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Nice! Did you upgrade the gauge to the G8, or staying with the Atari 2600 version? I've got 4 guys in our group with new '25 and '26 models and 2 of them have the G8. Damn, that's a nice gauge! The other buddy has the NS1 gauge, which also works really well. The other ... insert the PONG audio (it works though).

The Matryx and Catalyst chassis are very similar, so I'm certain you'll like the new SnoPro ... congrats! The one thing I noticed when I've ridden the two different 858's in our group is, the Cat still has way more vibration than the Polaris. Handling, though, is good ... Cat handling has never been a complaint in my book. I still like my Assault Boost better though LOL 😆

You haven't run into one of the guys in our rinding group, apparently. He bought a '25 858 last year, and it plagued him most of the season with codes and being forced to ride in limp mode. I think he had it in the shop at least 3 times? Fast forward to this season, we were in the U.P. and we made it to Houghton on Day 1 ... had breakfast, and as soon as we were getting ready to head north it threw the code again. Pissed off, he headed over to M&M to have them look at it - and was so pissed off he was debating on just dumping it and finding a new sled. He told us to just go, and he would either limp it back to Krupp's, or he'd be on a new sled and would meet us later in the day. Fast forward 4 hours, we met him right back in Houghton, and he was on a new '26 858 ZR! LOL Well, go figure, the next day we're heading out for a south loop and about 10 minutes into the ride ... HE POPPED THE SAME EXACT CODE. We were joking within our group, "Does Dave have a sidearm on him, because if he does I'm going nowhere near him!" He ended up limping the new sled back to the resort, threw it on his trailer and headed back to M&M in Houghton. They got it fixed this time - something to do with the APV's and the servo motor, and the bracket they're mounted on? Needing to be adjusted (bent) properly. Thankfully the sled hasn't skpped a beat since then, and he's racked up 1800 miles this season. So, nope - you're not alone @soeaster

Ran into them both last year, at Boondocker's. I was thinking they were actually in their 80's? They get out and ride, that's for sure.

@X2700 - I put on a quick 35'ish miles, running from the Staehli Park area up towards County 5 and then looped over towards County 15 and down through Wohlers and up County 2. Then took the left to head back towards Lake City and ran the ditch to my buddy's place on County 9. It was damn near perfect - the LC (or Bellechester?) club groomed and I was the first tracks on it ... riding the ribbon!!! I left my buddy's place and decided to try the "old route" down through the quarry and along County 9 to Lake City ... glad I did, just for the fact it proved it can be done. I ran the trail to the point of where it's closed, and then ran the ditch to the grade school & over towards the pool ... then the road around the dog kennel to connect back on the trail where it intersects with Hwy 63. Thought I'd share that with you in case you wanted to come into town that way for a gas stop, or at least an easier route into town vs. the roundabout way.

Well, I'm not saying I WOULD cross today, but the thought has crossed my mind ... and I'd like to do what we did a few years ago by riding from here up towards Hayward/Winter to stay at the cabin (and my buddy could drive us back home - or pick us up - if it's not great).

I looked this morning & couldn’t see tracks yet … but it wasn’t quite daylight yet. Gotta be damn close to being rideable to Stockholm. The bigger question is, what’s open & rideable over there? I haven’t looked at the Travel WI app yet.

We have a "late" New Year's get-together this evening, and if that small section of trail wasn't closed in LC that gets you from Hwy63 to County Road 9, that would be the route I'd take. My buddy's place is out on 9, so thinking about what route I wanna take there. My initial thought was to run into LC and then banzai the ditch along 63 South like others seem to be doing, and connect where the trail crosses by the Wohlers farm at the County 2 intersection. I may drive by the trail into LC on my way home this afternoon just to see what it looks like.

BTW - this was from Sunday-Monday. We gambled on the storm hitting up by Cable, and we lucked out - they picked up 10"-12"+ and it was awesome!

How was the chisel plow just north of Lake City ... where you cross over Territorial Road just north of the golf course and have to run it a while before crossing Staehli Park Road? I'm gonna go for a rip tonight, and trying to decide if I'll head that direction, or go north and take a loop in a different direction. Glad to see you got out and enjoyed the fresh groom that Don and Bobbi laid down yesterday! 👍🏻

It's not a cheap sport by any means, and to buy new (high end models) isn't an easy task if you don't have disposable income ... or, God forbid, willing to take out a loan. FWIW - one of our club members just picked up a new/holdover sled for his wife at M&M in Minnesota, and they sold 98 sleds in the past couple weeks. So, that's a good thing!!

I prefer Polls vs. Poles ... just sayin' 🤣

I wonder how close we were to running into you yesterday? We didn't stop at B-Wells, but we did hit the golf course, Hay Creek and Bellechester. It was awesome to actually ride on our trails vs. being on them in the club SxS and marking/brushing

What part of me proving Duluth was colder than average, false? You said nothing about December to March, you just used blanket statement saying to prove it was colder than average in Duluth last winter ... and it was from December to February. Man, your life must really suck. Can't win a bet, and when a bet is offered you puss out. @Mag6240 probably has more miles than you already and he's only been able to ride for about 2 weeks

Poor, poor Troll .... life sucks when you can't win at anything