Greasemonkey

Got my sweatshirt and T-shirt. They look good and I like the inner material on on the inside of the sweatshirt. Thanks.

Just watch out for all the children coming out and climbing all over your sled and trying to sell you trinkets! it's a riot.

Looked like an awesome experience as usual. Something probably 98% of the snowmobile community could never do. Takes a lot of planning and know how. I myself wouldn't mind it, maybe guided. Great stuff, thanks.

This happened to a couple of Ski Doo's up in NY. Seems the injector bolts are backing out causing a fuel leak. Bolts have also made their way into the clutches causing extensive damage. I can almost swear that they mentioned a service bulletin on this matter.

4 separate accidents in 1 day in Old Forge area this Saturday, the 7th. One fatality, unfortunately. Lot of people coming up there with big iron and not really riding responsibly. Lots of pushing for a "Slow down , stay right" campaign to try to educate people.

57" fell in parts of the Tug Hill area. Snowmobiling unfortunately is still closed until after deer season.

Snow already on the ground in many parts of the north. Good lake effect in all the usual places. Throttle thumb starting to twitch! Stay safe in your travels.

That's what I was saying, can't believe that there wasn't a fire extinguisher. I'm sure that if they hit it when it was just starting, and kill the motor, they should be able to put it out before it got that bad. Unless it was the end of the season and it was time for a new one!! Hmmmm.....

Must have been toxic lightning!

They told me that a DWI, not DUI, is a felony in Canada and anybody with a felony on their record is automatically denied and must get permission to be allowed back. Now, one caveat in my case is that the border guard was asked to work a double shift and was not in a friendly mood. The other guards inside said he was pulling every 3 cars over for inspection just to piss everyone off. So maybe on another day, it wouldn't have mattered.

I feel your pain. 15 year old DWI stopped me. Ended my season that year. Had to go to the Canadian Consulate in NYC to get permission to enter again. Funny thing is, never got checked again.

My buddies just texted me this before I logged on. They came across it today. I told them they better not go back that way, might not be too smooth.

Always sobering to hear these stories. Not all cases are speed, lack of ability or alcohol induced. I know of one fatality that was as sorry as it gets. Group of guys were crossing a lake at night in a blizzard. About 3/4 of the way across, the guy next to last notices the guy behind him wasn't there anymore. He comes up along side the others and stops them. Tells them to wait there and he was going back to look for him. I guess you all know where this is going. Guy goes back at a nice clip and with the white out, never sees the guys sled that had died in his path, sled died, no headlight. Guy on the broken down sled could only dive off his sled when he saw the headlight. Guy that went looking for him hits the broken down sled head on at about 50 mph. Guys sled nosed under the broken one causing it to slide up the hood and broke the riders back when it hit him and landed on top of him, killing him instantly. The guy whose sled broke down has never ridden again. That's why a good LED flashlight is a must. This was in the states.

Great report, very descriptive. Never stayed at Trout Lake but now it's on the bucket list. Funny how you took that extra ride up Mt. Diablo to get that odometer to turn to where you wanted. I do the same thing when I'm within 30-40 miles of 400 for the day, I will take off and ride half the distance needed out then turn around and come back to turn that 400. Keep up the good work.

We have all heard the story after story for decades. It's always going to happen. Was told that a lot of it is by the native Indians, (Eskimos). They will come down from say Manawan for instance with about 6 of them in a pickup bed. They will target whatever they can steal be it trucks and trailers or sleds. They usually chop shop them and sell the parts. We will usually try to park at a place with a locked, secure corral. If that isn't possible, we will unload then park the trailers up tight against a snow bank. We will box it in with the trucks and we to have battery cut off switches hidden on our trucks. We also use the bar across the steering wheel. One guy even has a fuel shut off. As for the sleds, we run 1 chain through all the ski loops with a tamper proof lock. Then we also cable lock the sleds together individually. We have been lucky. Been going up there since the mid 80's without a problem as far as theft. Closest we came was someones sleds got stolen who had parked next to us that night. never locked up their sleds.