Strong Farmer

Yeah but tax kill you on gains now 🤣.

Guess he forgot to lock brake. Been some incidents about this in past. Skidoo had a recall on early models for this very incident. We're some cases of throttle going wide open, on wire by throttle ones, on early four strokes. Can't remember what they did on recall now.

At least he covers it but guage looks abit weather beat on one stored outside. To cheap to pay a few hundred for storage I guess 🤣. wonder what else he cheaped out on, too. first one you coukd get it cheaper with him yelling he wants it gone now 😎

600 motor was very good in Polaris. 650 motor seems to be rock solid too. Either one I wouldn't be afraid of some miles. I figure these motors should live to at least 12.000 miles maybe more. I have owned many Polaris over years with high miles. The last one was an 2007 Polaris 600 iq, carb sled. Gave it to my uncle at around 11,000 miles on clock. Never touched motor and my uncle still using it today and hasn't touched motor. 😎

Any dealer really. Don't matter which brand. Yamaha quiting will help cat anyways. Overall they build a pretty good chassis. If we get snow in November and it stays all dealers will be sold out by Xmas regusrdless of economy. Seen it in 80's and 90's when snow came early. No snow until after Xmas many will say forget it.

I use to wrench on sleds too. It was my passion. I did everything except engines. Became a pro at taking out suspensions and putting them back in. That was hardest skill to master. Even helped friends put them back in when they couldn't. Everything else was pretty easy except when mechanical reverse came, made chaincases more complex. Thank god for reverse actuator on four strokes now 😎.

I hope he didn't finance it.

My 137" skidoo takes up 10 feet 8 inches inside my trailer. It's 12 foot box. 144 you could measure it from ski tip to snow flap and then you will know. my guess is it be under 12 feet by 4 or so inches.

Not all motors fault either. You see way some people ride these things, you wonder how they stay together for first 100 miles. 🤣 650 seem to be more reliable and those riders aren't as aggressive either

Wow and farm gate chicken price is basically same as 15 years ago but costs in store have sky rocketed 😡. No wonder everyone upset over retail food prices. I know you aren't Pocketing that money either, just costs of everything gone nuts to point I don't want to build anything anymore. Too many surprises and extra costs. I pay kid 21 an hour and that's not enough to keep him, with how dirty work is. Bumped it to 25 for next one 😎. He was 17 was best one I had, quit over picking up mortalities 🤣. I bet you get your own challenges with employees too 😎.

Sleds have gone up no doubt but they have also got better and more realible, with less wrenching then those days. Todays sleds are amazing and technology the manufactures put into them, is very good. It's weather and cost of living and fact new Canadians can't afford a snowmobile, that's hurting the sport. New 25,000 k sleds are a tough pill to swallow especially when a family needs two to have fun. I said to myself, I quit when all my friends do. Guess what all my friends are out and have been looking for another sled, so they can ride my old one and we can do a trip or two still 😎. This is what real sled heads do to keep sport going.

What a bummer.

I know what you mean but I figured ofsc had certain trail standards that had to be met now . Ones I remember where in snow crest territory near mouse house, trail 4 rings a bell. That one was shut down a nunber of years ago for this very reason I believe. Only place I remember seeing narrow trails are some of single tracks in haliburton forest in last few years. I have not come across any others in last few years on ofsc system that I can recall. Even all bush trails that weren't wide enough have been widened or trails moved.

i grips make a good product. Drill them out and use a proper glue so they don't un screw. Have to put them in a certain pattern as to balance track too. Some lugs like finger tracks make installing them very trickey. They can still fly out and wreck your heat exchangers at speed. Gluing them helps that but not perfect.

Thanks that's why I was interested in it. You think tips are fairly durable for life of track?