Don't embellish.... How long is your carbide?

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I am in need of purchasing new hyfax tomorrow for a 96 Vmax that is getting viper skis. I will be mostly riding trails and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to how long of a carbide I should have? Is more better?

:brr We finally are getting snow and now it just doesn't stop :letitsnow
 
Are you running studs? If so i would go min. 6". I run 120 studs with 8" carbides on my 96 VMAX XT and it handles great. I run mostly ice with it but is good in both ice and snow. CCC
 
It is studded. And an XT model. We mainly ride trails that are pretty well groomed and have the occasional field that we can play in some powder. There is also this one area on the trail called the "rails to trails" which is an old railroad grade so it is long and elevated. It gets a bit rutted from skis and so I am also wanted enough carbide to help keep me going straight. Sound like around 8 inches is a good number from what others have told me on these types of sleds.
 
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Even with studs you ca run 4"

I run 4" of carbide on my SRX skiid 600 venture with 108 studs on it, and taller lugged (.92) than stock track. No problems at all, even with solo blasts when the wifey does not ride along with me.
 
Im running 8's and on my old 96 I ran 10s....just to kinda help with darting and steering but those were on viper skis.
 
before my simmons I was running 6-8" carbides. stud free. but I like to have a good chunk of carbide and lighten up the front end. this will lessen the darting and give better weight transfer which tends to equal a more comfortable ride in the stutter bumps. with simmon and a mono now, it is totally different lol! I think you could get away with a lot less being a strut sled. my dad had the same sled and the ski pressure wqas never a problem. think he always ran 4" without studs and with
 
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