As you can see the bulk of our snow has melted. We had a major warm up with temperatures in the mid 40's for a couple days, then about 3 inches of snow, followed by another 40 degree warm up. I hate when all the snow melts in the middle of winter, it always looks so crappy out. The good news is that as I am typing this, we are getting a major snowfall. Most of the news stations are saying 4 - 8 inches, which I am very happy about. It is very nice to see it snowing again!
Since my last post, Dad and I finished the work on the two snowmobiles. The work took about two days. The first day, we took the both machines apart, this let us take the good track from the Polaris off so I could put it on my Ski-Doo. The next day we got the Ski-Doo 100% back together, adjusted, and tested. We also got the Polaris about 95% back together, but didn't get a chance to test or adjust it. However, having the Polaris back together made it so much easier to move around! The process of swapping both the tracks went really smooth, Dad and I both learned a little and if we ever have to swap a snowmobile track again, I think it will go even smoother. I have to thank Dad and Mom for the help. Dad for letting me turn his garage into a snowmobile repair shop for two days and Mom for keeping a eye on Maeve for one of the days so we could finish!
Like I mentioned above, we had both sleds back together, but I still needed to get the Polaris running and adjusted before I deliver it to it's new owner. I guess I really wasn't worried about it, because that sled has always ran real good, but it hadn't been started for over a year. About two days after we finished the major assembly process, I can back up to my folks and we started work on getting the Polaris started. IT STARTED! It only took about 10 pulls and it came to life! It was idling really good and the track didn't need any adjustment. We checked all the fluids and let it warm up for a while. Maeve even helped a little bit!
Dad and I were both very impressed on how good the Polaris ran after it sat for so long. We both commented on how it would be a good sled to hang onto, but we also both realized we didn't have anywhere to keep it! I'm very confident that it will make a great snowmobile for Randy! Also, since we had a couple people think that we wouldn't get it running again, I shot a short video of the Polaris running:
It was a very good feeling to have the all snowmobiles back together and running. I know that my Ski-Doo will perform much better with a newer track and the Polaris will make a great starter sled and addition to Randy's household. Hopefully if he likes snowmobiling, he will try and venture up north with us next winter!
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Are you sure you're still willing to sell?! Maeve looks like she's already taken ownership! Looking forward to seeing you guys next weekend and all of this snow gets me excited to try out snowmobiling!
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