Well, interesting ride to say the least. Too much air and not enough landing strip.
Landing in the bottom of a ravine with a crick was rough. Almost vertical climb on the other side meant a nasty impact was inevitable, but I managed to slide the srx sideways enough to not hit full on. The srx found it's way down downstream while I was ejected into the hillside tree's. My choice to bail out rather than take the impact. The bumper and ski's tore into the embankment taking a gouge out and leaving chunks of dirt and clay all over sled.
She was sittin cock-eyed on some rocks and still running when I got to her. Yanked and pulled to get er pointing up stream and rode er out.
Rev and Nytro didnt fair so well. Rev being much lighter and driver also much lighter managed to plow through the invert where the Nytro just kind of blew apart. Rev was twisted up and tore a suspension bolt right through the chassis along with a spring dislodged and turned sideways and a idler missing we never did find. The Nytro's many cowling pieces just blew off and nothing is salvageable. Still one headlight hanging around though. Suspension faired pretty well and even rode good coming home.
A couple ratchet straps, rope and some redneck pry bars scavenged from the woods, all sleds rode out of there and home.
Of course I tended to my buddies before retrieving my sled. One broken thumb and some bumps and bruises is all.
SRX is seemingly unscathed. Even gave her a bath in the stream. I was wet already, why not.
After some pounding, pushing and pulling along with a little fabbing and welding, were ready to hit the trails again today. Nytro looks naked, but parts will be ordered. That thing has been rolled, sunk in the swamp, caught on fire and now this. Tough year so far for the Nytro, but so far, tough sled.
