Anyone Else Getting Their Sleds Ready ?

[Walleyehooker]

Putting my motorcycles in storage tomorrow and taking the sleds out. Hopefully the trails are rideable earlier this year

[Macgyver55]

Rode a little bit Today northwest of Alexandria.....8 or 10 inches on the ground.

Felt good to be on the saddle!

[knoppers]

well the battery was dead, but I did pull start it for the first time this season, it ran good. just need to replace the hifax and its ready to go. not sure about the battery, I have the tender on it now, may need a new one.

[knoppers]

new battery, 122 bucks, it better last longer than two years. hifax and a bag of oil, 210 bucks ouch, this sport is spendy for sure, but I can't wait to ride

[Cicada]

Take it easy guys.  I figured I was too old to shovel, so I bought a snowblower. Kiss of death, there will be no snow for me to blow.

 

[knoppers]

 I know what your saying, I bought my new sled November 2017 and we almost no snow that year.

[knoppers]

put on 22 miles today at the new cabin, just learning the area, I would have done more, but the local gas station was out of 91. nothing groomed, but not that bad.

[leech~~]

Got the tarp off, started up and did a few circles around the yard today. About 10" inches of pure powder! 

 

Getting closer to getting out.  Happy New Year! 

 

Edited January 1, 2021 by leech~~

[knoppers]

we need snow bad, trails are not good, I was running hot for the few miles I tryed to ride today. the lakes are good though, plenty of snow there.

[leech~~]

Loaded up and heading to Brainerd lakes area in the morning for some fishing and hopefully some riding.

[Wanderer]

On 12/31/2020 at 8:12 PM, leech~~ said:

 

 

You can’t even blame that ride on the Trestle Inn! 

 

Hope you guys find some decent riding but I’m not sure where it is for trails.  Central MN and Ely trails have snow on them but like @knoppers mentioned, not great.  The best snow I’ve seen has been in ditches that haven’t been run too much, or on the lakes.

[knoppers]

got it ready to go, now just waiting for the trails to open, and we get ridable snow.

[leech~~]

24 minutes ago, knoppers said:

got it ready to go, now just waiting for the trails to open, and we get ridable snow.

 

[smurfy]

i got rid of my wifes sled 4-5 years ago and kept mine. its been stored in my moms shed like forever. i decided last year to get it up and running and had the carbs all fixed up and runs like a top.

 

i now leave it up at the cabin cause thats where i'd use it most. i usually started it about every other time i was up there which was plenty!!!! let it run for 20 minutes or so........so yea its ready to go!!!!!

 

funny how that works...... when it is 3 1/2 hours away i managed to start it more then when it was 5 miles away!!!!!!!! 

[smurfy]

well fired up the ole ski-doo when i was up at the cabin spearing. did put on 10 miles on it before the rain and warm weather took out the snow. made some paths for the deer to walk down to make it easier on them.  felt like a little kid with a new toy!!!!!!!

[leech~~]

Hey, I uncovered mine and started it up. 

Does that count?

[smurfy]

55 minutes ago, leech~~ said:

Hey, I uncovered mine and started it up. 

Does that count?

 only if it was a pull start.........electric start is cheating!!!!!!!

[leech~~]

9 minutes ago, smurfy said:

 only if it was a pull start.........electric start is cheating!!!!!!!

 

Yep, didn't put the battery in yet!  

[knoppers]

0.3 miles put on thursday, unloaded and rode the trail down to my lakeshore, then back up 2 times. now its ready to go with all the snow forcast to come.

[smurfy]

Hey Leech, brother said they've had about 24 inches of snow since he's been there. That was Christmas day. Got them sleds loaded up!!

[leech~~]

18 hours ago, smurfy said:

Hey Leech, brother said they've had about 24 inches of snow since he's been there. That was Christmas day. Got them sleds loaded up!!

I'm game to hit some trails in a week or so, but not sure about lakes yet with that much weight going on the ice. Slush city!  

Edited December 30, 2021 by leech~~

[smurfy]

Jeff Sundin posted a report this morning. said he is hearing mixed reports regarding slush on lakes. guess it depends on the lake!!!!! my brother said he hasnt had slush on the lake he is on, that was last night!!!!!!!! 

[knoppers]

I saw slush in areas, but nothing most of the lake. I spent 3 hours moving snow, so I did not get out, just going by visual. 16 inches in backus on my trailer, so a good 20+ snow depth.

[leech~~]

Sadly I think it's only a matter of time.  To dump that much snow weight on Ice that could have had a few more good inches added before the snow hit. Is going to have some slush work it's way on top once the ice sinks down.  

The best thing is for you guys run around to pack it all down to freeze up hard, before I go fishing!  

Edited January 1, 2022 by leech~~

[Wanderer]

Haven’t seen slush yet on Winnie after plowing a couple chutes of my own.  But the snow isn’t real deep on the lake either.  About a foot.

 

But like @knoppers said Backus has plenty of snow.  The ditches from Pine River and north looked like outstanding riding for sleds than can handle 2 feet of powder.  LOTS of sleds running!