Snow Ponies

14148907:Skibumsmith said:
Yeah I've had a few people tell me to get a summit. Somebody also recommended getting a Rev? (I don't see that model on their site). It's mostly for access to the alpine but I would like to have the ability to lap ski on deep days. I've got 5k budget USD.

Yeah I've seen my friends drain their bank accounts buying parts, gas etc haha. This has been a long time coming though. I'm going to try to stay mostly human powered but where I live (Kootenays) you need a sled to get most places.
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Skip the Rev. Don't get anything Ander a 2013. And if your budget is 5k you actually have a out 3500 for a sled. The rest is registration, insurance, and the first two rides figuring out what is actually broken.
 
14166760:eljefe said:
For sled skiing in my experience, Doo's tend to double up better than cats and poo's. Get an 800 or 850 with a 154 or longer.

When you go look at it, as one person before said, check the compression. Have the seller tip the sled on its side and check the carbides and hifax that they have adequate wear left. Start the sled. More than 3 pulls and sometimes there are challenges. If you can have a buddy hold the track off the ground, and open all the side panels and rev the engine and spin the track. You are looking to see that the clutch sheethes are engaging and disengaging freely and that the drivers are spinning the track easily and not binding.

Look the bottom of the machine up and down for any impact areas. You are trying to see that the bulkhead is straight. Look the tunnel up and down to see that its straight and doesn't have any creases or dents. Wiggle all the A-arms and see if there is much play in the bushings.

Machines that have been ridden really hard and not maintained, you'll find faults in these areas. Heavy tunnel wear, bend running boards, blown out bushings, low compression, usually show up on sleds that were manhandled more.

If buying used, the sled you're looking for is the sled of someone not particularly aggressive, who has money, who didn't ride it nearly as much as they thought they would, mostly rode the trails and open powder areas, didn't get into aggressive climbing and boondocking.

Also, people who maintain machines well are proud to tell you about it.

Hope this helps.
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Thanks. Sounds like I need to bring someone who knows a bit about sleds with me to buy. I wouldn't know where all this stuff is.
 
A little late but I would stay the hell away from an aftermarket turbo’d sled, adding a turbo makes sleds even more unreliable than they already are. Also a turbod sled is meant more for ripping around in deep pow, they’ll bog down when you have two people on it and are going slower.
 
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completely different kind of snow pony, but been refurbing my great-grandmothers old sled as a tow in machine this winter, if i get really ambitious ill take it out on the sled trails looking for sidecountry hits to hike. this definitely isnt the place, but if anyone has carb advice for me id take it, i cant get it to rev out even after a full rebuild, new jet, check valve.

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14174403:johnoble said:
completely different kind of snow pony, but been refurbing my great-grandmothers old sled as a tow in machine this winter, if i get really ambitious ill take it out on the sled trails looking for sidecountry hits to hike. this definitely isnt the place, but if anyone has carb advice for me id take it, i cant get it to rev out even after a full rebuild, new jet, check valve.

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That thing rad! Let us know how it goes.
 
you guys are a bunch of douchebags, it's super rude that you'd make this thread just to taunt me with the fact that you're out snappin necks and cashin' checks, blazing around on sleds while i'm sitting in an office like a tool
 
14174709:SofaKingSick said:
you guys are a bunch of douchebags, it's super rude that you'd make this thread just to taunt me with the fact that you're out snappin necks and cashin' checks, blazing around on sleds while i'm sitting in an office like a tool
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BRAAAAAP

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14177651:soup said:
Good find bro. Glad you skipped the Rev that is dead technology. Never let that sled go I just parted ways with my 16 and am already heart broken.
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Thanks man. I appreciate everyone's advice, I really couldn't have done it without ya! I'm gonna run this bitch into the ground.
 
Next question is: what to get for mounting skis? I've seen people jerry rig there shit together and I've also seen racks made by cheetah racing.
 
14177682:Skibumsmith said:
Next question is: what to get for mounting skis? I've seen people jerry rig there shit together and I've also seen racks made by cheetah racing.
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Plan for my rig was just to make a gondola style bucket out of plywood, but obviously your aesthetics are a bit different, so don't know if that's what you'd like stuck on the back of yours.
 
14177682:Skibumsmith said:
Next question is: what to get for mounting skis? I've seen people jerry rig there shit together and I've also seen racks made by cheetah racing.
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People have made janky setups but they always break or are way more hassle than buying a quality rack from a quality brand.

Cheetah factory racing makes the best in my eyes. Expensive but quality.

Mopros makes a solid rig too. Quality brand. American made.

Knight rider racks is the other one I know of up in golden bc. Solid build as well

Look through them, sus our your budget. You can go the cutting board and plywood route but just get a rack. They work Everytime, can accommodate two setups, and did I say they work Everytime?
 
14177682:Skibumsmith said:
Next question is: what to get for mounting skis? I've seen people jerry rig there shit together and I've also seen racks made by cheetah racing.
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CFR is burly, made in Pemberton, BC. That's what you'll find with 99% of sled skiers in the Sea to Sky. MoPros looks good too.

Buy what you can get a deal on. In the Whistler/Vancouver area, you can usually find one floating around Craigslist et al. for a pretty reasonable price. I'd look for people selling used sleds with racks already on them, and offer to buy the rack off them. Someone might bite.

The different CFR racks are all pretty similar. Ideally try to get two different ski brackets (one on each side) and if you have the option, go for at least one ski/board combo bracket so you can haul your homie's boards when you're doubling.
 
14177773:mvf said:
CFR is burly, made in Pemberton, BC. That's what you'll find with 99% of sled skiers in the Sea to Sky. MoPros looks good too.

Buy what you can get a deal on. In the Whistler/Vancouver area, you can usually find one floating around Craigslist et al. for a pretty reasonable price. I'd look for people selling used sleds with racks already on them, and offer to buy the rack off them. Someone might bite.

The different CFR racks are all pretty similar. Ideally try to get two different ski brackets (one on each side) and if you have the option, go for at least one ski/board combo bracket so you can haul your homie's boards when you're doubling.
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The endless bounty of knowledge that is Maurizio von Flotow...
 
If you didn't yet get one, I'll cast another vote for CFR. Ran em since 06 and they work great. Haven't had a MoPros but also looks great.
 
first time on snow in an unknown number of years. Unfortunately i dont have the budget to insure and run it this year, but next year it’s coming to school with me in Quebec, and hopefully making the trip to valcourt, where it rolled off the assembly line 52 years ago

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When I got my sleds, I had a couple requirements:

- No battery. I wanted a pull-start. Just means less moving parts.

- No carburetor. In addition to not wanting to work on a carb, if you flip your sled, stuff gets flooded and it won't start.

- Two of them, because I was the first of my buddies to have a sled, and I didn't want to play "Hey, mister?" in the backcountry for a tow.

- Trailer included and in good shape.

I found two 2001 Arctic Cat Powder Special 600's, trailer included, on cg from a guy who was the original owner, just wanted to upgrade to modern bad-ass sleds. I got pretty lucky, but I knew what I want and I was searching pretty hard. When I found them and talked to the guy on the phone, I had cash in hand ready to buy them that day.

--Chris N.
 
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