Arctic Cat Catalyst 858

[Clark42]

Where did you take 3.5” from?

tunnels

 

[kanedog]

Not to go all chadly on you haha. I think you’d be a lot of fun to ride and barter with

Oh man, I am definitely memorable to ride with! Lotsa laffs fo sure. I love riding with Washington guys. Y’all are up for anything and soooo nice.

 

[IDspud]

I heard opposite.

 

[edgey]

I was just thinking... I hadn't seen anything on this. Does the Catalyst have that center-mounted cooler setup like the Polaris sleds? My Khaos overheats very easily on hardpacked trails even with ice scratchers unless I can stay above 20 mph. If it's one of those badly-washboarded trails where you can't go very fast, it WILL hit 200 deg and shut off. Sometimes it's necessary to ride trails to get to the play areas.

Put the new scratchers that poo came out with in 24 makes a huge difference. 30-40 degrees cooler

 

[Clark42]

Y’all are up for anything

no butt stuff please

 

[Clark42]

im down! I'm less than an hour from the border

ID I'd like to come check out your riding areas too!

 

[kanedog]

im down! I'm less than an hour from the border

ID I'd like to come check out your riding areas too!

I’m the official Canadian show er aroundr of Brandywine area!

 

[koolaid]

For those who have demo'd an 858. How does the intake noise compare to the Ctec 800? The Cat's intake draw is loud, even going back to my Proclimb it was the most dominant noise while riding.

 

[Chewy22]

For those who have demo'd an 858. How does the intake noise compare to the Ctec 800? The Cat's intake draw is loud, even going back to my Proclimb it was the most dominant noise while riding.

Interesting something I've never paid attention to. My intake is opened up a bit, circle frog skins in the nose area. I did that before I even rode the sled. I have never had a bog issue in over the hood snow. Maybe that relieves some of the noise you are talking about.

 

[Clark42]

I’m the official Canadian show er aroundr of Brandywine area!

I'm pretty booked up for the next week, but wide open after that!

 

[kanedog]

I’m more of a spring rider type fella. I always say, when I start to see boats on trailers, it’s time to start sledding!

 

[IDspud]

Kanedog don’t powder float?

 

[kanedog]

Spring pow is the best

 

[IDspud]

Agree. April showers mean deep and fluffy up high.

 

[kanedog]

1130 starts to let the frozen trails thaw, blue bird, warm spring sun, fresh pow. Mmmmmmmmm.

 

[koolaid]

1130 starts to let the frozen trails thaw, blue bird, warm spring sun, fresh pow. Mmmmmmmmm.

Yes...late starts. Took me a couple years to convince others there was no need for early starts in spring.....let the sun do its thing and soften up that snow.

 

[kanedog]

Yes...late starts. Took me a couple years to convince others there was no need for early starts in spring.....let the sun do its thing and soften up that snow.

Amen brotha

 

[MTsled3]

Yes...late starts. Took me a couple years to convince others there was no need for early starts in spring.....let the sun do its thing and soften up that snow.

I always like starting early because our parking lots become a total **** show after about 9am on a weekend. That, and it's nice to leave a little earlier to go home to beat the ski traffic back to town.

I sometimes ride week days with one of my employees and we never start before 10. It is pretty nice getting to sleep in and take my time in the morning. Wish my wife didn't work M-F because I could go without weekend rides with the crowds.

 

[kanedog]

I always like starting early because our parking lots become a total **** show after about 9am on a weekend. That, and it's nice to leave a little earlier to go home to beat the ski traffic back to town.

I sometimes ride week days with one of my employees and we never start before 10. It is pretty nice getting to sleep in and take my time in the morning. Wish my wife didn't work M-F because I could go without weekend rides with the crowds.

You sound stressful to sled with. Methinks you need to lighten up. Too many rules and time expectations=no fun. Haha

 

[MTsled3]

You sound stressful to sled with. Methinks you need to lighten up. Too many rules and time expectations=no fun. Haha

My whole family are early birds, my wife hates it haha. If we ride later into the day it's no big deal, but usually the old guys are tired by early afternoon anyway.

The stress comes from the hoardes of people moving to Bozeman that have no common courtesy. There never used to be issues, but now it's not uncommon to come back to your truck and have 3 or 4 vehicles blocking you from getting out of the parking lot. The biggest lot we go to can have around 100 rigs in it sometimes, it's insanity. Being early at least gets you a spot with a straight shot to the highway.