Doug

So is there going to be a Freedom sledder ride this coming season?  As strange as last seasons weather was not sure where a good place to base one from.  I ride every weekend where ever there is snow.  Z is going to be building a new MADCATTER club house so not sure if other brands of sleds would be welcome.  Never been to the Plywood Castle so that's on the must stop list for me.

49 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shouldn't all the folks who supposedly loved the Baler which Poo finally killed be all over these sleds?  For years we heard how playful, bitchin and awesome they are.  Clearly the Lynx Rave isn't for Doo guys.

@fortune46x if you get one you'll have to renounce your mad catter membership and join the pussy posse.  

I personally haven't had a Baler since 2016.  Wife had one until 2 seasons ago.  Still one of the best riding sleds I will say. 

Nothing wrong with the Lynx either it's just not as trail friendly as other sleds from what I'm told by the guys that had it for 3 days.  If they rode more off trail and ditch pounding then they would consider buying a Lynx.  Out of the 5 guys that rode it 3 are buying new Doo's and the other 2 are keeping their current sled.  One friend that had a Cat turbo sold it and put money down on a Lynx but now he's not sure if he's going to take it.

1 hour ago, Zambroski said:

 

Still, the PC has been dominant and I’ll build one again and again.  Well, maybe just one more anyway.  That whe set up just works for me.  Tough as shit

Lol 

Z. The PC crash test dummy.  🤣

Just now, fortune46x said:

Very interesting , You need to step it up though Doug , I figured youd know the secret handshake for skidoo riders 

 

I'll pass on the Ski-Doo to Ski-Doo greeting.

5 minutes ago, fortune46x said:

The skid geometry is alot like the bailer only they stuck it inside the tunnel  - I always take into the account of what other people say and what they ride , but I am wondering if its because they didnt have time to really get a feel for it ? Its a pretty drastic change over the doo. 

 

When they went it was all seasoned Ski-Doo riders and I didn't have the secret Ski-Doo hand shake to go alone.  They actually asked but I was in Tennessee for work when they went.  

They put on over 300 miles are it and to your point they also said it was not user friendly to adjust on the trail.  They loaded it into trailer at night and made adjustments in the morning before they left or by tipping the sled on its side and knocking the snow out of the suspension.  We're all trail riders and the consensus was they're own sleds all new or year old Ski-Doo's had better trail manners.  The Lynx was fun on the straights pulling the skis up at will coming into the corners nice but got light on ski pressure coming out of the corners and pushed.  They tightened up the limit strap but it's a bungy cord like material and stretches.  They thought if they could have put a conventional strap on it it would helped in the corners but didn't know how that would effect the rest of the suspension.

2 minutes ago, fortune46x said:

On the bold - how simple could it have been for them to create something retro especially when they were doing another season of BNG and a clutch change.. They didnt just drop the ball they let it fall through the floor and go down 10 levels. Absolutely NOTHING to entice new potential buyers. 

I am in the market for a new sled, and the dealer that is in my neck of the woods has a 850 Lynx and I am finding it harder and harder to say no and this is after 15 years on AC...  Its sad really. 

Group of guys I ride with had a Lynx for 3 days and none of them are buying one.  They all said it's more of a 60-40 off trail sled. With suspension uncoupled and the front limiter strap more like a budgie cord you'd come into the corners nice but when your back on the throttle the skis are in the air.  Fun sled if you want to just hang the skies in the air.  I wasn't with them but by the last day they were all back on they're own sleds and the Lynx was in the trailer.  These are all Ski-Doo riders.

9 hours ago, jdsky said:

This was the second season with an Oxygen helmet.  Was time to retire the BV2S after 12 seasons of riding with it.  The thing always worked flawlessly but I just got tired of the mask and after trying on an Oxygen was ready to switch it out.  First season we did not have any really cold riding days, everything at or above zero.  This year we had the week of solid -20 and one day of -30 riding and it worked really well.  The only part that sucks about it was the flip down tinted lense.  It frosted up on subzero days.  

Yes, it's heated and yes it cost $600 which is fucking ridiculous but when I paid $350 for my BV2S all those years ago I thought the exact same thing and don't regret spending the cash.  The sport is crazy expensive but far cheaper than hookers and blow...

I don't like my helmet being tethered to the sled never have.  I know the Oxygen helmet has the magnetic tether on the back do you need the helmet tethered all the time even on warm days.  One of the guys I ride with said it would start fogging up even on warm days if you didn't tether it but he was the only one to say that.

8 hours ago, Ziemann said:

Ooof- that is way too heavy. We are in snow country and there's no way machines of that size would work. Swamps, and bridges are already an issue for us with our T7 New Hollands. We are looking at smaller equipment because we are exceeding the engineered capacity of our bridges as it is. Up here, we do have a fair number of bridges, and I think there's only 2 in our system that could support a machine that big. 

I think they are awesome, and always wanted to look in to a Challenger, but there's no way that would work. We put on about 400 hours per year doing winter grooming. Early in the season some of our trails and swamps in the forests are sketchy as it is. 

We kept our old LMC to do one section until we got a reroute for that trail.  For us in central Wisconsin the Challenges work good.  There's been years when we had a stand alone groomer and never used it with no snow.  With the Challenges we get income when we rent them out during the off season, we're able to use them in the fall to level out plowed fields and brushing and groom in the winter.

I'm also in a club in Northern Wisconsin by our cabin and help with trail brushing but not active in grooming.  They have a Fendt tractor used for trail brushing and some grooming, New Holland's with spicy tracks and piston bully's.  They place each groomer based on the trail terrain that best fits the groomer.

8 minutes ago, SayatodaU.P.eh? said:

  Mine is lucky to hit 45 on a long, straight, open stretch. So, no real worries there. I am more concerned with assholes hitting her. That’s why she doesn’t trail ride much. Just unmarked stuff for the most part these days. 

Funny story.  Years ago I use to do a lot of radar runs.  I had top speed in trail stock.   A friend of mine blew his track in improved so I was helping him change the track in his trailer.  Some other freinds of mine talked my wife into registering my sled under a fake name and had her run my sled without me knowing and she beat my top speed.  We went up afterwords and I'm looking and now I'm in 2nd place and have no idea who this girl is.  I take my 2nd place trophy still wondering who beat me.  As they announce the name my wife walks up to except thr trophy and all my buddies are laughing their asses off.  She still has that trophy.

On 4/4/2021 at 5:34 PM, HSR said:

If you say so Ace  

Lol

I think he just updated from dial tone to a flip phone.  Small steps....Small steps.  👍

2 hours ago, SayatodaU.P.eh? said:

Honestly, I would be better off having a solid communication system between my wife and I while riding. She’s polish and overly sensitive. No idea WHY she married an Italian but whatever. Literally she wanders at times and when I try to rein her in with hand signals, along with trying to talk to her through helmets with sleds running, she always thinks I’m yelling at her.

My wife always had no problem keeping up when we rode together.  She got thrown off her sled 2 years ago and broke some ribs.  Ever since then she still rides good but would do better if I put a piece of tape over the speedometer.  

25 minutes ago, Ziemann said:

What's the weight? We looked in to it at one time, and figured that our bridges would never be able to hold them......

Yes you need to look at your bridges.  We put in a pair of 4ft culverts to replace a bridge, rerouted a trail and one bridge we have a neighboring club groom up to a bridge where we groom to the other side.  The 45 Challenge is 22,000 and MT 755 is 29,000.  Both we rent out to select farmers to do light field work during the off season.  

10 minutes ago, Ziemann said:

Hmmm...Challenger tractor?

Yes our club has 2 of them.  They work great other than road crossings with deep ditches early in the year.

15 minutes ago, Ziemann said:

Yo @D-rail

Sad thing is that we were up on the Gunflint a couple of days before you ran up to Grand Portage. Yes, I am a NO SHOW on your rides. I'm starting to get to the point where I think I may have trouble keeping up with you guys any more on a long ride....my body is starting to bark back at me. 

Mac and I have been running from my house in Solon Springs weekly on Mondays or Tuesdays during the season. I NEED to have you guys out. I tend to groom trails later in the week, and ride earlier in the week.....

 

I'm retiring on October officially December 31.  Also enjoy the grooming side of the sport 

40 minutes ago, Ziemann said:

Why hasn't anyone listed the Plywood Palace/Chipboard Palace in Moquah, Wisconsin?

Rookies....

Take your date there. Take your wife there on her birthday (I did). You quickly will find out the status of your relationship....

Oh yeah- Drink your beer out of Dave's glassware.....  

I showed my wife the Plywood Palace on Facebook she said no way.  Showed the guys I ride and it's a must stop if we get in that area.

I'm good with it.  You can only make so many post about the Polaris employees possible looses their benefit to use sleds on the weekends because of high demand.  Who's clutch kit is the greatest.  What studs to use. To use a bearing in the 2ndary with or without shims or use delrin washer and how many.

Still some good guys there but when I drop in every once and a while some of the threads have lost their value pages ago.

I'm good the way its turning out and waiting for my sled.

7 minutes ago, Zambroski said:

Merged the two and moved to the “General Sled Forum”.

 

Thank you 

1 hour ago, Zambroski said:

This all makes perfect sense.  Also, maybe a heads up display?

Now, why did you post this in an AC forum?  Clearly, this belongs in a Poo forum.

Your correct Z care to combine it with the one in the Polaris forum.  I hit the wrong forum obviously

A number of guys I ride with bought an Oxygen helmet and all of them had good things to say about them.  I figured I'll just wait until next year and buy one.  A couple weeks again I got a survey from Polaris asking detailed questions about helmets.  Questions included asking about speakers, blue tooth compatible, communicating with passenger and other riders in your group,  tethered to your sled, untethered with rechargeable battery bigger viewing area.  Seems like Polaris may be looking at or possible coming out with a new helmet with additional features.

Last year a number of guys I ride with bought a Oxygen helmet all had good things to say about them.  Figured I'll probably buy one for this coming season.  A couple weeks ago got a survey from Polaris asking a lot of details about helmets. They were asking about helmets such as speakers, blue tooth, communication between riders, tethered to the sled untethered and battery operated and a number of other features.  Makes me think that Polaris may be coming out with a new helmet that may tap into additional features.

3 hours ago, racerdave said:

I think I have asked this before. Is this K&M on the east of North 51 just before a exit? Also not far from a big campground on the west side of 51, that has a lot of inflatables in their pond?

Yes my friend use to own it before K&M bought it about 20 years ago and Fastsledders nephew works there I believe.

The 7S Display with Ride Command features a number of updates for 2022 including satellite map views, group messaging, and WiFi connectivity for easy updates and data uploads. The coolest part? All 2021 7S Displays will be able to receive these new updates this fall.

29 minutes ago, fastsleddr said:

Where joe when you need him??

Hinding eggs for you to find 😬

12 minutes ago, fortune46x said:

its a few horse down though

I believe that would 5hp down.