Sksman

Read in the news natural gas will rise significantly and gas and diesel will also increase dramatically. I will still ride but will everyone? I would expect the used sled pricing market is going to soften.

Yes my buddy wanted me to stop at dealers for him on way up north this week. He is a good buddy but I draw the line at calling dealers for someone else.

I have a good friend looking for the new Mach z. Anyone selling or know someone selling?

For most dealers / manufacturer the cancelled show is a bonus. No stock to sell so no need to go to show other then paying your money to hold your spot for next years show.

Sled trailers will be hard to find this year at some dealers. A dealer friend told me they had a large number of their order cancelled a couple weeks ago. It seems with short supply of components for trailers and the high demand for camping trailers the manufacturers are building / built the higher profit camper trailer units.

What will happen this fall/ early winter when plenty of guys with 1 or 2 year old machines are trying to flip them through dealer trade is for big bucks and the high priced market is not there for them? Inflation is up. Gas is up. Food is up. Talking to a dealer up north and he said despite selling a pile of snow checks he has no trade ins yet as a lot of guys thinking big money this fall. He didn’t think the big money will hold.

Our family cottage has a block crawl space with poured cement floor. For 40 years we had electric baseboards on a low setting. Electric baseboards and wood stove in the cottage. Heat was kept around 50f all winter and turned up as required. Last year a new new forced air propane furnace was installed in crawl space. And a new propane stove replaced the wood stove. The propane bill for heat pretty much full time last winter was considerably lower then greatly reduced compared to electric for partial heat. If you have have half unfinished basement and can access most of house with not to much hassle I would think a new high efficiency propane furnace would pay off in a short time compared to electric. Even when on low and turned up weekends it would heat house faster.

Polaris Ride Command app may not be 100% accurate but shows where trails were in last couple years

I had the Mission hybrid single axle 16 x 7.5. When loaded with my Polaris Titan (big heavy) up front and an Artic Cat 4 stroke driven in behind it had a fair bit of tongue weight but the trailer pulled great with my Ram 1500. No bounce or sway. Very balanced. We actually discussed how well it pulled many times while driving. I like my Pace 14 x 7 with 5 ft V but have a new 18 plus v ordered and coming this fall. I hate having to move stuff in trailer to load from front to fit 2 sleds. Or carry less stuff.

Clear Diesel was $1.05 in Dec 2020. Now it’s $1.29 or so.

I fully agree about the headroom. As a bigger guy I much prefer the taller height of the inline trailers. And it’s nice when working on sleds.

On website it is $5,000 more then similar Snopro trailer. Can they have $5,000 more of value in same size trailer build?

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.

Good question!

Does anyone have any updates on Carden Sno Drifters? Meetings?

Unfortunately I believe it’s probably not that easy when you break down the different types of snowmobilers who buy trail permits and look at the economics behind the permit purchase decision. You easily have 4 or 5 different groups of people with varying levels of dedication and commitment to the sport. And the time it takes. And the costs associated. And while the permit may only cost “X” dollars there is a supply and demand curve that comes into effect for each group of buyers. That’s why when the price increases to say $210 or whatever level there is significant drop in demand. The whole key is to get maximum permit revenue from across the whole combined groups not just say $350 from each of the 10,000 very dedicated core sledheads. The meat and potato’s revenue comes from the groups that buys permits and rides very little in comparison. Their permit dollars would support everyone else who ride a lot. Thats is why why for me it would be interesting to see permit totals year to year.

What was total permits sold last year? Early VS late buys?

I hope the high prices hold until just after mine sells!! Now new trailer hurry up and get hear.

Before we talk about permit increases how about an accounting of last years revenues?

Do you have handgaurds? You can add a set of Powermadd Sentinel (I think) handgaurds and add the mirror kit. Depends if your looking for handgaurds also. But if riding with big windshield I would say Polaris mirrors are best.

I have factory mirrors on my 2019 Titan no issues seeing behind or around bars. A little more difficult with muffs on but possible. On my 2020 Assault I added aftermarket handgaurds with the mirrors added. Mostly for blocking wind. If you do venture into Quebec keep in mind mirrors must be solid mounted on sled. Hand mirrors do not count.

Seems like the new trendy gift is a branded Yeti coffee mug. Possibly throw in a Tim’s card with it.

It’s all about profits. If larger trees are more valuable for stick lumber then smaller trees go to plywood. If wood construction of larger buildings increases over concrete and steel expect the lumber industry to react accordingly.

My tandem axle MUTS atv trailer uses a walking beam. They sell it for off road capability and going over obstacles in the bush. Works awesome in my application. But no springs or suspension on axles.

Polaris has a setting in the display gauge for ethanol / non ethanol.