Are You Staying In Or Getting Out?

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zimmer1310

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All In. I rented for the first 7-8 years going to the UP and it worked out great. Purchased a sled 3 years ago and just got a 2nd one last summer and now that the oldest is 7, I got a Yammi Bravo for him and will always own. The wife has her hobbies in the winter so all is good.
 
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yamahauler

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In but it's been hard since starting a family and then taking a decent pay cut. Once pay is back it will of trying to figure out how to get away.
 
bearrassler

bearrassler

Well-known member
I'm in, I have ridden every year since 1966 and hope to have another 20 plus years to ride. It is expensive but what isn't these days. Good fresh water fishing boats run up to 60 grand, and most people have to travel to use them, vacations to warm climates, golf, snow sking, water sking, hunting, are all expensive with the price of gas and the equipment. Snowmobiling is my hobby of choice in the winter and it is going to stay that way.
 
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Deleted member 10829

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Agreed

Skylar said:
In it till I die. :)
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Ditto here!

Whitedust,

I can hardly believe that coming from you. You seem like too die hard of a rider to do that. Renting sounds good, but no more rides from the house and whenever you want to go. Plus, who knows what kind of sled you'd end up with, they usually don't rent the top of the line. One of our guys had to rent a sled from Pat's last year and it was a rust orange Phazer. Had to be the worst sled I've ever ridden and it was still $150 a day during the week!

I can see where renting would make sense for lots of people, but I can't see it working for you. What would you do all winter? You can only rent so many times.
 
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polarisrider1

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If I
snoluver1 said:
If you look at sledding from an economic standpoint, it doesn't make much sense. Unfortunately for me, it is a disease not a pastime. I'll be in till I can no longer physically ride, no matter what it costs me. I"m trying to figure out how I can move closer to where I ride so maybe I can lessen the financial burden!
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Look at golf, boating, motorcycles, health clubs, partying and much more. None of it makes economic sense. But it is life and the quality of it that counts. I am leaving nothing for my kids but a method and a means to make a good living. If I worried about economic sense I would not live on a boat in the summer. Have fun everyone, this is not a dress rehearsal, this is it.
 
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russholio

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polarisrider1 said:
Look at golf, boating, motorcycles, health clubs, partying and much more. None of it makes economic sense. But it is life and the quality of it that counts. I am leaving nothing for my kids but a method and a means to make a good living. If I worried about economic sense I would not live on a boat in the summer. Have fun everyone, this is not a dress rehearsal, this is it.
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X2!
 
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Firecatguy

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polarisrider1 said:
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Look at golf, boating, motorcycles, health clubs, partying and much more. None of it makes economic sense. But it is life and the quality of it that counts. I am leaving nothing for my kids but a method and a means to make a good living. If I worried about economic sense I would not live on a boat in the summer. Have fun everyone, this is not a dress rehearsal, this is it.
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I thought polaris was "the way out"? hehehhee
 
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snowhawg

Member
In forever

A couple years ago I started losing the love I always had for riding. A couple great companeros of the trail dropped out and it seemed the same old places and rides weren't as exciting as they used to be.

I really got the love back this year by making a tour of the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec. It was an unlucky trip cut down by 2 days because of a historic blizzard, but it really gave me the fever again, even for the good old places....Land O' Lakes and the western UP.
 
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chevyman

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Have two little ones at home sold mine last year, hopefully when they are older i will get another one. Just couldnt justify having it. was thinking on buying a beater to give the kids a ride. INDY you sell the cat yet
 
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jr37

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I've been on sleds since I could hang in front of my dad. I've been a member of our club my entire life, been going to the U.P. since '88, bought my first new sled the fall after I graduated.

Now married with 2 young boys, priorities change. While we had talked about trading the sled in on another ATV, that's not going to happen. I just can't imagine going out in the shop and not having a sled in there. I have an old Cat, and with the price of sleds these days, mine is just going to get older right here. I can't so possitively say "in it for life", but I also don't see any end in site. Once it's in the blood, it's hard to get out.
 
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Team Elkhorn

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We're in. For now. Most of the folks we ride with, (even the die hards worse than me), are getting out though. When we need to replace something expensive, sleds, trailer or tow vehicle we might be at a crossroads. I've been riding since I was a kid and never thought I would ever be saying that. We have already toned it down over the last few years. Heck, last year my trailer never even left my driveway. First time in like 28 years that we didnt go north at least once.
 
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whitedust

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mspease said:
Ditto here!

Whitedust,

I can hardly believe that coming from you. You seem like too die hard of a rider to do that. Renting sounds good, but no more rides from the house and whenever you want to go. Plus, who knows what kind of sled you'd end up with, they usually don't rent the top of the line. One of our guys had to rent a sled from Pat's last year and it was a rust orange Phazer. Had to be the worst sled I've ever ridden and it was still $150 a day during the week!

I can see where renting would make sense for lots of people, but I can't see it working for you. What would you do all winter? You can only rent so many times.
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I just don't know Mark like others many of my riding buds dropped out years ago so I ride alone alot. I started riding with the area 30 year olds but they are dropping out due to high costs starting families & such. I have hooked up with JD members for rides but time & distance of their & my home base is always a problem to coordinate time & route. For me it seems to get more difficult each year to hook up with other riders & getting bored riding alone. Phelps had 99 inches of snow last year ER had 70" 3 Lakes less than ER. Watersmeet area never really came together as it can either & BC was a snow desert so I was locked in riding around Phelps but 20 miles in any direction trail conditions went from good to bad & then toast after Mid Feb. I'm done trailering alone big job for me to dig out heavy United Transport trailer & to hook up & go somewhere alone. Thinking maybe I should go south to fish & beach if snow conditions suck again this winter & that could become my new winter activity & just rent a sled here when I get the itch may be the answer. #4 daughter graduates from UW next June so she when comes off my payroll there will be more money available to buy a FL condo & if I do that I will use it. Things change over time & I'm starting question snowmobiling ownership cost & ROI on my time doing different things. Maybe time to move on after 1 more season like many others have done already? Not sure but thinking about it? :confused:
 
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russholio

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Whitedust, I hear where you're coming from. My riding buds have dropped out, too -- not officially, but every time I try to get them to go all I get is excuses. Thank God my wife rides; if it weren't for her I'd have the grand total of 0 miles over the past two seasons because I won't ride alone. I can't just walk out my door and ride, it's a minimum 2 hour drive for me to get to anywhere I can ride and it's just not safe to be that far away from anyone who can help if I were to run into trouble. My wife has become my best riding bud and that's fine with me -- I can almost always count on her to go when I want to go!
 
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