Polarisrider1, all riding is good, whatever foats your boat is my moto. Mine just so happens to be offtrail either here or there but the next guy may be the trail. It's probably not worth trying to claim one is better.
Polarisrider1, all riding is good, whatever foats your boat is my moto. Mine just so happens to be offtrail either here or there but the next guy may be the trail. It's probably not worth trying to claim one is better.
x2. I've never understood the point of trying to argue one is better than the other, or even more so, the point of putting the other down. I would add to the post above that not all non-Western riding involves railroad grades, bar hopping or trespassing.
Hoosier, I would agree that one isn't better than the other, but some how the grade, bar hopping, and trespassing seems to always come about when trail riding. Intentionally or not, it always some how happens. Its like at closing time of a bar, you would've never touch that when you first walked in, but by the end of the night, you end up going with home with it!!!! Hahahahah.
That picture looks like a dig out from someone getting stuck!.....who was the culprit, polarisrider1 or wintertime?
Not I. Joe got biggest trench award the day before. 6' deep, he shoveled enough snow to fill a ten yard dump truck. It totally sucked for him to hit a large rock. But way better than a drunk hitting him head on.
Polarisrider1, all riding is good, whatever foats your boat is my moto. Mine just so happens to be offtrail either here or there but the next guy may be the trail. It's probably not worth trying to claim one is better.
well my boat floats with all riding. But we are in the western section. Boats tend to float off trail in western section.
I have this posted under miscellanous, but maybe better asked here. Have you guys or seen anyone use that Powder Jack. It looks pretty slick, beats shoveling it seems.
I have this posted under miscellanous, but maybe better asked here. Have you guys or seen anyone use that Powder Jack. It looks pretty slick, beats shoveling it seems.
I have and IMO don't wast your money....there is a ton of variables to a stuck sled..so not one way works every time...BUT I have learned that shoveling does nothing for a stuck sled.....you do not need to dig it out all you have to do is get it up on the snow....I watched a guy take a sky jack thing out put it together then jack sled and it slipped off jack so he had to let jack down put back on sled jack back up....WELL when it fell the second time I said hold on a sec.....got one friend and he tugged on a ski i ran gas popped it back on the snow,,,off we went total of 3min to get unstuck........one trick I use alot is tip sled on side....rev the motor up and get all the snow out of track....that snow now fills your hole and will also have some traction to it......should be able to drive out or at worst stand next to sled and lift on tunnel and give some gas......sooo many different ways to get unstuck....the least amount of time and energy is the goal so next time you find yourself stuck leave the shovel alone get a bud tug a ski etc......
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I have and IMO don't wast your money....there is a ton of variables to a stuck sled..so not one way works every time...BUT I have learned that shoveling does nothing for a stuck sled.....you do not need to dig it out all you have to do is get it up on the snow....I watched a guy take a sky jack thing out put it together then jack sled and it slipped off jack so he had to let jack down put back on sled jack back up....WELL when it fell the second time I said hold on a sec.....got one friend and he tugged on a ski i ran gas popped it back on the snow,,,off we went total of 3min to get unstuck........one trick I use alot is tip sled on side....rev the motor up and get all the snow out of track....that snow now fills your hole and will also have some traction to it......should be able to drive out or at worst stand next to sled and lift on tunnel and give some gas......sooo many different ways to get unstuck....the least amount of time and energy is the goal so next time you find yourself stuck leave the shovel alone get a bud tug a ski etc......
while a ski tug will often suffice, there is no replacement for a shovel. A shovel does the same thing as you mention, it gets the sled level because you dig in front of the sled and right under the front of the skid and front sus. I often stomp some of the snow 2-3 ft in front of the sled to lessen the incline. You start lifting a sled back up on the snow you get tires real fast. At least a shovel allows you to take your time. Sometimes in da up with the radical terrain you loose site of your buddy and you may be alone for a while so it's up to you to be prepared to do whatever you need to do to get it unstuck. Try tugging a trenched in sled, sometimes their like unmovable. A shovel is a necessity so don't leave home without it. You need to be prepared to deal with the situation as if no one else is around and if they are around than the shovel can take a rest.
I have and IMO don't wast your money....there is a ton of variables to a stuck sled..so not one way works every time...BUT I have learned that shoveling does nothing for a stuck sled.....you do not need to dig it out all you have to do is get it up on the snow....I watched a guy take a sky jack thing out put it together then jack sled and it slipped off jack so he had to let jack down put back on sled jack back up....WELL when it fell the second time I said hold on a sec.....got one friend and he tugged on a ski i ran gas popped it back on the snow,,,off we went total of 3min to get unstuck........one trick I use alot is tip sled on side....rev the motor up and get all the snow out of track....that snow now fills your hole and will also have some traction to it......should be able to drive out or at worst stand next to sled and lift on tunnel and give some gas......sooo many different ways to get unstuck....the least amount of time and energy is the goal so next time you find yourself stuck leave the shovel alone get a bud tug a ski etc......
Let me be the first to tell you that you can not always get unstuck without shoveling. I spent over an hour shoveling because there was no other way to get the sled out we tried bunje's and all. If I could've got it out without shoveling I would have. My Sled was facing down hill even and it would not come out of the at least 6ft deep trench that I had made. As for the jack goes I have no idea how they work because I never used them.
Are you all right? Hopefully just a bruised ego and sore arms from all that digging!!!!!
I am alright, I had to do all the digging the day before I did all the damage. When I hit the rock I went over the bars and I thankfully did not get hurt.
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