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Took my sled through a beaver pond last Tuesday and it did not end well
I was riding through some trails near Hayward, Wisconsin when I saw what looked like a solid puddle. Well, it was actually a beaver pond that was deeper than I thought. The machine sank right up to the handlebars in about 4 feet of water. Took me and my buddy 2 hours with a come-along to pull it out. Water got into the CVT and I had to drain it on the trail. Anyone else ever misjudge water depth and pay the price?
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wyatt_green20d ago
@jackson.sarah I get where you're coming from but I actually disagree a little. Some of us do learn, it just takes one really bad day to make you pay attention. In my experience, once you've spent two hours in freezing water with a come-along, you start looking at every puddle different. Your mileage may vary but I think there's a difference between making a mistake once and making the same mistake over and over. That beaver pond story is exactly the kind of lesson you remember every time you see dark water on a trail. So yeah, sometimes you gotta wreck something expensive to learn.
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