"Sled" is kind of a 'city-slicker' way of saying sno-go/snowmachine. The machine is just the power that replaces the dogs; the sled is the 'workhorse' which does the hardwork of hauling stuff. (I've seen elders scold young bucks and send them home when they've seen them out 'in the country' without a sled. Without a sled, they're probably up to no good and might just waste something.)
I live in wasilla so I guess I'm a city slicker...
If it ain't one of your primary vehicles.....yeah, and especially if you need to put it on a trailer in order to ride it...yeah.
(I was just thinking today, when a $40,000 pickup went by with $20,000 worth of snowmachine and trailer, how utterly ridiculous the whole concept of snowmachines has gotten. And of course there were no sleds. Why would there be?)