yamadan700 Posted June 25 Posted June 25 Wasn't sure to start another thread but here goes. It's near the end of June and we have 3 groomers parked at our shop, 2 of which we used and one from another club. One of groomers was to be mothballed last year and it snapped an axle at the end of the season. Do we fix it or will it be gone? Don't know. We, at this time, don't know if any of these groomers(drags) will be in our portfolio this coming winter so no extra maintenance/repairs other than post season maintenance has been done. The allocation of groomers, IMO, should have been done by now so clubs can do the pre-season maintenance/repairs on them. Some of the groomers/drags need some serious work/welding etc. . We still don't know if we are going from 2 groomers to 1 and which one/two or another will be our groomer(s). We like to be proactive. It's frustrating. Time will tell. Rant over... 1 Quote
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted June 25 Posted June 25 1 minute ago, yamadan700 said: Wasn't sure to start another thread but here goes. It's near the end of June and we have 3 groomers parked at our shop, 2 of which we used and one from another club. One of groomers was to be mothballed last year and it snapped an axle at the end of the season. Do we fix it or will it be gone? Don't know. We, at this time, don't know if any of these groomers(drags) will be in our portfolio this coming winter so no extra maintenance/repairs other than post season maintenance has been done. The allocation of groomers, IMO, should have been done by now so clubs can do the pre-season maintenance/repairs on them. Some of the groomers/drags need some serious work/welding etc. . We still don't know if we are going from 2 groomers to 1 and which one/two or another will be our groomer(s). We like to be proactive. It's frustrating. Time will tell. Rant over... What you are saying just makes sense. Why spend money on something that might and should be leaving. In your District there should be a person who has the overall responsibility for the groomers. He should be the first point of contact for your club to find out the status of your groomers. If he/she doesn't know they should know who to go to above to find out what the plans are. With all the parts shortages we have been seeing it would be nice to at least have the parts required in hand so there is no holdup down the road. 1 Quote
yamadan700 Posted June 25 Author Posted June 25 2 minutes ago, PISTON LAKE CRUISER said: What you are saying just makes sense. Why spend money on something that might and should be leaving. In your District there should be a person who has the overall responsibility for the groomers. He should be the first point of contact for your club to find out the status of your groomers. If he/she doesn't know they should know who to go to above to find out what the plans are. With all the parts shortages we have been seeing it would be nice to at least have the parts required in hand so there is no holdup down the road. Agreed. We don't want to waste volunteer hours and funds. He is aware but he doesn't know what is in store yet for this season(OFSC). Hopefully soon. Quote
Spiderman Posted June 26 Posted June 26 OFSC own the groomers right? They should have a end of season inspection completed. No later than May 1st Any visible and/or known repairs required confirmed then - ( get quotes etc. ) Make decisions by June 30th on what to do and go from there Seems everything is left to the last minute and reactive rather than pro-active. could be, and likely wrong- but that's the optics 4 Quote
Yukon Posted June 27 Posted June 27 On 6/26/2026 at 8:36 AM, Spiderman said: OFSC own the groomers right? They should have a end of season inspection completed. No later than May 1st Any visible and/or known repairs required confirmed then - ( get quotes etc. ) Why do you think this hasn't happened already? 1 Quote
stoney Posted June 28 Posted June 28 6 hours ago, Yukon said: Why do you think this hasn't happened already? Funds all dried up? Not sure what trails will exist next season so might need less groomers? 🤷 I'm guessing there is a legit reason, would you mind sharing the rational. Quote
Yukon Posted June 28 Posted June 28 19 hours ago, stoney said: Funds all dried up? Not sure what trails will exist next season so might need less groomers? 🤷 I'm guessing there is a legit reason, would you mind sharing the rational. Speculation on the bold. Yes there is a legit reason, I wont publicly speak on something, that is in negotiation. Quote
stoney Posted June 28 Posted June 28 37 minutes ago, Yukon said: Speculation on the bold. Yes there is a legit reason, I wont publicly speak on something, that is in negotiation. figured money could be a big possibility. And based on the other comment, sounds like something is in the potential works, either for the better of the sport or the other way around. Quote
Spiderman Posted June 29 Posted June 29 On 6/27/2026 at 2:17 PM, Yukon said: Why do you think this hasn't happened already? The original post that started this thread. Quote
yamadan700 Posted 9 hours ago Author Posted 9 hours ago We're at the middle of August and we still don't know what groomer(s) we will have in our stable. Yes, post season maintenance/warranty work has been done. However, we still have the BR180 with the broken axle. Is it being mothballed or do we fix it? Do we have one or two groomers this season? Do we fix up the groomer and drag from another club that we have in our possession? Will it be our groomer for this season? Don't know. Side note: The trail we gave up last year for the "OFSC trail reduction" plan(15+kms) has been OFSC approved/good to go for this season. Other than removing as much signage as possible prior to "Dougie's" influx of cash in Dec 2025, we haven't touched that trail. There's many work days/weeks worth of work to clean up the March 2025 Ice Storm damage and much of it can only be accessed after the swamps/lakes are frozen. Problem is, the OFSC shuts down trails that haven't seen a groomer or opened in 2 years, outside of situations out of our control. Trail hasn't been open in 2 years. We probably have an extra year. Is it worth the effort if we still have 30+ kms of other trails that haven't been touched since that ice storm (solid 10 days work)? First world problems...lol.. 1 Quote
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