A nice ending for the season.

srxeater

srxeater

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Well a friend and I finally got enough guts to try skipping a decent amount of open water on saturday. we drew quite a crowd on the opelt bridge too! we measured out the big open spot at about 1200 ft. after a few good runs tragedy struck, i heard a clicking noise as i was approching the open spot if you listen closely you can hear it in the vid. my track started to shred. there was about a 2 foot long chunk with a stud on the end of it that really raised hell with my tunnel then hit me in the back as i was crossing. i cant figure out what happened because my track was in pretty decent shape and i didnt clip any rocks in the water, i guess its telling me it wantsa 136x1.5!
you can see the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggxl-2LLI38
 

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yea thats what i thought, i dont really care about the track but man did it screw up the area above the front heat exchanger. you cant see it in the pic but there is a hole the size of a golf ball there. i couldnt stop because the water is 4-5 feet deep in that spot.
 
serves you right..lol.Next time you go thru water that deep,install a tall paddle track to that sled.Make sure you change all your bearings now to,could have a rusting problem coming.
 
bluemonster1 said:
serves you right..lol.Next time you go thru water that deep,install a tall paddle track to that sled.Make sure you change all your bearings now to,could have a rusting problem coming.
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i agree, it will all come apart and get fixed before i put it away for the summer.
 
Hey Blkmax how many miles you put on this season?How do you like our gas prices?At this rate it'll be costing me about $100 per tank of fuel for the SRX.I'll only be able to take her out once a month then.I better start looking for a SnoScoot.Might go back to a Bravo 250 even.Not a joke.I cannot afford to run $100 a day for sledding,don't know about you,but can I say this may kill the sport and dampen sales of new sleds.I am restoring a 76 Panthera 500 this summer,it'll be good on fuel..uses regular at least and the sled is light.No new sled on the horizon here,can't afford it.Besides I have 3 sleds and that'll do me just fine.
 
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