Since then, as Ski-Doo continued to make refinements, the Summit X with Expert Package has taken on some of the cool new features, but also a little bit more weight, to emerge as the premium sled in their mountain line. But the Summit X still represented Ski-Doo’s best power-to-weight option available … until Ski-Doo introduced the Turbo R engine package.

The biggest challenge in making this decision comes with trying to predict the snow conditions and anticipate where you plan to do most of your riding this upcoming season. The editors of SnoWest Magazine can’t help you with these two decisions, but we’ll take a shot at helping you obtain a clearer focus on what OEM tracks are available along with their strengths and weaknesses.

Since the Lynx Shredder has a unique ride, it was difficult to tell whether the ski affected the ride or the ride affected the ski. Either way, it was clear that the Linx ski had an impact for good or bad on our riding experience.

Usually, this would occur when riders either set the park brake and didn’t totally release it when they started down the trail, or when riders applied pressure on the brake lever while engaging the throttle over a length of time.

Looking back now I clearly bit off more than I could chew when I bought a 2004 Dodge RAM 2500 5.9L Cummins that had quite a few miles on the odometer, but we sure had a lot of fun. Blame it on my day job but I may have fell in love with the story idea of bringing back to life this old truck that I found in a farmer’s field. We ended up calling our build Project Lefty because this truck was clearly “lefty” for dead.

Well, we have a little background in that area. SnoWest’s publishing group used to publish Diesel Tech magazine, a diesel performance title specializing in heavy-duty light diesel trucks.