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Funny description of what to expect at Haydays that was sent to me lol...
You SHOULD expect to get a really good deal on some hub caps for an 81 caprice classic, a non running weed eater weed whip, 3 matching aluminum rims for a honda trx 250 4 wheeler, a box of tachometers for polaris sleds 81-85, a completly blown up xlt motor. a garbage can full of misc used clutch springs (3 for 10 bucks!) A 05 fusion long track with a junk motor and a old yamaha 3 wheeler with 2 flat tires.
You SHOULD also expect to get a good case of "water #*$&@" from drinking tap beer from 8 in the morning till 4pm and eating cheese curds in the hot sun, which will lead to having to take a #*$&@ in completly overfilled bank of blue plastic outhouses, where the smell is so bad by 10 in the morning you will seriously consider shitting yourself in front of a bunch of strangers instead of sitting in what i like to call "the tickler outhouse"
You SHOULD expect to see all the 2010 models sleds and they will look the same as when you saw them at the spring preview except now the will have about an inch of dust on them and mini doughnuts rammed into the gas tanks from all the kids(and some adults that have beeen drinking all night in the swap area) sitting on them.
What you SHOULD NOT expect to find is anyone with any real concept of what a 5 year old sled with 7500 miles is worth. You will NOT find any "deals" on a clean used sled beacuse sellers at haydays believe that this is the spot where you can show up to swap the night before and idiot buyers will not notice that there sled has been crashed several times or that it has been for sale at haydays every year for the last 5 years. (someone with a good clean sled at a fair price does not need to endure haydays to sell it) And buyers believe they are gonna find that hidden sweet buy on the 07 rev 500 ss with a long track, all the goodies with less than 1500 miles, woman driven, sled that has never been towed in anything but an enclosed trailer for the three trips it has been on for about 2 grand.
As long as you go in with these expectations you will have a good time and it is fun, but that in a nut shell IS haydays. Just imagine what it would be like to have everyone who is on craigslist gather in one spot! Be sure to set aside at least 2 hours to do some heckling in the swap area dont be afraid to lowball on stuff you dont need cause you can always sell it next year at haydays and besides you never know when you might need that speedometer for an 84 el tigre or a dented stock pipe for the 95 vmax 600.
Oh, and there is some drag racing too!
You SHOULD expect to get a really good deal on some hub caps for an 81 caprice classic, a non running weed eater weed whip, 3 matching aluminum rims for a honda trx 250 4 wheeler, a box of tachometers for polaris sleds 81-85, a completly blown up xlt motor. a garbage can full of misc used clutch springs (3 for 10 bucks!) A 05 fusion long track with a junk motor and a old yamaha 3 wheeler with 2 flat tires.
You SHOULD also expect to get a good case of "water #*$&@" from drinking tap beer from 8 in the morning till 4pm and eating cheese curds in the hot sun, which will lead to having to take a #*$&@ in completly overfilled bank of blue plastic outhouses, where the smell is so bad by 10 in the morning you will seriously consider shitting yourself in front of a bunch of strangers instead of sitting in what i like to call "the tickler outhouse"
You SHOULD expect to see all the 2010 models sleds and they will look the same as when you saw them at the spring preview except now the will have about an inch of dust on them and mini doughnuts rammed into the gas tanks from all the kids(and some adults that have beeen drinking all night in the swap area) sitting on them.
What you SHOULD NOT expect to find is anyone with any real concept of what a 5 year old sled with 7500 miles is worth. You will NOT find any "deals" on a clean used sled beacuse sellers at haydays believe that this is the spot where you can show up to swap the night before and idiot buyers will not notice that there sled has been crashed several times or that it has been for sale at haydays every year for the last 5 years. (someone with a good clean sled at a fair price does not need to endure haydays to sell it) And buyers believe they are gonna find that hidden sweet buy on the 07 rev 500 ss with a long track, all the goodies with less than 1500 miles, woman driven, sled that has never been towed in anything but an enclosed trailer for the three trips it has been on for about 2 grand.
As long as you go in with these expectations you will have a good time and it is fun, but that in a nut shell IS haydays. Just imagine what it would be like to have everyone who is on craigslist gather in one spot! Be sure to set aside at least 2 hours to do some heckling in the swap area dont be afraid to lowball on stuff you dont need cause you can always sell it next year at haydays and besides you never know when you might need that speedometer for an 84 el tigre or a dented stock pipe for the 95 vmax 600.
Oh, and there is some drag racing too!
Turk
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Saw that on hardore sledder. Sad but kinda true!!!
Apex809
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Yep. Have went the last 6 yrs. Gets worse every year. Anymore i just go to get studs,clothing ,oil. They need to put a stop to vendors bringing in junk. If it doesn't have to do with snowmobling dont let them in! 
welterracer
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Tom you going to Haydays? We will be there with a booth this year..
sobfrogg
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Yup you can find anything there.
The rules added with the preregistration may curb the sellers with no snowmobile stuff at all.
Still lots of fun can't wait
The rules added with the preregistration may curb the sellers with no snowmobile stuff at all.
Still lots of fun can't wait
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The description is mostly true. I live only a few miles away from the event and I have been going every year for as long as I can remember.
I used to have to work the event back when I was in the Sno Barons club. You should see the junk that the swappers leave behind after they realize that they can not sell or give away the crap that they brought.
There are some real finds but they either go real fast the first day or you make a lowball offer at the end of the second day. However these good deals on good sleds are far and few between.
I used to have to work the event back when I was in the Sno Barons club. You should see the junk that the swappers leave behind after they realize that they can not sell or give away the crap that they brought.
There are some real finds but they either go real fast the first day or you make a lowball offer at the end of the second day. However these good deals on good sleds are far and few between.
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LOL I agree.
I go as stated before for clothes, gauntlets, studs etc I by mostly new stuff. BUT I love to remember the fun I had with the junk others are trying to sell.
This year, H...MM, lets see, planning a 'Canadia' trip, could be cold, maybe a taller windshield, better gauntlets that actually fit around that monstrosity of a brake and control module and I will probably see another 100 dollars of stuff I don't know that I need, yet.
I hope it is not so hot. This week end in MN it is perfect weather, cool nights, warm not hot days, blue skies.
hope to see you all there.
Yamadoo
I go as stated before for clothes, gauntlets, studs etc I by mostly new stuff. BUT I love to remember the fun I had with the junk others are trying to sell.
This year, H...MM, lets see, planning a 'Canadia' trip, could be cold, maybe a taller windshield, better gauntlets that actually fit around that monstrosity of a brake and control module and I will probably see another 100 dollars of stuff I don't know that I need, yet.
I hope it is not so hot. This week end in MN it is perfect weather, cool nights, warm not hot days, blue skies.
hope to see you all there.
Yamadoo
