Short Track Sidehilling Compared to Long track

[ippielb]

I have a question to those who have done both, which is easier to side hill, a short track or a long track, I have a snopro 440 sled just rebuilt it and man is it easy to side hill, i have yet to take my firecat 153 out in powder, and am wondering how it would compare to my snopro 440. I was sidehilling a ditch today with around 9" of softer snow, not powder in any means, but heavy wet snow.

Basically what i'm asking is the long track more stable? More forgiving? Since the long track will be sidehilling in powder compared to this little bit i have with the short track.

 

[suva]

Going from a 136 to a 156 made sidehills sooo much easier to hold.

 

[Pownar]

The shorter track tends to wash out easier.

 

[ippielb]

Good to know, good practice on my 440 then, not much we can side hill on the prairies buy I try my best to try and side hill on as much as I can, it's pretty fun. Just can't seem to get the hang of carving and side hilling on the left side?just don't have the balance as much.

 

[Demo250]

Good to know, good practice on my 440 then, not much we can side hill on the prairies buy I try my best to try and side hill on as much as I can, it's pretty fun. Just can't seem to get the hang of carving and side hilling on the left side?just don't have the balance as much.

That's pretty much the opposite of most people I think. Most people seem to really struggle with the right side.

 

[ippielb]

I don't know why it's like that for me, broke my collar bone on my left side so that might have something to do with it, I tend to be a little secure about that side. Any tips for left side?

 

[suva]

I don't know why it's like that for me, broke my collar bone on my left side so that might have something to do with it, I tend to be a little secure about that side. Any tips for left side?

If you're using a mountain bar, stop. Other than that, practice, practice, practice!

 

[jpgmtech]

Good to know, good practice on my 440 then, not much we can side hill on the prairies buy I try my best to try and side hill on as much as I can, it's pretty fun. Just can't seem to get the hang of carving and side hilling on the left side?just don't have the balance as much.

Yep, practice!!! When you get into more snow, things will change a bit, you may find yourself steering out of the hill too. But that depends alot on the conditions and the sled.

 

[Himark]

Short will wash out easier. Best thing for practice is to carve up meadows at SLOW speeds then raise speed and lower it while carving and turning. This will improve your balance and let you know your sled better for when you need to gas it as required when in the side hill. As for which side is better just practice and be profeciant at BOTH. BUT, sleds will perform better in a LH carve to keep exhuast out of the deep. Take any sled and choke it down in the deep for very long and you will start to lose power. I guess with the exception of a tunnel dump sled that is.