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Best MacGyver moment while snowmobiling.
- Have you or anyone you know got out of a pinch while riding by using MacGyver like improvisation?
started by TRICKPaint
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October 28th 2009 at 6:46 PM
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TRICKPaint
Paint that's good for your cranium
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2511 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: May 25th 2006
Location: Mount Vernon, OH, USA
Current Sled: '05 Renegade 600 HO-SDI
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I have not had such a moment so interesting to mention myself but I'm sure a few of you have some good stories:)
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October 28th 2009 at 6:49 PM
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440_jag
450 horse ditch bannger
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1488 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: July 30th 2007
Location: Galesville, wisconsin, USA
Current Sled: 2002 zr 500 cce
2008-2009 Miles: 500
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Broke a brake lever and had to put it back together with glue and pieces of metal i found lol
2002 Zr 500 CCE
D&D pipe ported polished y 6 inch riser Acerbis Handguards Chrome winshield Pro-glider Rack Rsi pad Ripped graphics Fox snow pro shocks clickers
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October 28th 2009 at 7:03 PM
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formula700
HORSEPOWER: If it doesn't scare you, you don't have enough!!!
formula700 just orderd a sf shirt and some stickers!!:).
Updated Yesterday at 10:07 PM
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232 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: September 24th 2008
Location: sudbury, ontario, Canada
Current Sled: 1999 formula 3 700
2008-2009 Miles: None
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broke a rear shock, a log did the trick
1999 formula 3 700:
mbrp can
epi clutch kit
tinted tail light
custom headlight
de badged
slydog ski's
member of the mbrp4life a.k.a sledcrusher fan club!
03 suzuki ltz 400, mostley stock
1998 dodge dakota club cab
full sterio
tinted
3.9 swap to 5.9
air freshioner
black fuzzy dice
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October 28th 2009 at 7:07 PM
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polaris91
117 racing
polaris91 ugh.
Updated Tuesday at 8:30 PM
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3646 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: March 9th 2006
Location: bridgeport, new york, USA
Current Sled: 1991 indymod/2005 xcsp600
2008-2009 Miles: 2900
2009-2010 Miles: grass!?
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my dad was tellin me a story last winter when they were riding up at my camp on the rr tracks and they had a newby to the tracks with them (abandoned tracks you ride down the center of them) and he went over too far and hit a connector which in result bent his trailing arm up into an upside down v and rather that leave it and ride out with what was still attached he stepped on it and snapped it so in order to repair it good enough to ride out my dad snapped off a tree branch and with a rock he hammered the branch into the arm on both sides then they held it all together with a bunch of tie wire lol
1990 indy trail bored.20over, ported and polished, cluched and geared, chaincase/brakes/jackshaft from 93 xlt, headlight cover, teather, some custom painting, black skid plate, blue running board trim, fox shocks, blue/gray powermadd handguards, 2 in powermadd riser, fly bars/barpad,blue leds(underglow),1 in lug track, teather mount from a 96xcr440,blue guage bulbs, blue c&as, xtra 10 rear, and edge seat and tank.
2005 xcsp 600,chrome windy,stripped decals,3.5 inch rox riser,white powermadd handguards,white c&a ultra 3 skis 6in shapers,camoplast cobra,slp can,fly bars/barpad,xeon headlight bulbs,rsi barhooks,odi grips,light blue clutch spring,slp vents,black headlight cover,billet wheels,rydefx clicker,
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October 28th 2009 at 7:08 PM
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v-maxsledder
Senior Member
v-maxsledder My dad is the man!!
Updated Thursday at 9:53 PM
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2869 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: July 12th 2006
Location: esko, minnesota, USA
Current Sled: 6 hundo sno pro
2008-2009 Miles: 250-350
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Broke a throttle lever, fixed with duct tape and a stick.
Seat mounts came undone and seat fell off and wouldn't stay on, duct taped it on.
Headlights came unwired to the point that I couldn't fix it in the dark at -20 so I stopped at a gas station bought a flash light and taped it on my helmet.
Owning a race sled is like having a totally hot girlfriend..... All of your friends want to see it, feel it and check it out..... They all want to know what it is like to ride it, but if they only knew how much time and money it takes to keep one up, they would call you a fool!
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October 28th 2009 at 7:59 PM
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formula700
HORSEPOWER: If it doesn't scare you, you don't have enough!!!
formula700 just orderd a sf shirt and some stickers!!:).
Updated Yesterday at 10:07 PM
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232 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: September 24th 2008
Location: sudbury, ontario, Canada
Current Sled: 1999 formula 3 700
2008-2009 Miles: None
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Quote originally posted by v-maxsledder
Headlights came unwired to the point that I couldn't fix it in the dark at -20 so I stopped at a gas station bought a flash light and taped it on my helmet.
LMFAO!! thad be funny to see somone going down the trail like that haha
1999 formula 3 700:
mbrp can
epi clutch kit
tinted tail light
custom headlight
de badged
slydog ski's
member of the mbrp4life a.k.a sledcrusher fan club!
03 suzuki ltz 400, mostley stock
1998 dodge dakota club cab
full sterio
tinted
3.9 swap to 5.9
air freshioner
black fuzzy dice
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October 28th 2009 at 8:30 PM
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nhrider
Junior Member
nhrider Looking at an 06 Fusion 600 on Sunday morning!
Updated Thursday at 7:57 PM
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116 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: August 22nd 2009
Location: Salem, New Hampshire, USA
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Not very creative... but my dad a few years ago dropped the oil cap to his srx under the motor. He couldn't reach it so he used a cork to plug the hole.
Current Toys:
1998 Polaris Ultra 680 - 2 inch bar riser, Powermadd handguards
1989 Polaris Classic 500 - Comet Clutch
1989 Polaris Indy 500 - Parting Out
2008 Honda 50 - Pro Taper bars
Past Toys:
2003 Polaris Edge xc 340 - Cobra Windsheild
1998 Yamaha srx 700 triple - sold
1996 Yamaha V-Max - smashed, fixed, blew up, junked
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October 28th 2009 at 8:49 PM
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TRICKPaint
Paint that's good for your cranium
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2511 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: May 25th 2006
Location: Mount Vernon, OH, USA
Current Sled: '05 Renegade 600 HO-SDI
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Quote originally posted by v-maxsledder
Broke a throttle lever, fixed with duct tape and a stick.
Seat mounts came undone and seat fell off and wouldn't stay on, duct taped it on.
Headlights came unwired to the point that I couldn't fix it in the dark at -20 so I stopped at a gas station bought a flash light and taped it on my helmet.
Hahahah... I really like the MacGyver headlight.
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October 28th 2009 at 8:57 PM
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zecow224
Junior Member
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219 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: June 21st 2009
Location: appleton, wisconsin, USA
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Ive done the flash light on helmet thing only with a 10000 watt shinning light while i bicked back from my girlfriends at 11 o clock. and then again on lake winnibago cause i can see farther ahead with it.
Kirby is my idol
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October 28th 2009 at 9:06 PM
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tughillboy
tughillboy
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213 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: July 13th 2009
Location: albany, ny, USA
Current Sled: 06 fusion 600
2008-2009 Miles: 1500+
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My dad has this one friend we call "moose" he doesnt snowmobile anymore because he has had to many injuries. I have heard so many stories about when they were younger. One i remeber is the time when they were in a bar and looked outside and he was in the road doing donuts for like 10 minutes and then the track flew off. They then straped the back of that sled with no track to the seat of a working snowmobile and went back 30 miles around midnight. Another time he barrel rolled his sled and the ski popped off and somehow they rode like 80 miles back but i dont remeber how. He also used to do hilclimbs right until he couldnt go further and let his sled roll down the hill just like the movies. There are many more stories i cant think of maybe i will ask my dad later.
06 polaris fusion 600 h.o
02 polaris 550 fan FOR SALE!!!!
87 yamaha bravo
dads sled= 05 polaris 900
moms sled= 04 polaris xcsp 600
moms atv=polaris sportsman 500
dads atc= 1986 honda 200s
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October 28th 2009 at 9:22 PM
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arcticcatmatt
Spleen Splitter
arcticcatmatt leaving after work for 3 days of shotgun season back home!
Updated Yesterday at 12:16 PM
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14005 Posts 
Group: Moderators
Member Since: November 25th 2001
Location: Berkshire, NY, USA
Current Sled: 96/97 ZRT 600
2008-2009 Miles: 450
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Recoil broke.. used my belt around the clutch to start it.
Low on antifreeze and overheat.. kept putting snow in it
Ski pivot holes wore out and I had to ride so I filled them with JB weld and redrilled, held up perfect for that ride, even did a thread on here about it and took a poll on weather or not it would last for a ride
Bolt in rear skid broke so my spring was going into my track, sled would not move. I put a shoulder bolt in a different hole just to keep the spring off the track and rode it home.
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October 28th 2009 at 10:43 PM
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zecow224
Junior Member
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219 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: June 21st 2009
Location: appleton, wisconsin, USA
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sounds like a good time, funniest thing i have ever seen was seeing 12 grown men trying to get a snowmobile unstuck from a 4 foot snow bank, if i remember correctly it took a 12 foot long log to un lodge it.
Kirby is my idol
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October 28th 2009 at 10:54 PM
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The_Mad_Warrior
Gate Attendant
The_Mad_Warrior is a laid off bum.
Updated Wednesday at 9:59 PM
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1457 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 2nd 2006
Location: Madawaska, Ontario, Canada
Current Sled: 1997 MXZ 670
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Tow rope to start my MXZ when the pullcord assembly broke (~lots of swear~)
If you cant fix it with duct tape, tylnol, or band aids your screwed.
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October 28th 2009 at 11:01 PM
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zecow224
Junior Member
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219 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: June 21st 2009
Location: appleton, wisconsin, USA
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Nice, how did that work.
Kirby is my idol
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October 28th 2009 at 11:22 PM
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srx_600
www.snowmobilehotspots.com
srx_600 if its gonna be this warm i would rather have it be summer...
Updated Thursday at 8:28 PM
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2295 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: April 29th 2007
Location: South Dakota, USA
Current Sled: 2003 RMK 700 151
2008-2009 Miles: 1200
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Blew my motor on my SRX and went into the woods, found 3 stumps about the same size as the jugs, whittled them out to the correct size. Then went and found some rocks and made pistons out of them. Used more whittled stumps as the head and had some D batteries i made a spark plug.
But seriously had a carbide broke and it was bent down. We only had small wrenches and none were the right size to just remove it so we went and found a couple sticks, wire and used another sled to bend it back up and eventually break it off so it at least wasnt trying to dig a trench into the ground.
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October 29th 2009 at 6:55 AM
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Luke
Snowmofile
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903 Posts 
Group: Members
Member Since: November 27th 2005
Location: Rotterdam, NY, USA
Current Sled: 1998 XC 700
2008-2009 Miles: 410
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Broke a limiter strap and fixed it with a piece of ratchet strap on the side of the trail, lasted the rest of the season.
Broke my oil pump cable right at the pump. Idled engine with fuel shut off and holding the oil pump lever as if the casbs were at wot, till carbs were ermpty. Dumped some oil into the tank, tried for a 40:1 ratio. Pulled till it srarted back up running premix, and rode the 10 miles back to camp then went and got a new cable.
1998 XC 700
SLP pipe, boost bottle, power packs, VForce, clutched, Ripsaw 1.25, M-10 susp, 2 in riser, handlebar hooks, third testicle, and good brakes.
"I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Alva Edison
Amsoil dealer
http://www.galushascottages.com
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October 29th 2009 at 7:36 AM
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MX86
Powder Rider
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1640 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: March 1st 2007
Location: Nashwauk, Minnesota, USA
Current Sled: 1999 polaris 700 SKS mod
2008-2009 Miles: not enough
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Ole man broke one of the axels on the trailer coming home from michigan, 17 tie downs, 2 rolls of duct tape and JB weld later, axel was strong enough to finish the trip home
2006 Yamaha YZ250
KYB SSS Suspension w/ Race Tech G2 gold Valve, ASV F3 levers, Tag Metals Triple clamp w/Pro Taper Bars, IMS Pro Series Pegs, Motion Pro Twist Throttle Assembly, VF3 Reeds
Thanks to my newest 09 Sponsors:
Gravity Worx Racing
Duner Central
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October 29th 2009 at 8:17 AM
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TRICKPaint
Paint that's good for your cranium
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2511 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: May 25th 2006
Location: Mount Vernon, OH, USA
Current Sled: '05 Renegade 600 HO-SDI
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Quote originally posted by Luke
Broke a limiter strap and fixed it with a piece of ratchet strap on the side of the trail, lasted the rest of the season.
Broke my oil pump cable right at the pump. Idled engine with fuel shut off and holding the oil pump lever as if the casbs were at wot, till carbs were ermpty. Dumped some oil into the tank, tried for a 40:1 ratio. Pulled till it srarted back up running premix, and rode the 10 miles back to camp then went and got a new cable.
That was pretty smart to make the pre-mix!
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October 29th 2009 at 8:35 AM
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sledcrusher
Junior Member
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371 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: August 10th 2009
Location: Maine, USA
Current Sled: 2003 Rev 600
2008-2009 Miles: 1400
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My friend rolled his sled, and most of his throttle cable snapped ( but still had an inch or so of throttle left ), so we went to the closest store, and got a popsicle ( so we could use the stick ), and also got some gorilla glue and duct tape. Worked like a charm.
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October 29th 2009 at 8:53 AM
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Zippi
Average Member
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537 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: November 7th 2005
Location: Groton, NY, USA
2008-2009 Miles: 1300
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broke a tie rod once, duct taped a stick from ski loop to ski loop to ride it home.
Threw a stud through the cooler, coolant was coming out but not really fast. Hammered down until it got hot, pulled over and took a leak in the bottle. Went until it got hot again, used my glove to get water out of a nearby creek.
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October 29th 2009 at 10:59 AM
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msh93xlt
I need snow........
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218 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: December 7th 2007
Location: Gaylord, MI, USA
Current Sled: 93' Polaris INDY XLT SP
2008-2009 Miles: 950
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My brother and I broke a leaf spring shackle and mount on the snowmobile trailer going down H-58 between Grand Marais and Munising, MI. I'm sure some of you know just how remote that area is.....
We unloaded the trailer, went for about a 3 hour ride, all the while thinking about what to do.
When we got back I cut a piece of an Oak tree that was about 3 inches in diameter and 4-5 inches long, put the trailer up on it's side and duct tapped the sh*t out of it to the spring and what was left of the mount. It worked so good we finished our drive all the way to Big Bay where a friend welded up the trailer!
I make sure to always have a full roll of that gray miracle tape in all my vehicles! Gotta love it!
My toys.......
93' Polaris Indy XLT Special (Upgraded Suspension)
79' Ski-Doo Everest 440
87' Chevy K5 Blazer Woods beater/plow truck
02' Ford F250 Super Duty Lariat Crew Cab
03' Ford Explorer (Wifes)
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October 29th 2009 at 12:46 PM
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deeppowder
Starting Member
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20 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: February 18th 2007
Location: Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
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Was riding back in the mountains a few years ago and the the handlebar mounting plate broke off of the steering column. We pounded the small end of the spark plug wrench through the plate and down the steering column tube. It didn't fit very tight so we hammered in a socket that was big enough to expand the spark plug tool up to get a tight fit in the tube and then put a hose clamp around it. Made the rest of the day and out to the trucks.
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October 29th 2009 at 4:26 PM
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JONESIE
SLED IS BOTTLE FED
JONESIE Too dam busy for my own good.
Updated Monday at 12:14 PM
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1252 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: March 8th 2004
Location: winnipeg, manitoba, Canada
Current Sled: 04 700 switchback mod
2008-2009 Miles: 643
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Dads leaf spring broke on his 2place trailer 1400km from home in the middle of nowhere after a week of back woods sledding. Simple fix. jackked up said trailer after unloading both bearcats and about 1000lbs of gear. walked in to the woods found a 8" or so diameter tree cut down with a hand saw and then cut it to length and nothced it out so would sit over top of the trailer axle and keep the tires from rubbing, strapped it down using zip ties and tape. took off the other leaf spring and then loaded back up and continued home. Total time to fix 25mins. he used the trailer like that about 3 or 4 more times and eventually converted it to a dual axle setup.
04 700 switchback clutched, aatacc, slp big air kit, sportech hand gaurds, boyseen reeds, c&a pro xt with 6" carbide, 8" big wheel kit, slp cheater head, full slp pipe setup, black belly pan, walker evans clicker shocks, 1.5 camoplast cross country track, ported cylinder, and boss noss 30-40hp kit.
FOR SALE PM FOR DETAIL
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October 30th 2009 at 9:21 PM
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PolarisBoy1996
Hard Core Sled Lover
PolarisBoy1996 Got my handguards, mounts, and extensions in the mail today. Just finished putting them on, hope they work good!
Updated Thursday at 3:44 PM
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290 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: September 20th 2009
Location: Bright's Grove, Ontario, Canada
Current Sled: 95' Polaris Indy Starlite
2008-2009 Miles: 50
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My dad's friend was riding my brother's XLT and came around a corner and hooked the trailing arm on a small stump which ripped it right out from the side of the sled. A small wrench and a roll of duct tape later they were back on the trail for the rest of the weekend, my brother wasn't too happy when his sled showed back up with the trailing arm duct taped to the side. LOL
It's not what you drive, It's what drives you!
Pain is just weakness leaving the body!
Current Sleds:
1995 Polaris Indy Starlite 250 - Mine
2001 Polaris XCF SP 440 - Dad's
1995 Polaris Indy XLT Special 600 Mod - Brother's
Past Sleds:
2001 Polaris XCSP 600 w/modded out 2003 Polaris ProX 600 motor - Dad's
1998 Ski-Doo Formula 380 - Mom's First
2003 Polaris ProX 600 - Mom's Second
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October 30th 2009 at 9:42 PM
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will_5
A.T.A.C.
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751 Posts
Group: Members
Member Since: May 20th 2008
Location: Northwest Alaska, USA
Current Sled: 2003 F7
2008-2009 Miles: 1000
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I know a few people probably have done this but, my seat mount broke so I threw the seat back on, rode back to town and dropped it off..and went back out for more(seatless).  Almost did a front flip off of a snow drift and when I landed I bent my steering post forward, so I pulled it back towards me as hard as I could and kept goin'.  Had to get a new post of course after that though.
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