Looks awesome Dave! I have always wanted to try a snowmobile..... I think snowmobiling would be a winter sport I would like but we just don't get enough snow around here to merit owning one.
My old trapping machine, long track For reverse, push a button & the 2 cycle engine stops for a second, then runs backwards Handy for running a trapline.
Living where we do, it doesn't make much sense having a snow machine unless one wants to drive 50-100 miles every weekend to ride. Of course not every year is like that but the last 2 or 3 have been. The atv works very well though and can be used year around.
Same here. If I keep the trails open like Quads does most years the ATV works fine Snowmachine was used mostly for running a trapline. Sometimes just riding. can go anywhere just about in the winter. All remote property/cabin owner's, use this time of the year to run supplies to their remote properties. Rivers become snow machine highways, trails are packed hard enough to run light weight ATVs on. Sometimes I ride out to visit, but fewer & fewer friends living out remote thru winter. ( Age made them smarter ? ) One told me it became too much work, 24/7/365 always have stuff that needs done to prepare for the long winters. They sold out & moved to a condo. Talk about a lifestyle change !
Dave, my wife and I have given that some thought too but would really find it difficult to move into town. We plan on staying out here hopefully for the rest of our lives. We also do not want to become a burden to our children or grandchildren either.
Hey Dave. Can you pull a sled with that snowmobile? Like just for your chainsaw and maybe a few other things. (Gas, oil, etc.) You could go out on the snowmobile, cut and leave the wood for when you are ready to pick it up with the truck.
Yea, pulling a sled is no problem, Skandic models are the work models, with reverse. Have a sled I used for trapping. Have used it for wood in the past. Now the system I have is , before there's to much snow, I take the ATV out & skid logs to the truck/trailer.
Same here, but realistically, if one lives long, usually some intervention is needed. At least we won't be a financial burden. 4 adult children, three live within three miles and the other one is ten miles away. I try not to ask for help only to end up catching hell for not asking.
Don't try a vintage sled first. Look at it hard enough and it rolls over. Cute trick, until you're trying to ride the damm thing.
My first experience on a a sled was a '72? Ski Doo 330?. Like I said, look at it wrong and it rolled over.
Poor to no suspension on the older models. Narrow ski base. New ones have great suspension & wider skis but still can roll them. Kinda like comparing 1972 chain saw compared to the new 562XP Not only do the newer saws have a chain brake, there's a few other improvements since then too.
