I can't believe I'm doing this, but I have put the sleds up for sale and am getting out of the sport that I have loved for more than 25 years! This has been a very tough decision and one I have been contemplating for some time. There are so many reasons, but just to list a few = 3 small kids, a teaching and coaching job that doesn't pay all that well, it's a very pricey hobby, avalanches are starting to spook me more and more, and just an overall hard time justifying it! Please tell me that I am not the only one going through this? I would love to pick it up again later on in life, but it will be hard financially getting started again. I have been reading this website for the past 5 or 6 years, there is a lot of great stuff on here and I really appreciate all the info I have learned and all the great people in this fantastic sport! Any pointers for selling the sleds and also what I might ask for them. Both Polarises - 2006 RMK 900 166" 750 miles, awesome shape with all the updates and a few extras. 2000 RMK 700 136" 4700 miles (wife's sled) sled is in good shape with a few extras on it. Any suggestions on price would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for listening and STAY SAFE OUT THERE!
Tough decision for me!!!
- Thread starter poordude
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you won;t get yer money out of it so just keep them...if ya have to slow down then do it...but at least you will still have them if the urge hits ya a few time a year..little trips with the family..fire..hotdogs...gee the two sleds are valuable assets..at least keep one with a good toboggan for fun on a trail or two...???
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crimsonride
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, don't do it.... you'll regret it forever. Just think of all the times you'll be reading this forum thinking about how you sold your sleds.
Ditto on what Poordude said.
Ditto on what Poordude said.
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DVarmit
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Dad getting the sleds out to take us for a ride around the house. Priceless!
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sodfarmer
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I remember in ~1990 my dad coming home from one of his last rides before he got out of sledding for 12 or so years. He had just gone to Island Park and rode a brand new Indy 500. He was telling me how fun a sled it was and it would go anywhere. I remember the look of sadness in his eyes when he said I would son, but I just don't have the money. It had never occurred to me until then that the reason we had a 1980 Kawasaki Invader and a 80's Motoski was we didn't have the money. We didn't lack for anything else so I thought we could afford it.
Fast forward 20 years. I have 3 small kids and we choose to have my wife stay at home. I now understand what my dad was going through. I wonder if in the future if I might not have to do the same thing my dad did. I hope not, but if I must I will. My family is the most important thing.
You are doing what you must, but it still stinks.
Fast forward 20 years. I have 3 small kids and we choose to have my wife stay at home. I now understand what my dad was going through. I wonder if in the future if I might not have to do the same thing my dad did. I hope not, but if I must I will. My family is the most important thing.
You are doing what you must, but it still stinks.
If their paid for don't sell them. Even if you only ride once or twice a year it won't be long and the kids will be begging to go for a ride. Getting back into it later will be a lot harder than just keepnig the old iron.
Don't worry too much about it! Sell those sleds so you can get some money now before they are too outdated. Some day you may get back into sleddin' when it works for you and your family. By then the sleds will be even better and you'll have a blast. Maybe even riding with your kids and they'll be teaching you!
No, say it ain't so poordude! I agree with F/A. I can't really do anything else because of it (very expensive) but we all choose our own poison. Best of luck on your tough decision. Hope we can convince you to stay involved.
I am a sled addict like many of the guys on here. BUT, I've seriously thought about selling out as well for a couple of reasons.. Physically, I just can't take it anymore. I'm not one to just put-put down the trail or on the lake. I have to be bouncing off of trees, digging out of a deep slope that I've gotten stuck on, or climbing a hill that I have no business being on. It is really taking its toll on my body. Financial is another reason. I flat out have too many hobbies, ie "toys". Sleds, boats, a plane, old cars, motorcycles... It is really hard to spread my money around, and I think that it is time to narrow down the field so to speak to only a couple hobbies. My problem, is that I have two kids that LOVE sledding. I feel that if I sell the current stable of sleds (down to five this year, from ten last year!), I'm afraid that I am taking a small part of their childhood and happy memories away from them. Some of my most vivid memories as a kid is from when I was eight or nine, riding around the neighborhood with all of my friends on an old '75 Evinrude 440 Skimmer. I don't want to take those kind of memories away from my kids. So I completely understand where you are coming from...
For me, it's gonna happen. Maybe not this year, but pretty soon. I think that I have maybe three or four good years of riding left, and then I will be done.
For me, it's gonna happen. Maybe not this year, but pretty soon. I think that I have maybe three or four good years of riding left, and then I will be done.
If you end up selling and still want to make a trip each year you can always rent,not the same as having your own iron but an easy way to get out once a year. I did it for a few years until I was in a position to buy one. Keep your ride gear and tuck a few bucks away each payday and spoil yourself once a year till you can get back into it.
Agreed. If they are paid for then they aren't costing you any $ just to have. Getting back in later will be expensive for sure! This is an exceptionally bad year for avy's, be aware and use your head and you'll be fine.
Even the occasional ride down the trail or rip around the field with the kids will probably make having the sleds worth it.
Not even close to being true........you sell a 900rmk now for $5000 or hold it for 3 years and sell it for $2500. If you didn't ride at all it cost you $2500 on top of registration, gear, etc. I'd sell it and get back in when you want to if you really aren't gonna ride. This sport has changed a lot from the days where sleds were $3k new and you didn't do anything to them except ride!!!
I love riding and had a similar decision to work through and in the end had to sell my wife and son's sleds because they really didn't ride that much and were happy either way. Me, I gotta ride in the winter or end up in a padded room!
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Need to know what I can ask for them?
Thanks for all the words from all of you. But, I still need some help in knowing what to ask for them? The descriptions are in my original post. I need a starting point to know what their worth. Both are great sleds, but the money I get from selling them could be used a 1,000 other places for the family - thanks for your help!
Thanks for all the words from all of you. But, I still need some help in knowing what to ask for them? The descriptions are in my original post. I need a starting point to know what their worth. Both are great sleds, but the money I get from selling them could be used a 1,000 other places for the family - thanks for your help!
I quit for a few years and ended up back to it. I am sure a needed break will do you well. I have considered how long I can survive this hobby/sport and have determined that I will let old age take me out of it providing a accident doesnt do it first. I dont really think I will be riding much into my 50's so that will be my cut off date. Till then we will see you up on the mountain when you get back into it in a few.
4500 for the 900 and 2k for the other. Good starting point.
I'm thinking around the area of 5500 for your 06, and 1000 to 1500 on your 00RMK. The problem is that 900 has such a stigma with it, they aren't going for much (or what they are probably worth). And the other one has high miles. Good luck my friend. And kudos to you for puting family first, as hard as it may have been to come to this decision.
I had to quit riding when I started having kids.(1984) I started again in 1995 when I could afford it again. I lived through it and so will you. Family first - way to go.
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MNSLEDNECK56308
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Sell the 900, keep the other one just for joy rides with the kids if you are able to ride from your door. If that isn't an option sell them both!
Good point, I was thinking more along the lines of keeping the sled in the long run.
