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  6. which skidoo should i buy

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    550F

     

    Cons: poor gas mileage, 2 strokes usually need to be rebuilt much sooner than 4 strokes, use 2 stroke oil, if oil injection pump dies engine seizes.

     

    Pros: 2 strokes are lighter, fan cooled better on hard pack and ice especially in warmer temps, start better in -30+ temps, 2 stoke engines are easier to work on.

     

    600 ACE

     

    Cons: Heavier due to 4 stroke engine, need to change oil and filter like a car, harder starting in -30+ temps (need block heater, batt blanket and plug in), over heat in warm temps and hard pack, glare ice conditions, 4 stroke engines are more difficult to work on.

     

    Pros: Excellent gas mileage, no oil injection pump to worry about, are quieter and don't smell like a 2 stroke, very good low end torque and smooth power through whole throttle range, much longer time between engine rebuilds.

     

    For warm weather running with a liquid cooled sled install a set of these (http://www.yamaha-motor.ca/eshop/detail.php?sectionId=AC&groupId=19&subGroupId=34&categoryId=105&itemId=2253&unitId=2174&unitName=2008%2BRS%2BVenture%2BGT&unitGroup=SM&unitYear=2008&items_per_page=12&page=8) and the problem is reduced to almost nothing.

  13. Writing winter off

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    A number of local lads up here in Kugaaruk have offered to take me ice fishing if I come back in June/July.

     

    Asked why not now and told it's too cold and the ice is 10 feet thick.  They say that while I notice children are still outside playing on the weekends at 3:00am and nearly -50C with the windchill.

     

    Anyways, hopefully things turn around for you Mitch.  A piece of your livelihood at stake with winter conditions and no winter happening, doesn't make life any easier.

     

     

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