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ya... I tried to fix it twice. you get the point haha
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I was at St Onge in Barrie last Thursday or Friday, they have a Triton sitting out front on display. May be worth it to give them a call and see if its claimed?
I took a pic to show you. I don't know much about the trailers to know if its what you'd want.
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Creemore area got 9-10" and still snowing
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Says new model launch
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14 hours ago, vooodooo said:
If true, that won't fit in the Mach line up. For the most part the Mach series had a completely different, bigger displacement engine.
It is the flagship of speed for Ski Doo. Imagine Ford, taking the motor out of the Escape, and saying it is now a performance motor, massaging it a bit and putting it in a Mustang..
The 1000 sdi was at it's best 175 hp, in the mid 2000's, but that was pretty impressive, and with those two juice can pistons made great torque and HP, , and from experience great fuel mileage, given that 2 stroke.
I have not ridden a 900T, or some of my buddies that have massaged the Yamaha motor for 250 plus hp.
Maybe my love of the 1000 sdi Mach may be swayed.
Frig you BRP if you whore out the Mach brand....
Build something great, if you still understand that
You mean like they did with the Mustang Mach-E? Took the highly regarded muscle car name, put the rear hatch from the Escape on it and stuck an electric sewing machine motor on it..
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I'm near Creemore. Got another 7-8" yesterday and overnight. And it has just started snowing again..
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Wow, read the comments at the bottom of the article...
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Just wanted to pop in and say that I just saw St Onge in Barrie just posted they are having a sale on the BRP Oxygen helmet.. Normally $775, on sale for $599. My dad has the helmet and loves it, as I know a bunch of other people do, but the price deters a lot of people.. Thought the sale may help. Says they have L, XXL and XXXL available.
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Just wanted to pop in and say that I just saw St Onge in Barrie just posted they are having a sale on the BRP Oxygen helmet.. Normally $775, on sale for $599. My dad has the helmet and loves it, as I know a bunch of other people do, but the price deters a lot of people.. Thought the sale may help. Says they have L, XXL and XXXL available.
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Just heard on the radio that a snowmobiler was in an accident this passed weekend and used this app to locate himself for responding emergency personnel
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I rode on Tuesday on my local trails around Stayner/Wasaga/Collingwood area. The trail crosses my dirt road roughly 500' from the edge of my property, and actually runs around the edge of my field to the next concession road north of me, but it is currently still closed. Instead of hopping on it anyways, I rode passed the the trail (and all of the tracks that were on it) and rode the shoulder of a main paved road for 5kms to where the trail was open. It sucked, but it's the right thing to do. And I am on a "long track" sled, and STILL don't trespass and rip up every farmers field or ride on closed trails! And I don't have an obnoxious exhaust either!
If my 2.5" paddle track can ride almost bare roads to get to open trails if you wanna ride that bad... than so can everyone elses "trail sleds".
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I'd say 4" or so between Stayner and Creemore area... Hard to tell exactly. Wind and farm fields carry the snow a bit differently.
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10 minutes ago, 04nightfire said:
I get roughly 12 mpg in my 2020 F250 with the 7.3 in it. That's towing and overall average. If I'm strictly highway driving it will show 19-20 mpg on the computer
I agree with this. I get roughly 14-15 US mpg when towing (16' enclosed with 2 sleds on sled deck) or 20-22 US mpg unloaded on the highway cruising
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15 hours ago, Sksman said:
With the pricing of the new 150 or 1500 class trucks the new diesels in 250 or2500 series are getting closer in affordability.
And the maintenance and economy of the new big diesels will compete with the smaller 1/2 ton class.
I have friends who drive New F250 with 6.7 and Chev 2500 with Duramax. Both get under 10l/100km while driving unloaded. That is far better then my dad’s 2015 F250 Diesel, my Ram 1500 with 5.7 hemp and my previous eco boost f 150.
And when you go to sell the 2500 they hold their value way better then a 1/2 ton that drops $20,000 by the first time you take it home.
I drive a 2020 2500HD Duramax and it replaced my 2017 2500HD Duramax. The new truck has the new 10 speed Allison which is awesome and I thought it would be even better on fuel than my 2017 which had the 6 speed. I don't know if its because the new design is bigger, boxier and has bigger tires than the 2017s, but I actually find that I'm getting slightly lower mileage than my last truck which was a little annoying. I drive VERY conservative (my wife says I'm slow and it annoys her) and mostly drive backroads as I live in the middle of nowhere. When towing, I also think it is slightly worse in the mileage as well.
My 2017 would be between 9.5-11 L/100kms with probably low to mid 10s be average. My lowest on the display was 8.6L/100kms.
My 2020 has gotten into the 10s, but not very often. Usually my average is mid 12s. My lowest on the display being 10.0L/100kms.
Not saying your buddies aren't ever getting under 10, but I don't think they are getting that on average. I think may be trying to stretch it a bit. I agree with everything else you said more or less...
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1 hour ago, Ox said:
Actually - BC RCMP have been terrorizing the 1/2 ton trucks with sled decks rolling in and out of places like Golden, Revy, etc for being O/L.
Those semi floating rear axles are not meant for that kind'a weight.
(12 bolt, 9", whatever the new gens have these days)
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No offence to people who have 1/2 tons and sled decks... but its about damn time they terrorize them.
I have a 2500 Duramax as my company vehicle. I used to need it for hauling tools and such, but with the company growing, I'm not doing that as much as I used to. I just got a new 2020 2500HD because it is hard to go back to a 1500 after you buy certain toys that a 3/4 ton truck will haul. I run a sled deck all winter (and a truck camper in the summer) and can't imagine running one on a 1/2 ton truck. I go out to Revy at least once a year, and most guys are driving HD trucks that have decks. Although they're are definitely exceptions. But then you come back to Ontario, and as sled decks become more popular, I keep seeing them on 1/2 tons. Just because you put in airbags to level your truck (so you can actually see from your headlights and not blind everyone) doesn't mean that the steering, rear end, and especially BRAKES are meant to tow that much weight. I have an all aluminum sled deck (450lbs) and carry two long track sleds loaded with all fluids (say 600lbs each), and our gear for a weekend away, and two guys in the truck. I usually figure you have roughly 2000-2200lbs of payload. which is higher than 99% of any 1/2 ton truck, and at the top range of some older 2500s! Sled decks should never be on a 1500 or F150 truck in my mind, no matter how bad they want one.
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So just checked for the private vs crown land... drew on the open trail to put it into reference for everyone. The light beige colour is crown land for general use. The two darker areas are protected. The grey areas (mostly around town) are private property.
This may have something to do with the reason the trail is closed? Wetland Conservation Reserve?
Also, not sure where people ride the "canyon portion" but eventually if they go far enough, it does turn into a conservation reserve. I do think that 99% of the guys who try and climb the hill and venture a bit into the canyon are on crown land. Looks like you'd have to travel 5-10kms in the canyon to leave crown land.
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52 minutes ago, Crawdaddy said:
Isn't floods landing on the west side?
east side
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This was Wasaga on Friday an hour or two after they went yellow. I'm sure they were trashed by the end of the weekend with the thin snow and high temps.
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Wasaga Beach just opened some trails today
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this still for sale?
Boy is OC quiet 🤫
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I live one concession east of Cashtown Corners. Our snow will be mostly gone in the fields (where it was all wind blown) and only the big drifts will be left, trails are closed, and what is left will be ice when it freezes.... This winter is great this year!