Re: buying new sleds
- From: "Doug Bissett" <doug.bissett.!SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:48:56 GMT
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:50:56 UTC, "REM7600" <rem7600@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Tough one... I'll be interested in hearing others' solution's to your
> issue.
Me too...
> If you've ever had to ride out of a hole 2UP, it's a tricky proposition...
It can be a tricky proposition to ride out of a hole, 1UP, depending
on conditions (sometimes, impossible, no matter what machine you have,
or how well you can ride it - done enough rope work, to know that). I
can see that the main problem would be having enough traction, in the
powder, to be able to pull the load (especially when the running
boards would, likely, be draging in the snow too). Most mountain sleds
are pretty well right on the edge of spinning out, with a single
rider, even with the super long tracks that are available today, when
they get into the powder on a hill, and when they do, there is,
usually, a BIG hole to dig them out of. Add a load, and spin out is
almost guaranteed.
Sounds like the answer is to get a hlicopter, but I expect that that
is a little out of the price range that you are looking at.
My suggestion would be the largest engine, with the longest, and
widest, track, that you can find. Then just buy a two-up seat, and
replace the one that the sled comes with. You may also want to gear it
down a couple of teath, to get more power to the track, although that
may increase the likelyhood of spinout. Then, you will need to train
the passenger, to do the proper leaning etc. when you are about to
spin out, and need to make a power turn, before you do (of course, the
driver also needs to know all of the things that need to happen, and
when, before they even think about trying it with a passenger - about
2 years of practice should take care of most of that). By the way,
make sure that your 2-up seat isn't going to trap the rider, or the
passenger, so they can get the hell off, when (not if), the sled
decides to roll down the hill (and, two-up will increase the
probability). You will also need to figure out how to get your legs
over the seat, to get all of your weight onto the uphill side, in case
you need to (every time you need to turn out before sinning out, or
you will need to dig it in, to prevent losing it - then you need to
dig it out, and get it headed downhill, and that can take a lot of
time, and work). Powder snow, and uphill, requires super traction,
lots of power, very light weight, and lots of practice. When any one
of those becomes compromised, it doesn't work well, and the lots of
practice includes the passenger. I have seen it done, but those two
had been doing it together for a number of years, and they were both
small people.
I would bet, that after a couple of tries, your rich customer will be
ready to go back to the slow way of doing things. You may be better
off to rent a sled, or two, to see how well it works.
Just some thoughts, hope it helps...
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