What was your first sled?

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1978 John Deere 300. Put about 10,000 miles on that thing. Got me hooked on snowmobiling.
 

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My first sled was a 1972 ski doo 650, that was a tank.
I jumped a grader pile and landed real hard broke the windshield with my face!!!
 

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My first sled was a 1989 440 Artic Cat Pantera.........what a tank, I was 8 years old and couldn't do nothing with it once I got stuck!
 

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69 Snow cruiser 207 E.
I think the E ment that you needed everyone to help when you got stuck....!
The best part about it was that it was given to me by my grandfather when I was 6.
We used it on the farm for work, used when playing together as a family touring, as a chairlift tobogganing & I got to hone my mad skills on it at an early age.
Damn good memories!
 

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74 jd 400 weighed the same as a cat d8t but more idlers under the track man i was happy to get a 340 air cooled spitfire
 

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My first memorable experiences were on a 79 John Deere Liquifire. A lot of machine for a 5 year old! A couple years later, switched over to a Trailfire. That Trailfire stills runs strong to this day for my nephew.
 

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An old (even then!) ski-doo with a jagged yellowed half windshield. Us kids just putted around the farm with it. If we shut it off, we had to go get someone to start it for us...
 

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First sled was in 1990 i was 8 and the sled was a 1982 Polaris cutlass 340. I beat the piss out of that thing taking it to school everyday. Then I lunched the motor and my cousin hooked me up with a 440 for it. Then It was friggin awesome. Lol. Killed that then got a 1990 Indy 500. Which I still ditch bang every winter.

Love them old bagger sleds for putting around. But real sleds in the mountains is where it's at.
 

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First sled was in 1990 i was 8 and the sled was a 1982 Polaris cutlass 340. I beat the piss out of that thing taking it to school everyday. Then I lunched the motor and my cousin hooked me up with a 440 for it. Then It was friggin awesome. Lol. Killed that then got a 1990 Indy 500. Which I still ditch bang every winter.

Love them old bagger sleds for putting around. But real sleds in the mountains is where it's at.

What model of Polaris do you ride in the mountains? :D
 

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1st sled - 1974 Rupp 440WT, pretty good machine for the day. 1st mountain sled was a 79 Blizzard - the plastic paddles bolted to the track were something else lol. Ridden a lot of iron since then...
 
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