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Hando, your lucky you only have that much snow.. its hard pulling anything through all the snow we get up here in MN.
Thanks for all the nice comments. I hope I can help with any other questions anyone might have. Smitty
Smitty, I have saved your posts from last season and finally found a set of cross country skis to attempt to build a sled for my Shappel DX3000 shanty. But in rereading the posts that I saved there were no dimensions of the lumber( I presumed 2x6 and 2x4 ) and of the sizes of the parts. I also would use the skis for hauling my cheap plastic toboggan sled that holds 4 or 5, 5 gallon buckets when I don't need the shanty.Also, by now there are many of you technologically advanced cobblers that have made their sled/ski designs over several times. How about showing off your skills and sharing the details of your endeavors.In addition may I ask why you didn't make the width as wide as the shanty?I'd like to see this subject explored further as it fits the needs of many who don't use vehicles to pull their tackle out onto the ice.Finally( for now ) thanks for sharing your original designs. They are ingenious, simple and get right to the point.
I too went with the (Smittysled) design, I did not go as wide as the DX3000 width because I felt it was more awkward when trying to pull. I did start out wide but came in about 6-8" seems more comfortable to me pulling. I added some stops on top that the shanty ribs fit over to keep it from shifting on the crossbars. I am going to take it out for it's maiden voyage Thursday to a local pond.
I just measured up the skis and they are about 80 1/2 inches long. About 70 inches are flat with about a 10 inches allowed for the front curve.I measured the outside groove in the bottom of the Shappell 3000 and they are a bit wider than the edge of a 2x4 and about 32 inches between the outside edges of the outside grooves.Since I may want to use the hauler for a toboggan size set up when I don't use it for the ice shanty I may add a third set of risers to support the longer length. How long are your risers? And would it be advisable to use a light but strong wood throughout? What could that wood be? I picked up a short peice of treated lumber and thats too heavy.Any suggestions?
(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)I made one to help me pull my two man Clam Yukon on the ice. I didn't buy the runner kit and will be hand pulling so thought the ski's will help with the heavier shanty. Can't wait to try it out.I still have to put the eye bolts in for my bungie cords but other than that she's all done.Thanks Smitty for all the help!!!
Wish I would have seen this before I bought my jet sled xl 3 days ago!
I had to modify...sorry. Smitty[/quoteHow did you attach the 2x6 to the ski"s?]