Anyone running 30” ski stance?

[Sheetmetalfab]

https://alternativeimpact.com/2005-2022-Polaris-Water-Cross-Arms-30-Stance-02105518.htm

For Watercross setup you don’t want the ski’s to touch.

For an all around riding setup it seems you would need tall spindles.

Would be an interesting thing to try.

 

[Sheetmetalfab]

 

[turboless terry]

Can't even imagine. I have a 34 inch front end on my wife's matryx plus no swaybar. It's fun but there is a learning curve.

 

[damx]

Not sure about the 30" , but for sure I would like to try out a 34" on the matryx.

 

[tuneman]

That would be tiring... The law of diminishing returns definitely applies to a-arm length. IMHO, anything under 36" will just wear you out more at the end of the day. Been there. It's just a lot more work to keep the sled stable and paneling out becomes an issue.

 

[Barcode]

34" is defiantly our choice.

 

[208_RMK]

I went 34” (react with ZRP offset spindles) and hated it. I couldn’t get those offset spindles off fast enough. I had to return to the stock stance using the standard spindles. It paneled out and was not predictable handling wise. Wasn’t for me-

 

[damx]

I think that had to do with the offset spindles, I had a set on my 16 for 300 miles. It made the sled handling go way down. Had a few people try it on different snow conditions, and not one person thought it was an improvement over stock., actually going backwards.

 

[MTsled3]

I went 34” (react with ZRP offset spindles) and hated it. I couldn’t get those offset spindles off fast enough. I had to return to the stock stance using the standard spindles. It paneled out and was not predictable handling wise. Wasn’t for me-

I've ridden a 36" axys that had offset spindles to get it to 36" (stock 38") and I hated it compared to mine with the alternative impact 36" a-arms to narrow it. Something just feels off about it to me, I don't really know how to describe it. Sleds were nearly identical otherwise

 

[meathooker]

The stock react front end feels great imo but i learned to side hill as a 120lb kid on a 40-42” wide zr580 so i may be biased

 

[boondocker97]

Definitely not for me. I have one sled with a 38" front end and one with 36" and sometimes the 36" is more unstable than I want. Starts feeling like I'm trying to balance on a ball (also this is on the monorail). I'm also a big, top-heavy guy with broad shoulders. 34" would be about the same width as my elbows. Getting much narrower than that and the whole sled would be tucked in under me. Might be ok when carving or on edge, but super unstable and tiring just riding around. At that point might as well commit to the single ski life and have something that's controllable and tips easy!

 

[madmax]

I bought a T-Rex 34” front end to try. The 34” front on the doo last year was nice in the backcountry.