Cutting cost of sledding? Besides ripping off your pals.

[BottomFeeder m7.]

hehe andy.Ud be amazed. this thing has some good pull. Then again.... its not a stock.

i hooked my trailer up just got chits and jiggles and went up huffman to flattop parking lot. Pulled that first hill no problem. and i wasent doing 80 mph good times ehh.

 

[modsledr]

I'm curious if anyones financial situation has drastically changed since last year? Seems like a lot of you are talking about riding less because of the "economy", but I haven't heard anyone say they have lost their job so they cant ride.

Here's how I look at it. Its 400 miles to Revy from my house. 800 round trip. Add a couple hundred for getting to the hill and back for a 3-4 day trip, and call it an even 1000 miles.

So, last year at the beginning of the season diesel was about $3/gal. Now it is $4/gal. Just for easy math, lets say I get 10 mpg towing the enclosed. That means I will use 100 gallons for this trip. So the extra fuel cost for this entire trip is only $100. If the sled fuel is approx $1/gal more, then add another $30 extra for sled fuel.

I guess my point is that its not like costs have double since last year...yes, costs are a little more, but not prohibitive.

I plan to ride just as much as last year (or as much as the snow will allow).

 

[oregunrmk]

Ive got three teenagers at home. I told them they can stay until it starts snowing.

 

[raceu4it]

with the long 160'ish track sleds, boss sould come out with a comfy 3 passenger seat, and everyone takes turns steering every mile or when you get stuck or wreck hard. cut costs by 1/3 and you would probably get a lot of snow shots. hehe.

 

[supa-bad-mofo]

100 miles from the mountains and tons of snow.

 

[rockdog2112]

I am going to take the hit and go most every weekend. I now have a new 08 M8 Sno Pro that I have never ridden and I'm sick of sitting on it and waiting. I also picked up an older(99) Haulmark enclosed trailer for the two sleds I plan to use. It looks like there is a guy who will let you store your rig on his property(if the price is right) right by Albany, WY where I sled out of. It is only 90 miles from home so this might help out on the fuel thing. I never owned a sled until March of 08, now I have three and a trailer. I'm still in overkill mode.

 

[tudizzle]

I timed having a new baby with winter so my wife could be on maternity leave and I could get more riding in!

 

[Weekday Warrior]

I'm curious if anyones financial situation has drastically changed since last year? Seems like a lot of you are talking about riding less because of the "economy", but I haven't heard anyone say they have lost their job so they cant ride.

Here's how I look at it. Its 400 miles to Revy from my house. 800 round trip. Add a couple hundred for getting to the hill and back for a 3-4 day trip, and call it an even 1000 miles.

So, last year at the beginning of the season diesel was about $3/gal. Now it is $4/gal. Just for easy math, lets say I get 10 mpg towing the enclosed. That means I will use 100 gallons for this trip. So the extra fuel cost for this entire trip is only $100. If the sled fuel is approx $1/gal more, then add another $30 extra for sled fuel.

I guess my point is that its not like costs have double since last year...yes, costs are a little more, but not prohibitive.

I plan to ride just as much as last year (or as much as the snow will allow).

for me this isn't just about sledding

cost of going back and forth to work over the last 2 years has taken a bite out of my spendable income

cost of food/azwipe has gone up

everything costs more, so things like sledding take a hit.

I also have money saving plans for hunting, fishing. I went out on the boat less this summer and stayed closer to the launch ramp instead of driving the boat 2 hours to a destination.

all my fun things have taken a hit

 

[MARV1]

^^Taking away from the fun things in life just doesn't cut it for me and my family. Yes, everything has gone up alot, cost of living is way high where I live. But I still need to go out in my boat and fish/hunt to fill the freezer for the winter. And I figure I have used about 700 gallons of fuel this past summer trying to make money fishing and for the freezer. 700x$6/gal, $4200! I still came out ahead because I have moose, fish, berries and waterfowl in the freezer to eat during the winter. We still have to buy the other stuff though, the list goes on.

In other words, gotta have fun the enjoy the good things in life to make it through life without going insane.

 

[mb1]

^^Taking away from the fun things in life just doesn't cut it for me and my family. Yes, everything has gone up alot, cost of living is way high where I live. But I still need to go out in my boat and fish/hunt to fill the freezer for the winter. And I figure I have used about 700 gallons of fuel this past summer trying to make money fishing and for the freezer. 700x$6/gal, $4200! I still came out ahead because I have moose, fish, berries and waterfowl in the freezer to eat during the winter. We still have to buy the other stuff though, the list goes on.

In other words, gotta have fun the enjoy the good things in life to make it through life without going insane.

That's a good way of putting it, I don't fish/ hunt, but I'll let other things take a hit before I sell the sled. Having said that, we're both lucky to be in the position that we don't need to sell the toys for food.

I would tend to think that most sledders are in above average income brackets, so there are more ways for us to trim cash from the budget.

 

[Beels]

I'm curious if anyones financial situation has drastically changed since last year? Seems like a lot of you are talking about riding less because of the "economy", but I haven't heard anyone say they have lost their job so they cant ride.

Here's how I look at it. Its 400 miles to Revy from my house. 800 round trip. Add a couple hundred for getting to the hill and back for a 3-4 day trip, and call it an even 1000 miles.

So, last year at the beginning of the season diesel was about $3/gal. Now it is $4/gal. Just for easy math, lets say I get 10 mpg towing the enclosed. That means I will use 100 gallons for this trip. So the extra fuel cost for this entire trip is only $100. If the sled fuel is approx $1/gal more, then add another $30 extra for sled fuel.

I guess my point is that its not like costs have double since last year...yes, costs are a little more, but not prohibitive.

I plan to ride just as much as last year (or as much as the snow will allow).

Great post and I couldn't agree more. I said it in another thread. The media likes to harp on the absolute worst and the longer you keep getting fed it, the more you begin to believe it. If money does get a little more tight, an adjustment of priorities is in order. I know I waste money every day by being lazy or just not realizing it.

 

[cookiecutter]

Planning on keeping things the same..we drive up thursday or friday evening (whatever highschool permits), shovel a cabin roof into the night, make 2-3 hundred bucks, pay for the weekend plus a little, wake up the next mornin' and ride all day. to me thats free sleddin, a little more work but like I said I'm in highschool, gotta make doo with what I've got

 

[mtnrider406]

I timed having a new baby with winter so my wife could be on maternity leave and I could get more riding in!

Thats funny....I timed my first one for hunting season he was born second day!! lol

 

[speeddemon]

well my spending is almost stupid ! i sat down the other day and realized how much xtra crap i buy and dont realy need to ! 10$ a day on juice and junk food ! thats 200$ a month i could save by makin sandiches and water from home ! instead of driving my yukon for 120$ a week in gas drive the malibu at 30 $ a week ! thats another 90$ a week saved 360 $ month ! stay away from the tool truck thats 150 $ a week 600 $ a month ! that right there saves me about 1160$ a month ! thats 290 gallons of fuel @4$ a gallon ! wow thats a ton of ridden ! god help me LOL
mike

 

[AkHockey10]

I plan on sitting out only a couple weekends if I need to. Not because, of gas but, because, for other priorities.

 

[Mtn. missle]

3-up ?

with the long 160'ish track sleds, boss sould come out with a comfy 3 passenger seat, and everyone takes turns steering every mile or when you get stuck or wreck hard. cut costs by 1/3 and you would probably get a lot of snow shots. hehe.

I don't care who you are that's funny, I can picture 3 "Napolian Dynomite" looking dudes all stacked up on that thing. Looks about the same as last year ride the days you can't pass up and skip (or work ) the days when the weather sucks, but that's easy to do when I can be unloading in about 1 hr. from my house