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yoopr 08-04-2007 11:17 AM


Originally Posted by Deus

Originally Posted by yoopr

Originally Posted by Snowman7

Originally Posted by yoopr
I'm 44 and I've driven (and played!) in snow all my life

LMAO

:lol: I'm stupid enough to drag a trailer thru the worst blizzard to get to the UP and play in this crap!

Nothing better than watching a guy with a $50k Suburban pulling a $10k trailer holding 4 $10k snowmobiles jacknife at 75 mph racing north on I75! I've seen it more than once! :lol:

You know I was just digging atcha about your sled brand-When you going to buy a good one?-You know-The one with the emblem of the blue North Star :P
Yeah-I see all these guys from Illinois with those trucks and snowmobile trailers running flat out with a foot of Snow on the road and ice underneath to get here :P

Yoopr you a big snowmobiler? I was thinking about buying a sled at some point. You live up in the UP right? I've only been up there in the summer on a route once. Beautiful area. If I get a sled maybe I'll have to head out there sometime.

Yep-I've been known to put on a few miles on a sled :P
Lots of GOOD and Decent used sleds up here for sale-Let me know what you're looking for-just don't buy junk like Snowman has :P

Deus 08-04-2007 11:27 AM


Originally Posted by yoopr
Yep-I've been known to put on a few miles on a sled :P
Lots of GOOD and Decent used sleds up here for sale-Let me know what you're looking for-just don't buy junk like Snowman has :P

Well I don't really know what I'd be looking for. I've never actually even been on one! Parents really weren't into that kind of thing so never did any of it when I was a child. Now I finally make enough where I can think about buying toys.

I've lived in Minnesota my entire life, bout time I start getting out in the snow. Just started skiing again last winter and am pretty excited to do it again this winter. Going to take a trip out to Colorado at some point this winter to hit the slopes.

I'm actually looking forward to winter. Working in this heat is getting old; I'm sure I'll change my mind about that though when I'm in North Dakota in the -60 wind chill delivering stuff.

Popeye 08-04-2007 11:31 AM


Originally Posted by Deus

Originally Posted by yoopr
Yep-I've been known to put on a few miles on a sled :P
Lots of GOOD and Decent used sleds up here for sale-Let me know what you're looking for-just don't buy junk like Snowman has :P

Well I don't really know what I'd be looking for. I've never actually even been on one! Parents really weren't into that kind of thing so never did any of it when I was a child. Now I finally make enough where I can think about buying toys.

I've lived in Minnesota my entire life, bout time I start getting out in the snow. Just started skiing again last winter and am pretty excited to do it again this winter. Going to take a trip out to Colorado at some point this winter to hit the slopes.

I'm actually looking forward to winter. Working in this heat is getting old; I'm sure I'll change my mind about that though when I'm in North Dakota in the -60 wind chill delivering stuff.

Personal opinion (and I think this thread has been hi-jacked) but the worst day for sledding was when Artic Cat bought out Scorpion.

Elmdor 08-04-2007 12:08 PM

I didn't read all the replies but ... TIRE CHAINS ARE NOT THAT HARD TO PUT ON.

I don't understand why people are so afraid of tire chains, but personally I would rather take the 10 minutes to put them on and have that extra bit of traction. They are a piece of cake to put on if you know what you're doing and take literally 5 minutes or less to take off if you hit dry pavement.

Just because there isn't 12 feet of snow on the ground doesn't mean you can't run chains and I've run 60 miles on a road with packed snow with dry spots.

If you see people going faster then you, just remember that slow and steady wins the race. I'd rather take the time and effort to put chains on and drive 35MPH then to spend the night in the truck waiting for a tow truck, just because it didn't look that bad. (if you get stopped on a hill and loose your momentum you'll wish you had chains on :wink: )

Useless 08-04-2007 12:23 PM

If it's SNOW??
GO SLOW!!

If it's ICE??
NO DICE!!


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