Burning sled on trail

[qber]

Saw this sled burning just north of South Range last week. The rider said his foot was getting hot- he looked down and saw flames.You can see it was a cat -firecat??

 

[bigvin]

Yikes! NOT GOOD.

 

[ezra]

that sucks you know a sled of that vintage prob just has liability ins

 

[mjkaliszak]

Well, at least the guy in the photo " took a knee ".

 

[rinkerman]

Wow that really stinks - at least no one got hurt

 

[donp]

jeez thats pretty scary...definitely wasn't a firecat because the exhaust is different, but looks to be a ZR!

 

[polaris62]

jeez thats pretty scary...definitely wasn't a firecat because the exhaust is different, but looks to be a ZR!

Believe you're right looks like a zr. Amazing how little is left,all that fun melted away.

 

[attack_06]

and melted a hole in the trail

 

[famousguy]

Wow.

Wonder if it was a grease fire from the overflow of the muffpot?

That is probably what will happen to mine.

 

[dew69]

Been there, done that!
A few years back my brother-in-laws sled went up in flames. They burn quick!

 

[Skylar]

That sucks!

 

[ridesafe]

bummer!!

 

[docbubba]

Don't forget to tip the snowmobile club when they come out to repair the trail :0 When my summit went up the white pine FD charged a tidy $500 (which insurance paid) and i gave the club $50 do fill in the foot deep hole summit shaped hole i left in south boundary road.
Insurance guys said these fires happen way more than you think.
Sorry about the kitty, hope he is riding again real soon.

 

[snow_monkey]

citgo sea and snow?

 

[6mile]

That looks to be an Arctic Cat ZR/ZL sled. It can happen because the over time the brake calipers get dirty corroded and cause the brake pads to drag on the disk a bit. Next thing you know after a long high speed run the disk is glowing red and melting all the plastic arround it and poof the oil resivoir leaks and instant fire.

It is a bummer to lose a machine that way, but it happens.