i was at a hotel last night and it was snowing realllllllyyyyyy good. and some guy said "i wish it would stop so my wife and i can go home" i said "i hope it snows like this forever.... once i get my sled back there'll be a bunch of snow to ride in" and he said "boy... i've been riding for 25 years.... the worst thing you can to do a snowmobile is ride it in fresh snow. it blows up engines and burns up belts" i was tihnkin to myself.... "isn't SNOW what SNOWmobiles are made for?"


i just shook my head and walked away


is what that guy said true? or should i have asked him for some of what he was smokin?

There's no doubt that riding in deep snow is harder on a machine, but to say that the worst thing you can do to a snowmobile is ride it in fresh snow is just foolish.
If that's your way of thinking then I guess the best thing to do with your machine is to keep it parked in the garage. If you risk starting it up and riding it you might blow a motor or burn a belt.

I dunno if I am right here either but I though powder snwo was best to ride in, mainly for cooling purposes. I do know that if the vents are open on the clutch side then you could get water on your clutches, and maybe burn up a belt, but i have never heard of being bad enough to blow up a sled. :confused:

As long as snow doesn't get inside your air box you are fine. If you start sucking powder into your engine that you could have problems, but most of the new sleds have a pretty good system that doesn't allow that to happen.

Its a SNOWmobile!!!!!...powder is fine, the motor may work a bit more but it is being adequatley cooled by the snow on the exchangers.....powder is the best!!!!its getting stuck that isnt too much fun....

I think maybe he was thinking of when you just spin your track and there is no load on the engine and u get the rpm's up too high.

I know that we only get good powder conditions around here once year if we are lucky, and that is running along fence rows where the wind drifts it,,,,,
these are days that I take personal days from work to be able to ride because I love it,,,, so if powder riding is bad,,,,,for that one day I get , lock me up!!!!!

There is no doubt that riding in untouched deep snow (2 feet or so) is way harder on your machine then a groomed trail. If you need proof, try riding each condition at the same speed and then take your thumb off the throttle, see how long you coast under each condition. You will come to a stop much quicker in the deep snow. The result is your machine has to work much harder under these circumstances to overcome the resistance. So yes your belt will wear faster because it is under so much more load. Pretty simple physics. Can it blow your engine, well, not likely. But it will stress it more then normal. Sure it will be cooled adequitely, but the mechanical stresses are still there.


mk

i understand spinning the track at high rpm's is not good, but the way it sounded from that guy is that i shouldn't ride until someone else breaks the trail. well thats fine and dandy, but... what about my lawn and the field by my house? i'm gonna sit around and touch myself until someone goes through first? hell no!!

I like nothing better than breaking trail through fresh powder. What a feeling! I think my kitty likes the feeling of it rubbing her belly, too!

Powder is my favourite for riding. i havent heard of machines blowing up due to powder :dazed:

There is alot more drag while riding in deep powder that causes the engine to work much harder and the clutches get worked harder too, which could result in burning a belt. Never heard of anyone blowing there sled from riding in powder. Nothing beats a little backroad riding breaking trail in 1-2 feet of fresh powder.