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Got the my other two sleds started last weekend, and off the trailer (where they are stored). I will never buy a sled without reverse again, I am too old wink with just a tilt covered trailer. Pulling them off about killed me, haha!

Got out on the lake to put them thru paces, but the trails were pretty carppy. Now with the warm weather, it will totally kill them, and likely even the lake. At least my trails to the lake are good and packed down, so they should stay intact. We need some snow!

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Hey Walleyehooker, yep it has them on it. With there already being snow on the ground, I didn't have to tilt the trailer too much, so there wasn't much of a "slant" to help gravity help me though. I only have to do it once per season, as I just use trailer for storage, then keep them in garage ready to go.

I just needed a young person there to help me wink Next year I will wait for hockey playing grandson to help out, or hook up my other sled to pull them off, haha!

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Hey Walleyehooker, yep it has them on it. With there already being snow on the ground, I didn't have to tilt the trailer too much, so there wasn't much of a "slant" to help gravity help me though. I only have to do it once per season, as I just use trailer for storage, then keep them in garage ready to go.

I just needed a young person there to help me wink Next year I will wait for hockey playing grandson to help out, or hook up my other sled to pull them off, haha!

It maybe time for grandad to treat himself to one with a reverse on it! grin
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Put on 129 miles riding from Stewart, MN to Granite Falls then rode the river bottom to Morton then trails back to Stewart. There one only back stretch in there for about 1 mile between Fairfax and Hector. The ditches seem to have plenty of snow, but as always more is needed.

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Hate to sound like a Debbie Downer but I am going to pull my sleds into the driveway tomorrow and run the carbs dry. Been sitting primed since Thansgiving waiting to be used. Others might want to consider doing the same. You can always refuel it when the snow does come, but I dont like that gas sitting in there for more than a few weeks if possible.

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I'm leaving tomorrow for I-Falls. The Arrowhead is finally listed in good condition so we are going to give it a try. We'll see what "good" looks like. Sounds like Thursday and Friday are gonna be chilly up there though. Brrrr eek

Be safe and give us a good report with some pictures of deep snow...wishful thinking I am! grin

MR

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The Orr area got about 8 inches on Thursday night. We were at Elephant Lake by 9 am Friday. After unloading, making a few adjustments and gearing up we were riding by 10. Put on a nice 200 with fresh snow on the Arrowhead, Haggerman and Slatinski trails, then up to Kettle Falls and back. Saturday morning was brisk (-22) but we headed out and and did some back country riding around Arbutus until we were low on gas then up to Ericsburg. Gassed up and made a dash for Birchdale where the trails were a bit sparse on snow, so we rode several miles of some very fluffy ditch along Hwy 11 back to the Arrowhead south to the lodge.

460 miles in 2 days...not bad for a first run of the year. Trails were a strong 8 out of ten!

I'm gonna try to load a video tomorrow but I still havent uploaded it from the new GoPro.

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