Getting a Snowmachine Stuck

[Sourdough]

Some people have asked questions about what w go through in the winter.  Here is an article from the Fairbanks paper that will enlighten some of you about what we go through in the winter as we move around the interior of Alaska.  Overflow, I know it well.
 
http://www.newsminer.com/article_874c7838-6740-5fec-aada-7ad9076ce604.html
 
Those of you that are not interested, just ignore it.   

[Ranger99]

thanks for the read-interesting
if it weren't for that and the cold
and snow i'd likely be there with yall.
can't do any of those minus somethings.

[hillbill]

ive stuk a snow go in wet snow and its jus not worth it to horse it out with your back.they are to heavy.

[Ranger99]

ain't never seen but one in person.
a guy i worked with brought one from
up north where he moved from.
i told him he should have sold it before
he moved to texas.  i recently got a
catalog of snowmobile parts for some reason
before christmas. that stuff is expensive.
all that track stuff and skids and such.
must cost a few to keep one up and running.
i'd want mine to be ultra reliable. it ain't
like a 4 wheeler that you can kinda push home.

[Sourdough]

Ranger99:  I ride a Ski Doo Extra Wide Track.  The track is 24" wide, and when I do get it stuck all I have ever had to do was back up then hit the gas and I'm away and going again.  Unlike the old ones I have a four stroke 800CC engine.  It's quite, smooth, and dependiable.  When going on hunting trips I haul three sleds behind it while on trails with ease.  In five years all I've done has been oil changes, it just keeps going like a 4-wheeler does.
 
The reason people have to change out skis, tracks, and body parts are due to riding with a lot of speed, or what I call abuse.  Yes I've hit overflow, but so far all I have had to do was hit the throttle and have been able to pull out of it.  On more than one occasion my partner Norm has hit over flow and sunk.  I have been right behind him and sunk when he did.  I have stood up, hit the gas, leaned to the side making a sharp turn, and pulled up out of the watery slush.  I then throw Norm a rope and pull him out.  Norm has a wide track Polaris, 20 inches wide, with a 500CC two stroke motor.  My extra four inches of track and larger more powerful engine comes in handy.  Plus Norm gets 8mpg, I get 25 to 28mpg, depending on trail conditions.