Digger 66 3,488 #1 Posted November 23, 2019 Just sold my sled & trailer . Feels like I lost a family member . We'd been through alot together . 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tom2p 2,394 #2 Posted November 23, 2019 feel for ya bud gotta get rid of my sled soon ( Yamaha Phazer II ) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 23,164 #3 Posted November 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, Digger 66 said: Just sold my sled & trailer . Feels like I lost a family member . We'd been through alot together . Buying a new one?? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikey the Monkey 700 #4 Posted November 23, 2019 When God closes a door he opens a window...or a spot in the garage for another sled...or Wheel Horse 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger 66 3,488 #5 Posted November 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, Sparky said: Buying a new one?? Not now . I just don't have time to ride anymore . Half the day is hooking up , loading , unloading , tying down , driving , unloading . When I had 6 weeks vacation time , it was worth it to drive to find snow but now I have just two weeks a year . There's also not as much snow locally to make it worthwhile . I really love it but the work to do it now outweighs the reward . 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger 66 3,488 #6 Posted November 23, 2019 There may be a new wheeler on the horizon though 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 10,225 #7 Posted November 23, 2019 @Digger 66 I feel exactly the same way you do, a lot of work to put into it to ride and before you know it your loading back up to go home. A lot of awesome memories, scenery, mountains good friends and good times, unfortunately all good things eventually come to an end. I still have two very clean Ski-Doos and a nice covered aluminum trailer that I say I am going to sell because I do not use them anymore, I just need to place the classified add and get over it, still hard to do. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 29,405 #8 Posted November 23, 2019 I sold my sleds about 15yrs ago, I do miss them the one or two times a year when I would actually be able to use them. For the most part though I felt like I had too much invested in them for the use I was able to get out of them, 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tom2p 2,394 #9 Posted November 24, 2019 (edited) for sure snowmobiling can be a heckuva lot of fun and can make winter much more fun - but it does require an investment (money and time) if there was snow - we would often go out weekday evenings after work and return just a few hours before start of the next work day did not matter how cold - we rode when high temps were in single digits we spent most of our time riding in PA ... in the laurel mountains (near Seven Springs) - and the Allegheny National Forest one time we rode from Marienville PA (National Forest) up into NY - Allegany State Park ; that was a heckuva trip : 308 miles - through a 25" blizzard ; we started around 7-8 am and returned around 4 am some friends still ride - but I have not used mine in years my Triton trailer sits in the back of our property with two flat tires Edited November 24, 2019 by tom2p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger 66 3,488 #10 Posted November 24, 2019 6 hours ago, tom2p said: Marienville PA (National Forest) up into NY - Allegany State Park I've ridden Marienville on the wheeler and sometimes ( if there was enough snow ) we would ride through ASP ( from Salamanca through to Portville NY ). Going to miss those -12 degree mornings . Something very magical about the purity and crispness of a frigid winter morning . Was around - 16 the morning this was taken in Chaffee NY . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
