Great video the wheelies are insane to me, I've done water crossing on lakes in the Mountains with no issues. But doing wheelies on water kind of scares me. Keep up the great content
They make it look easy, especially the guy filming and occasionally wheeling the sled. I gotta laugh, sleds are so powerful to stay up that long . The water looks like coffee. Gotta wonder what the plan is as far as getting off and such! Ok there ya go they just drive right off
I've seen them go short distances on water, but never continuous like this. I wonder if they use a special belt with deeper treads / paddles like a motorcycle hillclimber? I'll bet that once you commit, you don't let off on the throttle!!
They usually run at least 2" paddles and at some point in length too long quits working at keeping track on top of water, they scoop too much back over top of track and that mass works against forward movement. So a minimum forward speed needs to be maintained or otherwise water gets dragged back over the track top and forward momentum can't be kept going and you sink. That's why you can see a float wound with rope on his handlebars, just in case.
Me either. Kinda cool but lets not make this a trend. Many a drowned sled has fouled up too much water already. Nevermind the dead fools floating around nearby.
As one who water skis a plane on tires, what kills me about this is you start out quite close to the water, and still immediately start hydroplaning. That's some insane acceleration!
Trick with it is to not let the skis dip below the water, if you do the sled will sink below the water. It's only good as long as the track is really the only thing touching the water.
@@Chevymonster203 All the more reason I'd expect them to get a running start at it from a bit further back, it just shows the "insane acceleration" they have! With planes, it's easy to water ski with any speed, the real trick is how much speed you can bleed off without penetrating the water so the rollout onto a gravel bar is as short as possible. In a few scenes you guys appeared to be going slower than I would have thought possible, very cool.
Seen other people do similar thing but your sled does not seem to struggle at all to stay afloat... Even pulling wheelies... Insane. How? Really cool :)
Its not floating. They are going fast enough to not sink. The belt is doing all the work to keep the sled out of the water. Even the skis don't touch the water
@@jannenieminen6815 exept is the belt goes too fast, then it will think. (because more turbulent waterflow offers dimminishing and even negative returns when it increases too much. fluid dynamic)
I’ve seen this done before but not for that length of a ride. Usually people are lucky to make it across a pond lol. This is so sweet. Until you accidentally slow down?
The first time I knew about a snowmobile crossing water it was on a 2.3 mile long lake. This was in the early 2000's. The machine went from one boat ramp to the other on opposite sides of the lake. The sheriff happened to see it and cited the man for non-licensed vessel, no fire extinguisher and no whistle or horn.
That's awesome. Only one problem. You cannot stop or lose forward motion or breakdown because your snowmobile will sink like a fishing weight. Just like a jet airliner. You need to keep your motor pushing you forward or you fall out of the sky
That’s the point. See how well your unit is built. And if it can handle being pushed that hard. But when they do sink, they’re built to get back out quick. Everything is sealed better than a normal sled.
@@anthony5227 --- I also noticed that there was a spool of rope on the main unit. I'm guessing when the thing starts sinking you grab that line so you can pull it out with so.e help.
When you really really think about it water worthy vehicles should be able to float when they run out of gas or the engine stalls for some reason. But hey it still stays above water when your full throttle
I thought I was cool doing a 100 yards on the Big Fork River in Minnesota. I guess not, but my buddy jumped off the water fall. Priceless. Wished I had known ahead of time so I could record it! was spectacular!
@@keithgutzwiller9502 we drive up to Bigfork from Grand Rapids. Unload at the school and ride up to Big Falls and back. Eating in Big falls. My record; I made it from Big falls back to Bigfork in an hour. That’s an average of 86 mph! Young and dumb. Did it so many times I got bored! Sold my sled for a wedding ring. Then the beans in a jar thing happened. I’ll never empty that damn jar! 😂
New piston and rings after that that little Adventure!? Awesome though Great video guys at least you’ll be getting the ad revenue you’ll need it for your motor eventually
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What sizes are you're sleds. I have a 1983 jag 440 that I can do river crosses on and a 700 wildcat. Curiosity has me wanting to know what you had to remove to make light enough
Them sleds are no joke. Almost useless in snow. I see this where I live. They race boats and jet skis in water. Big paddles (3-6in). In snow they are so insane. These sleds are built to drive in water.
Question?what happens if you wipe out, do you say goodbye to the snow mobile as it sinks or mount it from the bottom of the river and be on your marry way? Will it float ?🙈🙉🙊😵
