Ron Rybicki
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We rode down Piseco Sunday to the out house then to Fawn Lake and Sacandaga Lake to the OxBow for lunch and back down Piseco. Met the groomers and State Police on the trails and all was OK. Trails were great The trail from Sac to Oxbow was kind of beat but saw it worse. Figured there was a lot of sleds tearing it up both days, but the club will get it back.
Unfortunately on the way back down Piseco my 2016 E-Tec ate a piston. My Skidoo expert said it probably got a tear in the intake manifold boot, leaned it out and ate the piston. He wont know how bad the situation it till he tears it down. Hope the jug can be honed.
BOO RonI can not find anything about this on DooTalk web site but I talked to 2 dealers who said they know of the problem and have replace the roller with steel after market ones. Skidoo will not acknowlege this as they do not want to recall 2 million sleds and call it a wear problem. One dealer said he had a sled with 1200 miles on it. Not a wear problem.
RonRepeated the above this past week and only went to the Alamo in Poland. All trails were great and a big thanks again to Morehouse and Ohio.
RonIt shoul’nt be with the temps we have had. I rode it on Friday the 5th and it was OK and rode Piseco and Evergreen this past Friday and Saturday.
RonGrooming sleds at the west end of Piseco sat there covered in snow at 1PM this past Sunday. My friends who went thru Sheriff Lake Saturday said it was not good.
A lot of traffic both ways from Morehouse and the Powley Rd. I dont know whats going on here. This town (Arietta) gets $42,000 from our registrations and cant groom 12 miles of trails like Morehouse or Pleasant Riders do on their sections. The trails in a little town like Morehouse can keep their trails great all winter and Arietta cant or wont. I give up.. I have called the town supervisor so many times thru the years that I’m labeled a trouble maker by a few locals. I am giving his cell phone number out to any body that complains to me and tell them I’m the wrong person so complain to.
RonTook C4C thru the hill this past Saturday to Rocky’s on Hinkley. All trails were great. Big thanks to Ohio Club.
RonWe rode thru the Hill this past Saturday. Counted 15 sleds passing by or having a grog or two there. The trail to Buck Point was great and even better all the way to Ohio. Here they were able to use the big groomers. The club was supposed to cut out two blow downs going to Jeseyfield Lake Rd this past Saturday. and groom it I hope they did. I’ll find out from a friend who went this way Saturday.
We went on to find what we thought was the new Kayahora Resort but found out the restaurant part of it is called Rocky’s. We had a great lunch. It is right on Hinkley lake and to get to it you can ride the roads or take the Lake from the camp ground on the south side. You can ride along the shore line or brave a little slush on the ice to get to it. We took the lake so when you get to the shore in the camp ground bear left between a island and the point on the main shore and you come right to it.
The Ohio Club sez they are going to build a trail to it so you wont have to ride roads or use the lake before safe ice.
RonHey Skeeter. Any chance you can get Hugh Farber to flaten the bank on the French Road so we can get out of the bare tar mac and sand and salt. I thought the town boys were going to leave a little snow along the side till the detour is over. All he has to do is have the driver raise the wing.
Other wise your trails suck. They are so nice and smooth that you want to fall asleep. Ha Ha I wish Arietta could take a lesson from you guys. We always have a great ride thru Morehouse.
RonNot totaly happy with Arietta’s grooming on the west end of town so far. Cant complain to much though cause at least they are grooming. But, they groom once during the week and then not until Sunday morning. With all the traffic not wanting to brave the slush on Piseco they are going thru Sheriff Lake area from Morehouse and pounding it Friday and Saturday. Wish they could make a attempt on Friday night or Saturday morning so the riders can have a decent ride Saturday night.
On the other hand, More house trails suck. They are so nice and smooth you want to fall asleep. Ha,Ha The French road is bare bank to bank from the salt and sand and our temps were getting up there before we could get off. Not to mention the carbides sparking. The town boys are not leaving any snow on the side for us.
I guess we will have to live with it until the log job is over and the detour ends.
RonThanks Pete
I heard the club was going in to Mosquito Hill this past Saturday. I hope they got the blow downs out of the C4A part towards Jerseyfield Lake Rd.
RonI rode Evergreen this past week end and the west end is mostly frozen slush. Bad but passable so slow down or your going to dump it My friends came down Piseco and the same thing. She was scared to death of tipping over, the frozen ruts were so bad. Her husband tried to make his own track but the slush was so deep, he gave up and got back into the frozen ruts. I’m sure all of the lakes are like this.
RonI called the guy who works on C4A from Jerseyfield Lake Rd towards Ohio. While he was working here last Thursday the 14th two sleds came by from the Ohio end
told him of two big blow downs across the trail near Mud Lake. they were able to get around and over them. On Friday the 22nd I talked to a rider who came thru there that day and the blow downs were still there. Obviously the Ohio Club has not cut this corridor trail out yet So beware.
I am calling the trail boss to tell him.
The Club was supposed to get in on trail C4C to Mosquito Hill to fix the mud holes at the fly just south of the hill. I hope they did.
RonI talked to a groomer from the Ohio Club last nite. He said several volunteers are going into trail C4C to Mosquito Hill this coming Saturday to fix the mud holes in that fly just south of the hill. I might see them Friday nite in the Ohio Tavern and buy them a beer or two. He did not know if the trail C4A to Jerseyfield Lake Rd has been touched at all due to lack of snow here. He said the guy who takes care of this section had to fix the bridge over Jerseyfield Lake outlet but thats all he knew. The DEC was supposed to fix this trail this year but it does’nt sound like they did anything. I called him also. He said there is enough snow but you have to be aware of some rocks here and there, so go slow. He is fixing the mud holes him self. The DEC never got to do anything on this trail as we were promised by the Senior Forester in Watertown (Dave Smith) I”m sure they all going to blame covid. I do know the Commissioner curtailed all of the foresters work miles down to one day a week, stating the economy due to covid. Forget the safety of the snowmobiling community. Its now 21 years that we have been trying to get these trails safe enough to ride and I have heard every excuse in the book from these guys. I am now 80 and I said 10 years ago that by the time the DEC gets to do anything here, I will be to old to ride. I probably am right.
Ron
