For some reason the Yamaha is twice the weight of the Honda 3000. 134 lbs is just too heavy for what I need. Check out the Honda 3000 and it says it's 68 lbs. I lifted one at the store and it is that light.
My sled is a four stroke so no pull cord. If it's into the -30's, it may not start so it's typical to bring a small generator into your camp to make sure the sled starts in the morning. My sled has a battery blanket, a coolant heater - pump and a battery maintainer wired in it and all fed to a plug. At home no issues, but if I am out fishing all day, I want the sled to start and get me home.
A two stroke is a pull cord so more dependable start. The engine tends to blow up after 3-4 years though while a four stroke lasts a long time and is much better on gas. A friend hunts muskox and his old two stroke needed about twenty - 5 gallon fuel cans but it's a bit less than half the fuel needs on his new four stroke. That's a lot of fuel to store in your komatik or boggan you pull with the sled. A lot of guys have both a two stroke and a four stroke sled depending on what they need it for.
It's often in the -30s here.
