On 02/02/2015 4:25 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Just got in from clearing the driveway (mostly, I only did enough to get to work
tomorrow, the rest can wait until the snow quits falling) and measured 8 1/2"
but being that its powder that could be drifted one way or the other. I'd guess its
low but thats just a guess.
Got my '79 Polaris Cobra 340cc out (the other two that run are on the trailer)
and promptly got stuck. Vintage sleds are difficult in deep snow because of
limited suspension travel. You bottom out on the footboards and the track
spins. I learned how to deal with it today though, power Power POWER! Get on
the throttle and give 'er hell. When it starts to slow down rock side to side
to pack the snow under the footboards and gain traction. Worked sweet, I bombed
all over the yard. Took the Go-Pro with me, should have something neat on it.
At one point I had the Go-Pro clipped to the left side footboard (I've got the
clip on mount) and made a sharp left turn, the camera dipped under the snow
like it was a boat in a big swell. Hope that came out...
-Curt
So, does that mean that you have the sort of flat rubber track on the
Polaris? Pretty much like the track on the old Skidoo?
There were also cleated tracks available. I don't think they lasted as
long but they sure had traction. One could pretty much go anywhere with
those. Arctic Cat had the cleated tracks too back then.
We had a friend who had a Polaris twin - free air style with the engine
jugs sticking up through a hole in the cowling and it had the cleated
track. I remember him going up a steep hill in deep fresh powder and not
even slowing down. My machine had the flatter rubber track and I would
get stuck just about anywhere. I could not climb the hill even if I
followed in his track.
RB
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