a lesbian.
Will that matter?
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6 hours ago, Christy said:
I fear this is what’s happening/happened to our only dealer (any brand) for hours. I’ve heard rumors that they (Colborne Skidoo) aren’t an official BRP dealership anymore, for real this time, but that’s also been rumored for years. We bought new from him 2 years ago but last year had to go to Lynn Hoy for the new sled. Lynn Hoy was awesome to deal with, so may be worth the drive anyway.
Hope not.
JMO but he should look at moving to the now defunct gym.
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1 hour ago, Sksman said:
Before we talk about permit increases how about an accounting of last years revenues?
Most of that info is easily attainable from your local club or district.
It is informative as to how the state of organized sledding is, where the money is spent.
Costs have gone way up on everything.
People have money for snowmobiling. Just look at the used market.
I'll not bat an eye if permit prices go up 10 or 20 percent.
At some point I'll have to cut a check for $22,000 for the coming sled.
Called my insurance (co-op), gonna be just shy of $800 a year.
Premium gas is at $1.50/L
The permit is the least of the expense, and the permit means we have somewhere to ride.
Imagine owning a boat and the lakes dried up.
Less than %1 of next years sledding will be the permit cost.
Many of us involved, as club members, living in the snow belt, don't even consider (or want to look at) what we take as a time or financial hit, so we all can ride.
The groomer replacement initiative IMO is doing very well, and that's in the millions of dollars a year, solely from permit money.
Newer machines simply perform better. Much better. Trails that used to be a shift and take 14 hours to groom, now take 8, allowing operators to carry on and do more trail.
My grooming area has had 3 different machines in the last few years. We made do with what we had.
2 years ago we acquired a '15 Prinoth with a mogul master drag.
Having driven the older, lower horsepower, farm tractors with a track kit and one way blade, these Prinoths are spectacular.
Did trail repairs, easily, that simply would not be possible with the older equipment.
The district constantly reviews open trails, snow conditions, usage.
It justified us getting a newer, better machine...and we've used it to it's fullest...for the most part lol.
Better management of the new machine went a long way as well.
A half dozen or so operators put 600 hrs on it this year, in what was about a 6 week season.
No down time for repairs. Maintenance only.
I can't exactly tell you who that management was...but it rhymes with crispy....
This forum is pretty knowledgeable and reasonable.
People who bitch about the OFSC should get involved, and see exactly how the sausage gets made.
The permit could go to $500 and I'd still buy it.
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On 7/30/2021 at 9:31 PM, Turbo Doo said:
900 Turbo R's, or 850 Variants, the sled kind for me only. If not, I'm going back to car stuff. I told my dealer, don't call me after December.
He likely doesn't care. There are likely many people who will gladly take them if you don't.
I sold my current sled 3 weeks ago.
If my new one doesn't come in it's a benefit to all of you....more time in the groomer.
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Doesn't appear the factory burnt, just inventory outside? Suppose that's better.
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On 7/7/2021 at 12:09 PM, Turbo Doo said:
Polaris will give anyone a ambassador job eh?.
Probably.
Been quite a few instances where race teams take the competition's chassis and wraps it in the different brands badging.
I found that quite strange.
Social media sites eh?
That eliminates me.
Mr In Cog Nito.
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1 hour ago, Sksman said:
Seems like the new trendy gift is a branded Yeti coffee mug.
Possibly throw in a Tim’s card with it.
Those can be pricey.
My brother has on with the Yamacat logo.
Over $60.
Thing better fill itself.
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Neo is Miska. I have both and had a few.
The lower end Miska's were inexpensive. Miska also built Cramero. I have a Cramero dump trailer, it's a brick shiphouse.
Triton fit and finish is better, but nothing wrong with the neo.
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Did the math.
3/4 inch hose would be 1 liter per 11.5 feet of hose.
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On 6/13/2021 at 10:07 PM, signfan said:
It's temporary, but will depend on next years logging plan. They had no choice but to close this year with something like 150km of plowed road that is usually the trail. I'm really hoping the logging is done next season. Probably won't hear anything official on it till the fall. Pavillon La Vérendry is up for sale as well. Not likely to cause an issue, but who knows.
With the price of lumber and the amount of logging going on right now, I'd place bets on it gets worse not better for sledding and logging.
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On 5/19/2021 at 8:28 PM, revrnd said:
That's one thing I won't fab is trailer hitch parts for on road vehicles. ATVs or SxSs sure.
My neighbour from hell asked me if I could repair his trailer. I said nope, no ticket or insurance. The trailer should've been hauled directly to Cedardale Scrap. Someone had fabbed it out of muffler tubing & the welded corner were the A frame met the square was pretty much rusted half away.
Liability sucks.
I asked a local shop to cut me a 1 inch hole towards the end of a lift truck fork. So I could put a ball hitch in it, move some trailers.
Hard nope.
Only when I stated it was for some cattle moving equipment, this is not a fork lift part, I'll sign off on that, pay cash. no bill, did it happen.
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On 5/19/2021 at 8:46 PM, Ox said:
[Prolly told this story already, but since it's true I can tell the same story many times without changing the names and events... Something my wife never seems to be able to doo]
IDK, must'a been 7-8 yrs ago?
Me and chum got a late ride on Easter weekend out west.
Picked up a trailer that a chum of his had left at their camp in Colorado for some reason. (?)
That late in the yr the snow there was terrible, so we drug that trailer up to Dubois where the snow was only slightly less terrible and we rode there for a cpl days, and headed home.
Then the next summer my BIL had the forktruck stuck out here, and he hooked a chain onto the truck hitch, and tugged a bit, and the 2" sqr tube plug-in broke ratt in half.
It was rotted 3/4 away all the way around - basically at the outside edge of the receiver.
There it lay, on the ground....
"Dang, we just drug a small enclosed trailer halfway accrost the bloody country a few months ago with that!"
I guess that's what the chains are for?
[/Prolly told this story already, but since it's true I can tell the same story many times without changing the names and events... Something my wife never seems to be able to doo]
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"I guess that's what the chains are for?"
Well, on our way home from Laramie a few weeks ago (again - on Easter) my chum tells me a story that I think that he may have told me before...
A chum of his who has always been single and had more dollars than cents had this big motor home, and a trailer that he towed behind it that was built to have been a dbl decker race car trailer, but they had it stuffed full'a snowmachines.
They had just gotten back from a trip to Colorado, and was backing into his driveway - when the whole hitch just broke away from the frame of the motorhome and hit the deck, with the trailer still attached.
I'm thinkin' that in this case - those chains weren't gunna doo much good....
Can you imagine driving down the road and having a dbl decker race car trailer with a tongue full'o sparks crossing the yellow line with you in it's sights?
Have I ever mentioned that I hate tow-behinds?
I love my goose!
There is a reason for at least annual inspections lol, but crap does happen.
-20 and snowing hard and I hit a pothole with the open trailer, 10 inch tires.
Snapped the axle stub right off. Unloaded, close to home so I turned around.
Makes me question the 10 inch tires sometimes.
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1 minute ago, Muskoka Bill said:
You are smart enough to know that pissing off the dealer by ranting will not make your sled come any faster. I heard about the hot tub shortage and that there has not been any inventory for the last 6 months, in fact one dealer claimed sales are up 500% over the same period a year ago.
People are staying home, want a better back yard. Lumber, pools, hot tubs are in high demand.
As a repair only business, no new sales, I get the supply shortage double bad. Extending the life of old spas means I need parts. The same parts that spa builders require.
There are few actual manufactures of the parts that go into a hot tub. Four big names represent %95 of the parts that go into building a hot tub.
I'm lucky. We've dealt with many repair parts dealers, as well as relationships with spa builders as the go to company to fix what the dealer cant.
My wife has managed to keep us on top of most supply issues, by ordering common parts for stock, from many suppliers ,leaving them on backorder despite maybe having to leave them in inventory, vs ordering for a specific repair. We have stuff in stock that is months away for delivery. Makes service much better, but that's not what everyone can do.
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4 minutes ago, scottyr said:
You may be right. I just dont need to tie up $40K in 2 Seadoos and a trailer for a month and a half of riding. Its the same as getting your new sleds in Feb.
Think outside the box. Wet suits, good ones. Extends the riding season to 8 months.
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5 minutes ago, Muskoka Bill said:
The dealer will be able to sell them in July for probably more then you paid, so be careful what you ask for, unless you have no use for the seadoos after July
Yup.
I won't raise a stink for my spring order sled either if it doesn't come in when stated...that was for January delivery.
I've had certain, very high tech, hot tub parts on backorder for almost a year. No delivery dates ever given. Managed to beg the actual manufacturer for one of a very specific heater. The tech support rep ( we've dealt with this guy for decades) said there is none in Canada, two in the US. He got one shipped to me. Thankful for it.
Lol, wife asked for maybe send us both?...hard nope.
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34 minutes ago, scottyr said:
Rumour has it that BRP is coming to the realization that they do not have enough 900R motors to fulfill all Spring Orders. All demo 900Rs orders have been cancelled and there will be none available for stock in the fall.
That would be a bit of a bummer. I'd think many ordered that motor.
If they don't have what's needed for even spring orders, that doesn't bode well for dealers regular orders.
I'd be fine waiting for my new sled, just rock the mach until it arrives.
Maybe don't sell you're current sled until the spring order arrives.
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Think this year is a crap shoot. Supply chains of every kind are in turmoil.
Anything with a microchip in it is also in question, production wise.
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On 5/3/2021 at 9:19 AM, Big Pussy said:
I would put one of those primers on all my old Cats. The primer would start it with one or two pulls and the so called choke would keep it running.
Did that too on the Elan with the tillotson carb piece of shite.
Way easier to start the old one lunger
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On 4/28/2021 at 11:15 AM, 04nightfire said:
I'll have to be a back of the pack guy LOL. It's nice that the two up seat and box come off quickly as well. Pop those off and hit the trails. My daughter is old enough now for me to take her on short trail rides to see how she likes it. I'll take both of them on it when we groom the trails around the property. I will also volunteer my services to Nunz for getting trails packed this coming winter. I'm actually pretty pumped to get this sled.
Never seen one of those before.
Rode a bunch of 2015's 20 inch skandics with the 600 etec, 600 ace, around Hearst and North off trail stuff.
Very trail and off trail friendly machines. Love the extra power that my 550 fanner super wide does not have.
You are not keeping up with the hyper sleds but a great ride regardless..
You'll be very happy.
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Have trailers skyrocketed in price?
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That tongue heavy would be an issue, if you don’t have the right tow vehicle.
I have a long box crew 2500. Tongue weight isn’t really a problem.
Brother has an MDX. Quite a capable vehicle, AWD, 350 HP, lots of computers keeping the rubber side down.
I drove it, it is pretty sweet, as far as an suv goes….it ain’t a truck.
He had a 14x7 single axle with two sleds in it.
Way too much tongue weight, on a soft suspension, meant for passenger comfort.
I think his new two axle, brakes on both will be much better.