I did a giant blow down pine for the guy with the 40 acres of oak. Diring the wind stirm last week a giant pine fell on his grapes so i took care of the entire thing. When i was done he was shocked at the job i did. He walked me over to his toy storage and said do you have a snowmobile. I said no he said you live rt on the railroad bed and you need one. He gave me a nice well running arctic cat bearcat 340. I was so happy and its a two person for Kamo and i to rip around. Same day my buddy calls and gives me a nice trailer. Same day i get a call from the 40 acre field guy that i cut on and he says he just stacked 20 ash logs with his grapple that the power company cut and there waiting for me in the field. SWEET DAY!!!!
Sounds like your hard work is paying off. I'd recommend getting the carb/carbs taken apart and cleaned correctly before hitting the trail on the sled. Notorious for gumming up with today's wonderful fuel and smoking pistons from running lean. Just a word of advice from a guy who used to spin wrenches on sleds. Lots and lots of them. Enjoy.
What you did was very nice but what you got in return was an unexpected return for sure. Congrats on the snowmobile.
While that sled may be slow with a 340 and a single carb, it will be a ton of fun. Your kid will love riding on the back of it. That one looks to be in great shape. Aside from the seat and a few dings, but that might make it more useful to you for firewood and screwing around on the land with. Seat covers are $$$. There might be a way to fix it for less. As moresnow says, go though the carburetor. It's a single vm 32mm mikuni which will make it really simple to work on. No worrying about syncing carbs. These sleds are really good for hauling wood. Get an otter or jet sled with a rigid metal tow bar and you can really haul wood.
