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When it comes to sleds, bargains often aren't. Beware the great deal...

Especially if you don't have some experience wrenching on sleds, ideally the model that you are buying.

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Also, if you want to get an idea of what you can dump into a particular model, follow this link and you'll get a parts diagram with prices.

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Originally Posted by 222Rem
Thanks for the replies. I'll start poking around the internet, learning about options and availability.


You could also try Alaskalist as well as Snowmachine Salvage in Anch.


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Thanks for the additional ideas.


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A sled like this would compliment your rig nicely (and be way cooler than the plastic tub I presume is pulled by the Yella-Doo. smile )


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Just added a DJ clutch kit to my sled and holy cow did it wake my little 600 up! If your into playing around in the steep and deep I highly recommend you add this to your machine.


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what I ride, depends upon where I'm going and conditions

mostly 98 Summit X 670

or my old 92 Indy 500 both have saddlebags, which I love, but I leave em stock, I don't like to wrench


new to the stable for me 2007 Skandic wide trac, 550 fan my new farm machinery for pulling sleds into and especially uphill away from our cabin

bought it from a guy in Salcha a few days before Xmas, I didn't own a sled as clean as this one, it's pretty cherry with only 3K trail miles on it, though it did need new skags pretty badly, bastids are $120, maybe they were road miles? (grin)

on the way out to look at it, she texted me "buy it if you want, but I was gonna surprise you with a brand new sled this Xmas"

(there's a chance she got my number mixed up with the pool boy's I suppose)

told her "you know me better than anyone dang near, new doesn't interest me, someone else taking the depreciation hit does"


mom rides a 2002 Indy trail classic it's a 550 fan cooled bought it brand new for her guess 10 years ago, she doesn't put a lot of miles on it cept to the cabin, the kids "borrowin" it have probably put dang near as many miles on it as she has!


for the kids we have a 93 Indy lite GT, man I love that little sled


and a '92 Starfire, can't wait to get rid of it, but guess with having a grand daughter I'll just keep it and gift it to her



just broke the news to my cabin neighbor last night, he's inherited my '82 moto ski spirit (think Elan) he was looking for a cheap sled for his wife, they mostly mush dogs, but sometimes he'd like her to have a sled so they don't have to double up on his bearcat

first I told him $200, but went to the cabin the weekend before this one, snowshoed over to his cabin as I heard the dogs through the woods and his 67 year old wife was there solo, been down there 4 days with just the dogs for company, she seemed pretty content, but happy to have a visitor that said a few words back.

when I went back my cabin I thought about how much that old place means to me, and I'd never got it, if her husband hadn't told me about it when it came up for sale.


sooo I got to figurin $0 was a mite cheaper than $200 and it would give me a grin ever time I saw it knowing I gave Dave a little something back


that's it on sleds for me, though I've bought and sold a few others over the years. as you can see by my list I'm better at buying than selling. (grin)

not worth takin pix of em, but I do enjoy that mode of transportation. Made for a lot of memories and miles of smiles, also taught me some new cuss words too


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You guys have any experience with the Ski Doo 600 ACE 4 stroke engines? Looking at Tundras and wondering if the real world MPG makes it worthwhile to go with the 4 stroke.


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A local fellow has one of the new Tundras with the Etec motor. It's easy on gas and oil. We've talked about the ACE as a way of going even easier on fuel. However, his Etec doesn't like temps below -20 (and can't be started without battery power.) I imagine the ACE might have similar issues. It's interesting technology to contemplate. At $6-8 gallon for gas and having to haul what we need between distant fueling stops, a reliable gas sipper would be nice. But 12 grand???


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There's a brand new 2011 Tundra LT with the ACE 4 stroke for sale near here for $8,200. The same dealer is advertising the same sled with the 550 for 7 grand. Don't know where you are in AK but I'm sure shipping adds a pile...

If the MPG difference is substantial over the 550 the extra $1,200 for the 4 stroke will be payed back in fuel savings quickly.


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My bad on the price. I was thinking Skandic while I typed Tundra. I haven't run their 550s, but my understanding of them is that they are not good on gas. The ACE, OTOH, is reportedly giving good mileage even on the bigger Skandic. A $1200 price difference would make the fuel cost recovery a no-brainer, at least at our prices.


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pard has one of the new Skandics with ACE, says he's getting 20 mpg and it started at -40 just fine.


still leaves me troubled though, depending upon a battery the way the thermo can dive off a cliff here.


so far so good I guess, but I believe if I had one, I'd be replacing that battery pretty often.


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When your not using the sled, just pull the battery out and leave it inside where it's warm. Or put a battery tender on it and plug it in when you get to where ever your going.



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Originally Posted by AkMtnHntr
When your not using the sled, just pull the battery out and leave it inside where it's warm. Or put a battery tender on it and plug it in when you get to where ever your going.



I put weather pack connectors on all my quads (i dont have sleds) and i take my batterys out if its really cold (im in the midwest so -5 is cold around here) or if im not gonna be on it for a few weeks, i then plug the weather packs into the corrisponding plugs on the battery tender


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Machines our here get used daily. At less than around -20 many of them begin having starting problems. -15 is generally okay; -25 gets iffy. The new EFI Honda ATVs are worse than the older carbureted models. Many of the newer snowmachines which are supposed to run cleaner have a difficult time without adding heat. A heat gun is a wonderfully simple and useful tool in the cold. You quickly discover that most battery chargers and other electric devices don't have insulation on their wires that are good for much in terms of deep temps though.
I was contemplating a four stroke 'Cat a couple of years ago with some concern about starting in severe cold. They had an accessory package that would automatically start the motor and warm it up whenever it began to get too cold. It was supposed to prevent cold start-up problems resulting from being left overnight at -30 or whatever.


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I think a pop up ice fishing tent and Mr. Buddy heater is the key to keeping stuff happy in severe cold. Also makes for a nicer environment for wrenching on a sled.

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you fella's sure got her figured out, if only the people in the lower 48 were as resourceful and down to earth as alaskans this country wouldnt be going down the crapper.


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