Hit A Rock; Pics of the Carnage

[crossfire879]

Smoked a rock last weekend. Did a number on my left side suspension. Sheered the bolts off the lower a arm. Snapped the upper a arm in two and drove the broken piece into the shock and bent the shock. Turned my tie rod into a piece of spaghetti, bent the tab where the front bolt for the lower a arm goes. My spindle and ski are still ok and the bent tab seems like it can be bent back pretty easily. Gave it a coule smacks with a hammer and it moved a bit.

 

[crossfire879]

Luckily nothing else looks bent, cracked, or broken. Sled looks like a 3 legged dog waiting for parts lol

 

[TheBreeze]

I've been there!

 

[Mjunkie]

It always pisses me off how expensive things can get so quickly!! That sucks about the damage, you must have been going pretty fast to do that much damage. Did you get hurt at all?

BTW, WE NEED MORE SNOW AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DO TO!!!!

 

[crossfire879]

It always pisses me off how expensive things can get so quickly!! That sucks about the damage, you must have been going pretty fast to do that much damage. Did you get hurt at all?

BTW, WE NEED MORE SNOW AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DO TO!!!!

Lol I was riding in like 5 feet of snow, the top 2 feet being nice soft powder. I never got hurt and wasn't going very fast. I thought it was a little drift. I flew off of it going the other way. Boon docking on my left side to come back through it and felt and heard a smack and my sled just pitched left and nose dived.

 

[ND]

That says barkbuster, not granite buster. Time to upgrade!