Smitty sled question

[Chris338378]

My question for the guys who use eye bolts to attach your rope to the skis is do you put the eyes on the top or the bottom of the skis?  The reason I got thinking about this is I was thinking if the eye bolts are down the rope tends to lift the ski tips more than it would if the eyes were on the top of the ski tips.  Maybe I'm over thinking this but I figured I'd ask and see if anyone noticed this, tired both ways to see which is better, or if there's no difference. 

[hardwater diehard]

Bottom ...you want to be lifting the ski up.

[mugsy]

yup...bottom

[Fishingjg]

My question for the guys who use eye bolts to attach your rope to the skis is do you put the eyes on the top or the bottom of the skis?  The reason I got thinking about this is I was thinking if the eye bolts are down the rope tends to lift the ski tips more than it would if the eyes were on the top of the ski tips.  Maybe I'm over thinking this but I figured I'd ask and see if anyone noticed this, tired both ways to see which is better, or if there's no difference.

Hey Chris, I use carabiners. I drilled holes in the tips of the skis then put the carabiner through the hole. I then tie the tow rope to the carabiner, I don't have a problem pulling the sled at all.

[Spider1]

I just drilled a 3/8" hole and stuffed the 3/8" rope through from the bottom and tied a knot.

[lynng]

I just drilled a 3/8" hole and stuffed the 3/8" rope through from the bottom and tied a knot.

Same here plus I added a large fender washer between knot and ski.

[cwavs1982]

I have my eyebolts facing down.  Attach the rope via carabiner to the eyebolt.  When pulling the sled, this provides a lift to the skis and helps it pull. 

I use the carabiners to allow me to remove the rope when storing, and to use as a way to throw the rope if there is an emergency.