10 Tips to Start Snowmobiling
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- Опубліковано 28 лис 2024
- Just got a snowmobile? Never ridden before? It's been a long time? Looks intimidating? You came to the right place!
Here are 10 tips guaranteed to help you, or your money back! ;)
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Thanks for putting this together, so much to learn. Hopefully we start getting some snow soon.
Great video. We all know our own "Zeke's"!
Appreciate all the good content .
Nice to see the old Charger got a cameo appearance
I felt like a video about people getting their first snowmobile needed to have someone's first snowmobile! 👍
Just wondering if you could do a test as to how long it takes for the your Artic Cat to warm up and for the gauge to stop displaying cold.
I understand there are many variables but I think a base line would be nice. I have a 2020 sled but its carbureted. Just a thought.
Newer Cats will stop blinking cold at 68* coolant temp. Which 2020 sled do you have that’s carbureted?
I think that's an excellent idea! My Riot has a temp readout and I could do a baseline test to see how long it takes to reach a decent temp. It's not perfect by any means, but would give people an idea how long to expect. Local weather is supposed to be trending colder - finally - and that will help.
@410notch There's a few out there - Polaris is still selling their 550 engine in 2024 models, for example. I don't know if there were others in 2020. Comparing liquid cooling (like my CTech's) to fan (like the 550) wouldn't be accurate at all, but for someone with a carb'd sled, it would give them some idea... I think a ballpark time would help them out.
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It was 20 degrees (F) today, so I went out and started the sleds. From 20F until the "cold" light went off on my Catalyst was about 5 minutes. On my Riot, I can display actual temp, and I waited until coolant temp reached 80, and that was about 8 minutes. For a fan-cooled and/or carb'd engine, I'd say 10 minutes would be a good amount of time. On my older Polaris (carb, liquid cooled), I let that thing run a loooong time - especially when I'm ice fishing, because I use the headlight to help me pack everything up for the trip back to shore.
One way to look at it is this: Give it 5 minutes, at least. Then, try to pull away. If it seems sluggish or doesn't seem to be running very strong, give it another minute or two and then gradually pull away. DOn't pin it right away, take it easy - wait for it to be running smoothly before you go fast. Once you get used to your snowmobile, you'll be able to tell by feel when it's warmed up or not.