Twice I have be in the service of the heli. Both on the same mountain, Turlte. Back in 2002 the brain box died on the 800 zx. We were leaving the next day, snowing unreal. So it sat for couple days, time they got to it, only the mountain bar was sticking out. Then in spring of 05, steering post broke on on RX1. It was a taller & lighter post, funny thing about that. Brad Story was there. He came over to have a look, he said lad, I learned along time ago. Stock posts with a grin. I hate going to Turtle! Have been involved with dragging other peoples sleds of the hill. It sure is a time waster, get the bird & be done with it. Instead of wrecking others peoples stuff & there day.
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SledMamma
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polarisdragon800
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Amazing story... Scary too. Thanks
I bet it was pretty scary. He's got a pretty good scar to prove it. Thanks for reading.
flabbajabba
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Mines almost done (skid thing) put some pics up of yours I'd like to see it
I'll post mine as soon as its together, its going to pull up gas cans and pulling tools so it will be on the hill when we need it. We have ropes-pullies-etc but ride Renshaw mostly and its not a option to "run to the truck" So thats why I'm trying this?
tukernater
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I've never been choppered out ,but I had a94 Mach Z 780 that had more towed miles than rode miles.
Man, that's one crazy ordeal...
Your father is a real warrior, I know people that have suffered way less and gave up on the sport after. Real glad to hear he has recovered to the point he is at now and still sleds....
AWESOME!
barleyfarmer
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I had to tow one back in 96 with my ultra from the lake at chappel back to the parking lot!Jesus that was like skidding a grainery!!!3 belts and about half a mile per gallon fuel economy but we made it!!Oh and my buddy was tight for cash so I had burn all my gas and pay for the gas that I bought from other guys on the trail and all the belts and the ch!t kicking my sled took on the way out!!!But I got to listen to how his sled kicked my ass on the 6 hour ride home!!!!
Marley
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Have not broke down in the mountains yet - have not had the chance yet...however I was involved in towing a guy out of the middle of the desert in scorching sun on a dirtbike. Chain guide broke on an older Yamaha big bore 2 stroke at the top of a big sand hill climb. Didn't notice at the time but a few miles later the chain popped off, bunched up and put a hole in the case. The bike puked it's crankcase oil out on the red sand and died.
We rigged up a tow rope and started the task of pulling the big pig back through deep sand to our camp at Hamburger Rock. A half hour of tortuous towing later we hatched a plan: since the engine is not doing well as it was why not start it and ride it out! Being a 2 stroke, the cylinder would still get lubed, and there had to be enough oil remnants in the crankcase to keep those gears happy for while. The sun was going down and we did not want to drink our own piss!
Short story long, the bike started and was rode at a steady pace for about an hour and we all lived happily ever after - except the guy with the broken bike as he had to stay at camp everyday for the rest of the trip as the rest of us went off and rode the wild west in southern Utah.
We rigged up a tow rope and started the task of pulling the big pig back through deep sand to our camp at Hamburger Rock. A half hour of tortuous towing later we hatched a plan: since the engine is not doing well as it was why not start it and ride it out! Being a 2 stroke, the cylinder would still get lubed, and there had to be enough oil remnants in the crankcase to keep those gears happy for while. The sun was going down and we did not want to drink our own piss!
Short story long, the bike started and was rode at a steady pace for about an hour and we all lived happily ever after - except the guy with the broken bike as he had to stay at camp everyday for the rest of the trip as the rest of us went off and rode the wild west in southern Utah.
everyday last trip we brokedown and everytime it was dark but it was only the first day were my buddies started to walk out they walk 5 km before we found them down in the trees but the next day it was steering post and a voltage regulator at the exact same spot as the first time(about an hour into hall) then the third day was an A arm, on 1 a steering post on 2 a steering knuckle on 3 and handlebars on the 4 but that was an easy day it only took us about two hours at night to get back out of boulder.
polarisdragon800
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Thanks! yea he's one lucky fella
maxwell
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had so many excuses over the years if my phone rings friday and you want to come riding jump in. otherwise i dont do invites and pretty pleases anymore. have lot of reliable riding buddies no sense messing with the ones that just arent as into it as you are.
scrfce
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Been towed a few times from a $hitty ecu. Rode outta chappell with a folded up ski and a arms, big and little left circles till i could get on some hard pack otherwise she d just dive bomb in the pow if i tried goin straight or right. Also wrote off a new 09 m8 at chappell from hittin a just covered rock on the belly pan at WOT. that one hurt, hurdled me somethin like a 100ft and sled 65-70, some cuts, lotsa bruises, a split knee cap and a set a nuts that ballooned to a single black grapefruit lol. Track wouldnt even turn the thing was so twisted so we turned it backwards and put the track on a revs tunnel for the long azz tow out,,,fn chappell, i still luv u tho. Oh and ive seen countless other tow outs,,,actually towed an xp out twice this year and another buddy went over his bars and broke his throttle flipper off, we used two zip ties looped to the throttle cable and he was able to braap er out,,, patent pending.
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