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AdamTBO
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Location: Upper Sinks near Bear Lake UT.
It was a beautiful day with just "enough" snow snow to rip the meadows and hills.
This happened on the way back after 6 hours of riding, couldn't see a rock just barely covered by snow. this was about 5 miles from the parking lot.
The right spindle snapped in half on impact along with the soft failure lower A arm bolt that Polaris was wise to choose for the application. In the aftermath as I was laying on the ground next to my sled trying to catch my breath I looked down the hill a piece and saw my ski next to my track and said to myself "well this is an ordeal now".
I located my broken bolt a few feet behind my sled, inserted it through the bottom of the spindle into the lower A arm (barely reached) my old friend Jon had come back for me within 10 mins of the impact, he held it it in place whilst I lashed the quadrupled 100' length of parachute chord my father had given me weeks before. we also had a single length of Fiber Fix that we used vertically. I had confidence that it would hold for the trip back to the truck. I was pleased that it did. Ice scratchers came down and i went slow. after that it made it up the trailer and back down into my garage.
I feel lucky that it wasn't an A arm or something more serious. Props to rope in general, its an amazing tool that i highly recommend. Props to Polaris engineering for cheaper failure points. From now on i will be prepared with rope and a few rolls of Fiber Fix.
Stay safe my friends, always be prepared and ride with people that respect preparation and safety.
It was a beautiful day with just "enough" snow snow to rip the meadows and hills.
This happened on the way back after 6 hours of riding, couldn't see a rock just barely covered by snow. this was about 5 miles from the parking lot.
The right spindle snapped in half on impact along with the soft failure lower A arm bolt that Polaris was wise to choose for the application. In the aftermath as I was laying on the ground next to my sled trying to catch my breath I looked down the hill a piece and saw my ski next to my track and said to myself "well this is an ordeal now".
I located my broken bolt a few feet behind my sled, inserted it through the bottom of the spindle into the lower A arm (barely reached) my old friend Jon had come back for me within 10 mins of the impact, he held it it in place whilst I lashed the quadrupled 100' length of parachute chord my father had given me weeks before. we also had a single length of Fiber Fix that we used vertically. I had confidence that it would hold for the trip back to the truck. I was pleased that it did. Ice scratchers came down and i went slow. after that it made it up the trailer and back down into my garage.
I feel lucky that it wasn't an A arm or something more serious. Props to rope in general, its an amazing tool that i highly recommend. Props to Polaris engineering for cheaper failure points. From now on i will be prepared with rope and a few rolls of Fiber Fix.
Stay safe my friends, always be prepared and ride with people that respect preparation and safety.
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Glad you made it back to the truck without too much hassle