gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:31 am
And, there's snowmobiles.
HAHAH. The ultimate money pit.
Snow Machine - $13,000
Trailer to haul snow machne - $2500
(I'm gonna assume your 4 wheel vehicle is capable of hauling 1500lbs, otherwise, new vehicle)
Insurance yearly (you cannot just insure for part of the year) $1000
Trail Pass ($300/yr)
I leave out gear, farkles and off season storage.
So your at roughly $16,800 and you haven't even left the house yet.
Now double it for your wife. Or, you better have a buddy to go with you.
Now, Around here, you can use it about 3m of the year (nevermind the other 3 months of winter. Not enough, snow, but its still cold AF). You only get to use for 24 possible days (12 weekends x 2 days). Assuming its not kill you on contact cold.
Assume you don't bust anything, but you will. You will have to find some way to get your snow machine out of 50km of bush. Triple A doesn't go there. This is assuming you didn't get hurt and are 'rescued' before you die of exposure/shock. I leave out falling through the ice. f@$k that.
A single day trip costs fuel for your tow vehicle and your sled. Call it $125. Food, lunch and dinner - $ 60 so your at $150 every use. Unreasonable? No, the bike you hop on and go. The snow machine you have to load it on the trailer, then hook up the trailer to your vehicle, then haul it some place to unload, fuel up etc.. Its a job and eats into your sledding time.
Overnight trip? Throw on $200/day easy, because lodges at the peak of the season in the back country are NOT cheap. Oh ya, you need to buy gas there the next morning. It's at least double the price it is in town and of questionable quality (remember breaking down in the back country above).
I left out your booze budget but it'll likely be the same cost as your accommodations - because you're in a lodge with a bunch of other snowmobilers and their is nothing else to do but drink your face off at night. The next morning, you'll be hung over and frozen cock stiff in the bush. Fun! You bet!
The laws on the trails are the same on the road. Blow over = DUI. Speeding = Ticket - be sure, the trails have cops with radar and are patrolled.
Around here, the only ppl around here that still sled are young guys who haven't had body parts freeze yet, or old guys with more money then sense (sorry to the old guys present with sleds). NONE of my friends sled anymore. Those that used to probably moved over to PWC's in the summer - warm, cold drinks, bikini's. The choice is simple. The only market circling the drain faster than motorcycles is snow mobiles.
WWPD.
#SnowMexican
Choo choo mf'r.
That's weird, I don't remember eating asparagus.