Low Miles? It is a little fishy.

[PowderMiner]

How can people have sleds 2, 3, 4, 6 years old with not even or only 1000 miles on them?

Some have aftermarket parts well over $1000.

I hate the trails as many here do, but a lot of times you have to drive over them to get to the good stuff, unless a lot people have a helicopter drop them in the riding areas.

I would not use miles to determine whether I had a good ride or not but generally we put on 25 - 70 per ride. A bad year for me would be less than 1000 (20 rides). Last year I broke my arm Feb 4th and had 800 (some of this was break-in rides, maybe 80 miles).

SO what options does that leave for the guys that rack up 5500 miles on a 4 year old sled, sales wise? Or just keep them in the fleet until they disintegrate?

 

[rmscustom]

Yeah it always amazes me the low mile sleds I see for sale. I think some just don't have the desire-time to put many miles on... Price on high mileage sleds are going to be lower but a well maintained high mileage clean sled is very sellable. I just sold a M7 with 6500 miles on for a good price but it was well maintained, always stored right and just generally clean.

 

[sweetxc654]

You have to look at the condition of the sled of course you can tell if it has low miles or not. I purchased a 02 rmk 800 and have owned it for 5-6 years now and i have only put on 1500 miles on it since i got it due to uncontrolled circumstances i.e. low snow, no snow and injuries and such. My dad has an '11 etech with only 1500 on it too.

 

[Mafesto]

How can people have sleds 2, 3, 4, 6 years old with not even or only 1000 miles on them?

Our typical trip consists of 3 days riding.
Many years I only get 1 trip.
So, if I do not ride around here, it is possible to have sub 100 mile years.

You guys in or close to the mountains have no idea how good you have it.

When you factor in what is spent on sled, gear, lodging, meals, trailer & travel expense it becomes absofreakinglutely insane what we spend in relation to miles of riding.

 

[SRXSRULE]

My 2 year old sled (pro) has ~350 miles on it. Wish it had more but that's just the way its went the last couple years.

My last sled (apex) that was 6yrs old had 6500 miles on it.

I will say these new super light weight sleds will NOT be able to take the high miles like sleds in the past have. Im all for keeping up on maintenance and likely do more then most but I don't think I will keep any of todays sleds for more then about 2,000 miles. just my .02 Eric

 

[line8]

Just sold wifes sled with 1000 miles . It was new in 08. I put on 400 of those miles myself. So had I not ridden it last spring it would only had about 6-700 miles. She goes about half the time I go and she uses half the fuel when she goes. It usually is only a 5-10 mile ride from the truck to get to play areas.

 

[ullose272]

last 2 years i only rode about 2 months each due to crappy winters. i have about 1500 miles on my '10 m8. i dont ride alot of trails. lot of just boondocking. so i usually only go 30-40 miles a day. its just slow any through the trees

 

[wjl]

2013 pro only 130 miles last year. While friends were wrecking from low snow I said NO.
Not worth it to get hurt or destroy a sled / parts. I will say the fly fishing was good.

 

[GoBigParts]

I remember when I rode trails I bought a new sled one year and put 4400 miles on it the first year.

 

[PJ-Hunter]

What do we constitute as "low miles"? Between 100-500, 500-1000?

The current mainstream trend is to buy a $12000 (lets say avg.) and beat the hell out of it for a season, rack up a 1000 miles (I say 1200 or less is a low mileage sled), wax it up, throw some shiny armor all'd parts back on it and sell it as a low mileage sled.

If the sled is older and in well kept condition then I will assume that A, the sled's owners got hurt or something stopped them from riding. Poor snow, work, and so on. Or, B, they bought the sled for the wife and after a couple rides she decided that it wasn't for her and the sled became destined to be a loaner for a buddy or a backup and hence the low mileage.

 

[coyoteman]

I only wish I could ride 1000 miles a year. With a busy work schedule, family stuff and an 8 hour drive out west it just doesn't happen. My 11 has 800 miles and my 08 has 1200. A couple of my older sleds have over 5000 but they haven't been ridden since I discovered mountain riding. Maybe I should learn to sell some of them. To me it's not about how many miles we ride a day it's about how tired we are when done.

 

[BeeMan800]

I only wish I could ride 1000 miles a year. With a busy work schedule, family stuff and an 8 hour drive out west it just doesn't happen. My 11 has 800 miles and my 08 has 1200. A couple of my older sleds have over 5000 but they haven't been ridden since I discovered mountain riding. Maybe I should learn to sell some of them. To me it's not about how many miles we ride a day it's about how tired we are when done.

Hard to put many mles on when you dont leave the bar

 

[nomasittinright]

I made 4 trips out west last year and rode around home a few times with the kid and put on 900 miles on my 13. I consider that to be a good year for me, now when you consider that my sled put on 5700 miles strapped to a trailer that's when you realize how lucky the locals are.

 

[TVC 15]

What you don't ever want to do if your a mountain rider and you don't live near the mountains. Is to compare your windshield miles to sled miles.

 

[sledneck_03]

My 08 has 5000 miles. Thats 6 years. An average of 833 miles per year. People think thats high! Some people put 2500 on in a year... My sleds been greased 12+ times chain case oil changed 6 times and so on. That 2 year old sled with 5000 miles probably greased 3 times? Oil changed once??

 

[arcticmat]

I made 4 trips out west last year and rode around home a few times with the kid and put on 900 miles on my 13. I consider that to be a good year for me, now when you consider that my sled put on 5700 miles strapped to a trailer that's when you realize how lucky the locals are.

Location, location, location. This story is all to framiliar to me. I only put on 300 miles with two trips but trailor time was around 2000. I bought my 2 year old M8 with 1000 miles on it so the previous owner wan not much better than I was.

 

[mtsummitx]

My dad has a 2006 Summit he bought as a new carry over in 2007. I dont think it has broke a 1000 miles yet. We have had many sub 50 mile days, and many years of only 3 trips out. Sometimes due to poor snow conditions, many times due to busy lives, kids activities etc, etc, etc. So 5-10 year old sleds, with 1000 miles or less really wouldnt be a shocker to me.

 

[idahoskiguy]

Just sold my 2011 Summit SP 800 Ptek for $7,700.00, it only had 1,240 miles on the clock. Granted it was very clean and well cared for, but I felt it was a good price for both parties.

 

[PowderMiner]

Wow, I feel extra lucky to live where I do... and realize a lot of you remain very dedicated to keep sleds while maybe only getting a few chances a year.

I just sent an email to a kid making an offer on my sled that he may want to get one that he can really afford otherwise he will only have a very capable garage ornament, as he won't be able to afford getting it to the mountain.

My mileage has decreased as we have young kids and I assume it will get worse, although the quality time value may be higher.

Thanks for the input, I feel better assured that there isn't prolific speedo unplugging. Cause I would have been mad I didn't get the memo