CLASSIC & VINTAGE SLED POSTS

Effective immediately, I will show and post Classic and Vintage snowmobiles from my readers on this site.
All that is required is to send an email with a photo as an attachment to the email, of your sled along with a description of the snowmobile and a brief comment to <Larry@rap.midco.net >
This site will show your vintage/classic sled to hundreds of visitors.

PETE & TOM'S VINTAGES SKI-DOO'S

Here is a picture of a 1970 292 Black Dot Ski-Doo and a 1971 Ski-Doo 292 TNT which was sent to me from Tom Espinos.,
Nice vintage sleds !

1974/75 FUN MACHINES FROM RUPP

Shown here are some of Rupp Industries line-up of FUN MACHINES that they produced and sold:  The MX80 Motorcycle, Centuar, Roadster Minibike, Nitro Snowmobile, Go-Joe, Ruppster and The GoCart

A WINTER OF TRAIL RIDING

In case you're like most snowmobilers, and you think summer is annoying, THEN YOU ARE AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
Winter is a special time of the year for trailing riding, racing or just having fun in the snow.

RUPP DEALERS MAKE YELLOWSTONE TRIP

Mansfield, Ohio - Rupp industries sent 75 of its dealers in Michigan on an all expense paid trip to West Yellowstone, Montana in February, 1974.
The dealers and their guests spent four days sightseeing and snowmobiling in The West Yellowstone area, according to Lloyd Larsen, Rupp national sales manager at that time.

1988 INDY 650 REDEFINES THE CONCEPT OF SPEED

FALL 1987 - For years it's been assumed that the Polaris Indy 600 was the fastest production snowmobile on the market, However, that was no longer the case when the Indy 650 was introduced.
The king of the Indys; and possibly the fastest production snowmobile in the world, is The Polaris Indy 650.

1980 JOHN DEERE LIQUIFIRE

NEW POLICIES FOR SNOWMOBILES IN NATIONAL FORESTS

   BOISE, IDAHO - February 27, 2015 - The U. S. Forest Service has issued a new policy requiring forest managers to limit where snowmobiles can go by specifically designating what areas are open, a move that could reduce the competition between skiers and machines.
   The new rules take effect February 27, 2015 and apply to all national forests in The U.S. The federal agency on Wednesday published the final federal register notice for the new rules.
   The change follows a 2013 federal court ruling in Boise that found the Forest Service incorrectly exempted snowmobiles from a 2005 Forest Service plan restricting wheeled cross country travel to designated routes.
   An Idaho-based backcountry skier group, Winter Wildlands Alliance, filed the lawsuit amid concerns that new and more powerful snowmobiles were chewing up remote and pristine powder previously reachable only by skiers.
   "You can't have both uses in the same area and allow for each user to get the experience they're looking for" said Mark Menlove, the group's executive director.  He said that besides carving up slopes, the machines are loud and emit exhaust.
   The new policy requires forests to publish over-snow vehicle maps using existing designations or maps to be worked out through a public process.
   Chad Sluder, president of The Sawtooth Snowmobile Club based in the central Idaho town of Bellevue, said his club of 75 members would take an active part in that process.
   "We don't want to lose any more ground, and if it comes to that we will fight it to the end," Sluder said.  "It's the ongoing battle between the skiers and the snowmobilers. "They don't want us there and we have every right to be there."
   The Forest Service estimates that nearly 4 million people use snowmobiles on National Forest land.  Advances in technology have made modern snowmobiles more powerful and lighter than previous generations.

SNOWMOBILING IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

1988 ARCTIC CAT WILDCAT 650