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Here's my new homemade sled for my suitcase shanty. I got tired of it being a snow plow instead of it riding on top of the snow. Now it is like pulling 5lbs behind me when I have probably 85lbs of gear on it. It puts together in 30 seconds and takes apart in 15 seconds. It glides so easy over the snow! Now I,m not afraid of walking a long distance to a hot spot if I have to. It can be built for $15-$20 depending how cheap you get your skis for and what other stuff you have on hand. My skis only cost me $5 at our local thrift store. This also comes apart really easy so you can fit in your car like I have to, NO TOOLS REQUIRED! I thought I should share this for anyone on a budget or for one to get into your car Like I have to. Smitty(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.) Just wanted to let you know that your sled idea looks real neat. I may try to build one in the future. thanks for the idea. ;DTENBEARS
Thanks for the sled idea smitty. I built one to carry my 2 man Frabil and all the crap (too much) and it worked great. I made it so I could pull it with my 4 wheeler, I made mods so the cross bars bolted down, as I said worked great BUT it became to much work to assemble at the lake, in a hurry to get fishin. Soooo I have to think about "more" mods to make assembly not as time consuming. Did not take any pics... Sorry! After mods I'll get some pic's.
A guy at work like it so much and has a bigger/heaver ice shack than I do so I gave him my seld. Now I am building another one ASAP!! Off to HD in a few min. to get what I need, I have the ski's already. I'll take pictures of this one.
The skis are screwed into the wooden blocks. Heads are countersunk. The cross members are just pushed snuggly into the slots. The weight of the stuff on top of the cross members keeps the sled together.This way, the sled can be taken apart to fit in a small space in the vehicle.