2015 skidoo t3 skags

[fersch]

Skags after 298kms. Only 3kms of gravel
they look like they have been on my sled for 5 yrs. any one else have this problem?

 

[maxwell]

Picture doesn't work

 

[snopro]

Yep we are seeing abnormal wear on skags and sliders this year on gravel and ice.

 

[Keith Brown]

Got over 500 km on mine had it out to Cataract Creek a few weeks ago which was a gravel pit. Had er upside down a few times last week in Revy still looks like new.

 

[fersch]

Sorry picture won't load. They they are REALLY bad

 

[maxwell]

Wonder if the new deep keel has anything to do with it

 

[lilduke]

I have over 2000km's on mine and they have almost 0 wear and the bottom of the skies look hooker beat....

 

[tex78]

Wonder if the new deep keel has anything to do with it

I think it does, when we went for a ride to eagles pass, rightsideup has a t 3, and us had xm... He would stop dead at the creek crossings, when we wouldn't

We had to pull him every one.... The skis dug in bad compared

 

[T-team]

What the hell is a skag... and where did that word ever come from??

 

[SKEGNSNOW]

Carbides. Runners.

 

[LBZ]

What the hell is a skag... and where did that word ever come from??

Apparently it's slang for Heroin first originated in Britain in '67.
skag - definition of skag by The Free Dictionary

So I guess people want better Heroin???

 

[maierch]

What the hell is a skag... and where did that word ever come from??

I've always heard of a Skag being a runner without carbides.

Most likely it's orgins are a variant from the term Skeg which is a protective extension on the keel of a boat to protect the rudder. Skeg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But it could have origins of black tar heroin in the 80's. Let's go with that!

 

[RGM]

I've always heard of a Skag being a runner without carbides.

Thats what I call them too

 

[ferniesnow]

They were called that in the 60's and 70's and I still call them that.

I exchange the carbides for mild steel as I don't like carbides. My mild steel skags are just fine at 600 km.

 

[Vertical-Extreme]

Wear bar

 

[Grizzly4323]

What the hell is a skag... and where did that word ever come from??

Go back to sleep Trent!!

 

[lilduke]

Yes better Heroin please, the Doolaide isn't cutting it! lol

 

[LBZ]

Doolaid. The gateway drug.

 

[chris79]

They were called that in the 60's and 70's and I still call them that.

I exchange the carbides for mild steel as I don't like carbides. My mild steel skags are just fine at 600 km.

X2 carbides are useless just destroy floors and trailers. Don't need them in the hills


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[LBZ]

I run one carbide on one ski, and one cheap smooth runner on the other as advised by a couple buddies that used to run traplines out east. That way it doesn't dart on icy trails that have grooves in them from other sleds, trail groomer, etc but you still have good steering on ice. But I agree for the most part you don't need carbides at all on a mountain sled.