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Originally Posted by hazelnut
I'm curious as to where you were sledding and how much slush you were hitting. Were they "pockets" of slush? I was on Little Squam, Big Squam, Kanasatka and Winnipesaukee yesterday. The Squams were AWESOME. Winni was not that great. But I did notice that Winni had quite a bit of slushy spots. Center Harbor was ok but when you hit the Meredith, Weirs area it got slushy and I heard it was worse further south. Anyway I'm asking specifically because I'd be curious as to how fast you were traveling before you hit the slush. Derby weekend there were SEVERAL slush pockets from Meredith to Alton. You can see them far enough away that (what I do) you power up before you hit them and essentially skim them. If I was traveling say 45 MPH and I saw a slush spot coming I'd throttle up and "power through it." I ride a non-picked 07 Polaris IQ touring 2 up. I had a passenger on the back, not sure if this helped or hurt?
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Hazelnut,
I was on my home turf, Sebago Lake, in Maine. Winnie and Sebago are eerily similar when it comes to conditions like that although yesterday the slush was widespread and deep to the point that I assumed I was hydroplaning (??) I tried slow speed first, 20-25mph, that didn't work so I tried to speed up and the best I could do was 40mph. The machine overrevved and the track just spun. I became so bogged down that I was really concerned that I would get stuck (in 6 inches of slush). I'm just looking to others for some fundamentals that I may be missing. I was crossing an area of the lake called the "gut" which is 8 tenths of a mile wide. Thanks for the response.
BT