#Snowmobilefails 

Don't forget to Flush and refill the chain case, I went in up in Quebec Canada, it was only up to the seat. Me and my buddy pulled it out got it running and took off. Two days later the chain case blew, it seems it sucked water through the breather hose and filled the case because of the vacuum in the case from being hot. TG for great DOO dealers in Quebec, This happened in the Mid 90's. A story from the old days before GPS.

makes me feel bad for the person REX. Slush under snow can be a real problem too, doesn't have to go under ice. OMG a diver too! Thanks for sharing.

Quite the operation! I simply called our local bush man Beaver Bob who first cut holes to locate the sled getting down on the ice with his coat over his head to view into the water, then cutting the large hole. When that was done he sent the sinker and myself to cut two or three good strong poles to bridge the hole while he grabbed the sled with a grapple. We then lifted the sled to the surface and using the poles to lever the sled placed two under it then simply dragged the sled onto the ice.. I had no way to drag the sled home and it started to freeze due to extreme cold. We did manage to clear water from the engine. I had my childhood toboggan which after quickly removing the engine and fuel tank I dragged home through the bush with a 250 citation to the warmth of my shop where I got the engine running and the tank cleaned. The next day by myself now dragged the carcass home and reinstalled engine etc. Best part was the sinker had paid me for the sled he borrowed (and didn’t bother to inform me of the sinking). I used said money to purchase the citation I used and needed to recover the sink 78 250 twin colt! I then went from free sled to two sleds for free.. sufficed to say the sinker wasn’t impressed but he did learn a valuable lesson.

I'm frm northwest Alaska, and fell thru twice in my years. first was with my cousin while we double rode on my machine. it was very scary.. thankfully we both managed to get out and we went to school the next day. nobody knew it was us, and became the scare story for the day. we both signed out early during lunch and decided to go out to where the incident happened. out of nowhere, roughly 30 people came out to offer a hand to retrieve my machine. slowly buy surely, after a while of chipping and hooking with a hook, we were able to hook the front right trail arm and man handled it up and out. the second was me going out to a pressure ridge to chip down a crossing. THANKFULLY I had a long ice chipper with me, I'm cautiously chipping towards the edge where the stake trail splits. figuring it was safe I let down my guard, and in I went. it happened so fast, but I was able to flop the chipper side ways. I felt my feet swing up from the current and I'm hanging on for my life. out of pure adrenaline I muscled up, fully geared, and soaken wet I was able to crawl out. the sad part of this one was I was by myself. nobody woulda known that I could have been gone. if I didn't have that ice chipper I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be here to tell this story. stay safe people. bring someone along if you know the conditions are bad. especially while traveling on the ice.

Well done! Old school smarts and teamwork. There isn't anything that can't be done. I love the gantry crane!

Great work everyone! Thanks for sharing. 👍🤿

Clever ice hoist - fun to watch the action

Great engineering and video. On one of my first sledding trips a fella struck up a conversation with me at lunch. He had sunk his Arctic Cat a couple of years before in about 8 feet of water. He broke the ice with his hands to get to shore-about 35 feet I think he said. He and a friend the next day rigged a hoist and recovered the sled. He owned a machine shop and welded up a rotisserie for the sled and rotated it 1/8th of a turn each day to drain. After checking fluids and fresh gas the sled fired and he still was riding it as of our conversation.

At least it was shallow.

Just leaving a comment for the algorithm. Glad to see the hard work paid off.

Nice work. I semi-sunk a 340 Polaris once. It had plugs in the bottom on the crank case you could drain it. 45 min from when we got it out till everything was drained and engine lubed up and running again. A 30 mile run later that day and all was good. They are pretty resilient.

So nice of you to cut the hole in the shape of Utah, the best state, haha. I bet this video goes viral soon! Pretty great little recovery!

There are people in Mn who make a living pulling cars, trucks, sleds out of lakes. It seems ice thickness doesn’t matter to some - my son is one

Amazing salvage ! .....Thats Ski-doo quality!!

Awesome video fellas! Great job recovering that gal. Looks like she's still ripping good too lol

Lost a few in saltwater, we flush them with fresh and start the drying out process..lol

A proven fact, old adage,if you don't get on a train track, you won't get run over by a train, thus if you stay off frozen lakes, you won't fall thru into the water. I know it's tempting, my father in law in 1970 went thru on a new ski doo. Pulled it out,didn't do the proper cleaning, started it up drove probably another 6 or so hours the engine case cracked 😅

Cool video. I bet the neighbours are happy to hear it again. Ha

Good video! If you lost a sled in the water in Lake George, NY you would get fined a lot of money if the authorites found out. LOL!

Good ol 2 stroke motors!!!