2016 Axys- Possibly totaled- Buy back?

[xp 800]

Hey guys I have a 2016 Axys 800 155. It has 62 miles on it. My buddy got a little careless driving his pickup and long story short it fell of the sled deck. The tunnel is bent pretty bad and the front lower a arm is broken and the top a arm ball joint just broke. Also has a bent running board. Panels are scuffed up but not broken. I'm thinking it will end up being totaled. How much is a tunnel for one of these sleds? My insurance is working stuff out right now so I don't know the buy back but do you think its possibly worth buying and fixing this summer?

 

[jim]

I bet it isn't totaled. And then you can get the insurance money to fix it, part it out and then buy a fresh one with a turbo. Cha ching.

 

[XFIRE800]

How does a sled fall off the deck? Lol

 

[xp 800]

How does a sled fall off the deck? Lol

we were supposed to head to the mountains and we loaded the sleds but i wasn't feeling good and went home and he said he would tie them down. We usually run the bars in the front on the skis and tie them down in the back with the strap. Well i got home and had a 103 temp so I backed out on the trip. he put the front ski tie downs on it but not the back. He has a high horsepower cummins and was showing off to some of our friends and he took a corner going really fast and drifted his pickup and some how that was enough for to make it fly off....... or anyway thats the story he told me i guess... no clue

 

[AZ800]

Lol. Can't make that sht up!
Don't look totaled to me. Buy it cheap, wrench the back of the tunnel straight. If the tunnel isn't buckeled up front it's fixable. Make some braces if the rear mount is buckled
I've done worse on a front end....more than once and drove it back to the truck
Fix it up and Have a brand new axis for cheap.

 

[AZ800]

Wait, is that your sled or his??
if it's yours, did you beat his @ss?

 

[TheJett29]

Tunnel is around $975, pretty easy to replace.
All rest is pretty minor.

 

[Flyn Or Dyn]

Totaled

I have wrecked my fare share of sleds and every one that the tunnel was damaged the ins. Company told me it was to much time labor wise never mind the other stuff. It was instantly totalled same as putting them in the drink another instant totalled machine. For those who are wondering you just dry them off and there good to go. You always buy them back.

 

[Flyn Or Dyn]

Tunnel

I didn't know you could buy the tunnel by itself. I think the tunnel and bulkhead are sold together one piece

 

[xp 800]

Wait, is that your sled or his??
if it's yours, did you beat his @ss?

He is actually my cousin. He feels terrible about the whole deal. It has to go on my insurance too as his insurance doesn't cover things he is towing/ hauling. He will pay my deductible but now my insurance will probably be insane as i am only 21.

 

[Sheetmetalfab]

(Sarcasm font)

It was because of the wrap.
Your sled committed suicide.


Buy it back and ride it.

 

[Hewhospends]

I didn't know you could buy the tunnel by itself. I think the tunnel and bulkhead are sold together one piece

You can buy a powdercoated tunnel with the bulkhead mounted on it for $2200 plus shipping. You don't want to try to drill rivets and delaminate the bulkhead from the old tunnel.

 

[LoudHandle]

I'd take the damaged one

If your insurance does pay for a new chassis. I'd take the damaged one if you'd cut the tunnel portion off and box the bulkhead for Regular USPS postage. To 99686. PM me if / when you're ready.

 

[AZ800]

He is actually my cousin. He feels terrible about the whole deal. It has to go on my insurance too as his insurance doesn't cover things he is towing/ hauling. He will pay my deductible but now my insurance will probably be insane as i am only 21.

Thank god you got insurance. It's a bad deal, but unless the engine took a direct shot or its buckled somewhere between the a arm mounts and the front skid mount, it shouldn't be too major of repairs.

I've done a couple tunnels. You gotta be comfortable with gutting out a sled and putting it back together and a little layout to fit it up, but if that's not an issue, replacing the tunnel would still be relatively cheap if you do the work.

Other question is, is it paid for or do you owe on it? May affect payoff/loan amount/buy back?

 

[Reg2view]

Buddy dropped one of my doos onto a rock the size of a chevy - hard - in the late 2000's. Tunnel kinked. Insurance absolutely would not total (left front was also torn off, and primary was out of balance from running against the formerly attached arms). Tunnel was replaced under insurance by a dealer. Sold the sled the next fall without ever riding it again. Insurance co.'s were replacing tunnels once upon a time.

 

[coyoteman]

Where are you located? We have done many of these.

 

[2013 M1100 Turbo]

I doubt its totaled being a 2016 if what you state is all the damage that is done. I hit a rock with my 2013 Cat M1100T this year and bent the front frame, the tunnel/bulkhead, cooler assembly and the bellypan on the clutch side and insurance wanted to fix it. Shop estimate was $4500 for parts and 32 hours of labor. The shop said it they were sure insurance would total it when I dropped it off for a quote so I went and bought a 17 then insurance came back and said they wanted to fix it.

 

[tdblakes]

I doubt its totaled. In 2012 my '11 (w/ about 350 miles) took a tumble and kinked the tunnel and broke some other things. Insurance put a new chassis on and fixed the rest of it for about $4500. I was told if the total repair cost is less than 50% of Blue book value, they'll fix it for sure. Also, your insurance may not go up... depends on the company. Mine didn't.

 

[omernikski]

Tough to say, my buddy had a 15 pro, kinked the tunnel and insurance totaled is, another friend hit a hard drift and tweaked the bulkhead and his was totaled too

 

[TheJett29]

You can buy a powdercoated tunnel with the bulkhead mounted on it for $2200 plus shipping. You don't want to try to drill rivets and delaminate the bulkhead from the old tunnel.

All you have to do is get inside the tunnel and grind of rivets. You never touch the old bulkhead. Then simply attach new tunnel.

975 vs 2250 with way more labor, your call