anther awesome day...

[pura vida]

well, not directly polaris related but..., this was the highlights from yesterdays avy forcast


BOTTOM LINE
Avalanche danger remains at CONSIDERABLE for much of the region. 4-5 FEET of new snow has fallen in the last 3 days.

To recap the last several days –
Warming and high volume snow on Wed/Thursday brought 22 inches to Turnagain Pass with rain at low elevations

The snow is so deep that Non Avalanche Related Snow Immersion Death is a real possibility. We even saw a snowmachine stuck in the deep snow in the parking lot yesterday.

and the video link of the days riding,

http://vimeo.com/36247298

forgot to charge the go pro so ran out of batteries pretty early. it was this good all day.

now for the "polaris" part... as some of you know i broke a cylinder skirt at around 2000 miles on my 2011 pro (boy that brand new motor sure looks pretty...) and my sled wasn't ready yet so i borrowed my buddies brand new etec 146. have to hand it to ski-doo the handling is much improved (although what doesn't handle good in that much snow?) and the power is very impressive. definitely stronger than the pro motor.

BUT, good god is the gas millage bad!! less than 30 miles and i ran out of gas. in fact i just thought the electronic gauge was lying to me so i ignored it. bad choice. 29 miles and the sled came to a stop. now i did forgot to "burp" the sled so i started out a gallon short but with our snow conditions that would have only been 3-5 miles. "borrowed" so gas from some other dude and headed back to the truck. my buddy in the video is riding a 2012 pro and was just under a half tank. the etec is a strong motor but i thought they were suppose to get good gas millage, not so much...

pv

 

[D8rider]

....I'm jealous....looks like you had a great day...

 

[Denny]

Great snow and a great video,thanks for sharing

 

[Pro-8250]

well, not directly polaris related but..., this was the highlights from yesterdays avy forcast


BOTTOM LINE
Avalanche danger remains at CONSIDERABLE for much of the region. 4-5 FEET of new snow has fallen in the last 3 days.

To recap the last several days –
Warming and high volume snow on Wed/Thursday brought 22 inches to Turnagain Pass with rain at low elevations

The snow is so deep that Non Avalanche Related Snow Immersion Death is a real possibility. We even saw a snowmachine stuck in the deep snow in the parking lot yesterday.

and the video link of the days riding,

http://vimeo.com/36247298

forgot to charge the go pro so ran out of batteries pretty early. it was this good all day.

now for the "polaris" part... as some of you know i broke a cylinder skirt at around 2000 miles on my 2011 pro (boy that brand new motor sure looks pretty...) and my sled wasn't ready yet so i borrowed my buddies brand new etec 146. have to hand it to ski-doo the handling is much improved (although what doesn't handle good in that much snow?) and the power is very impressive. definitely stronger than the pro motor.

BUT, good god is the gas millage bad!! less than 30 miles and i ran out of gas. in fact i just thought the electronic gauge was lying to me so i ignored it. bad choice. 29 miles and the sled came to a stop. now i did forgot to "burp" the sled so i started out a gallon short but with our snow conditions that would have only been 3-5 miles. "borrowed" so gas from some other dude and headed back to the truck. my buddy in the video is riding a 2012 pro and was just under a half tank. the etec is a strong motor but i thought they were suppose to get good gas millage, not so much...

pv

Thanks for the video, it's the only kind of snowmobiling I have gotten lately!
The gas mileage on the Doo has got me stumped though. Doo has always out done me (Polaris) in the past even before the etech.

 

[goforbroke]

You are a disturbed individual.. Do you not now that I haven't seen snow like that all year and seeing it makes me depressed, depressed. Nothing but sun and 40's in our forcast.

In reality, thanks for posting, sweet vid and I wish I could drive there this weekend!!!

 

[F-Bomb]

29 miles in that heavenly spot is all anybody deserves~! WOW

I heard some weird Gregarian (Monk sing for you dummies) chanting over that cool song when the sun popped out!

 

[milo303]

Havn't had a day like that yet this season anywhere near me in CO

I'm going to have to travel hours to get it I can see

 

[Deucer]

Something funny about the fuel milage.

I have ridden every ride with the same fella each time this year. He has 12 etech 800 154. I have a 11 pro 155. I always put in about 5 gallons at the end of the day and he only puts in 2.8.

He also uses about 1/2 the oil.

I thought I was as happy as a hog in mud when I put in 5 Gallons. Broke my heart when he put in 2.8.

D

 

[ace59]

Something funny about the fuel milage.

I have ridden every ride with the same fella each time this year. He has 12 etech 800 154. I have a 11 pro 155. I always put in about 5 gallons at the end of the day and he only puts in 2.8.

He also uses about 1/2 the oil.

I thought I was as happy as a hog in mud when I put in 5 Gallons. Broke my heart when he put in 2.8.

D[/QUOTE

How many miles is that?

 

[Deucer]

We ride mostly off trail boondocking. Usually around 35 miles. We are both getting old and poop out about then and go home. Almost always put in about 5 gal.

I did ride on a groomed trail early on this season (before it was safe to leave the trail) and got 10 mpg on one trip.

D

 

[pura vida]

thanks for watching and the comments. not going to deny we are pretty lucky up here... it is not completely uncommon to have snow that deep at least a few times a year but what is uncommon is for it to be that light. "normally" the snow in this coastal area falls much heavier but this year has been pretty spectacular overall. another large system has moved in but it is bringing rain down low. hopefully it doesn't kill everything. we are well under 2000 feet for the entire video.

as far as the gas millage goes, i guess there is a possibility it i didn't have has much gas as i thought but it was full when i left the gas station, and not that it is worth much, but the gauge said full out of the parking lot and at least for the first part of the day. didn't look at it again until it said i was out of gas.

i should have my pro back tomorrow...

pv

 

[Deucer]

You had one heck of a ride, no matter what the gas milage. My old Rev would get about 4 mpg on days like that. As long as you had a good ride and made it home, thats what counts.

Nice video.

D

 

[icerider600]

Thanks for the Video Glad to see that at least you get to ride!! This last week melted all of our snow again, brown grass just sucks in the middle of winter!! I am about ready to punch all these people that say, Oh I love this winter I hope we dont get any snow!! Then dont live up here!! Not just that we are so dry around here its bad, and this isnt helping at all, only 75miles on my new Pro just stinks!!

 

[Oregonsledder]

Thanks for the Video Glad to see that at least you get to ride!! This last week melted all of our snow again, brown grass just sucks in the middle of winter!! I am about ready to punch all these people that say, Oh I love this winter I hope we dont get any snow!! Then dont live up here!! Not just that we are so dry around here its bad, and this isnt helping at all, only 75miles on my new Pro just stinks!!

Hey Dallas, you need to make a little trip up our way. I rode last Saturday with three Snowest guys from California and we had a great time. Two out of three of them had PRO's. The snow was great and it was a blue bird day. Get in your rig and I will show you around.

 

[icerider600]

Hey Dallas, you need to make a little trip up our way. I rode last Saturday with three Snowest guys from California and we had a great time. Two out of three of them had PRO's. The snow was great and it was a blue bird day. Get in your rig and I will show you around.

Dont I wish Larry!!!! I would be leaving right now if I could get the time off, they told us they will denying all vacations until they get more people hired Ya!! I had to call and cancel our trip to Co. at the end of the month I think the Brown grass is starting to wear on me

 

[F-Bomb]

Who is the music by? I really like that song!

 

[milo303]

Who is the music by? I really like that song!

Middle Class Rut - New Low

They rock

 

[pura vida]

Middle Class Rut - New Low

They rock

yup, good song. thanks. the video was too short for the whole song and i was too lazy to actually do any more cut and pasting so i just faded it in and out.

pv