2024 Tired Iron Vintage Snowmobile Show

[@suespony]

This brings back memories, we had a 1972 moto ski, back when there was snow all winter long. Fingerlakes area of NYS. It would snow in November, stay till spring, that doesn't happen anymore.

[@johnsmith7345]

yeah I was about to say no Moto-Ski ?

[@suespony]

@johnsmith7345 yep, moto -ski

[@tomrogers9467]

I began sledding at 18 in 1969. All through the 70’s with a number of sleds. Those were the days before groomed trails, permits, police checks and trail maps. First guy blasted through the bush made the trail for the year. Get stuck; lift it out. If you made 20 miles it was a long ride. But took half a day with breakdowns if there was a bunch of you. Just sold my sled, winters are done here. Six weeks of riding at best last season, trails closed the entire winter here. Miss the early days.

[@mainebigfoothunter7088]

We've had 5 weak winters in Maine. Sleds get beat on trails. Hopefully we get a real winter this year to help the snowsled dealers and businesses that rely on sledders

[@Biokemist-o3k]

That John Deere is beautiful!!!...I had an el Tigre and then a really awesome Polaris in the early 90's....Then we stopped getting snow in eastern Pa and I stuck to my KXT 250 Tecate which was a Kawasaki 3 wheeler that I used to race and it used to eat 250R's for breakfast..it also outran anything else that decided to try and follow...really awesome video my friend..-John

[@davidbryngelson938]

Such a wonderful trip down memory lane, thank you. 😊

[@jodyharris4317]

Very nice thank you for taking me to the show

[@Biokemist-o3k]

That Formal is really cool...also the idea that the club members do not get judged is really great because people will always think that the club members will win...-John

[@edzeppelin]

I've only s-biled 2x in Colorado- once on packed trail, semi-fun. And once in DEEP powder, where you have to keep the machine WOUND UP so you don't sink and have to try to pull out a 700 lb. machine. I love seeing all these vintage machines, they're fantastic!

[@Tipp_Of_The_Mitt]

Really surprised there wasn't any Rupps. Growing up the first sled my dad had was a Skidadler, and as years went by a Sno-Sport by Rupp, a 440 widetrack Rupp and a Whisper Jet made Sno-Jet, it was like riding a Cadillac.

[@johnsmith7345]

Rupp that brings you back they had mini bikes too

[@MichaelLarsen-d3i]

I remember my grandfather bringing home a crate.. he worked for Polaris .. we on weekend put it together and brought it back to sell .. those people have life

[@ST-xx9rt]

The Kawasaki at 8:35 was my hearts desire. Someone on our lake had one and it flew past now and then. Crazy how fast it was compared to so much else at the time. I ended up with a KLT250 3wheeler. Never seemed to be enough snow to justify a sled at the time

[@johnpatterson4272]

I have never seen a 'Police Special' snowmobile in my life. The Evinrude's and Johnson's were built at Outboard Marine in the town where I grew-up. The employees of that factory must have received huge discounts on those machines because they were everywhere. 70s Arctic Cats were seen as the Cadillac of snowmobiles back-in-the-day, and their price reflected that. One thing I've noticed is modern 21st century sleds have a much higher centre of gravity and are more sloped towards the cowling. Obviously a condition of sled owners seeking out deeper natural snow at higher elevations. Great video, thanks ADS.

[@contemporaryprimitiveman3469]

I had a scorpion. I remember finding a couple of Chapparal behind a barn years ago.

[@vipercc85]

My grandfather had a wheel horse and a Harley Davidson snowmobile.

[@mileagemaker9925]

I had a Massey Ferguson 300 in 1970 and a Massey 350 in 71 . One cylinder JLO engine. Wish I still had them! Great video. Thank you 👍👍

[@tomrogers9467]

Had a MF Ski Whiz, 1972, JLO 340 single. Sounded like a ww2 Bomber. Went everywhere except uphill. Just about any hill.

[@miked8227]

My family sold sleds from 60-80s, I was always assembling them from crates as a young teenager. At times I couldn’t keep up with the sales people , sleds were about 600 bucks and when we used to actually have snow storms they flew out the door. Great times until the oil embargo.

[@glenmallory9982]

I used to know a guy who restored a bunch of big name vintage sleds and he told me his favorite old tank was the Sears. Because he enjoyed the challenge of keeping it running. He laughed hard.

[@mattmonteith2175]

I had few of those older sleds. I just picked up RXL Indy 91 tripple 650. And Harley Davidson 1972

[@johnpatterson4272]

Nice score on the '72 AMF Harley, a real rarity here in central Ontario Canada.

[@richardmeier9719]

great video, dealing on a69 or 70 rupp sprint that has less than 200 miles on it always stored indoors and I have no idea what it's worth !

[@markkimball1569]

Those inveaders were fast ! Had some cool sleds .. back in the 80s.

[@PauKolloch]

Too cool alot of memories right there

[@fredstone5872]

A lot of memories of a sore back right here!!

[@crazycooterMN]

@11:42 that red rocket is sweet!

[@Roosters_Restos]

I think we know each other lol I am a polaris guy from Rochester mn

[@deannelson4920]

This is when free enterprise was in full force. Anyone and everyone would build stuff, without restrictions,lots of competition

[@psclassy1123]

Memories of being a kid on the farm and thinking we were Evil Kenevil. The my friend got a 440 TNT.

[@daniellatimer1876]

My dad had a Massey Ferguson snowmobile when I was a little kid in the 1970's.

[@thomasreyes2857]

I never knew jet skis went back so far they were so old. 👍👌

[@thekingsilverado3266]

That is what we had the green Arctic Cat like the one with them (Montana Pipes???) going around the front end. Ours I think I had a 4cyl engine it was potent. I believe that snow mobile is still in its spot in our barn... My uncle paid to have the body fixed we broke the hood right off the hinges on that machine... Some body shop in Allentown repaired the hood and twisted stuff.

[@Dave-n4b]

i loved the way those pogo-sticks looked... horrible to ride on the rough stuff though. they can all shake their tool boxes as they pass each other...lol

[@paulmazzola398]

Where was this filmed? Very nice old machines.

[@dwayneparkinson8355]

Stetsonville, WI

[@jameswright7923]

Takes me back to the brute/alouette Massey Ferguson and John deer. Pops had a rollaflex

[@TheJimmybud]

That Sno Jet at the very beginning was my first sled SST295 pulled out of a horse barn for 50 bucks with a stuck motor.

[@dutchywv]

when we were growing up we had 440 TNT 70 75 and an Olympic my dad traded them off for motor skis 79 and 80 future 500-long track too Mirage 2 my sister bought a Mirage 300 79 I bought my uncle's Arctic cat from him and Panera 5000 for what the miles said on it 500 miles he forgot the was broken lol was a heavy machine for a 15-year-old to have and powerful too i had NO trouble keeping up with the John Deers or the other performant slides we had we trail ride on the week ends too

[@gonepostal9101]

“When everything was brown, makes ya want to go eat at Hardee’s”. 😂 😂😂 😂😂😂

[@markc6207]

Cool old stuff.

[@jayyoung5423]

Awesome video, didn't see Any Rupps , Aloutte or Scorpions.

[@philber57]

I spotted a super stinger.

[@PawpawRic]

My uncle sold Ski doo and Yamaha in the 70s as a side business on his diary farm in Monson ma great memories

[@DanDonahue-dr9og]

Cool histody trip..

[@gregnowak6450]

Thanks. Great info

[@glenmallory9982]

Ex dealers kid here: Yes Cat sold the Montana pipes as uncrated. They were an option you could get on the 635/760s. You could also buy them from the dealer as a kit. We sold them both ways.

[@glenmallory9982]

634 s I mean. Big fingers small phone.

[@seanreid349]

Had a kittycat, 6yrs old 1972

[@bernieprebushewski7880]

I did'nt see one Alluette. Ski-Doo bought them out in the 70's or early 80's. We begged Dad to buy us a snow mobile because we worked hard on the farm. What does he do, he brings home a 340 Alluette, "Eliminator" model. We were the laughing stock of the community.

[@jefski6839]

I had an Alouette silver cloud with a Wankel rotary engine, I was laughed at until I started smoking 440's like nothing. I wish I had kept it

[@galewinds7696]

You ungrateful brat..........maybe that was all he could afford.

[@MichaelLarsen-d3i]

You can see all that at cat show in thief river falls mn every July

[@williamcap2236]

Where is the TX340's my first sled ! Followed by a XCR600 then a Artic cat ZRT800 followed by Thundercat 1000. Now the only thing I ride is my chair or couch

[@debi5292]

A little John Deere history correction. JD was the first production sled to put the chain case to the right side and use a jackshaft to put the power over there. The 340S as the sled and this arrangement put the engine in front of and lower than the track tunnel. This design became the industry standard and it started with the JD 340S and that was the sled to beat.

[@glenmallory9982]

Arctic Cat had Jack shaft sleds in 1970. Just saying….i like jd too.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

I remember my uncle pissed off my aunt big time. He worked at the Bethlehem Steel plant Bethlehem Pa.circa 1960s & 70's. Christmas of 1970, He worked an overnight weekend shift at the plant became good friends with one his bosses. Usually on weekends he worked at our family owned speed shop in Allentown Pa. Well this boss over time turned my uncle onto Snow Mobiles & before we knew it he bought and paid for 2brand new SkiDoo's & 2 Arctic Cats. The Large green Arctic cat he ripped it down. To this day I believe it had a really large 4cyl Briggs motor in it or something of the such. He spent hours creating headers for it and putting the pipes out the back not to mention whatever he did to the thing it flew like lightning. It came the weekend he had to work again the following year & me and my two cousins well we jumped on it and went for the ride of a life time we burned 4 tanks of gas as I remember all day long. Our farm had some horrendously steep hills and when my cousin Tim at the end of the day as it was getting dark he tried to go up a hill sideways the damn thing rolled with all 3 of us on it. He ended up with broken collar bone I had a broken arm & wrist. My cousin Keith's goggles gouged his left eye really bad he needed surgery. Needless to say it took half the other farmers in that valley to get that thing flipped back upright and even getting a truck down into that gulley where we landed was an act of god. My dad got his 69 Chevy back there in 3ft of snow cursing worse than I could remember about boogering up his new truck. My uncle he did open the cow path back there with his Allis tractor. As for My well uncle he got clobbered with a frying pan not that long after me & cousins were back at home & his crashed Arctic Cat was back safe in the barn. My aunt was super mad with the 3 of us all at the hospital all at one time. My cousin Tim well I don't think he was able to sit down on his butt until spring thats how bad my uncle laid into him with the leather strap. Me I never touched another snow mobile again...

[@alleyoop1234]

Where was this show?

[@AlwaysDoingSomething]

Stetsonville, WI

[@johnsmith7345]

Funny seeing those old Skidoos now Bombardier building jet aircraft

[@DavidHuber63]

You're right, the 440 invader is fast

[@Lawrence-re6ri]

I owned a 77 440 free air snow jet that thing was fast .

[@MikeBikerKickstand]

I had one too. Blew up the motor on a warm day. I put a 340 Everest motor in its place, but that 440 was a monster when you smashed the throttle.

[@flights47]

Very cool

[@petercook3143]

This is in Wisconsin

[@AlwaysDoingSomething]

Yes, Stetsonville.

[@boblee2550]

Didn't see any OMC Johnson snowmobiles. My uncle used to have 3 of them.

[@danvalant3540]

I actually had a one cylinder Skidaddeler. I think it was a 1966 model.

[@bloodstone6196]

No Rupps? My dad had a rogue,2yankees. There was also a Nitro and American?,around town back then.

[@DavidHuber63]

Cool 😎

[@dpopielinski]

Didn’t see any Alaska Skis , sold new in the buffalo ny area , new for 550.00 in the 70s

[@jdmforever5583]

Was hoping to see an Aaron's Arrow🙁

[@BobMckinsey]

You do any car Shows ?

[@toddhansen3468]

Sure was a lot of different makes we had a ski doo Rupp moto ski and a John deer when I was a kid

[@scooter29]

I didn’t know Farmall made a machine

[@richarddevoe5871]

Didn’t see an Alouette which I had growing up. Plus an Auto Ski, Rupp, and a Scorpion Stinger. I currently have matching 78 John Deere 440’s I’m hoping to restore. Anyone out there with NOS parts or info on acquiring them please reply. I’m disabled but currently move around pretty well

[@sharonfieber6458]

Princess, Massey Ferguson. Giving prizes to non club members will keep bring sleds to show.

[@GrantJohnston-dr9rt]

Just sold my Silver Bullet!

[@rjp3427]

And not one Rupp???

[@matthewpettengill3008]

Yo I'm having flash back to an easier time for sledding ❤and I haven't done acid since the 70s 😂

[@arcticcattpantera]

WHERE IS THIS?

[@AlwaysDoingSomething]

Stetsonville, WI

[@kellymiller3136]

I didn’t notice a Mercury Hurricane I think it was called?

[@gloryhole_dirtslinger]

no rupps, whips, scorpions, johnsons

[@RichardHolmes-f8v]

We had a SnoBug and a Speedway

[@sierraguy]

I saw a twin track Raider in there that you skipped over.

[@freebooter247]

Skipped over lots of nice sleds. The vid panning was way to fast

[@sykesroadgarage6862]

Bung Bung 2025 Mcbride BC Canada Vintage sled ride. Bring out your machines…

[@Roosters_Restos]

Wow no polaris tx free air oh one old on but dam.

[@DarrellWefel-ts2kr]

No Rupps !!!

[@AlwaysDoingSomething]

☹ Nope. Weird huh?

[@Kevin-tw4hv]

Unless i missed one, i did not see an Ariens

[@AlwaysDoingSomething]

You didn't miss one. There was not a single Ariens there for some reason!

[@knickfarms7037]

I still have a J D 440 trail fire. Any one interested in it. Not run I 10-15 years. Stored inside up on wood

[@3406Accert]

The Socalled Herters at 3:16 most definitely isn't obnoxiously ∆§×÷gin§∆ , even in covered storage the paint would have discoloration & fading and mold,plus the cheaper material of the seat definitely wouldn't look like that, this thing is obviously restored with a hell of a lot of lies & a huge amount of super neglect Dry rot everywhere Period

[@johnisberg2699]

Brother, the c in Arctic is not silent.

[@AlwaysDoingSomething]

It's silent in the midwest ;)

[@johnsmith7345]

@@AlwaysDoingSomething silent in Ontario too

[@waynedaub1889]

Hi we have a inventory of older snowmobile parts email and we will if we have it

[@DanDonahue-dr9og]

Exlent old fyn timesmachines areA-1

[@Chuck_in_CT]

What???... No Rupps?

[@mikekittelson9662]

No Rupp sleds

[@hettro-cv6082]

120 sleds and not one Scorpion sled!

[@kerryrouse9039]

4.00 min mark there is a 400 Stinger.

[@darrylpaterick3108]

Watch again. Saw one.

[@tomrogers9467]

Scorpions were actually made from Arctic Cat chassis. I was a dealer. They were OK, about par with the rest of the FORDs. (Fix or repair daily).

[@hettro-cv6082]

I was a mechanic for a scorpion dealer and we sold John Deere sleds too.@@tomrogers9467

[@Barnfind.]

Where are the Coleman Ski Roule?

[@wiz1467]

You need a camera man or take a course

[@gpayne12100]

Yamaha closed its factory not making sleds anymore and Arctic cat is next, no one can afford to buy a new sled at these prices now they are quitting making them 😢

[@johnsmith7345]

we dont get enough snow these days

[@3406Accert]

Super stupid completely desperate Socalled Bontana pipes on that thing at 2:47 , you'd be deaf in a matter of minutes the said super dumb pipes exit right where you sitting & with continued use your hearing is totally abused unless you stupidly wore ear muffs, But the design is again super dumb could have easily made the exit somewhere other than where a person is sitting & you spewed don't see many of them around & that's because most people don't need to pay to Go deaf with these super idiotic pipes. Period me if I ever buy a snowmobile with these dumb pipes on it I'd simply buy some exhaust tips with turn down bends on them and let the snow go deaf before I do.

[@johnwayne6778]

No snow

[@CharlesLounds-v2t]

Can't believe you by passed the Raider 😮 other than that it was good 👍

[@robertburey4704]

Where was this show?

[@AlwaysDoingSomething]

Stetsonville, WI