Bet you ain't done this before.

[Clarke673]

Riding up a steep hill and ran over a sapling tree maybe 1/2 inch in diameter and my track cut in two.... Strait line, looks like some one took a carpenter knife and went to town.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get it out? I only recall seeing this once before when some one on a articat dropped off a cornice and landed on a stump but that shot the rails up into the track, it didn't cut it like mine. Not sure what happened. I am working on getting a video up. Maybe if some one has some youtube experience they could post it for me as i have no clue.

Man.... My sled looked so sexy a month ago and now look at it

But honestly. My sled is still up there and i only have 1 2005 600 skidoo to get it out so any ideas would be great. I was thinking of just bringing the tools and taking the skid off and tieing it to the seat. Then just put the tunnel on top of my skidoo tunnel and ride out but idk?

On the way out we climbed Crown mountain and had a blast!

 

[SLEDIOT]

Haywire it back together and limp it out. Go 3 or 4 windowsat least and lot's of haywire. I've heard this a couple times before. That's a dragon right, no extrovert's so make sure track is tight enough not to ratchet. Goeasy.......

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

buy a tow behind sled to go behind your 600..put two coolers in it and set the rails on the coolers (sled backwards)..tie it on good and drag it out..we have towed them as far as 80 miles from deep in the hills this way...works even better if you cut the back wall out of the sled and set the rails right in the bottom of it...its a tough pull in powder but on a good packed trail is pretty simple..other wise just set it on your 600 backwards and strap it down..helps if you unhook the torsion springs..which allows the rear to collapse....good luck

 

[Clarke673]

Its an 05 900 and no extroverts. so just drill holes in the track and use bailing wire? I have to clmibe a fairly steep hill to get out and i don't want the track to come apart and roll down that hill too. I will give it some thought thoe! Thanks!

Any other ideas?

 

[1500psi]

posts on Polaris

Riding up a steep hill and ran over a sapling tree maybe 1/2 inch in diameter and my track cut in two.... Strait line, looks like some one took a carpenter knife and went to town.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get it out? I only recall seeing this once before when some one on a articat dropped off a cornice and landed on a stump but that shot the rails up into the track, it didn't cut it like mine. Not sure what happened. I am working on getting a video up. Maybe if some one has some youtube experience they could post it for me as i have no clue.
Yeah you can do that especially thistime of year. Turn the skis
around backwards and if you can get a friend to
tow the doubled up sleds when going up the hill it should come out or pack a track in and fix it.

 

[winter brew]

I agree with the splice it and ride it out suggestion. Maybe use hose clamps or some sort of steel ring or banding to hold the two ends of the track together at the track clips ??? Towing would likely take 2 sleds and iof the hills are steep it may not be an option at all. I had to get a heli. to get mine out earlier this year, just a bit more expensive.

 

[yardfarmer]

Plastic tow sled, zip tied to the rails! But do it quick before the snow is gone! Wait and your left with getting to the sled on a wheeler and disassembling into packable parts.

 

[sledhead_2002]

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Do as other have said, we dragged this 700 out 11 km from the trial head and another 13km down the trail, was a whole day but better than a chopper by about 750 bucks. we did have another sled tied to the of the pulling sled to make it up some wild climbs, but if a trail has a chance to set up it helps BIG TIME.

 

[Killerk]

I would take a track up and repair it on the hill.
I don't like the idea of wiring the track up, especially if you have to make a climb.
Would hate to see all of the time and energy invested and not have it work or fail.
If taking parts up is not an option, get a couple others to go up and help you tow it out.

 

[mattymac]

Yeah get a track, not the stock replacement! I have seen this from more than 1 stock 900 rmk.

fix it on the hill and ride it out.

 

[mtnsldr]

same thing happened to Ice Cap in West three years ago.... tie it up and run it on the hi-fax....

 

[PCDOC]

You need a new track anyway................... Just get a new one and slap it in on the mtn. You'll be riding in an hour and won't have to worry about the bailing wire not holding. Sounds simple enough. Good luck!!

 

[x-guy]

we had that happen once, we towed it out on a couple crazy carpets, worked really well since it had very little resistance to tow, but we didnt have any large hills to climb out of, quite the predicament, but I am sure with some original thinking, some good friends, ropes, etc. it can be done.

 

[mattymac]

we had that happen once, we towed it out on a couple crazy carpets, worked really well since it had very little resistance to tow, but we didnt have any large hills to climb out of, quite the predicament, but I am sure with some original thinking, some good friends, ropes, etc. it can be done.

I have also used hard plastic bed liners, works good if its flat or the sled is in a bunch of pieces or the track is locked up.

most spray in bed liner companies will give em to ya.

 

[untouchable]

Over new years we jammed a few granite rocks into my buddies 700 RMK, we used a plastic sled with ratchet straps around the tunnel. That was a miserable day and we had to use an air chissel to bust the rocks out once we got back to the shop. Since you need to get a new track anyway, buy a new one and ride back in there. Shover or Jarrod could have that going in an hour.

 

[Blu Du]

were in the identicle situation 4 months ago same sled climbing a hill caught air landed on a broke off tree and the track flew right out the back. couldn't get the sled out so we changed the track in the canyon. took about 2 hrs in bad bad weather. another option we thought about was over laping the track a inch or so and put bolts in it.

 

[snowmanx]

Yeah get a track, not the stock replacement! I have seen this from more than 1 stock 900 rmk.

fix it on the hill and ride it out.

Ditto!

 

[Blk88GT]

I'd fix it and ride out.

 

[rotax]

Oops, that reminds me, I have to get my track out of the tree I left it in after that happened to me...


Did something similar with my Nytro (ate a good size tree up a hill), thought for sure it'd poke right through one of the "ported" holes... Got lucky, or had enough track speed to not cause issue.

None the less, the ported track thing scares me a bit more than it did at first...

 

[Clarke673]

What do you have to do to put a new track in? Don't you have to pull the chaincase? Last time i ever chainged a track was when we long tracked a 1997 ultra in like 2001. I remember that took us a long time. What tools will i need to bring?