Equipment Sled/trailer

[Moldman52]

Fellow Ice Fishers, I know the season is still months away, but need to start planning to build a equipment sled to drag behind my Max IV 6 wheel aatv. If any of you have built or purchased one I would like to see a picture to get ideas. I plan on putting my two man Jason mitchell shanty and misc. gear. Any help is deeply appreciated. Thanks

[FishDoc_1]

You should be able to get a pretty good idea by searching this site for "Smitty Sled". 

[Drifter_016]

Here's a bunch of pics of my freight shed I built a couple of years ago.
It has hauled about 40,000#'s of materials out to my cabin.
Should give you some ideas.

[Idahogator]

A very rugged beast of burden, Dave .     

Very well done!   

[ICE WANDERER]

                    What I do is: I tow my wheeler to the lake with a 5'x7' trailer then I hook up my trailer to my wheeler then load my gear
                    out that way, when the snow got to deep I put skies under my trailer wheels. If the snow gets to deep for a wheeler I'll
                    use my sons snow machine!

                    IW

[Chris338378]

What is the rope that's tied at the end of each cross piece for? 

[Drifter_016]

What is the rope that's tied at the end of each cross piece for?

I wanted it to look authentic.
Most native made komatiks are held together this way with no screws or nails.
Mine is screwed and glued as well.
In the high arctic the ground is very uneven and being held together with rope makes the sled flexible and less likely to break.
I know if my screws snap it will still be held together.

[Uncle Al]

bored from not ice fishing, now the walleye season is open and all we're getting is rain. Got a notification from IS so I thought I would look around and see what's going on. Drifter, that's one fine looking sled you've built, I had thoughts of building a big sled to haul my stuff out on the ice, similar to a smitty sled, but your's is the way to go. Is your's built to track in the ski ruts from your snowmobile? or doesn't it matter. I like the tow bar connection. Valve springs? used them for lots of things. Good build, and thanks for the pics.

[masoneddie]

That sure is a fine looking sled, excellent job Dave!! Thank's for the explanation on the ropes as well, was wondering about them also. 

[Drifter_016]

bored from not ice fishing, now the walleye season is open and all we're getting is rain. Got a notification from IS so I thought I would look around and see what's going on. Drifter, that's one fine looking sled you've built, I had thoughts of building a big sled to haul my stuff out on the ice, similar to a smitty sled, but your's is the way to go. Is your's built to track in the ski ruts from your snowmobile? or doesn't it matter. I like the tow bar connection. Valve springs? used them for lots of things. Good build, and thanks for the pics.

Same width as the skis on my sled.
And yes, valve springs. 

[bowski76]

Really impressive trailer Dave, well done.
Now we need more Cabin pics!

[Drifter_016]

Really impressive trailer Dave, well done.
Now we need more Cabin pics!

Just waiting for ice out.