Sled blew up in a hole, Who has used helicopter recovery?

[Scott]

A buddy of mine sled is currently high in the mountains with a blown motor. We have tried pulling it with multiple turboed sleds to get it out of the hole it is in with no success. We tried come-a-longs, and putting the track on slides every and any thing we could think of just short of lighting it on fire and walking away.

My question is who do I call for a helicopter retrieval to pluck this thing out of its predicament? Also will insurance cover this sort of thing?

SW Montana.

Did you try a capstain winch? They are like a chainsaw. My Dad bought it to drag his sled up out of a hole one year and we've gotten our money's worth several times since. We've hauled SEVERAL elk out of deep holes.

 

[bnorth]

Yup could do a chainsaw winch.

 

[seanc]

came here to post chainsaw winch.

 

[rookie23]

X2 on the capstain (sp?) winch...pulled in elk camp with one in the dirt...and elk outta some holes with it

 

[carlc]

Yep. Chainsaw winch and a few hundred feet of rope and you could pull it up a cliff

 

[ATVPT]

well week two and the sled is still there the only reason I have not yanked to motor out on the hill is because its a nytro with a turbo and the tools and fluids and man hours to do a successful rebuild on the hill are more time than I have with only sundays off. I love my buddy but I used to make a career out of building custom show sleds and I am not willing to dismantle his sled on the hill. We contacted Rocky Mountain Rotors and these guys are more slippery to nail down a price to go get it than a bottle of KY. They first quoted $950 and we said ok go get it, then it was $1250 because it was at 11000 feet so he needed his next size up chopper. Then yesterday the day before we were going to get it they said $1800 was as low as they could go. Still scratching our heads on the best option.

What's happening John? Where are you finding 11000' around McAlister? Do the chopper ride or call up To-Mater

 

[seanc]

Blown Sled recovery in a hole?

Reminds me of this little adventure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5rE02OGu9Rw



Some friends of mine shot that two years ago. I didn't believe them at first.

But it's an option.

thats awesome.

 

[kanedog]

So, should he anchor the chainsaw winch to a tree? A sled that is on plastic skis and a 15" wide track? Drive a bar down through 30 ft of snow? Not much choice at 11,000 ft. Waaaay above the treeline. Choppers charge by the hour, from engine start to engine stop. They don't charge for chopper on the ground when the blades aren't turning. You can calculate how much they would charge by figuring out how far from their base to your sled(google earth), use 80mph as an average speed. 3 mins for each start up and shutdown(4 total)drain your gas and remove all tools and extra weight because you don't want to pay for another chopper to come up because your sled was too heavy. This doesn't apply when you are at lower elevations but chopper performance is dramatically reduced at 11,000ft. Talk directly to the owner ask his hourly rate and offer him cash, not a cheque, not a cc, but green pieces of paper with numbers on the corners and presidents on them. Good luck!

 

[GoBigParts]

Blown Sled recovery in a hole?

Reminds me of this little adventure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5rE02OGu9Rw



Some friends of mine shot that two years ago. I didn't believe them at first.

But it's an option.

Wow. They got a lot of snow since they left it.