Considering the recent history I think cat needs credit.  A lot of little things being implemented that all manufacturers should do.  EPS and premium gauges available on most models.  6” Dooley carbides and the arrowhead track available from the factory. Ice scratchers as standard equipment.  A professional release that was simple to understand.  Have never been a CAT guy, but I have to say they did everything they could here with this release.  Imagine buying a snowmobile that you didn’t have to drop an additional $2500 in accessories on.

Weather is starting to shift to more stable patterns, with the freezing of Lake Superior. Bluebird day up there, today. So much snow we had to shovel roofs, plow operator removed snow from front yard pile. But, spring is coming, you can see and feel it. Get your trips and rides in, just a few more weeks left. Ski

Anyone who believes that a $50.00 slap on the wrist will change the ways of the entitled sledders out there today is mistaken. For many it would be a bragging point but not a deterence. Our club put "Stay on trail or permission revoked" signs in a bowl area of our trail. The farmer doesn't really want us there but knows there isn't another available route around it. He's afraid someone will get badly hurt or worse. Needless to say there are sled tracks from the "wannabe mountain riders" all around it.  

Staying on the trail has been promoted for years and small fines equate to "legal for a price" If you are caught. That price needs to be much higher. Same with modified exhaust. The two things the public complains about the most are a slap on the wrist.  We lost a trail this year that was rerouted down a once quiet little side road. Those locals are petitioning to have it moved due to noise and people riding the ditches and making a mess of driveways as they cross over.  One fella drove T-bar stakes in the ground where sledders were jumping his driveway. Bet some of those sleds tore some stuff up. His private property, not road allowance.   

Maybe not as big a fines as some feel deserving, but they were caught and charged. That is the point to be promoted, off trail not allowed unless on crown land.