Scranton1

I just dropped the sled off at the dealer today to summerize and storage. You guys are driving me crazy with these pictures!
mike
 

I have 96 down the center.....
lovedthem till yesterday when I noticed my rear middle idler chewed up.
the crew says I'm fine but it's rather disappointing 
all studs installed per doo's torque specs.  I took video and documented install and retorque.
retorqued after 500 miles
4000 miles on 850 now.....no trouble except for the idler.
i wonder if it's covered under warranty
lol

Another rough day in the mountains.😜😜😜
Murdochville via orange trail to La Cache.  Went 595 north for 30 miles then pulled a 180 to New Richmond for Lunch.
set anchor in point a la croix 
280 plus day
white asphalt 
16-20 mpg for the gang on the day.
Best Time to Ride......Minimal Blacktop on the Run

Off to see "The Groomer" tomorrow.
Holding Court in his neck of the woods.

Another rough day in the mountains.😜😜😜
Murdochville via orange trail to La Cache.  Went 595 north for 30 miles then pulled a 180 to New Richmond for Lunch.
set anchor in point a la croix 
280 plus day
white asphalt 
16-20 mpg for the gang on the day.
Best Time to Ride......Minimal Blacktop on the Run

good morning scranton 1 !!!
 
see you later.....i ll be in my '' sport car '' before 2 am !!!
11-12 hrs run !!!
 
jean-guy

Another rough day in the mountains.😜😜😜
Murdochville via orange trail to La Cache.  Went 595 north for 30 miles then pulled a 180 to New Richmond for Lunch.
set anchor in point a la croix 
280 plus day
white asphalt 
16-20 mpg for the gang on the day.
Best Time to Ride......Minimal Blacktop on the Run

Another rough day in the mountains.😜😜😜
Murdochville via orange trail to La Cache.  Went 595 north for 30 miles then pulled a 180 to New Richmond for Lunch.
set anchor in point a la croix 
280 plus day
white asphalt 
16-20 mpg for the gang on the day.
Best Time to Ride......Minimal Blacktop on the Run

Off to see "The Groomer" tomorrow.
Holding Court in his neck of the woods.

Day 1:  2 sleds leave RDL. Head down 526 to 85 south. Take 85 south to Degelis. Trail flat with 2-3 inches of Pow. From there take 571 north to Squatec. Few bumps but 7/10. Have coffee and then head on 35 west to trail 5 near Rimouski. Perfect trail , now 3-5 inches of Pow. Take 5 East to Mont Joli. Here again trails flat and groomed. 4-6 inches of Pow. Mint!! From there take 587 south to Amqui. Flat and fast. The new snow gets less as we head towards Amqui. 1-3 inches of Pow. Decide to head south/east on 5 down towards Albertville and check on clubhouse. Closed. Forgot it was Wednesday. Closed at 4:00 today. Head back north/west back to Amqui and get to hotel. Selecthotel. What a great day of riding. Snowed hard in the morning and then on/off until 2:00. After that sun came out and it was beautiful. Fields early in day were white out, but woods were fine. Saw maybe 5 sleds all day, got to love mid week in late March in Quebec. 260 miles for the day. Could have not asked for better conditions. All the dirt roads, road crossings, parking lots were frozen up again with snow on them. Looked like mid winter again. Off to Murdochville tomorrow. Here are some pics for today.
Bill

Another rough day in the mountains.😜😜😜
Murdochville via orange trail to La Cache.  Went 595 north for 30 miles then pulled a 180 to New Richmond for Lunch.
set anchor in point a la croix 
280 plus day
white asphalt 
16-20 mpg for the gang on the day.
Best Time to Ride......Minimal Blacktop on the Run

Update > The 1200 lives on to be ridden another season!
We stopped at the dealer on the way home yesterday.  Sandi had sent them an e-mail earlier so they had some basic info.  At the dealership, Sandi's sled starts right up and sounds fine.  I pull it into the garage and up onto the lift.  The mechanic hooks the chain lift to the back bumper and picks it up.  He is slowly rotating the track by hand and ah ha!  In french, he points to a missing stud.  Now he picks the sled up higher and looks at the heat exchanger.  That looks fine.  He now goes to the front of the tunnel in front of the drive axle to the little radiator bolted to the bulkhead.  There is a gouge in the radiator.  OK, now we know what happened.  The mechanic says that the one ply tracks aren't as strong as the older two ply tracks.  This sounds a little like Ray's trailer tires made in China! 
So Sandi's sled is getting a new track and new radiator.  They are going to replace the drive axle bearings while it is apart.  She has 9,200 miles on it.  The sled will be ready to roll again.
It was good seeing fellow riders at the Universal, the Gutz guys, Phil, Scranton, Doonali and gang and anyone that I may have forgotten to mention.
This was probably our last trip for this season.  Have a great summer folks.
Jack & Sandi
 

220 miles cap chat to Gaspe
plenty of sightseeing
Cap chat to Gran Vallee outstanding
grand valley to Gaspe flat out sucked.  
needs some TLC but the scenery made up for it

Cont.

Gaspe to murdochville
trails 9-10 per BJ
trails 5-10 per Phil
is somebody aging faster than anticipated?
Group vote had trails 7-10.
apparently the groomer may have groomed when it was too warm as there were a bit of ruts in the trail on the green trail to murdochville.
*BJ didn't notice any ruts

Dam the Gaspe sucks, sucks reading about it and not riding it. 
Stay on track guys and burn'm up before the sun does.

Gaspe to murdochville
trails 9-10 per BJ
trails 5-10 per Phil
is somebody aging faster than anticipated?
Group vote had trails 7-10.
apparently the groomer may have groomed when it was too warm as there were a bit of ruts in the trail on the green trail to murdochville.
*BJ didn't notice any ruts

220 miles cap chat to Gaspe
plenty of sightseeing
Cap chat to Gran Vallee outstanding
grand valley to Gaspe flat out sucked.  
needs some TLC but the scenery made up for it

Cont.

Gaspe to murdochville
trails 9-10 per BJ
trails 5-10 per Phil
is somebody aging faster than anticipated?
Group vote had trails 7-10.
apparently the groomer may have groomed when it was too warm as there were a bit of ruts in the trail on the green trail to murdochville.
*BJ didn't notice any ruts

220 miles cap chat to Gaspe
plenty of sightseeing
Cap chat to Gran Vallee outstanding
grand valley to Gaspe flat out sucked.  
needs some TLC but the scenery made up for it

another sunshine day in the gaspesie !!!
great pics !!!
 
jean-guy

Looks like a great day , I'm jealous! How was the trail into Chap Chat for fuel ? Two weeks ago it was a chiropractors dream come true . Lol