On the scale, PRO RMK 155"

[Roadtrip]

I weighed my sled, a 2011 Pro, after I got back home from a two day ride a while back. And with 1/3 tank of gas, my usual bags and gear, and covered in ice and snow it weighed 528 pounds. Then I let it completely dry out and reweighed it. 487 pounds. I had 42 pounds of ice and snow sticking to the sled. The new RMKs seem to build up a lot of ice, more then my 08 600 RMK anyways.
So, with the tank full and no ice and RTR, about 530 pounds. And as fuel burns off ice accumulates and I doubt that it ever gets under 500 pounds. Add 220 pounds, me, and I come up with 750 pounds of whoop-a$$.
You guys are like a bunch of girls talking about shopping.
Rmks aren't better because they are lighter, they are better because they are better.

 

[backcountryislife]

Rmks aren't better because they are lighter, they are better because they are better.

you forgot the



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[Timbre]

Seriously guys....when is someone going to fill ALL 4 brands of sleds FULL with ALL fluids/fuel...BONE STOCK, no accessories or lightweight parts....and weigh the friggin' things???? Is it really that difficult??

Dry weights, partially full of fluids/fuel weights, mean absolutely nothing.

Cheers!

 

[06-800RR]

Wow what a bunch of useless complaining. I thank the OP for weighing the sled. I can figure out from his information what the weight would be with or without full fuel and oil. Done. Much appreciated.

 

[chunkysoup]

Wow what a bunch of useless complaining. I thank the OP for weighing the sled. I can figure out from his information what the weight would be with or without full fuel and oil. Done. Much appreciated.

Its not so much a complaint as it is a suggestion. What anyone should do is weigh the sled dry so the people who want dry weight get what they want, then fill the sled up with all fluids and weigh it again so everyone can have a Ready-to-ride weight. Its not like its that hard to fill it with fluids when you already have put some in before weighing.

 

[06-800RR]

Its not so much a complaint as it is a suggestion. What anyone should do is weigh the sled dry so the people who want dry weight get what they want, then fill the sled up with all fluids and weigh it again so everyone can have a Ready-to-ride weight. Its not like its that hard to fill it with fluids when you already have put some in before weighing.

I disagree. When is the last time you ran your sled completely dry of oil and fuel? Never. When you do expect a dealer to have a sled without oil in the shocks, antifreeze, and some fluids in the tank? Never. Can we figure out how much the fluids weigh with the quantities given? Yes. Do all sleds have the same size fuel and oil tanks? No. RTR is is not as valuable in comparison of models and manufacturers. My PRO holds 2 gallons more fuel than my XP. That's not a detriment to the sled but people may unintentionally view the sled weight higher. I look forward to the comprehensive post on your sled weighing experiment.

 

[chunkysoup]

I disagree. When is the last time you ran your sled completely dry of oil and fuel? Never. When you do expect a dealer to have a sled without oil in the shocks, antifreeze, and some fluids in the tank? Never. Can we figure out how much the fluids weigh with the quantities given? Yes. Do all sleds have the same size fuel and oil tanks? No. RTR is is not as valuable in comparison of models and manufacturers. My PRO holds 2 gallons more fuel than my XP. That's not a detriment to the sled but people may unintentionally view the sled weight higher. I look forward to the comprehensive post on your sled weighing experiment.

Im not going to weigh my sled cuz i dont really give a chit what it weighs! Ive never ran my sled completely out of fuel or oil. I guess its "my bad" for calling it dry weight. I would consider the dry weight to be the weight of the sled when it is uncrated and immediately hung on a scale... why? I have no idea why anyone would want to know that weight but thats what people are wondering constantly on this site so to each their own. I would however want to compare sleds with fuel and oil topped off to get a ready to ride weight from the "factory" regardless of what size fuel or oil tank they have on them. Whatever comes from factory is what is believed to be the best from the manufacturer so if they want to put a 15 gallon tank on it stock it will be heavier when full. GET IT NOW???

 

[friscospices.com]

We need snow!

 

[milehighassassin]

Im not going to weigh my sled cuz i dont really give a chit what it weighs! Ive never ran my sled completely out of fuel or oil. I guess its "my bad" for calling it dry weight. I would consider the dry weight to be the weight of the sled when it is uncrated and immediately hung on a scale... why? I have no idea why anyone would want to know that weight but thats what people are wondering constantly on this site so to each their own. I would however want to compare sleds with fuel and oil topped off to get a ready to ride weight from the "factory" regardless of what size fuel or oil tank they have on them. Whatever comes from factory is what is believed to be the best from the manufacturer so if they want to put a 15 gallon tank on it stock it will be heavier when full. GET IT NOW???

But sleds hold different amounts of fuel and oil. You really should weigh them with say 1/2 gallon of oil and say 5 gallons of fuel. If a sled holds two more gallons of fuel that could be 15 lbs alone.


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[chunkysoup]

Im not saying everyone cant do that but to get a true ready to ride weight from every manufacturer you would have to weigh each sled full of fuel and oil regardless of what size fuel tank the manufacturer installs on the sled. Im not gonna fill my sled 3/4 full of fuel because thats all my buddy has in his sled. That doesnt make sense.

 

[veritascs]

Im not saying everyone cant do that but to get a true ready to ride weight from every manufacturer you would have to weigh each sled full of fuel and oil regardless of what size fuel tank the manufacturer installs on the sled. Im not gonna fill my sled 3/4 full of fuel because thats all my buddy has in his sled. That doesnt make sense.

I agree, weigh them full regardless of tank size. ****, doesn't the poo have a bigger tank? Might help the cat's image.

 

[NapaMatt]

Its Pretty hard to ride a sled.. With out ANY oil or Gas.!!!! Or oil in Shocks!

Let get weights with Full of All Fluids!!

Everyone Reading this.. Should be agree that the Polaris Pro Is the Lightest Sled!

This is the Pro Section!!

 

[snowmobiler]

be careful filling your poo full of gas.you might bend a tunnel.

 

[chunkysoup]

be careful filling your poo full of gas.you might bend a tunnel.

that doesnt happen on poos but that is the exact reason the fuel tank is smaller on the xp.

 

[backcountryislife]

Everyone Reading this.. Should be agree that the Polaris Pro Is the Lightest Sled!

Pftt... was that even in DOUBT??? Heck even the boys bleeding green aren't delusional enough to think that the cat is anywhere NEAR the weight of the poo!!!


full of fluids, whatever that may be. The poo has a bigger tank (another way cat screwed us, smaller gas tank) and the cat has a 12 gallon oil reservoir (seems like it anyhow... it's FRIGGIN HUGE!!!!) each one has a penalty... weigh them full.

Sounds like the cat is 565, and the poo is 535, guess we save a couple lbs (YAAAY cat) when we fill them up, but I have yet to see those two figures on the same scale.

 

[Teth-Air]

I wandered into this thread just to see if there is anything new on the poo side of things because I own a 2010 Poo rmk and a 2011 Summit e-tec 154x and need to decide what to have in the trailer for future. So i will get ripped for not reporting RTR weights but my e-tec was full of oil and had 2 bars on the guage when I picked it up last year (about 20-25% of the 40 litres it holds) It was 505 lbs on a good quality scale. The thing is my 16 yr old kid rides the poo and uses close to double the fuel I use and its a 700 when mines an 800. I would only fill my tank 1/2 way for my RTR weight but the kid has run out several times and we just dump gas out of mine.

 

[lars53]

Seriously guys....when is someone going to fill ALL 4 brands of sleds FULL with ALL fluids/fuel...BONE STOCK, no accessories or lightweight parts....and weigh the friggin' things???? Is it really that difficult??

Dry weights, partially full of fluids/fuel weights, mean absolutely nothing.

Cheers!

I did. note the 2011 poo 800 is an rmk http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=280577

 

[milehighassassin]

So we agree the cat guys have smaller tanks. If they have to strap on a spare fuel tank on the back to go as far as the poo guys maybe we should require them to weigh with that spare tank?

Make sense? That is why I suggested weighing with a set amount of fuel and oil.

Of course if we go with that thinking I guess we'll make the doo guys carry 4 extra belts when they weigh!



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[Timbre]

be careful filling your poo full of gas.you might bend a tunnel.

Wait a second....I thought it was Gramma that bent the tunnel? lol

 

[Timbre]

So we agree the cat guys have smaller tanks. If they have to strap on a spare fuel tank on the back to go as far as the poo guys maybe we should require them to weigh with that spare tank?

Make sense? That is why I suggested weighing with a set amount of fuel and oil.

Of course if we go with that thinking I guess we'll make the doo guys carry 4 extra belts when they weigh!



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Great Point! Never thought of it that way. Dry weights are meaningless in my opinion, and when each Mfg uses different sizes of tanks (oil and gas), it is hard to compare RTR weights. It would still be nice to know what each one weighs FULL and RTR though.

THE SOLUTION: Get a weight, like you suggest, with set amounts of fuel, oil, etc in each brand of sled, as this would be the most "fair" way to accurately compare them.

Then get another weight with ALL fluids completely topped off...ready to ride...noting the different sizes of tanks on each brand. That would solve the whole problem.

Cheers!