Summitizer
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We don’t hear much about the bulkheads or belt issues from 2017. Have things improved on the 18’s.
Everything is working great. Belt looks good. 40% break in left. Thinking of removing the T motion. I'm finding this 175" is all over the place, as the snow goes from firm to soft, sled starts to dart side to side.
Everything is working great. Belt looks good. 40% break in left. Thinking of removing the T motion. I'm finding this 175" is all over the place, as the snow goes from firm to soft, sled starts to dart side to side.
The only problem I have had is moisture in the kill switch. The big red button won't stay up and the switch needs to be thawed after riding the pow and freezing in the cold weather. Also, the hand/thumber warmers also freeze from the pow/melting/freezing. I'm going to assume when we get out of this cold snap there won't be a problem.
Everything else is great. Just like our 2017's were. I really like the new scratchers.
i find the tarps trap heat at the end of the day. These sleds steam for quite a while after shutting them off. That Makes frost and freezes the buttons. Those who don’t tarp seem to have less issue with frozen buttons.
Mine are never tarped/covered. Loaded and brought home into a warm shop/garage. This time on the '18 it wasn't that warm in the garage and everything didn't melt. On the kill switch, it is moisture inside the switch that is preventing it from working.
we had a 1 hr loss the other morning as my buds kill switch was locked solid too. Had to pull it and wiggle it up with channel locks. Took forever. I wonder if a good squirt of wd40 would prevent this problem.?Mine are never tarped/covered. Loaded and brought home into a warm shop/garage. This time on the '18 it wasn't that warm in the garage and everything didn't melt. On the kill switch, it is moisture inside the switch that is preventing it from working.
Do you need to kinda "jump" on the high side board when starting into a side hill even in decent powder to get the sled on edge? Noticed this on the weekend...
I have had one that was like that before and I think it was the '17. Just a pain on the coldest of days.Did they change the design from the 17's Doug or do you think you just have a bad switch?
I was able to use the heat from my hand to get it to lift up but it wouldn't click in the up position. Had to keep holding pulling the top of the switch up. Don't know if it was the vibration or the bar heat that eventually kept it up. It acted up all day and it would quit in awkward places. P*ssed me off and I eventually went to using the RAF every time I shut off the sled. So after sitting in the warm shop over night, it will click and hold in the on position.we had a 1 hr loss the other morning as my buds kill switch was locked solid too. Had to pull it and wiggle it up with channel locks. Took forever. I wonder if a good squirt of wd40 would prevent this problem.?
we had a 1 hr loss the other morning as my buds kill switch was locked solid too. Had to pull it and wiggle it up with channel locks. Took forever. I wonder if a good squirt of wd40 would prevent this problem.?