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03-06-2014, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Skandic
With all the nov snow in our area, I decided to buy a sled to get to our hunting cabin , haul out game, and firewood . I bought a skandic with the 600 e tec and 20 inch track. The machine is a beast I picked it to work, but I was really surprised how much fun and how much jam it has . Not your your grampas worksled !!!
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03-07-2014, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,021
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I bought a Polaris Voyager this year. 600cc, 144" track and a cross over for utility work. It's great. Work and play. The sleds being turned out are better than 10 years ago.
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03-07-2014, 01:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 886
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I have been running a VK Professional 20" for about 5 yrs now but i am seriously leaning towards a Skandic or Tundra for next year. Do you find the 20" hard to handle? Is like the rest of the widetracks and once it start to tip it wants to keep going? How much mileage are you getting per tank? Does it have high and low range? And anything else you can think of.
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03-09-2014, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 81
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High low and reverse. Will tip nose in at slow speeds (10 inch ski skins should take care of that) in deep snow. Handling is good if you throw your weight around. Aprox tankand half for the first 400km. Go,s faster than I want to go in high and will pull a ld of birch up a hill with 2 men riding with out a snort. 120 horse power in the etec
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03-09-2014, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,669
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I have a 2012 550F WT and the 20" track takes some getting use to. It pulls like a mule and if you hit the throttle it hauls. won't ripe the bars out of your hand fast but will get me across the lake in a hurry.
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03-09-2014, 02:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: 3rd rock from the sun, formerly from 4th rock from the sun
Posts: 5,000
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Pictures? Those are great work sleds and fun for playing as well 
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03-09-2014, 04:37 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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03-09-2014, 07:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Red Deer
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They have come a long way from the twin tracked, single ski beasts they used to be.
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03-10-2014, 03:21 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 81
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The fuel injected etec will stArt at 40 below in a second. And you better be holding on tight if you open that 2 stroke up!
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03-10-2014, 04:23 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,669
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MadTrapper
The fuel injected etec will stArt at 40 below in a second. And you better be holding on tight if you open that 2 stroke up!
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The 2 strokes are suppose to start in very cold temps but as I found out this year if your battery is not fully charge they will not go. It was -37c and my sons 1995 Polaris 340 Indy lite was froze stiff(both were outside on the trailer). 5-6 pulls loosened the 340 up and it fired up. the 550f was a no show.
The 550F is fun to ride and is near impossible to get stuck and if you do just backup, well most of the time. lol
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03-10-2014, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 81
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All I can say is my 14 etec started every day this
Year between 35 and 40 below imeaditly and 3 times below 40 Ina second The fuel injection 2 stoke is superior to the old carbs.
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03-10-2014, 05:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 145
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MadTrapper
With all the nov snow in our area, I decided to buy a sled to get to our hunting cabin , haul out game, and firewood . I bought a skandic with the 600 e tec and 20 inch track. The machine is a beast I picked it to work, but I was really surprised how much fun and how much jam it has . Not your your grampas worksled !!!
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how tipsy is it on a side hill I rode a tundra longtrack 600 fourstroke for two seasons and hated it extremely tipsy and it wanted to go wherever it felt like painfull to ride finally got rid of it thinking about the scandics now
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03-10-2014, 06:11 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: East Central AB
Posts: 1,145
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I had VK540, always started, fast enough for me but in deep snow if it started tipping was hard to keep upright especially in the bush.
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03-11-2014, 02:56 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 886
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I am running the 11" skins on my VK and i think they could go with an extra 2" to the inside to make a better ski. I find my VK extremely tippy but after a few yrs of fiddling with the suspension settings it is way ahead of the stock settings. I purchased mine and the previous owner had it set up so bad on a pond @ 30 mph it felt like it was going to flip over. I think i am going back to the 16" track for my next machine.
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03-11-2014, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: cow town alberta
Posts: 751
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I'm a Skandic fan, have a 550 Tundra, a 600etec Extreme and a 600 ETEC SWT. love them all. My trapping partner is looking at a 2015 900ace WT
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03-11-2014, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 3,819
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I bought a 14 expedition with the 900 ace....love that 4 stroke!
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