So, what do you not like on the apex..

[STORM-CHASER]

Essential wearing apparel.

for 10,000 it should come with the warmer

 

[BigGuns]

haha

 

[QCRider]

For guys like Matt and Tom that can ride out there back door it's not as big a deal. I have to drive 3 hours to ride on the trail. I have to drive 6 1/2 to ride in munising.

It all costs money to do. I think the Apex is the badest sled built to date. I orrdered an attack and if I wasn't going back to college I'd be taking it. I just hink the prices are getting to high.


Let it go people.

I completely agree with you. For me, I figure that outside of the cost of the sled it costs me around $150 per day to ride if you include lodging, gas, food etc... Add to that $200 plus for registrations per year, and now you are getting close to $400 dollars a day when you include the $200 per day for the sled, IF (and that's a BIG IF for me) you are able to get away for 20 days a year. Now add another sled for the wife, and another 75 - 100 per day if she rides with you and you are getting near $700 a DAY!!!!!

Let's say you only are able to get away for 10 days a year, it becomes $1,100 a day for 10 days, or $11,000 a year for two of us to ride. Not exactly a poor man's sport to say the least.

 

[Indy]

Essential wearing apparel.

Where can I get one of those, xxx large please. LOL

 

[Indy]

Hey J, I wish I made 150,000 a year!

I don't even make a 3rd of that. I just know what I want, and I do it. Am glad I spend my money on sleds instead of other things. I just am carefull with my money, as anybody. But my racing, and steady job keep the bills paid.

I am not making this a bad thing, you have decided on school, and that is great! I am looking at other jobs, and most of them require a slip of paper to get hired.

I am a people person, and love the outdoors. When Indy and I stopped the last time to take pictures of a bald eagle flying right above our heads, the thought of money, hard times, job problems, drive up to our cabin, idiots on the road, the end of winter coming, the carbide runner I damaged on the trail, the low snow conditions on the trail, and the deer I almost clipped off in front of PimpedRSrage, disappeared completely from our minds, and put a huge warmth in my heart. I could be gone tomorrow, or the next day, but will still remember that specific moment. Indy almost had a very serious heart attack, and if he would have passed.....the moment with the eagle flying, would have been the greatest time we had together. I am glad he is still here, and hope to have more great encounters with Indy, and with good friends I have met here in this forum. For that, I consider these moments "Priceless". I hate to say it, but if I had to flip burgers to afford 100 miles of diesel, and 200 miles of unleaded for the sled just to ride, I would flip burgers till my legs gave out.

The performance is second to none, and the quality, and reliability is bar none. I would never buy a 2 stroke for that much money.

Thanks for the kind words Terry. I couldn't agree more. That was one messed up day, but the eagle made it all worth it. And I drove 12 hours up there to ride one day, and twelve hours back. But I wouldn't trade it for anything. If it is the money thing, then change your life, if it cost you a couple of riding seasons, so be it. It is your life, not your boss's, it is your LIFE, and it is short, if you don't like it, it is up to you and no one else. If you need more money, go find it. But it doesn't necessarily take a diploma, all that will do is let you make a little more money still working for someone else. Find a business that intrigues you. Go talk to the owner and ask questions. Ask if he/she would like an apprentice. All of the business's I've done, I didn't need a piece of paper (diploma), except insurance, a license only, 4 days of school. Find a business owner of something you would like to do, buy them a few drinks, and ask questions and listen. You will learn all of the bad things about his business. Most business's don't take a lot of monay to start. Just will power to succeed. All of the business's I've owned and operated were never something new, just copied from some one else's business. Thats how the big corporations do it. Is there a business that you frequent that you think you could do it better? Listen, learn, and take the plunge. IMHO and my experience is do a business that requires no inventory, and very few or no employees ie: landscaping, HVAC, plumbing, Professional like insurance or mortgages. Good Luck!

Terry the photo is for you my friend. And the second photo is for inspiration.

 

[NOS-PRO]

Thanks Buddy!

Pictures alone, are worth 1,000 words also.

 

[sobfrogg]

I would stay out of the landscaping bussiness. If you could go into landscape const. that is where the money is at.
I had my own landscape gig. I sold my cust list to a larger company. I still work in the industry just on the other side of the counter.
I sell power equip and service it. Not a bad job at all..
Do what you like, not what you love. You need something to take your mind off the regular grind.

Nice eagle pic.
Last season we saw an eagle picking at an deer that had been hit by a sled. AWSOME sight.

 

[y_guy]

I do think sledding has become pretty damn expensive. However, i don't think i could give up the commerodity with friends and spending the winter outside. I too love the outdoors, and there really isn't a price tag for doing what you love and what improves your life. I have so many memories of sledding with my wife and with my friends. There really isn't a cost that you can attach to them.

 

[NOS-PRO]

My point exactly!

y_guy - I hope we didn't get too carried away in this thread. If i DID, i APOLOGIZE!!!

 

[y_guy]

NOPE, not at all. good coversation from both sides. It made me think about my purchase and solidified my actions even more. Now i wait for Sept to get my new RTX

 

[crs2fer]

All the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment.

 

[NB-NYTRO]

Life is short guys. Live life and have fun. Laughter and good times will ward off cancer and sickness.

Buy the sled you can afford and get out there this winter. The important thing is that you are out there having fun this winter.

 

[BigGuns]

Hells Yeh

 

[Superfly]

Check the signature--Yeah, I plan on arriving safely at death, but there are a few things in this life I cherish. My family (wife, 11 month old Zoey), my extended family and my wife's family. I also enjoy that sledding lets me enjoy it that much more.

 

[impalapower]

I completely agree with you. For me, I figure that outside of the cost of the sled it costs me around $150 per day to ride if you include lodging, gas, food etc... Add to that $200 plus for registrations per year, and now you are getting close to $400 dollars a day when you include the $200 per day for the sled, IF (and that's a BIG IF for me) you are able to get away for 20 days a year. Now add another sled for the wife, and another 75 - 100 per day if she rides with you and you are getting near $700 a DAY!!!!!

Let's say you only are able to get away for 10 days a year, it becomes $1,100 a day for 10 days, or $11,000 a year for two of us to ride. Not exactly a poor man's sport to say the least.

Oh man! I need to give up riding! I'm having financial nightmares!