Maggot snowmobile thread

[tobytortorelli]

[Cruiser]

^^^ Oh dang

[SirVicSmasher]

Been getting out some, not enough to make the itch go away.
Narrowed the front end and threw a longer track on her.
Seem to get better on each ride funny how much easier and less of a work out it is when the snow is good vs shit.


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[Norseman]

well that looks pretty goddamn enjoyable

[John_B]

That's how I imagine I look riding my snowmobile. Awesome picture.

[tobytortorelli]

Thanks guys! Thought I'd post some sled stoke when I saw Maggot Snowmobilers at the top of the list!

[Trackhead]

^^You win the internet - amazing pics. So deep can't tell if it's a skier or sled.

[Cruiser]

Good riding out there today!

[simple]

What lurks above. Wheelie town is open

[pano-dude]

Not many days this year so far but Sunday was a good one

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[SirVicSmasher]

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[ironhippy]

I usually only use my machine to groom trails, but sometimes it's a lot of fun

[SirVicSmasher]

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[NBABUCKS1]

hope this is an ok post.

I have a remote cabin that has a mile road and i have a 500 yard driveway. I have a 2009 rmk TRAIL sled 550 (1.25" lugs) that I got stuck in about 4 feet of powder because I don't know how to ride a sled and that sled is probably severely undergunned for those conditions.

Anyway I'm looking for a pow sled and I am cheap. Mostly looking for 2012 and newer, lower miles (yeah right ) and under $5k. Would be my first pow sled.

Buddy came to me with this. 2009 RMK 700, 155 track. Always garage stored and 503 miles for $2000. Hasn't really ridden it since 2012 and has been run yearly since. Ideally i'd like newer but this seems like a good deal.







Deal or no deal?

[adrenalated]

I don't know a lot about Polaris but a buddy has a 2009 Dragon 800 that I've ripped around on a bit, and it was a pretty capable sled. Not quite a easy to turn in pow as my 14 XM but pretty good. For 2k with low miles seems like a solid deal?
That said any sled is pretty easy to get stuck in 4ft of unconsolidated pow. Best thing you can do for your cabin situation is build your road early and keep putting tracks on it regularly.

[John_B]

Yeah, at that price if you don't like it I'm sure you can flip in for what you bought it for or more. Around me clapped out early 00s trail sled seem to still go for almost 2k.

[BCMtnHound]

Agreed with all the above, $2k for a low mileage babied mtn sled, even if carbureted, is a decent deal.

That said, that’s an expensive trail packer for 2.5km of access. Hope it sees more action than packer duty.

[NBABUCKS1]

oh yeah it's an excuse to buy a pow sled, was a hard justification to the wife until I got our sled stuck and now it's a safety issue

thanks everyone, looks like we have a deal.

[SirVicSmasher]

oh yeah it's an excuse to buy a pow sled, was a hard justification to the wife until I got our sled stuck and now it's a safety issue

thanks everyone, looks like we have a deal.

Don't bother imo. You want a 2016 or newer axys if you actually want to get after it. 163 ... you will be just as stuck in 4ft of pow on the 09 155 as you currently are. The difference is night and day and now that the matrix has come out everyone is dumping their axys for cheap. I've watched friends that I ride with go from stuck monsters to very capable riders overnight switching from old tech to new.

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[pano-dude]

Bashed a lot of alder to get here

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[NBABUCKS1]

Don't bother imo. You want a 2016 or newer axys if you actually want to get after it. 163 ... you will be just as stuck in 4ft of pow on the 09 155 as you currently are.

Why though? What specifically is great about the axys vs anything else prior?

[SirVicSmasher]

Foggy af today

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[BCMtnHound]

Why though? What specifically is great about the axys vs anything else prior?

Far more manoeuvrable in deep pow, both boondocking and climbing/side-hilling. Almost too tippy/reactive track for only travelling on trails. Which then begs the question? Trail packer and ski access, the 09 will work just fine, especially for $2k. If you find you like slednecking, you will soon want more. We all eventually want more….

FWIW, my daily trail sled is an ‘11 summit with a 146 track. I can run 4’ of unconsolidated pow on a forestry road all day long and not get stuck. Climbing that same storm snow over 20° is another matter though.

[SirVicSmasher]

Why though? What specifically is great about the axys vs anything else prior?

Because they are so much easier to ride than the previous iterations. Axys is 2 generations ahead of dragon . Pro ride chasis is in between. Dragons are not known for resale as the 800 and 900s were grenades. If you truly want to get better at riding/get stuck less/ have a more enjoyable time get the newest sled you can afford . Or not up to you.


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[Cruiser]

I'm a hack and, as such, I do my fair share of digging.

That said, the newer body style sleds are narrower and taller so they are easier to turn which helps because snowmobiling, like driving a hovercraft I'm told, is one of those deals where if you see an obstacle in your path it might already be too late to avoid hitting it. So being on a more nimbly designed chassis gives you a little more margin for error, especially as a new rider.