It's been awhile since I rented a sled but old girlfriend is coming up from Texas for spring break in March. With the past snow years I know someone shouldn't really plan on reservations more than a week or 2 in advance. But I need some help. My past experience with rentals is was that everyone tells you they have good sleds and they're in great shape. A buddy rented on from Custer Crossing in 98 or 99 and wound up being a Polaris 440 Fan short track that was gutless and pretty much limited us to the trail. I think that same year a buddy rented a Jag 440 from either Rec Springs or Custer Crossing and I rode it and I had never been so fearful of my safety the way that thing bounced from one side of the trail to the other. (I gave up my sled for a little while to the guys riding 2 up after they collided and we towed 1 sled back)What I'm needing help in with guys is to find out who rents sleds out there and what kind of sleds they have and rates rental conditions (Pre Auth deposit of say $500). I know Rec Springs and Trailshead rents, I believe Custer Crossing is closed, not that I would ever rent from there again. But none of those places have their rates posted. I like how Bear Lodge has theirs posted but I have them on backburner in case there is no snow in the Black Hills when they come up. http://www.bearlodgeresort.com/snowm...g/rentals.aspx
Basically I don't want to spend a day digging out sleds or to have the thier first riding expererience to be the one I had on the Jag. I know I could just call all the places and ask but there is one thing they won't tell you is the condition of their units. In the past I've experienced calling the outfits asking them about trail conditions and they say "..theres plenty come on out." and we get out there the next day and the trails are dirt and the tell us "..should have been out here last weekend." . And after the experience with the old Custer Crossing there is no way I'm renting one over the phone without knowing their fleet condition. Can someone help out a bit? Ideally I'd like them to ride something like a Trail RMK 440 or bigger in a longtrack in the event we have one of those famous March blizzards.
Basically I don't want to spend a day digging out sleds or to have the thier first riding expererience to be the one I had on the Jag. I know I could just call all the places and ask but there is one thing they won't tell you is the condition of their units. In the past I've experienced calling the outfits asking them about trail conditions and they say "..theres plenty come on out." and we get out there the next day and the trails are dirt and the tell us "..should have been out here last weekend." . And after the experience with the old Custer Crossing there is no way I'm renting one over the phone without knowing their fleet condition. Can someone help out a bit? Ideally I'd like them to ride something like a Trail RMK 440 or bigger in a longtrack in the event we have one of those famous March blizzards.
