Finally got the sled and the new track out on the snow for the first time this week.
This new track was one of several major mods I did to my sled over the summer/fall.
Right now I have about 75 total miles on the new track.
I have been told I will need at least 300 miles on it before the track "broken" in and begins to settle into it's normal behavior.
Right now I have two days of VERY different behavior.
The biggest problem I have had with my Nytro is the fact that it's a TRENCH MONSTER. I get stuck frequently and have come to love my Hijacker Snowjack as the fastest way to get out of the trench my Maverick track has dug for me.
On Monday I got stuck 3 times from trenching in about 1000 feet of off trail riding. It was UGLY. But the snow was ugly as well, fresh powder on a slab with several feet of sugar beneath it. If I broke through the slab for any reason I was DOOMED and would high center the front end of the sled and trench the tail before I could get off the throttle.
On Saturday it was just the opposite results with nearly the same snow.
Rode all day long off trail and never trenched once!
Not a single stuck all day long.
At this point its just TOO SOON and not nearly enough miles to say WHY I did so much better on the 2nd day.
The track has terrific BITE and TRACTION on the snow, both on the trail and off. NO complaints there. It starts and stops strongly and holds a good bite on the hill going up or stopped going down.
The only odd thing about it is the SNOWSTORM it creates behind the sled. This track THROWS SNOWBALLS like a rooster tail behind a boat!!
Give me a few more rides before I pass judgement on this one. But so far, I am liking it!
