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Leech's~~ No Snow luber Hyfax saver.

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leech~~ Grand Master

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Well Rube-Goldberg is alive and well in Leech's garage!

After nearly wearing out my new hyfax last weekend on Mill Lacs I came up with this rigged up lubing system for my hyfax. I had heard about guys that Grass Drag doing something like it and thought I would give it a try. It's basically a weed sprayer running to a tee with small hoses running down to the hyfax through two small holes drilled in the tunnel. On the seat I have the valve so I can hit it every once in awhile when driving to let some oil flow down to the hyfax.

For a lube mix I am using some veggy oil with some Iso alcohol mixed in to thin it out and to keep it from getting to thick when really cold. The veggy oil should not hurt the lake and the alcohol will just evaporate off. The sprayer works well because you can add some pressure to it which well help push out the thicker oil. I have a few things to do on it yet like tying down the tank but the whole thing cost me about $20 bucks to make and if it ever does snow frown I can take the whole thing off in about 10min's. smile She will get a workout somehwere this weekend!

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Hey there thats a slick little setup(no pun intended) Im heading to the pond tomorrow for a few days so maybe i can follow the oil slick to the hotspot LOL. Sorry couldnt resist.
Lol, ya hopefully it will work slick and not leave one! I'm sure a few pumps every so often should not be leaving much of a oil slick behind! I thought about putting in a few drops of red food coloring into the oil to see how much maybe flowing out. But then you would be able to find out where all my spots are! laugh
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..... or ice scratchers would work...

I have heard a lot of mixed reviews on them. Bending, breaking, not throwing up much on ice but better on hard packed trails and better for hitting the coolers on the bottom of the foot rests then getting down to the hyfax. Some of them also mount back so far that they don't lube much of the hyfax. I put the drip tubes right up front on the rails so it should hit the whole hyfax all the way down.
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I used to race ice ovals in my younger "wiser" days. RV antifreeze works well, that's what most ice racers use.

There was a day that the old green antifreeze was king in lube systems, but, not so much now days. Sure wouldn't use it on a lake.

Nice thing about the veggie oil is you can squirt some in a frying pan and have some fresh fish on the lake smile

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I have heard a lot of mixed reviews on them. Bending, breaking, not throwing up much on ice but better on hard packed trails and better for hitting the coolers on the bottom of the foot rests then getting down to the hyfax. Some of them also mount back so far that they don't lube much of the hyfax. I put the drip tubes right up front on the rails so it should hit the whole hyfax all the way down.

Yes they do work better when there is some snow, bare ice is just not good for anything. I'm rocking a 162 inch track and haven't even wanted to take it out yet this year even with the scratchers on it. They do make scratchers that are flexible and reverse compatible and you can mount them wherever you want on the slides.

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is this really necessary , i always thought as long as there was bit of snow and your not burning out horsing around that it does not real damage to the sled.

Does a bit of lake cruising really wear the hyfaxes that bad?

See bare ice in back ground. That will melt your hyfax in short order! winkfull-27051-16214-pike003.jpg
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is this really necessary , i always thought as long as there was bit of snow and your not burning out horsing around that it does not real damage to the sled.

Does a bit of lake cruising really wear the hyfaxes that bad?

Over this new years weekend the lake I was on had about 50/50 bare ice, snow spots. I thought it wouldn't be a big deal. By the end of the weekend there were melted black specks all over my skid rails. Melted hyfax. Fortunately hyfax are not expensive, just a night in the garage with a cold one.

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