Burning Alpine Sleds!!!
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hmmm..?????
It's working pretty well...
I have a few changes but over all it is working pretty well. We need to not go new places and loose our line and crash into big rocks and boulders. Guess that is part of the fun lol. Or... maybe we just need to pick a time with more water in the river.... probly not!!!
Hope you all enjoy!!!
It's almost snow season again!!!
I have a few changes but over all it is working pretty well. We need to not go new places and loose our line and crash into big rocks and boulders. Guess that is part of the fun lol. Or... maybe we just need to pick a time with more water in the river.... probly not!!!
Hope you all enjoy!!!
It's almost snow season again!!!
It works!!!
So if you guys want to see more you will have to check out my u-tube channel. I won't be posting anymore of the little boat. I succeeded to a satisfactory level. I have some more minor tweaks and then I will be building another one with the changes built into it. Once it is proven I think we are going to seriously look at certification for the hull. I will not be doing motors and pumps. I think we will also offer a do it yourself kit. I believe this will probably be realistically next summer by the time we get everything in order. By the feedback I have received from everyone that has seen it or ridden in it, I believe the market is definitely there. Now we just have to make it happen.
Cheers, hope you all enjoy the vids!!!
So if you guys want to see more you will have to check out my u-tube channel. I won't be posting anymore of the little boat. I succeeded to a satisfactory level. I have some more minor tweaks and then I will be building another one with the changes built into it. Once it is proven I think we are going to seriously look at certification for the hull. I will not be doing motors and pumps. I think we will also offer a do it yourself kit. I believe this will probably be realistically next summer by the time we get everything in order. By the feedback I have received from everyone that has seen it or ridden in it, I believe the market is definitely there. Now we just have to make it happen.
Cheers, hope you all enjoy the vids!!!
On another note...
So I know this is another off topic item but i'm posting a link to a guy who is freakin amazing on the guitar. I know this isn't the in tunes but if you check out his other vids, he is freakin amazing!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKUvGVKRnSw&feature=colike
So I know this is another off topic item but i'm posting a link to a guy who is freakin amazing on the guitar. I know this isn't the in tunes but if you check out his other vids, he is freakin amazing!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKUvGVKRnSw&feature=colike
Back to the real deal!!!
So I need to re-state the reason I started this thread. Once again I have to say I asked for a thought. None given. I love the product.... support sucked!!! In my opinion buy someone else's product. I think Neil at Boost it is the new up and coming guy with the two strokers!!!! He already has "THE" fuel control for
the four strokers. In my opinion, no one else even comes close on the 4 stroke fuel control. There are a lot of awesome turbo kits out there. Neil is not the only one on the block. Boon docker has a great fuel system, Prologger has some cool stuff built in... Alpine has one of the best front mount systems... BUT!!! You are only as good as the service provided by the dealer!!! If there is no service after the fact, then the product sucks!!!
Impulse, Powderlites, MPI, Twisted, Silber, Boondocker, Boost It.... All great alternatives. I know there are more out there I have missed and I apologize for my lack of memory. I ask only that you look around before you decide Alpine is the only turbo kit. They have a cool store and they are friendly. They sell the product and build it. They even stand good for that which does not cost them $$$ but when push comes to shove they don't like to work to hard on anything above the sale.
I asked for info to insure my sled... Julian said sorry here is a guys phone number in AB to call, get insurance through his company. Phoned the guy and he was p'd to say the least when he answered the phone to find another of Julien's customers phoning him for info.
All I asked for was a build sheet.... I did not ask why he charged me what he charged. My customers ask for breakdowns all the time. The cost of materials is the cost of materials.... Sled $14500, turbo kit stage 2... $ 6500, install $4000, Cr tunnel and 162 x 16 x 2 1/2 track c/w m-10 $6000, Install $2000..... Ya would have been tough and I would have had insurance in 3 minutes instead of p'in around for weeks with crap. Secrets I guess.... . Don't want the customer to know what the build actually cost I guess. I already know and I don't have to be in business to get it.
I said I would keep this thread rolling until I cooled off. I guess I haven't quite cooled off yet. I have had some positive and some negative feedback on this issue. I expected this. One cannot expect to coast through life without some negative feedback. I guess this is what makes us better and keeps us on our toes. I hope Alpine can someday eat some crow and learn from this experience. I have heard through the grapevine they are not happy about this thread. I am happy about that and am not ashamed to admit it. Insurance played a factor in this and I am happy about that also. I hope the insurance company that insures Alpine investigates this further and causes them some aggravation. I am not asking to have them run out of business, I think they actually deserve to be in a position of respect amongst the community, what they need to learn is to respect and honour in their business.
We are not all the Flying Italian's and such. We are however people and respect goes a long way. I did not feel the respect factor in this at all. I suppose if Julian had offered it would have been admitting guilt and that could have opened a whole new can of worms with previous customers. I don't have the answers. I am baffled and frustrated. I am disappointed... I thought I had made a good deal with good people. I still believe that may be true. Maybe the decisions were made hastily and maybe they are sorry. I will offer this to them: Appologize and this thread will fade away....
So I need to re-state the reason I started this thread. Once again I have to say I asked for a thought. None given. I love the product.... support sucked!!! In my opinion buy someone else's product. I think Neil at Boost it is the new up and coming guy with the two strokers!!!! He already has "THE" fuel control for
the four strokers. In my opinion, no one else even comes close on the 4 stroke fuel control. There are a lot of awesome turbo kits out there. Neil is not the only one on the block. Boon docker has a great fuel system, Prologger has some cool stuff built in... Alpine has one of the best front mount systems... BUT!!! You are only as good as the service provided by the dealer!!! If there is no service after the fact, then the product sucks!!!
Impulse, Powderlites, MPI, Twisted, Silber, Boondocker, Boost It.... All great alternatives. I know there are more out there I have missed and I apologize for my lack of memory. I ask only that you look around before you decide Alpine is the only turbo kit. They have a cool store and they are friendly. They sell the product and build it. They even stand good for that which does not cost them $$$ but when push comes to shove they don't like to work to hard on anything above the sale.
I asked for info to insure my sled... Julian said sorry here is a guys phone number in AB to call, get insurance through his company. Phoned the guy and he was p'd to say the least when he answered the phone to find another of Julien's customers phoning him for info.
All I asked for was a build sheet.... I did not ask why he charged me what he charged. My customers ask for breakdowns all the time. The cost of materials is the cost of materials.... Sled $14500, turbo kit stage 2... $ 6500, install $4000, Cr tunnel and 162 x 16 x 2 1/2 track c/w m-10 $6000, Install $2000..... Ya would have been tough and I would have had insurance in 3 minutes instead of p'in around for weeks with crap. Secrets I guess.... . Don't want the customer to know what the build actually cost I guess. I already know and I don't have to be in business to get it.
I said I would keep this thread rolling until I cooled off. I guess I haven't quite cooled off yet. I have had some positive and some negative feedback on this issue. I expected this. One cannot expect to coast through life without some negative feedback. I guess this is what makes us better and keeps us on our toes. I hope Alpine can someday eat some crow and learn from this experience. I have heard through the grapevine they are not happy about this thread. I am happy about that and am not ashamed to admit it. Insurance played a factor in this and I am happy about that also. I hope the insurance company that insures Alpine investigates this further and causes them some aggravation. I am not asking to have them run out of business, I think they actually deserve to be in a position of respect amongst the community, what they need to learn is to respect and honour in their business.
We are not all the Flying Italian's and such. We are however people and respect goes a long way. I did not feel the respect factor in this at all. I suppose if Julian had offered it would have been admitting guilt and that could have opened a whole new can of worms with previous customers. I don't have the answers. I am baffled and frustrated. I am disappointed... I thought I had made a good deal with good people. I still believe that may be true. Maybe the decisions were made hastily and maybe they are sorry. I will offer this to them: Appologize and this thread will fade away....
if i apologise for them....can i have your boat..??
Yeee Haaaahhhh!!!!
AWESOME!!!! We gotta hook up for a ride this winter!!! You ROCK m8. Lets do a ride and we can talk. If you are up for it this summer, we could do a river tour up here in the great white north. May end up at my lodge in northwest BC later in the season but it will be with my big boat on the Stikine River. Not sure if I will make it there this year tho... .
I'm really trying to get over it... honestly. I guess time heals all wounds. I really don't hate them, I'm just not sure I really like them... for now!!!
AWESOME!!!! We gotta hook up for a ride this winter!!! You ROCK m8. Lets do a ride and we can talk. If you are up for it this summer, we could do a river tour up here in the great white north. May end up at my lodge in northwest BC later in the season but it will be with my big boat on the Stikine River. Not sure if I will make it there this year tho... .
I'm really trying to get over it... honestly. I guess time heals all wounds. I really don't hate them, I'm just not sure I really like them... for now!!!
Ha Ha...
I guess m8 is the real Great White North!!!! I'm the great brown south or something.... depends on the year lol. Still we are Northern AB. Not the Yukon. Anyway bud if you happen to venture my way... send me a pm and we can do a ride. I will probably offer a ride to most out there if they venture my way. Anyone who wants a tour here pm me. I'll probably chat you up for awhile to get to know you better before I offer but I have taken many peeps for a riv tour and have had 100 % success. I have yet to have someone leave dissatisfied.
Last guy I took was from Texas. I got the impression he had a blast!!!
We are Canadian!!! We ROCK!!!
I guess m8 is the real Great White North!!!! I'm the great brown south or something.... depends on the year lol. Still we are Northern AB. Not the Yukon. Anyway bud if you happen to venture my way... send me a pm and we can do a ride. I will probably offer a ride to most out there if they venture my way. Anyone who wants a tour here pm me. I'll probably chat you up for awhile to get to know you better before I offer but I have taken many peeps for a riv tour and have had 100 % success. I have yet to have someone leave dissatisfied.
Last guy I took was from Texas. I got the impression he had a blast!!!
We are Canadian!!! We ROCK!!!
I will definately talk to ya if im ever headed your way...if your ever up here in the summer i will take ya sailing...there ain;t no horsepower like a sail full of wind...!!!...My son has a buddy working in Fort Mac..My son lives in Edmonton and one in Smithers..C.N. rail guys...they should be buying me that boat of yours...lol...they have that bathtub race up here from Whitehorse to Dawson...on the Yukon River...about 400 miles...now you should build a boat for that...lol..
if ya go to my profile i have a few sailboating pics in my album "summer fun "...i live on a lake 22 miles long and then it joins up to other systems through a six mile river for another 50 miles of lakes..the Yukon River flows out on end of.."my lake"..lol..
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