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Hppants wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:07 pm Ray - come on down!!! I've got plenty of room for your trailer and you! We'll ride over to the redfishes one day just to piss 'em off....

Snow Machines are the shit. Just sayin....

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bungie4 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:06 pm Hey pants! Do you think if somebody rode an fjr for a weekend they'd be an expert, or even qualified, to give an opinion on them?

bungie4 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:12 pm Bug,

Just a word or warning, most modern machines are designed to be operated on groomed trails only. Those stubby tracks don't 'float'.

Red wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:49 am

Bugnatr wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:05 pm

Steel_Gin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 8:14 pm Sometimes giving yourself time to miss something is a good thing.

Spoken like a true northerner. No doubt if I was in a snow climate I'd be on the snowmobile forums planning rides.

Bugnatr,

Had a guy at work who went up to a mountain cabin for some snowmobiling fun. Went out an hour before dark with a buddy, for a quick sunset run. He was driving on our famous non-packing Utah powder snow. He crossed a clearing and "discovered" a ten-foot (3m) deep hole that was filled in smooth, so you could not see the hole. The machine went down into the powder snow like a diving submarine. His buddy missed him after a few minutes, and came back looking for my co-worker. You probably guessed it; the buddy dove his machine into the same hole. The hole was too deep and too steep to climb out on foot, with all the snow, and it was too short in any direction to drive out, because sleds do not accelerate instantly on powder snow. They had no way to make a fire, and no wood for fuel anyway. They got to spend a cold and miserable night in sub-freezing temperatures, with no extra clothing, until the search team found them after dawn.

That guy still goes out on the snowmobiles, but now he carries about 100 pounds (45kg) of emergency gear (clothing, tent, camp stove, fire-starter, radios, et c.) on every trip. Adventures are not adventures while you are having the adventure.
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HotRodZilla wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:17 pm

Red wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:49 amThat guy still goes out on the snowmobiles, but now he carries about 100 pounds (45kg) of emergency gear (clothing, tent, camp stove, fire-starter, radios, et c.) on every trip. Adventures are not adventures while you are having the adventure.

Wouldn't a 10oz SPOT Tracker, an emergency blanket or really nice stuff bag sleeping bag, an MRE and hydration reduce some of that load? I'm thinking it would. That's like 10lbs of stuff.

Red wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:57 pm

HotRodZilla wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:17 pm

Red wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:49 amThat guy still goes out on the snowmobiles, but now he carries about 100 pounds (45kg) of emergency gear (clothing, tent, camp stove, fire-starter, radios, et c.) on every trip. Adventures are not adventures while you are having the adventure.

Wouldn't a 10oz SPOT Tracker, an emergency blanket or really nice stuff bag sleeping bag, an MRE and hydration reduce some of that load? I'm thinking it would. That's like 10lbs of stuff.

HotRodZilla,

You want me to talk SENSE to a snowmobiler? Is that a joke?
In the mountains here, it can take a day or more to get to a lost soul, and longer when it's still stormin'. Regular helicopters can't do much if anything at those altitudes; you'd need an Alouette or similar. Cold is a relentless enemy. You will need good shelter if you are stranded, or the cold will kill you. The guy might decide to add that good stuff to his kit, but he won't leave anything else at home if he does.
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