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deep snow kit
I am new here, and I am looking for measurements to build a deep snow kit. I have noticed there is info. out there that you can down load, but I seem to be having trouble doing so. Can anyone help me out? thanks
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Snowmobile Lift Kits
My Kitty is stock and I may invest in a Deep Snow Kit or Kitty Cat Lift kit whatever you prefer to call it...
So I thought I'd do some more reading on the subject and it's been a learning experience. I probably have an hour or more into this post...
I see there were a few members selling them here over the last ten years and I also see from past posts that there has been some question as to who invented it and also who builds the best snowmobile lift kit (deep snow kit).
There were three members that I could find who were selling the Kitty Cat lift kits: dantheman, troyness, and orps parts. After spending quite a bit of time sifting through the old posts, here is what I found:
dantheman gets credit for the earliest mention of a lift kit. He originally posted pictures of this Kitty Cat mod on Tue
Mar 01, 2005. The thread is here: viewtopic.php?p=856&highlight=#856
This picture is from Dan's post...
I also see that dantheman initially posted his drawings to the forum back in Nov 15, 2011 with the title: BUILD YOUR OWN LIFT KIT HERES THE DRAWINGS, but the link to sharefile doesn't work anymore. This post is here, but won't help if you want to see the drawings:
viewtopic.php?t=4571
He then posted a link to his drawings again on Fri Nov 09, 2012, judging by the title block on the drawings, he is not too fond of Jim from ORPS. This post is titled: Print set for lift kit HERE FREE:
viewtopic.php?p=8579
Dan doesn't appear to be selling his kits anymore but ORPS has kits made of stainless currently for sale on their site. It is showing a price of $200.94 with shipping.
I checked eBay and I'm not seeing any for sale there at the moment, but that could change if someone lists them for sale. I buy plenty of things from eBay, it's easy to buy there so I'd prefer to shop there.
As for making your own kit, it seems possible to make a functioning kit with Dan's drawings and dimensions but it seems unlikely you can make these parts as pretty as his unless you have a machine shop with a CNC machine to cut the design.
I may try to make my own, haven't decided just yet...
So I thought I'd do some more reading on the subject and it's been a learning experience. I probably have an hour or more into this post...
I see there were a few members selling them here over the last ten years and I also see from past posts that there has been some question as to who invented it and also who builds the best snowmobile lift kit (deep snow kit).
There were three members that I could find who were selling the Kitty Cat lift kits: dantheman, troyness, and orps parts. After spending quite a bit of time sifting through the old posts, here is what I found:
dantheman gets credit for the earliest mention of a lift kit. He originally posted pictures of this Kitty Cat mod on Tue
Mar 01, 2005. The thread is here: viewtopic.php?p=856&highlight=#856
This picture is from Dan's post...
I also see that dantheman initially posted his drawings to the forum back in Nov 15, 2011 with the title: BUILD YOUR OWN LIFT KIT HERES THE DRAWINGS, but the link to sharefile doesn't work anymore. This post is here, but won't help if you want to see the drawings:
viewtopic.php?t=4571
He then posted a link to his drawings again on Fri Nov 09, 2012, judging by the title block on the drawings, he is not too fond of Jim from ORPS. This post is titled: Print set for lift kit HERE FREE:
viewtopic.php?p=8579
Dan doesn't appear to be selling his kits anymore but ORPS has kits made of stainless currently for sale on their site. It is showing a price of $200.94 with shipping.
I checked eBay and I'm not seeing any for sale there at the moment, but that could change if someone lists them for sale. I buy plenty of things from eBay, it's easy to buy there so I'd prefer to shop there.
As for making your own kit, it seems possible to make a functioning kit with Dan's drawings and dimensions but it seems unlikely you can make these parts as pretty as his unless you have a machine shop with a CNC machine to cut the design.
I may try to make my own, haven't decided just yet...
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Kitty Cat Lift Kits on eBay
There are Kitty Cat lift kits on eBay from ORPS if anyone wants to take the easy way out. They're not cheap, but you can bolt them right on.
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ORPS PARTS DEEP SNOW KITS
We have restocked and ready to ship,we sell hundreds of these kits every year. For those not wanting to buy on ebay phone our store at (905) 235 7278 and order we ship world wide
Payment by VISA,MASTERCARD,PAYPAL
Regards
Jim
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1100 Gorham Street Unit 22 & 23
Newmarket ,Ontario Canada
Payment by VISA,MASTERCARD,PAYPAL
Regards
Jim
ORPS Parts
1100 Gorham Street Unit 22 & 23
Newmarket ,Ontario Canada
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