Tree limb ski fix w/photo

[25aut6]

Went snowmobiling on sunday, things were great, dove into a huge bowl 1000 ft down, came up and out what fun, second shot I came off the road headed down, my sled took a hard left and started rolling, 5 times over barley got out of the way, my left ski broke off in front of the steering arm and dug in causing me to roll, about 300 ft off the side of the hill, tried to ride it out side hilling with the one ski, that wasnt good, we decided to duct tape a tree limb to the ski and what was left of the plastic skin, tried it again, well it veers right real good, rolled 2 more times and sled landed on top of me, My friend said I was going to have to go all the way down and come straight up the middle, I didnt want to but I did, I shot up with my skis mostly off the snow, I made it, that was not my idea of a great way to start the day, believe it or not I followed my friends the rest of the day and even did some boon dockin, yea I know crazy, ended up being a great day after all, this photo is my way of going green

:cheeky4::thumbsup:

 

[geberhard]

good idea, I would have never thought of that.

 

[Snow Flake]

Looks like a lodgepole pine. Good use for it. Kudos for continuing the ride!

 

[sp_20022006]

Good thing the tape held up, would have sucked for it to break off and you endo.

 

[keeton]

I would have tried turning the ski around but whatever works

 

[maxwellzx]

similar thing happened to me. ski was completely flat.


now it has adjustable skitips with the twist of a stick

 

[sledhead699]

i like the adjustable skitips idia you may be on to something

 

[Ex-Member]

heh; been there, wrecked that.

 

[stumpy2000]

no limits to wood in an emergency...lol

Went snowmobiling on sunday, things were great, dove into a huge bowl 1000 ft down, came up and out what fun, second shot I came off the road headed down, my sled took a hard left and started rolling, 5 times over barley got out of the way, my left ski broke off in front of the steering arm and dug in causing me to roll, about 300 ft off the side of the hill, tried to ride it out side hilling with the one ski, that wasnt good, we decided to duct tape a tree limb to the ski and what was left of the plastic skin, tried it again, well it veers right real good, rolled 2 more times and sled landed on top of me, My friend said I was going to have to go all the way down and come straight up the middle, I didnt want to but I did, I shot up with my skis mostly off the snow, I made it, that was not my idea of a great way to start the day, believe it or not I followed my friends the rest of the day and even did some boon dockin, yea I know crazy, ended up being a great day after all, this photo is my way of going green

:cheeky4::thumbsup:

i had a wheel hub disintigrate 80 miles in the bush on a logging road.about 200 feet from the parking area the hub where the studs etc push through separated from the "tube" where the bearings are mounted (nice start to the day).had to use a few ratchet straps to hold the log to the bottom of the trailer frame at the front and a couple more to hold the tire("lift block-lol")/log to the end of the axle.not anything i can recomend anyone trying but it did eventually get me to the highway and cell coverage to wait and transfer the sleds to a buddies truck as everyone else in the party had no room for the xtra machines.

 

[RYDPWDR]

U gotta friggen love trail fixes...10 minutes into our ride and my buddy bangs a rock. 2 small straps and he rode the chit out of it all day. He was bucked off many times due to the ski being sideways and it was pretty messed up by the time the day was over but he didn't sit in the truck, he rode, and that's what counts.

 

[rednecksledder]

Friend of mine last year, tried to climb a tree

 

[buck50]

there's also another branch cut off to fit INSIDE the broken trailing arm that you can't see. kept riding!!!!!!!

 

[thump426er]

yup,,,, good times.

 

[Mogul Molester]

Went snowmobiling on sunday, things were great, dove into a huge bowl 1000 ft down, came up and out what fun, second shot I came off the road headed down, my sled took a hard left and started rolling, 5 times over barley got out of the way, my left ski broke off in front of the steering arm and dug in causing me to roll, about 300 ft off the side of the hill, tried to ride it out side hilling with the one ski, that wasnt good, we decided to duct tape a tree limb to the ski and what was left of the plastic skin, tried it again, well it veers right real good, rolled 2 more times and sled landed on top of me, My friend said I was going to have to go all the way down and come straight up the middle, I didnt want to but I did, I shot up with my skis mostly off the snow, I made it, that was not my idea of a great way to start the day, believe it or not I followed my friends the rest of the day and even did some boon dockin, yea I know crazy, ended up being a great day after all, this photo is my way of going green

:cheeky4::thumbsup:

Looks like a new set of Simmons is in order