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From the old forum here is my introduction thread
Basically we picked up two 05 900 159 RMK's and a 96 600 triple 136 because we have wanted to get our own sleds for many years and finally had the ability.:
http://www.snowest.com/fusetalk/messageview.cfm?catid=89&threadid=340146
I found Snowest and was very impressed with this forum.
I am a moderator over at explorer4x4.com and frequent many off road and Ford ranger based truck forums
I have been doing ALOT of research about these sleds, done quite a bit of fixing and fiddling and well finally we got to really ride them this last weekend.
We drove up to Rabbit Ears pass last Sat morning, we rode from about 3pm Saturday until the sun went down
We rode Sunday from 11 am till about 4:30 PM
Wow what ALOT of work!
Learning to turn was interesting to say the least, learning to turn the sled over in the powder and countersteer was very interesting as well.
Digging sleds out of gullys and ditches is also entertaining LOL
Julee went into a ditch first and put her sled on its side, the only way to get it back on the trail was to dig and pull it through a big *** ditch.
The second day I got off course in some deep powder and also, down into a ravine..it took us two hours to get my sled back up the hill.
I did have issues with my SLP air intake box sucking up powder and causing my sled to have hard starting and idle/power issues. That was fun when trying to get it out of the ditch
Julees RMK has the Timber intake on it and had no issues with the deep stuff.
We learned ALOT about what we are in for with these big machines.
By the end of yesterday I had it down pretty good, I was so tired I kept falling off, my treads were full of slush so it was hard to get a foot planted..but I am now able to turn pretty well. Julee is getting it, but she was also tired and as you can imagine her trying to learn how to turn a 500# sled with a 159 track is not so easy She'll get it though no problem.
My impression of these machines is WOW
Way different then the sleds we used to rent or borrow
The suspension is great, they soak up the whoops like ridiculous, jumps, etc
the power is sick, on a flat road I got up to 68 MPH no problem I didnt want to push past that. Julee says she hit 58 and was at 3/4 throttle.
we have alot to learn, but in one weekend we learned ALOT
on the way home in Silverthorne we got a flat on our trailer...took me about an hour in the snow on the side of th ehighway to get it changed....that sure was fun at the end of a long hard weekend.
what a friggin blast!
We didnt get any still shots, only video
But I will post what I can of the sleds and our first trip out.
Rabbit Ears pass has about 18" of powder on top of no base.
The trail was about 1 mile long, until us newbies found a spot we didnt want to attempt to sidehill and we turned around
We were VERY thankful others had gone before us, we are in no way ready to be the ones breaking trail...as we both found out the hard way!
we need sno bungies for SURE and alot more seat time
My sled needs something done about that intake, I scooped snow out of the nose and tried to remove as much built up ice as I could from the screen on the front of the SLP box and the stock Polaris "grill"
With the mods done to my sled it also seems to have a difficult time sitting at idle, the stator does not produce enough power at the low idle and the display will keep resetting, also the reverse is very difficult to get it work, it dies just about every single time. I pretty much gave up on my reverse
Julee's sled runs perfectly
I am going to get some pictures posted later
I need to search the forum to see if I can answer some of the questions I have now, I am curious about the oil consumption of our sleds
We have some adjusting to do as well.
Julee could benefit from a handle bar riser to help her with turning, her sled ran at about 130 degrees the whole time, mine ran below 100 degrees most of the time. They both have a few mods to them but it raises alot of questions about just what was done to each...
I figure the snow packed intake may have kept my sled running a bit too cool
We did not get to take the 96 600 with us on this trip
Cant wait till next weekend and MORE SNOW
it seems we got lucky, after watching the forums and weather we picked a very good spot and a very good first weekend to go to.
Basically we picked up two 05 900 159 RMK's and a 96 600 triple 136 because we have wanted to get our own sleds for many years and finally had the ability.:
http://www.snowest.com/fusetalk/messageview.cfm?catid=89&threadid=340146
I found Snowest and was very impressed with this forum.
I am a moderator over at explorer4x4.com and frequent many off road and Ford ranger based truck forums
I have been doing ALOT of research about these sleds, done quite a bit of fixing and fiddling and well finally we got to really ride them this last weekend.
We drove up to Rabbit Ears pass last Sat morning, we rode from about 3pm Saturday until the sun went down
We rode Sunday from 11 am till about 4:30 PM
Wow what ALOT of work!
Learning to turn was interesting to say the least, learning to turn the sled over in the powder and countersteer was very interesting as well.
Digging sleds out of gullys and ditches is also entertaining LOL
Julee went into a ditch first and put her sled on its side, the only way to get it back on the trail was to dig and pull it through a big *** ditch.
The second day I got off course in some deep powder and also, down into a ravine..it took us two hours to get my sled back up the hill.
I did have issues with my SLP air intake box sucking up powder and causing my sled to have hard starting and idle/power issues. That was fun when trying to get it out of the ditch
Julees RMK has the Timber intake on it and had no issues with the deep stuff.
We learned ALOT about what we are in for with these big machines.
By the end of yesterday I had it down pretty good, I was so tired I kept falling off, my treads were full of slush so it was hard to get a foot planted..but I am now able to turn pretty well. Julee is getting it, but she was also tired and as you can imagine her trying to learn how to turn a 500# sled with a 159 track is not so easy She'll get it though no problem.
My impression of these machines is WOW
Way different then the sleds we used to rent or borrow
The suspension is great, they soak up the whoops like ridiculous, jumps, etc
the power is sick, on a flat road I got up to 68 MPH no problem I didnt want to push past that. Julee says she hit 58 and was at 3/4 throttle.
we have alot to learn, but in one weekend we learned ALOT
on the way home in Silverthorne we got a flat on our trailer...took me about an hour in the snow on the side of th ehighway to get it changed....that sure was fun at the end of a long hard weekend.
what a friggin blast!
We didnt get any still shots, only video
But I will post what I can of the sleds and our first trip out.
Rabbit Ears pass has about 18" of powder on top of no base.
The trail was about 1 mile long, until us newbies found a spot we didnt want to attempt to sidehill and we turned around
We were VERY thankful others had gone before us, we are in no way ready to be the ones breaking trail...as we both found out the hard way!
we need sno bungies for SURE and alot more seat time
My sled needs something done about that intake, I scooped snow out of the nose and tried to remove as much built up ice as I could from the screen on the front of the SLP box and the stock Polaris "grill"
With the mods done to my sled it also seems to have a difficult time sitting at idle, the stator does not produce enough power at the low idle and the display will keep resetting, also the reverse is very difficult to get it work, it dies just about every single time. I pretty much gave up on my reverse
Julee's sled runs perfectly
I am going to get some pictures posted later
I need to search the forum to see if I can answer some of the questions I have now, I am curious about the oil consumption of our sleds
We have some adjusting to do as well.
Julee could benefit from a handle bar riser to help her with turning, her sled ran at about 130 degrees the whole time, mine ran below 100 degrees most of the time. They both have a few mods to them but it raises alot of questions about just what was done to each...
I figure the snow packed intake may have kept my sled running a bit too cool
We did not get to take the 96 600 with us on this trip
Cant wait till next weekend and MORE SNOW
it seems we got lucky, after watching the forums and weather we picked a very good spot and a very good first weekend to go to.
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