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velocicaur
My dad and two of his colleagues, both of which have never been on a sled, went riding this past Friday (10/22) out of Waters. Not 10 miles down the trail, the 03 F7 stopped moving. The track was locked up. They tried to tow it, but it didn't work. They thought about putting it in a snowbank and just leaving it there. An hour had past until a group came by. The last member in the group stopped to see if he could help. He determined that something was wrong with the chaincase and went back to his truck to get his tools to help them, letting the rest of his group ride on without him. He got the chaincase free and said he could fix it with some new parts. He rode on the 03 while my dad towed him, and one of the colleagues drove his sled. They made it all the way to the gaylord dealership. He got the parts needed and went to town with a set of sockets and the little tool kit that came with the sled... in the dealer parking lot. 2 hours later, it had new chaincase bearings and a chain, and it was ready to go. This man would not accept any form of payment for his service. He said that he enjoyed wrenching on sleds and that he only hoped that if we could help someone in need, that we would do so. They were able to put on 50 or 60 miles yet that day, and everyone ended up having a good time considering.

My dad is absolutely beside himself on this Saturday morning that someone would take the majority of their day to help a group of people, who he never met, and put in all that time and effort. He is very appreciative of this, as am I, and we will most definitely try to help others in the future!

Thanks again!

-matt
*LawDog
QUOTE(velocicaur @ Feb 23 2008, 02:12 PM) *
My dad and two of his colleagues, both of which have never been on a sled, went riding this past Friday (10/22) out of Waters. Not 10 miles down the trail, the 03 F7 stopped moving. The track was locked up. They tried to tow it, but it didn't work. They thought about putting it in a snowbank and just leaving it there. An hour had past until a group came by. The last member in the group stopped to see if he could help. He determined that something was wrong with the chaincase and went back to his truck to get his tools to help them, letting the rest of his group ride on without him. He got the chaincase free and said he could fix it with some new parts. He rode on the 03 while my dad towed him, and one of the colleagues drove his sled. They made it all the way to the gaylord dealership. He got the parts needed and went to town with a set of sockets and the little tool kit that came with the sled... in the dealer parking lot. 2 hours later, it had new chaincase bearings and a chain, and it was ready to go. This man would not accept any form of payment for his service. He said that he enjoyed wrenching on sleds and that he only hoped that if we could help someone in need, that we would do so. They were able to put on 50 or 60 miles yet that day, and everyone ended up having a good time considering.

My dad is absolutely beside himself on this Saturday morning that someone would take the majority of their day to help a group of people, who he never met, and put in all that time and effort. He is very appreciative of this, as am I, and we will most definitely try to help others in the future!

Thanks again!

-matt



Another great story ! ......
DAVE M
If we could only get the whole world on the pay-forward program....
Al Czervik
That's a great story...it's nice to know that there are people like that in the world.
favoritos
Awesome. Man that is one of the things I love about this sport. Try repeating this on 35W in rush hour.
g0ohio
Great to hear storys like that.
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