Scott’s Recreation and Mission Trailer helped us out with a great deal on this 7′x18′ trailer.  Pulls really nice and is just what we need for the race.

Worked on the sleds a lot this past weekend trying to get them ready.  Starting to get down to crunch time.  Eric came down for the weekend and we had alot of help from friends in town.  The shop kind of looks like a bomb went off but thats what happens when you have five guys thrashing working on two sleds.  We got a ton of work done on the sleds and Eric’s is 80% ready and mine is about 90%.  We are getting there but still plenty to do with all the little stuff that needs to get done.

Getting ready for this race has been a ton of work.  I knew there would be alot to do to prepare but it was much more than anticipated.  Just finished all the work for our sled build article in Snowtech.  Look for our article in the March issue that should be out the first week of March just before the race.

Only 4 weeks before we leave for the race and a ton of work to do.  We just stripped Erics sled down to start building it up.  Here is a pic showing it before we took it apart.  I’m sure we will be working right up to the last day getting prepared.

Matt RIchardson is running support for us during the race and has been helping us with getting the sleds ready.  Here is a picture of my race sled and his with blue graphics.

These Quick Clickers are a must have if you want to keep your sled in the power.  They are easy to install without taking your clutch apart.  Now when your sled is over or under reving you can quickly adjust the clickers without tools in a few seconds.  Very nice kit, we liked them so much we got setup as a dealer and you can buy them on our website.

Ross at Hygear Suspension worked with us on our shock package.  These are Custom Axis shocks with dual rate springs.  The shocks has clickers for low and high speed compression and some have rebound adjustment.  These shocks are unreal and Ross has a really good valving that worked right out of the box.

Having a good shock setup is going to be key in this race.  It’s such a long race so if your shocks aren’t working well it will really wear you down.  I feel really good about our shock setup.

I wanted to cover our front vents to keep the snow out but still let the air in.  Jon a JC’s Custom Vents set us up with his really high quality breathable vent covers.  They have lazer cut aluminum frames with durable mesh.  You can also add a finer mesh to let the air still come in but keep the water out.  I added extra vents by the knees to let more heat out.

I tried a couple of different ways to cut the openings but found that a sharp razor knife works the best if you use a heat gun or your wife’s blow dryer to warm up the plastic.  It will cut almost as easy as butter.

Here are pics showing the install process.

We wanted to make sure we didn’t have any drive shaft issues like the 08’s had.  Avid Products helped us out with there shaft insert kit and CNC machined billet drivers.  These drivers are stronger than the stock setup and have a different shape so you can run the track looser without ratcheting.  These drivers are nice and true compared to the stock molded drivers.

Hygear Suspension is helping us out with our shocks package.  Ross took our stock X package shocks and revalved them and added his Twisted Spring dual rate spring setup.  I’ve been testing this package and it’s way better than stock when you start to pound thru the bumps.  Very impressed with this package.  These will be our backup shocks for the race if we need them.