Our Winters at times get down to -65c,down at our camp we build a small hut out of snow and tarp it over,we run extension cord from generator and plug into small heater for about 30 mins or so and sometimes we light small fire if we have to,very impressed with 850 etec in cold temps but not the 800 so much lol
@@atikameg73 we did a test one night when it was -60,the Skandic we parked into the wind wouldn't start,the Skandic in our little hut fired up,both machines the same,same year etc
You don't have a pull start on your car you just have to be smart enough to keep a good battery in whatever has electric start only! Not rocket science just common sense. I admit an occasional emergency can happen but that is rare. There is usually signs leading up to final failure you just need to pay attention.
Mine has a pull start but no electric start. They came with one or the other you couldn’t get both. Honestly I don’t see why anyone would get the electric start, these things start on the first or second pull and while it can be a bitch to pull it over cold (the plastic pawls in the recoil like to strip out) you can always use this method to get it going if it breaks. Shame on Skidoo for making a plastic recoil! It might be fine on a 600, but it isn’t on an 800 especially in cold weather. My buddy has a 600 and we swapped sleds so he could try mine one day and when I went to start his I almost went over backwards because it’s so easy to pull🤣
putting a tarp over your sled when its that cold helps a lot more than you think. we had a cold blooded '86 D6 completely analog, we would cover it a big 100ft tarp after a couple hours the sun would have it 30 degrees in there even in negative temps. a machine is only as good as its operator nice to see you know your machine pretty well
surprised no one in the comments said to pull that battery and bring it inside with you and then reconnect it when you go to start it. It takes a couple minutes but is better for the battery and fairly reliable
I remove the battery once a year to change the chaincase oil, and no, I will not be doing that at -34. I wish it was easier. If I had an aftermarket can in there, I might be able to wiggle the battery out. But otherwise the muffler has to removed as well.
Buddy of mine lived in Crested Butte, CO back in the late-90's. He bought a new "Sled" as he called it, some massive monster, might have been 1,000 cc. I don't recall. It was colder than cold out, and the new sled was delivered. Hand start. Being the only non-Stoner and a wrestler for AZ State University..... Guess who had the pleasure of getting that puppy fired up. Almost killed me, but after 10 minutes or so, that puppy fired up. Ran fantastically, and was materially easier to start after that. Gotta tell ya, those bench pulls with the 100 pound dumb-bells paid off in that scenario. Virtually impossible to start in the cold.
My summit everest has electric start and the pull cord, no idea why they would have gotten rid of it on the new models, but this video makes me want to fix the pull start now lol
@@123devinzz1 you know what i ment. they put it in the sled they said yup this is the quality we want for our customers and charge an arm and a leg for it when its trash
That’s why I got the shot start system because the first time that you fire it up you pull start it but every other time throughout the day you just press the button and it fires right up I really do like having that
I had added a recoil to my 800 when new and still couldn't pull enough to get going, thankfully truck was close to jump it. I also had to heat the trailer up once to get it going. 850 seems easier to start in colder stuff and new 600r pretty good but yeah used the spare rope on the primary a few times over the years!
True enough. This battery has been weak since the day I brought it home from the dealership. One of these days I'll buy a new battery. Until then, I actually do start off on mornings this cold, so this method has saved me many times!
I seen this thing on Amazon its a heating pad that runs 12v. If you have the comforts of home and this is a regular thing.. i would run one on your battery and then run its wire so that you can plug in to say a 110v to 12v adapter.
@@atikameg73 i have good luck with motobatt they have a ln agm battery that i have used in my ktm enduro for around 5 years now with little maintenance.
Ни когда не привязывайте железо вместо ручки. По еблищу ( лицу ) отлететь так может что щи не соберете. Вам бы посмотреть запуск трактора с пускача, вот там все поймете.
Well, thanks to you, I am now familiar with Russian method of starting tractors! LOL You have a good point about the handle. I've seen it done with a plastic handle, which would be safer. Or another possibility would be to wrap the handle loosely so it can spin off. I've got lots of experience with this method, though, and BRP has designed these clips to fly off the smooth clutch really fast. (The older style clutches would be far more prone to snag the rope) I've learned to stand over my seat so that my body is not in the way when the clip flies up - usually straight up.
Дружище, запуск трактора с ручного стартера это очень старый метод. Нет возможности прикрепить картинку что лучше всего привязать вместо железяки. В наших книжках есть рисунки с привязанной веткой. Не надо обижаться. Почему это опасно? Двигатель может дёрнуть в обратную сторону и ты лол не удержишь.
@@3RulonchikOboev No offense taken! That is all good advice. This reminds me when I was young, we had a 1939 or 1940 tractor that was started by hand crank only. I remember the kickback being a little too much for my little arms back then. It was our only tractor, so we kept it in the garage in the winter, otherwise it was too stiff to crank on those -30 days.
Your equipment was made for people, comfort. In Russia in order to survive, and it's sad. In my childhood, my first outboard motor hit me with a rope with a candle wrench on the end. After that, I began to tie only dry sticks to the rope to start the motor on the boat. I apologize for my English.
I seen a poor guy on the trail while I was driving by and he was doing this but he was trying to pull it on the secondary. Let’s say it wasn’t going to well
I was shocked and disgusted the morning after I brought it home from the dealership and discovered there was no cord! Every machine I had ever owned had a pull start.
They might have to ditch the leaf springs and make it like a tundra. It would sell pretty well I think, trappers would want them and it would be a perfect beginner sled for younger kids.
@@atikameg73 I still have the stock battery on my 2016 summit sp as well. But it won't start the sled when the motor is cold, even if it's just -5°c. Its been that way for the last couple years. I've always wondered if the starter on these things is weak or if the battery they come with is the problem. But once the motor has been running and is warm then the starter will start it.
I ordered mine a year ago. That was a mistake. That thing never wants to cooperate when cold starting. Always end up with dead plug or some other shit. Works fine only when the engine is hot. Let it cool 20 mins and it stalls 3-5 times in a row when starting. That stupid fker can't figure out that it is running too lean.
A few mornings ago (-35), my 800 was so stiff that I actually broke the plastic clip on my emergency pull cord. So I'm thinking a 4 stroke would be pretty much impossible no matter how strong someone is!
Pretty much all wet cell automotive batteries are useless once they've been drawn down too far. But this is not the same thing. A frozen battery is not a drawn-down battery. I've used this pull-start method numerous times per winter for 4 years - and the battery works reliably at temperatures warmer than this.
Here is the weather data for January 2021 in my location. climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=43983&timeframe=2&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2021&Day=25&Year=2021&Month=1#
