Doug

I was surprised when he told me Alliance picked up the cost for all the signage and material

Talked to the club that went through this and the steps they needed to take: 1) Permission from the land owner as normal 2) Contact the Solar company and normally the land owner will have a good contact stating point. In the other clubs case it as Alliance Energy 3) Once you have a good starting point and find the correct person to give you tentative permission they will forward you to the project manager. 4) Contact the project manager and they should have the grid layout. Arrange a meeting with them to review the grid. They will not break up any internal design of the grid but will look at the outer parameter. They normally leave anywhere from a 20ft to 40ft access are on the outside parameter. This is where they will let you look at options of where to put the trail. In the other clubs case they altered some of the outside corners for easy of grooming. 5) Get a contact name and number of the company that will be constructing the panels and under ground wiring. See if you can meet with them to let them know who you are and that there will be a snowmobile trail our the outside parameter and if they have any questions give them you contact information. 6) Once the project starts stay is contact with project manager to see if they have any questions 7) The route will have to marked heavily. For any additional signs, post and other materials keep a sperate invoice for everything that was included for the reroute of only the solar farm. I was told it took a little work and submittals but Alliance Energy actually reimbursed the club for all the signs and material. We'll see how this works

Wouldn't know but I'll take your word and probable experience Carry on

I've not missed a ride yet

We are the same in Wisconsin with the wind turbines where the trails goes by the base. With the fencing around the solar farms not sure.

Received an email from Polaris with the Vin number of the effected sled. If you did not receive an email yet your sleds my not be effected.

Just checked Vin that I received in the email and the recall effects my 2022 XCR that is getting traded in but not my 2023 VR1 Polaris has determined that some Model Year 2022-2024 MATRYX Snowmobiles equipped with PATRIOT 650 & PATRIOT 850 engines can have an increased risk of primary (drive) clutch failure due to post cracking. The failure can cause the clutch or clutch components to be separated from the unit, posing a potential injury hazard to consumers. Number of affected vehicles: approximately 13,000 units globally Number of incidents: Polaris has identified 99 reports of clutch failure, including nine reports where the clutch components separated from the unit.

We're hoping we can see the grid layout and see if we can get around the fenced in area. The tentative schedule from what we're hearing is construction to start late 2024 or early 2025. Trying to get in front of this during the planning stage that we can keep a trail through there.

Not sure how this all works and it's in the early stages so we're trying to get ahead of it. Guy I ride with his neighboring club went through this so he's going to get some details on it. He thinks they worked with the solar company and the layout of the grid that it would work for all parties.

Well if this works out my 2023 sled will get a new clutch and the 2024 will be delayed enough that it will be shipped late and I'll get some cash back.

We will have a large section of trail that the land owner will be leasing out for a solar farm with construction starting late 2024 early 2025. The land owner has no problem keeping a trail but being the land will be leasted we need to work with the solar company. Club member sent one email so far that has not received any response. Has anybody worked through this?

Spray some pentatrating oil down and let it sit overnight. Use some mild heat with a hand torch on the cylinder and see if can get it to turn. If it turns spray additional oil and work the bolt back and forth until it hopefully comes out

That has a good chance of breaking. Case iron cools faster than steel and the weld normally has internal cracks that will propagate. Case iron is normally welded with a Nirod rod but I've done it using a MIG process in non-structural application. In either case I pre-heated it to about 200 deg and also use a post heat to slowly bring it back down to ambient temperature. Welded a number of exhaust manifolds where I put the exhaust manifold in a grille pre-heating to 200 deg, weld it and put it back in grille and slowly turn the heat down over a period of time. You can also use a heat blanket or pack it in sand after welding to slow the cooling down. You may be fine but if it does break use a pre-heat and post-heat next time.

Long video but cool story

USAC in the late 60's early 70's actually had a Stock car division and a good following more in the Midwest. This was similar in popularity as Nascar down Sth. Here's a pick and some of the top drivers from 1971

This is downtown Houghton Michingan in 2018 from flooding that also washed out a number of snowmobile trails. As late as last year some trails are still closed.

You can't make this shit up

Still trying I see. Carry on

Lots of things have changed and don't necessarily align with the 10 Amendments