Scranton1

Decisions-decisions...

Hello riders. 
Last year we ordered new 850 renegades. Thinking like our 800's they would come with the short windshields. Me having to get ready ordered 2 Two that is new 17 inch medium windsheilds for the new rides. Well after receiving the new 17 inchers I happen to read the 2018 model comes with 17 inch medium windsheilds. Any way if someone happened to break theirs or needs one from last years model let me know and I will send it your way. I have the side deflectors for both windsheilds. We want these to go to someone in need and not to someone to sell for their personal gain. Of couse I don't want to pay the shipping. They will be free to someone in need. Be safe and enjoy the adventure.

hi jackstraw !!!
 
you re right....
.....but if you look at the pics on this post....it took a few years to see an evolution in the '' clothing '' department !!!
dad...pic with wagons and the one with olympic 12 / 3....first one on the left !!!
 
bienvenue roadrunner !!!
 
jean-guy

Pretty Tough to find a bad trail in Quebec.
Thats the beauty of it and it keeps you coming back.  Typically during the week it’s unlikely to get shut out with lodging in any town.
Its not worth going crazy planning and sticking to a firm itinerary as weather on a 10 day loop can always force you to modify your plan.
its worth downloading the local maps to iBooks.
 
http://snowmobileinquebec.com/snowmobilers-guide/

bonsoir !!!
went to my camp !!!
7 moose....2 '' of snow ...max !!!
 
jean-guy

another quick ride !!!
50 ...60 miles !!!
bit of snow on mt blanc ....coleman and logan !!!
mom + calf...i had no big lens !!!
 
jean-guy

#1) As you probably already know, always remember to bring two things: Flexibility & your sense of humor (rental Sat phone optional www.spdirect.com)
#2) Regardless of any general routes that you plan, check the grooming reports before going out...
Go to: http://fcmq.viaexplora.com/carte-motoneige/index.html
Click "Services" in the upper right corner
Click “Delai de serfacage” (and whatever other "Attraits" you want to see)
Click "Fermer" to close the drop down box
If you switch the view from Carte (map) to Satellite, it's easier to see the Whites (those haven’t been done 3+ days) 
THEN HEAD FOR THE GREENS & YELLOWS!!
"Life's too short to ride whooped out trails"

Greg,
You can leave from your truck, travel the 93 right all the way through to the 3, up to Baie Comeau and cross on the ferry to Matane.  Then travel the 5 down to Quebec city, cross on the shuttle, up through La Tuque to Relais 22 then the 83 back to your truck. Very doable trip but you will need to average 225 miles per day.  This loop will separate the men from the Jam Tarts.

Back in the US of A. Left Thursday afternoon for the annual gathering at Playhards in the Berkshires. Had a great run down and brought the cold with us. Spent Friday just relaxing and hanging out. Saturday morning in rolls NHMoose and Snohorse. We catch up and head out with the quads. Snohorse has brought his John Deere Gator and what a beast. We head for Pittsfield Forest and we are off on a few hour tour in weather more suited for sleds than quads but there is that one big issue. It’s cold but no snow. Anyway my sleds ain’t gonna be ever seeing these trails with snow. The tour is awesome we have a great time, near the end of our run. Playhard tests the limits on a beaver damned up area. We have decided to launch a new enterprise.... ice quad logging. Stay tuned for the first episode. 
 

We will be updating the forum software in the coming days. There are a few new features that I think you guys will like. We will try to give you a days notice before we do the update.

hi phil !!!
 
ahha.......it was during  a strike at the mine in murdochville !!!
pic with horses...to pack the roads...
the other one....st anne des monts......on the left ...road for the gaspesie park !!!
 
jean-guy

back in the old days !!!
 
jean-guy
 

hi phil !!!
great to hear from you !!
woooWWW !! very lucky to have them in your neighborhood....nice pics...always fun when you can get close !!!
back from my '' summer mansion '' around 1 30 pm...no moose....very warm here too...lots of rain yesterday afternoon...woke up to take pics of sunrise this morning...no luck ,very foggy and few clouds on the east side...west side was clear !!!
just before arriving to camp friday ...a 1 /4 mile....moose bulldozed a little stand...
this morning was my first ride...bow hunting ended yesterday...left camp around 6 20 am...back at 11 30 am.
 
jean-guy
 

hi jg !!!
not for me, im a picky eater !!! hahhaha
only 2 moose....very warm ,13 c friday night and 24 c yesterday afternoon ....bit of rain his morning around 4 30 am ...
about 115 miles of 4w....friday night + saturday morning and night !!!
 
jean-guy

Don’t forget Sacagawea. Every expedition needs a good interpreter. 

The 240 km of Maria-Chapdelaine MRC trails ready to welcome snowmobilers
After several years of planning and field work, the integrating link of the Maria-Chapdelaine RCM, a vast snowmobile and quad trail, is ready for a first winter of operation.

This means that nearly 240 km of trails will be available to snowmobile enthusiasts in the coming winter. It will thus be possible to cross the whole territory of the MRC, including the great rivers, summer and winter.
Since the implementation of the integrator link substantially increases the trail areas to be maintained, the Maria-Chapdelaine RCM will be involved, in concert with the local snowmobile clubs, in order to do so.
The MRC will thus make an investment of approximately $ 200,000, to allow the purchase of a resurfacing machine that meets the needs of the integrator link.
Since the trail is dotted with footbridges, to cross the main rivers of the territory, a machine meeting specific criteria, in particular in terms of weight, was necessary.
Tourism
With the integrating link now available, it is expected that the RCM will be able to reach a larger share of snowmobile tourism.
He added that the development of the integrator link was a first phase of development and that, if possible, an offer of excursions to the North would be developed with private developers.
In the shorter term, several municipalities in the territory are also working on their own project to link to the integrator link, to benefit from the traffic generated by snowmobilers.  


Source: The Hebdo News 
Date: 2017-09-27 
Read full story ... 

Could be really nice to have options in this area!

Love it
 
u guys deserve a Netflix series

The Challenge
March 2017, near Herbert Ville.
Well, there we were standing at the gas station waiting for Dannie-Doo(Many thanks again to Daniel) to come and rescue us. The RedRocker's original engine (and I mean original) had given up the ghost and just would not start. The autopsy later showed that it only had one working ring on either side, a top one on the mag side and bottom on the PTO. Their partners in compression appear to have rusted into the pistons (Just another RedRocker Miracle, Rusted Aluminum). 
So at this point LongHair lifts the hood and says, I bet you have all the parts to build the 670 again.... And make it faster than Ray's and Jack's 850etec..... hmmmmmm? Maybe? And so it starts.......
A little background on LongHair and the RedRocker:
LongHair
He's a wrecker.... He wrecks things, does not need to try, he just does....
My favorite toys as a kid, broken. Cars, "I don't know what happened, It just wont't start...now". Sleds, 30 minutes after bringing home My brand new 1995 Skidoo Formula 583... "Must have been something under the snow", 50 feet on the MachZ (I had not even pulled away on his sled) Belt and debris everywhere, 09 800r Summit, split the motor in half (at the QR Meet on the Gaspe'), last season a 2 year old etec 600, split in half. I'm sensing a pattern.
RedRocker
The sled started life as a brand new 1997 Formula 500. Yes that means the motor had been run for the majority of the last 20 years without being opened\updated.
After the first year or two of life, LongHair had a few "Watch This" or "Take My Picture" moments. This twisted the tunnel and pretzeled the rear suspension beyond my abilities to "Fix". So with some help we got it on the trailer and he said "it's fine... we're only going up the street to a buddy's garage". He Drove. Unloading was made easier by the lack of a snowmobile on the trailer. We proceed to retrace our drive to a bend in the road, it was gradual and we had gone slow, but he was driving so physics did not apply any longer. Adding to the list of issues now were Bars, Steering Stem, Controls, Torn Seat, Windshield, Hood, Trailing Arm, Radius Rod or Two, Switches and Misc nuts\bolt\screws.
I think the season was over for the RR.
So what does an un-attached Nuclear Technichian (While pondering his job please refrain from calling the NRC in a panic, he was caught later trying to catch a bolt of radiation in an atempt to gain Super Powers and has not been in that field for a while) do when faced with his wrecked sled???? Open the nearest catalog of cool and expensive parts, that's what.
As spring rolled around, boxes arrived to revive the RedRocker (Ver 2.0). This included all the smaller replacement pieces listed previously in the Obituary. First things First we needed a new tunnel, trailing arms and hood. LongHair had found a company in Stevensville Montana named FabCraft that would graft on a Short Mountain Tunnel to the Skidoo bulkhead, fit it with Carbon Fiber Trailing Arms as well as alter it to work with a 121 M-10 Rear Suspension. All we (This always means "Me" somehow) had to do was ship them the bare bulkhead and heat exchangers. Do you know how many rivets hold one of these chassis together.... I do know, too intimately.
After waiting two months for the new chassis it arrived at the freight yard and we picked it up. It was all new and powder-coated just waiting to be assembled with, but not limited too:
-new JackShaft with the updated "splined" end.
-new Team Secondary clutch requiring a splined jackshaft.
-new hood (stock style).
-new Boss Mountain Seat with Custom RedRocker Logo!
-new Summit fuel tank to fit the Boss Seat
-new Brads Long Travel Suspension for the front.
-new m-10 (re-Powdercoated to match the color of the sled)
-new Ice Ripper 121 Track, Ported for lightness.
-new Gauges
All with the mandate of "It Neeeeds to be ready when it snows"
The sled worked great!! I was amazed! I am Mechanical and Technical, but I am not a Mechanic. A Mechanic has wisdom and knowledge, I had some pictures, poorly written technical instructions, and LongHairs "Vision" of an Awesome Sled.
He rode with little incident for a few years.
Have you ever wondered what it sounds like when Carbon Fiber Snaps when you hit a manhole\manway cover? LongHair says it's a real loud CRACK! 
This happened 3-4 weeks before our first trip to Quebec! Well Fudgicles! With a bit of express shipping we were ready to take our first real trip to Quebec, WooHoo!! and meet this Bill guy (A huge mistake on his part) at a real friendly sounding place called the "HI".
As we all know once you goto Quebec, that's it, that's where we ride!
LongHair after the week or so of riding his 500cc Hot Rod determined it was WAY too under powered to cruise the Quebec trails like he wanted too and I just ordered a new 07 MachZ 1000 Renegade!!
RedRocker Ver. 2.5 
Given the chassis style the largest engine that we could fit, with the least amount of fuss was the Skidoo 670. A very stout upgrade by itself. But at this point, do you think he would leave it stock? So a real good used engine was found, disassembled, measured, cleaned, inspected and sent to the CrankShop for some Trail Porting. We (Refer to the previous note) picked it up at the shop and I discussed settings and carbs and clutching and etc.... The learning curve is nearly asymptotic.
Wouldn't you know it, the engine is in the chassis and running when the latest Magazine with Must-Have Cool Parts shows up. I grew to hate the New Parts section of sled magazines..... Boss Seats now offers a Wet NOS System for "Your" sled!! crap..... 
With about 150HP from the engine alone, add a 30HP Shot of Laughing Gas, this is now a respectable ride. If only it had an updated drive line to handle the increased power... and better cooling for the whole system .... and even better front shocks!!!!! (yes the "Vision" kicked in)
Did you know that they make a hood for the S-Chassis Doos that has a tubular aluminum frame and Carbon Balistic Mesh? Neither did I till we had to go pick it up at the bus station. I guess the cheapest way to ship it from the shop in Utah was via Greyhound, they bought it a seat and there it was when the bus arrived.
Arctic Cat was one of the first Race Teams to embrace Air Shocks back in the early 2000s. They will also give you nearly 12+ inches of super plush travel, more adjustments than you can count and remote resivours for that real cool look, on a Skidoo S-Chassis, all you need is custom made radius rods and find a race team to part with them. Done and Done!
The drive line was easy! 2 huge sprockets and chain. Finaly!!! Plug and Play!!
It hit the snow and it moved like a dirt bike on sand in the dunes, balistic, fast, twitchy, it throu more snow than an eighth grader snowball fight! We tested and tuned at Mt Valin over New Years Weekend and had it dialed in to the best of my ability. Unleashing it on the trails took nerves of steel or a total disreguard for life and limb!
Up I lead onto Bras Lousie, the Mach was moving, full bore, no one on the trails, fresh groomed, the whole nine yards! I say "Moving" because that's what LongHair described it as, when he passed me... on the right... in the unbroken snow on the side of the perfect cordiroy trail I was on....
I could see him smiling through the helmet!!
It could pass anything..... but a gas station! This tradition lives on as many of us know from this past season.
RedRocker Ver.2.75
-AirRide M-20 with on the fly controls
-On the fly controls were added and plumbed for the Front Air Shocks.
The engine finally faded away due to too many lake drag races one spring day and it sucked in a bunch of snow, mist and spray. This washed away the oil and caused some extreme Rod End Play. poof!
 
So back in went the 500cc original engine.
I was going to post pictures and updates as I go along in building the 850-Eater! I would post it on Doo-Talk but I think it will be more Sled Ed than SledHead in the end. Then there are the trolls on DT.
Stay Tuned!
GutZ

Make sure the plumber orders enough parts for two!
the stacked cans worked great (4300 miles) although I realize it's not recommended by doo.

Doesn't get any better!
Cant wait to do it again next year.
Great report......

Make sure the plumber orders enough parts for two!
the stacked cans worked great (4300 miles) although I realize it's not recommended by doo.

hi all !!!
pics from tq 5 yesterday !!! no traffic...have  nt seen a sled while grooming !!!
today , same weather than yesterday....grey sky....snowing very lightly....-5c !!!
once at home...took a nap ...then up to clubhouse to fix things with secretary ...on my way back to bar from kitchen...2 guys appeared from downstair....was nt sure...i was thinking ...lets wait if they know me ....took a few seconds ....surprise !!! timbo and friend !!!
great to see you both guys !!
 
jean-guy

good morning  phil !!!
 
first of all...you should turn around and come back...blue sky day...a bit windy like our meeting on tq 5 !!!..-5c !!!!
just little reminder for the translation of the sign !!!...'' gaspesian groomer operator on the loose...stay back 1 miles ''.....hahahah
better show your neighbors before they see me walking in your street !!!...ahaha
have a great summer !!!
 
jean-guy
 

bonsoir phil !!!
always a pleasure to see you year after year in march !!! always great laughs !!
and super happy that you brought back home a little piece of the gaspesie !!!
11 hrs run...i don t think i ll need to count too many sheep to fall asleep !!! ahhahaha
from the lake down to local trail for ste marguerite and back to gas station ...wooWWW.....don t remember much !!!
pics with fields and brown building...lac saumon....tq 5 on top ...clubhouse few miles to the left !!!
-24c at 5 30 am.....and -5c right now and looks very windy...grey sky !!!
 
thx again !!!
 
jean-guy