The season is officially over. I'd say it was rather successful... Although I did have my first ever "accident" with a good amount of damage. That actually reminds me that I need to bring in my sled to have the repairs finished....
Anyway.... I got a call last Wednesday, telling me that my "backwoods" crew was going on a final trip in the Yoop. So what do I do? I scoured the interwebs for a Summit that I could buy to take on the trip for the weekend. I found a sweet deal on a slightly used 2019 Summit SP 850 154” 2.5 lug with shot, that had only 352mi. It's already got the belly pan and a mountain can on it too...
My trail crew all got a small taste of playing off trail this year and ALL sold their trail sled(s) to order/acquire long track cross over sleds. Of course I needed to go one step further and go to a full "mountain sled" - as [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION] would say.
I can't believe how much fun this sled is! It's going to be a complete riot in the powder. The snow conditions this weekend were pretty crappy - hard as rock in the morning, only softening up in the afternoons. So I really didn't get the full effect... But the torque and snappiness the 850 has geared for the longer tracks is just crazy. Wheelies for DAYS! The amount of traction on hill climbs is nuts. The way it will jump into the air and still be easy to guide (thanks to the T-motion) is almost hard to get used to... And awesome all at the same time.
The first time I yanked over the handle bars with the same force I use on my BCX resulted in me tipping completely over and off the sled... While stationary. [emoji1787]
Anyway... Here's a few pics.
