Poly-Hi Solidur & Simmons skis info:
When you bring out a new product to market, you have one full year to file for a patent. If you don't, you can not file later! I bring this up because I find it interesting that Poly-Hi Solidur , had a flyer they handed out at the 1996 snowmobile shows dated "1996". This is the company that actually makes the skis for Simmons. They stated on the fliers that Simmons were - proven on the market since 1991, and that thousands have experienced superior control on trails.
Simmons did not file for a patent until 1993.
If they had taken a "Twin Track ski" to a plastic company, they would have made the plastic ski version significantly thicker, for rigidity reasons, and tapered keels, to be as functional as possible.
(If they had shown the Arctic Cat 1963-1965 or the Polaris 1965 Dual runners steel skis. They would have gotten a similar ski, to the Simmons version.)
These 3 dates indicate Simmons was less than honest with the Patent Office!!!
They had the nerve to file in 1993!!!
Can any of their hype be trusted when it comes to their skis and carbides? I don't think so!!!
Their second generation carbide design couldn't be worse for their Gen I skis!!! The heavy wear on the front demonstrates the carbide is too far to the rear to bite!!!
Simmons's - BOGUS statement about their non-functional carbides on 1st Generation skis.
see below
"Many people wonder why we don't put cutting carbides in front of the spindle pivot point on our wear bars."
The center or pivot point on the Simmons Flexi-Skis is located slightly behind the center-line on the wear bars thus requiring the cutting carbides to be placed rear ward to insure proper turning and tracking."
Their Gen III ski's carbide location is significantly better in relation to the spindle.
Instead of correcting the Gen-1 carbide location, they never let these customers sleds live up to their full potential.
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