"You are not on the most fuel efficient route"
3 Old Guys Ride to Alaska
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For those not of FaceBook, here's a picture of the guys. The caption says they're "smoozing" with the local law enforcement.
snobuilder
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what sense does that make? that is just plain stupid unless someone else had the same idea every 5 to 10 years or so.....70 year old growth is well, like no trail ever existed....LOL... I doubt they will make it.
Wow, thank you for the reply there. Mr. Pessimistic. Read the article.
snomoman
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snobuilder
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I was just responding to what you posted. A trail from the 1930's would be non existent today. I trusted what you said was accurate.
Tks, appreciate the reply.
A day off is never really a day off for the 3 Old Guys. They promised to check-in with a “live” trail update later tonight, but for now they are busy keeping these machines in tip top condition. Everything is working well, but a little focused attention post that under-the-hood brush fire and all those miles will ensure they can stay focused on the trail for the next leg of their journey.
snobuilder
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so they have a garage or a female cop every 200 miles or so?....LOL.... how is that possible?... Is this an Arctic Cat promotion?
pclark
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When I get old I hope to do something like that as well. I still want to make one more trip to the Boundary Waters with the youngsters (they are 32 now!)
Some years back, 40ish something guys went from the Sioux to Alaska. There were 3 groups. They just so happened to come right through town where I lived in North Dakota. I missed the first group but did put some miles on with the second two. ND DNR groomed a "special" trail straight west of me so they should have to go 120 miles out of the way. Of course, the new trail was the ditch but it worked. Best couple of weeks to travel west from where I lived.
snowdance
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An interesting video regarding their journey...
Just Outdoors - Road To Alaska: A Snowmobile Adventure
Just Outdoors - Road To Alaska: A Snowmobile Adventure
bearrassler
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I remember that group, three of us rode from Grand Forks to Lake Metigoshe on a Friday and we were getting fuel in Langdon and the first group pulled into the gas station as we were leaving. The south ditch on Hwy 5 was freshly groomed from Langdon to Rock Lake and we were the first ones on it. It was a quick ride with no stop or yield signs and good snow. The trip to Alaska wasn't quite the same as the three old guys though, this group had quite a few support vehicles and took a lot more southern route and ran out of snow and had to trailer quite a few days. The route the three old guys are taking is a lot farther north so they can ride the sleds the whole way.
dfattack
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Wow. A LOT of risk in my opinion. Not saying don’t do it but so many things could pop up and you would be waaaay out in the bush and nobody could get to you other than in a helicopter but even they have range limits.
Anyway, can someone please explain why you would want to take a 2 stroke on this trip? Seems like a 4S would make so much more sense if for no other reason you don’t have to haul oil around.
Anyway, can someone please explain why you would want to take a 2 stroke on this trip? Seems like a 4S would make so much more sense if for no other reason you don’t have to haul oil around.
Weight this is powder riding and busting trails 4s not so friendly in extreme cold either don’t want to be dependent on batteries in the bush. Got carry gas so might as well carry oil too.
dfattack
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weight of 4S makes sense I guess, but you are carrying as much or more in weight on the sled...
Also, batteries ok I get that but they also make little jumpers you can bring along that weigh a lot less than the oil.
Did you see how much oil they were bringing?
I lived in Langdon at the time. I had as dual parish of Langdon and Munich. I met the second group while they were eating, asked if I could run with them, and then hurried home to get ready. Just as I was pulling away from the house, they were already on their way. Took me a few miles before I caught them----they were bookin' pretty good. Ran with them to Rock Lake. It was fun taking the sled to Munich then, a lot better than ditch banging.