Snowmobiling Upstate NY

snowstorm · March 20, 2018, 04:44:25 PM

Quote from: Crusarius on March 20, 2018, 07:44:27 AM
that sounds like a great day. Hmmm wonder if I should make a trip this weekend? maybe not. I want to get my mill done

this week should be very good. there was more snow in greenvile. 3 to 4 ft anyway. talked to someone that went to rangeley he said there was 6 ft in the mountains

moosehunter · March 20, 2018, 09:23:33 PM

I'm envious, Maine is high on my favorite place to ride list. Have hubbed out of Presque Isle and Caribou. Wish I could go every year.
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Crusarius · January 21, 2019, 08:02:20 AM

Just a little bit of fun in sub zero temperatures

This is what happens when you get home with just a little bit of daylight left. My son wanted a ride so I gave him a ride then had a little fun. He liked watching better.

Crusarius · February 01, 2019, 09:49:35 AM

Well, as long as everything goes right I am heading up riding saturday morning 2/2/19.

petefrom bearswamp · February 01, 2019, 10:46:00 AM

Rode the past 2 weekends in the Long Lake area.
Trails good to excellent, traffic not too bad, chilly tho.
Enjoy Keith!!

Raider Bill · February 01, 2019, 11:32:49 AM

I'm riding tomorrow also.

Crusarius · February 01, 2019, 12:12:46 PM

Thanks Pete, thats good to know. right now kinda looking like we are going to drop at the grist mill and ride from there. Hopefully there is enough snow down that far. its always nice to avoid the bar loop, that usually avoids most of the traffic and smoother trails.

Crusarius · February 01, 2019, 01:18:39 PM

well, crap. My buddy had to go and jinx us. he said "now if the lights work"

Remind me to bury him in the snow this weekend.

All 4 of the trailer light wires corroded and broke. its pretty freaking cold to be rewiring a trailer in the driveway. I really wish I had a real shop.

Raider Bill · February 01, 2019, 01:28:07 PM

I wish someone would come up with a wireless trailer light system. Seems trailer wiring/lights is a universal PITA.

Crusarius · February 01, 2019, 02:36:03 PM

they are not bad if done right. these were not done right.

butt connectors and electrical tape. that equals disaster on any trailer but a snowmobile trailer it so much worse.

All fixed. it sure is cold out there. Of course I bought 5w20 oil when I needed 5w30. Today does not seem to be my day. Real question is do I go swap it and do the oil change or just deal with what I have?

Crusarius · February 03, 2019, 09:43:01 AM

Well I got everything done and headed out yesterday. Dropped at the gristmill and rode towards osceola / redfield area. Trails were great up till lunchtime then were spotty after that. But still quite a bit better than many other days I have had in the past.

Rode 150 miles. Good day. Ended the day in the freezing rain. Glad I went saturday and not today.

thecfarm · February 03, 2019, 10:31:52 AM

The trails just opened here a few weeks ago. Just did not have the snow.

Stephen1 · February 03, 2019, 12:02:30 PM

Quote from: Raider Bill on February 01, 2019, 01:28:07 PM
I wish someone would come up with a wireless trailer light system. Seems trailer wiring/lights is a universal PITA.

Absolutly a PITA. I have a magnetic set that I use on occasion. I also saw at Princess auto has a wireless set. pricey but might solve a lot of PITA

dgdrls · February 03, 2019, 02:14:52 PM

Quote from: Crusarius on February 03, 2019, 09:43:01 AM
Well I got everything done and headed out yesterday. Dropped at the gristmill and rode towards osceola / redfield area. Trails were great up till lunchtime then were spotty after that. But still quite a bit better than many other days I have had in the past.

Rode 150 miles. Good day. Ended the day in the freezing rain. Glad I went saturday and not today.

Where's the gristmill Crusarius?
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Crusarius · February 03, 2019, 02:33:31 PM

parish. Exit 34 I think of 81. maybe exit 33?

dgdrls · February 03, 2019, 02:57:53 PM

OK I recognize it now, just south of 104,

you make to the east end of the Redfield reservoir?

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Crusarius · February 03, 2019, 03:00:04 PM

made it to cedar pines for lunch then up to osceola trading post and up around the big logo in the middle of the snowmobile map

came back through pulaski to parish

Crusarius · February 03, 2019, 03:01:36 PM

I would post a map but the app I was using flaked out halfway through.

dgdrls · February 03, 2019, 03:05:38 PM

no worries, sounds like it was a nice ride,

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Crusarius · February 03, 2019, 03:21:17 PM

definitely good ride. Little sore today

I think I rode more miles yesterday than all of last year.

petefrom bearswamp · February 04, 2019, 09:54:10 AM

I have a friend in the Adams area, lots of snow there.
Another fatality in the town of Webb system.
Guy got stuck and was either standing or walking in the trail, got hit, all over for him.
That system is heavily used and I avoid it like the plague.

Crusarius · February 04, 2019, 10:01:58 AM

When we left from gristmill the lady there said be careful its icy they already air lifted someone that day and it was only 9:30.

Looks like this has been a pretty bad year for deaths. Hope it doesn't create more regulation.

Old Greenhorn · February 04, 2019, 10:46:14 AM

Not my bag, but a lot of folks in my neighborhood head up on the weekends or during the week if they don't have any storm work to do. We are just a few hours south of 'the system'. Word on the street thru my associates in the NYSP is that yes, the major injury/death quota is pretty high this year. The normal Monday morning question at the coffee pot for the state level guys and dispatchers is "how many this weekend?". I think they have been averaging 2-3 each weekend for a while now. As I said, not my bag, I don't have that kind of spare change but do have plenty to keep me busy around home.
You guys have fun and be safe.

Crusarius · February 04, 2019, 11:37:17 AM

last couple years have been terrible for riding. many ppl never even registered sleds. They are making up for it this year and that is probably why the death toll is so high.

I used to ride with a couple ppl that were always out of control. I stopped riding with them. I really did not like wondering if I was going to make it home to see my family again.

beenthere · February 17, 2023, 08:24:08 PM

Ran across this video. Thought about @Crusarius and how he prolly has been there. Crazy rock climber vehicles. Something called the Hammer days?

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