165 Alpha gets weighed

Caper11 said:

Wet weight, dry weight, its all semantics.
I'm more interested in how much extra weight the sled packs on with snow. I think the alpha will be lighter than the other two.

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Teth-Air said:

This make sense. Unfortunately there is another thing not mentioned in this thread though, it is weight distribution from front to back. The Cat was always nose heavy and this may be more noticeable when the skid gets lighter and previous Cat experiences also involved more weight of snow in the skid. ( possibly making it more balanced compared to Alpha) This new Cat would benefit more if that weight was taken from the front instead of rear.

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niner said:

Your probably right. Way to nose heavy....

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Teth-Air said:

It will be fine, just different and there may be a bit of a learning curve if you are used to something that is lighter in the front and heavier in the rear. I bet lifting the rear out of a stuck is noticeably easier.

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skegpro said:

I never did understand making a small tank and then carrying fuel on the tunnel.

But having said that.

Stock tank holds 47 liters.
And on deep days I still burn my extra 15 liters on my tunnel.

Small tanks get to sit an watch men burn fuel.

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neilsleder said:

So they can sell you a $19000 sled then you get to spend $300 more for a gas can so you can ride all day. Money in there pockets

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NoBrakes! said:

That's not what I heard from a few guys who paid 3500$ for a weekend of stucks and watching him dangle lol... why would you ride stock if you had them in the garage? and which sled is "that sled"? looks like a bunch of turbo builds for sale with tiny aluminum gas tanks...

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Teth-Air said:

I guess you need to go ride with him.

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NoBrakes! said:

Wouldn't do it, too far, too much money and I'm a doo guy. I'd spend that cash to ride with Carl, Rene or Rasmussen though. I have Met Chris a few times, great guy to talk with.

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NoBrakes! said:

Wouldn't do it, too far, too much money and I'm a doo guy. I'd spend that cash to ride with Carl, Rene or Rasmussen though. I have Met Chris a few times, great guy to talk with.

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Frankenytro said:

I was just talking with rene’s Neighbors this weekend while I was out setting up my fifth wheel for winter camp and was told that he hasn’t been out much lately due to health issues. I realized that I hadn’t seen him out at all last year either once it was mentioned. Anyone know if there is any truth to the story?

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jhurkot said:

For comparison sake my 2016 rmk 155 2.6 (standard shocks, factory belt drive) with spare belt, full gas and oil, and with aftermarket can (-17lbs, didn't even use it because loud cans are lame as ****) weighed in at 496lbs so it would have been 513lbs fully wet with the stock can. The polaris fuel tank is larger than cat by about 4-5L as well.

467lbs is quite respectable. I'll be watching how the alpha skid holds up this season.

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takethebounce said:

I don't believe many people would put Rene in the same category as Bret, lol

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lilduke said:

Yeah no doubt. Rene is way cooler, rather ride with him forsure.

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Rotax_Kid said:

Nex pictures are Rear/Left/Right balance from when the skis/track where just unloaded.

It doesn't completely add up as you would expect,obviously a margin of error in how I measured, but it doesn't give some idea of the balance on the machine.

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Rotax_Kid said:

I see there are a few pictures within this thread of more than the Alpha. Thought this might interest a few people. Had a date night between me and a few Pilsners in the shop and got bored so started scaling. Picture 1 is total sled weight...this is a 18 Summit 154 x 3.0 with SHOT, minimal gas, as it comes off the showroom floor, but otherwise, ready to ride

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