Towing a snow bike

[upfront719]

How do you guys tow your broke or wrecked bike out of the woods???

I'm just trying to plan ahead, as I'm sure I will need to be towed out a few times. I'm thinking I will need a big sled or something so we can lay the bike on it's side and tow it out???

Thanks,

Ryan

 

[tomk]

I left mine went and got parts and fixed it in the woods

 

[off road rider]

Unfortunately, I have had to much practice at this
1st find a sled to tow ya out, I have done it with another bike, but very much a pain.
Tie the rope off to the frame between the forks at the lowest point poss. If you have something wrong with the track and it wont turn or your in deep snow, use a plastic toboggan and sit the track on it.
Hang on and go for a ride.

 

[Ausm7499]

I have used my MH to tow out a blown up MH but that was on a groomed road and it wasn't much fun but was doable. We used a couple tie downs and hooked from my tunnel sides to the lower triple clamp, luckily we only made it about 3 miles from the pickup before he burned it down. I have also been on the other end of a tow rope and it didn't work out we had to bring parts in to get me up and running. I broke down in the backcountry with no easy way out and using a sled to tow with it was no feasible unless we were on flat ground. If you break down in the backcountry your best option is to bring parts back with you.

 

[Rush44]

Easy, call a chopper.

 

[SLDHVN]

If you have a broken part that is easily fixable- go get parts and come back, but you have to figure out how to double up on another snowbike(unless your with sleds).

If the snowbike is pretty beat up, tak it apart and tow it home behind/on a snowmobile.

If your in a bad spot...get a ride!

 

[Ausm7499]

If you have a broken part that is easily fixable- go get parts and come back, but you have to figure out how to double up on another snowbike(unless your with sleds).

If the snowbike is pretty beat up, tak it apart and tow it home behind/on a snowmobile.

If your in a bad spot...get a ride!

Ouch hope I never have to resort to any of those options shown in the pictures. Would have to be pretty bad before I called a chopper.

 

[upfront719]

I need to get one of those choppers.....

 

[Rush44]

$500 to save a $13,000 machine sounds like a deal to me.

GET TO DA CHOPPA!

 

[SLDHVN]

haha, sh*t happens.

the tow out was due to an injury and the bike was basically totalled IMO. luckily the rider is making a full recovery.

the mountainhorse life flight was in a nasty spot and we didnt have much daylight left, and due to the terrain we were in there wasnt much chance of a double up scenario. we split 400 bucks for the flight and got the bike and rider out without worrying our families(we were prepared to spend the night if needed or work all night trying to get out).


We have put the t-sled kits and our bikes through their paces, i am very pleased with them and the bikes we ride. there is nothing like having the thought of a breakdown in the back of your mind all day, that thought is pretty much gone now. you live and learn, these bikes dont take much maintenance, and its easy to do.

 

[Revv Up]

A few of us talked a bit late last season about building a rescue sled from a piece of scaffold planking I have kicking around, some ski's and a hitch....any sled should be able to haul out a broken unit.

We perfected doubling out on one machine last year, not a whole lot of fun.

 

[Shanahan7B]

conditions and systems

I am wondering what kind of conditions are breaking these bikes and which systems people are having these issues with. We haven't' had to tow or take apart a FM bike out yet only been around 1 year but have raced on dirt tracks etc and always drive off under our own power. I would like to figure out the problem is we can continue to build a great product and the customer never experience this.

I have seen several other units break off and towed them out before we built our unit and am wondering if it is just abuse or what exactly...

 

[SLDHVN]

I am wondering what kind of conditions are breaking these bikes and which systems people are having these issues with. We haven't' had to tow or take apart a FM bike out yet only been around 1 year but have raced on dirt tracks etc and always drive off under our own power. I would like to figure out the problem is we can continue to build a great product and the customer never experience this.

I have seen several other units break off and towed them out before we built our unit and am wondering if it is just abuse or what exactly...

of the times we had to tow/get a bike out it has not been the kits fault

 

[off road rider]

We've blown motors and trannys. twisted a two moto rail from a stump.
Then theres the hawk.. damn, I dont even want to go there..
towed that about 15 miles with another hawk. at night. Thank god for friends