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x96riley3
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Posted: Mon Jan 26th, 2009 05:56 pm |
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Wow! We rode from Prudenville ->Grayling -> Gaylord-> Indian River-> (stayed the night at Brentwood lodging and what a great place) -> Cheybogan -> Black lake -> Millersburg -> Atlanta -> Lewisburg-> Grayling -> Houghton Lake -> Prudenville.
425 miles in 2 days
Broke down in Indian River and Burt Lake Ski-doo was awesome. We didn't have the correct tools and they let us borrow some. Those folks were great. My buddy had a bolt fall out of his rear shock.
Pull start broke in Houghton Lake and I'm lucky SpicerBoat city let me in the parking lot. I pulled off the rewind starter and notice that plastic engager broke. Cost me $12 bucks. I asked to borrow a few tools that they told me to take a hike. Then I asked if they could take 10 minutes and do it. I had the starter in my hand. They wanted $50.00 bucks. We ended up towing the sled and when I got back to base camp I fixed in 10 minutes. This jerk at Spicers said it would take him 15 minutes. I said isn't that a labor rate of $200.00 an hour then. He said, "We are here to make money". He was trying to gouge a stranded snowmobiler. I'll never buy anything from Spicers again.
Overall the trip was Great. Best experience was Indian River, Mi. Brentwood lodging, The brown trout, and Burt Lake Ski-doo was awesome.
Special Thanks to Roscommon County 911. Got lost after 17 hours of riding and they GPS tracked my phone and told me exactly were I was.
-X96riley3
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Markymark875
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Posted: Mon Jan 26th, 2009 06:53 pm |
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| Why the heck did you tow it? Did'nt you know you can wrap a rope around the clutch and pull start it that way?
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Posted: Mon Jan 26th, 2009 07:21 pm |
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| Sure wish we had that rope. We tried using the tow strap we had but it was impossible. My next sled will have electric start. I almost cut the rewind start cord and use that since I need to rebuild the starter anyways but I decided not too. I think we were 15 miles from base camp. That was before we missed the turn and got lost in the woods.
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