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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Ice Fishing Transportation => Topic started by: 52isntbigenough on Dec 21, 2017, 11:56 AM
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Saw one set up at a power sports store by me last night. Pretty cool.
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Do they make one with a outrigger, so I wouldn't tip over?
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Do they make one with a outrigger, so I wouldn't tip over?
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Lot better! ;D
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I was looking at them and seriously want one. however, in recent years, there has not been enough snow.
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Are they called snow hawks? I have never been on one but have seen plenty of them on the trails.
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http://www.timbersled.com/en-us
Timbersled...and man are they expensive. Starting about the price of ATV tracks.
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(https://i.imgur.com/w1Bpke2.jpg)
Saw one set up at a power sports store by me last night. Pretty cool.
My cousin in Colorado runs one up in the mountains. Talk about going anywhere. As much HP as a sled, half the weight and twice as maneuverable.
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I bet there's 10 - 20 of these setups in the small town I live in. Almost all the guys running them are in their early to mid 20's. I've talked to a couple of them & they had nothing but good to say about them. Don't think this here older guy will be trying one !!
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I owned a Timbersled Mountainhorse 120" and road it for 3 seasons. Had the kit on a KTM 525. They are great fun. To correct one comment, they do not have anywhere near as much hp as a snowmobile. Most dirt bikes make 50 or 60 hp. A 600cc sled makes 120 and an 800cc 165hp. Take any of them to 10,000 feet and lose 30% of that (non turbo/supercharged engines lose 3% hp for every 1,000 ft of elevation. Hp junkies tend to not like snowbikes, but i sure liked it. They are only about 100 pounds lighter than a mountain sled so still pretty heavy for the meager horsepower. Fun to wind through the trees in the flats, but even more so on a steep side hill traversing through the trees.
They are very easy to sidehill through the trees compared to a sled. It's kind of cheating as a guy on his second snowbike ride can go places a 10 year expert mountain sledder can go. With so little hp, you can not go straight up steep hills, but you can traverse up them. Also, not the funnest in superdeep snow 40+" since they don't have the hp. Deep days are snowmobile days. Very fun, though. I am back on a sled for the time being. Waiting for the next big snowbike advancement before I go back to one again.
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I sure want to use one
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Ive ridden one that was built off a stripped down R1 with a turbo. That was fun. Guy had about $20k into it.
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They look fun to rip around on :o
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If anyone is up to it, this site, [company] is great to deal with. https://atvtracks.net/content/home :thumbsup: