Was looking for something my Wife and Daughters were comfortable with on the trails. Perfect sled for them. We bought and added the 2-up seat and it works well.
Yamaha VKs and the old Skandic wide tracks are pretty much the perfect work sleds. Simple, rugged, reliable and with years and years of service to verify their track record.
@@EthanAdey I’ve had it get deleted by RU-vid a couple times over the last few years. Never got a reason or mode of recourse to challenge it, but the list of things you can and can’t say grows by the day so who knows why. It sucks because I had some incredible music/video playlists that all went kaput because someone most likely got their panties in a bunch and spam reported me for saying something outlandish like there’s a biological difference between men and women or something else “controversial”
Totally nailed it regarding the hand warmer controls, the extra cost of a 3 position switch would be next to nothing. With regard to the sway bar, I would imagine that the sway bar from the 2022 Transporter Lite 2-up could be retrofitted to a 2021 if the owner wanted the extra stability. There is one more issue with this sled - the location of the dimmer switch. Meeting another sled on a blind turn at night is not the time to be fumbling around looking for the dimmer switch on the console, especially when your left had should be on the brake lever. The ski-doo sport line has the same issue, I don't understand how they think this is a good idea.
Thanks for the video! Good info. You guys should start a channel for new or moderate skill level riders. I was born and raised on artic cat and Polaris, however have been away from them for 30 years. The '21-'22 snow season will be my first since. Hope to see videos on smaller to medium sleds. So many channels are well beyond most skill sets. Thanks for what you guys do! Great work. I bet it's tough riding sleds all day to report... Enjoying ones work!
Great review on a sled for people who need a snowmobile as a pose to want a snowmobile. Light wait utility sounds like a win win! Horsepower who cares. As long as it can get the sleigh full of wood back home. Horsepower isn’t king in my book. I’ll leave that to the guys in town hanging around the coffee shops or riding the groomed trails.
Interesting review. Tons of options out there for riders, which is good. I'm still not sure if this sled fits a niche as good as other existing utility sleds, but I guess it's good if you're a Yamaha rider. I will say I like the small CC big track combo, though...reminds me of the RF tundra 300, which I like a lot. Good for kids and adults can get things done with it. I'd like to see this transporter 400 in some serious bush off trail.
this is exactly what I've been looking for, for use in my sugarbush. THEY ARE LIGHT, SLOW, & RELIABLE!!! my trails are tight for my two arctic cat zr500s which are to fast and heavy for using as a get around vehicle in such tight trails, I have been looking for old used ski-doo tundras like the 200-300cc model my uncle used to own, it would just putter right along and 5-10 mph...but I'd rather have the newer more reliable engines with the electric start and reverse. I'm kinda over fighting with older carbonated engines. I just want something that starts runs and works. kinda like my two honda quads...if they dont run, its because they are out of gas. $8700 is kinda steep.... a used sled for $500 will do just fine, that sled should be less than $5000, I think my dad bought his 87 formula plus for like less than $2500 back in the day.....inflation is a bitch
Oh my god! Are these the replacements for the little sleds (250-440) cause I’m honestly in love. I’ve always complained that when these new sleds came around they always went with the big sleds and left the little sleds in the dust. With all of the new capabilities and that it’s a 500, I know I’m not getting stuck in the deep snow like my family’s antique 1980’s Yamaha collection usually do. Maybe I really should look into “utility” sleds when im older as I didn’t know existed until right now.
LIQUID COOLED...... yes that is important. No Fan Job here. Much value with liquid cooling, if you don't know that you are probably not an experienced snow mobile junkie. Nice job on these Cat & Yamaha.
I hate sway bars on snowmobiles. I would rather have some body roll instead of it constantly picking up the inside ski. I disable the way bars on all of the sleds that I own, including my sidewinder 153
The Blast LT (which is 100% identical to this machine) is 600 bux cheaper and comes with a receiver hitch from the factory while this one doesn't. Great machine, but the Cat version is definitely a bit better value.
I still dont understand why the MFG cant list a dry weight on their websites? do they not own a scale? whats the friggin weight of this sled? you can call it light all day long but what is light?
I have one and it's a most excellent utility sled. The powerband and low engagement make low range unnecessary. Plus, it's a 50,000 km snowmobile, utility riders normally hang on to their rides for a long time.
@@ih302 only a about 1 hr. When I switched machines with friend. It felt very light to me. My 750 lb Expedition SE 20x154 feels lighter and is more maneuverable than my. 450 lb 15x121 formula Z
@@guyincognito1431 i mean i always ride without a sway bar, but like i dont really understand how when im sidehilling, what does it matter what my other ski is doing when its in the air
@@crodles The Sway bar affects both sides. it essentially acts as a balancer. So it is almost as if the entire sled is trying to keep that inside ski from dipping down. Sway bars allow the sled to absorb a bump (shock compression) in a balanced way but when only one wants to dip it keeps the whole bulkhead and everything bolted to it rigid so the sled turns flat.
I don't like how you more or less reduced this sled to a "chick sled" within two minutes. There are some guys, yes even big ones that use a sled the old fashioned way. Going through old ungroomed, tight windy bush trails to secret fishing spots or hidden and hard to access winter cabins. Places ANY sled is going to get stuck once or twice or maybe 10 times. Places where you will be spending the night trying to keep warm because your 800 4 stroke monstrosity is stuck and not going anywhere until spring. Not without the help of winches and 5 of your friends. You'll be grateful to be driving this tiny girls sled when you have to drag it backwards, uphill for 25 feet so you can get a better run at the downed tree you didn't clear the first time. Not everyone rides on hard pack groomed, 100 foot wide highway like trails. Some of us think those are for girls.
What abuse? My father hauled green firewood 1/3 of a cord at a time with a 1993 ski-doo Tundra II for years on end.. the 'work' they are doing with the Lite in the video is nothing.
@@ih302 Bang on. Fanners overheating in the spring can last forever so why can't this? Engines don't blow because we "abuse" them with 25pound bales. They go because we don't warm them up and then pin the throttle. Extended really high rpms do it too.
@@guyincognito1431 Yep, the warm up is crucial... I got my first brand new sled in 2002 and was religious about warming it up. I sold it after 5 years with nearly 28,000 km on it. It's now for sale again for cheap and I am thinking about buying it back.
