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junkie4ice, I have a honda 3-wheeler too that I converted for ice fishing. Trust me, don't just do a single ski for the front. I copied a version on you-tube a guy did a while ago. search you-tube for "three wheeler ice fishing" and watch the video done by In-Depth Outdoors about the "ski-wheeler". Really simple ski design for the front that is really stable and amazingly effective. Cost me $40 for a good set of old skis with the leaf springs, then about $15-$20 in steel to weld together. Works great. I'll try to upload some pics later...have to go find them now that photobucket is holding my pic library hostage.Tight lines....
Yeah, I had cold start issues at first too. But then I added the ISO Heat fuel additive and changed the oil out with an oil that didn't get so thick when cold (don't remember what kind exactly, just what the local atv shop recommended). Starts right up now, even overnight on super cold Flaming Gorge reservoir.
junkie4ice,I put a pic in the previous post of the ski-wheeler on the ice, sorry..don't have a closer up. Yes, I can switch the ski assembly out for the tire in the warm season. The assembly bolts into the same notches in the forks that the tire attaches to. H here's some pics of the actual ski assembly. The notch at the top of the bar sticking up to the left fits around the stud on the fork where the front tire brake engages when the tire is on and it keeps the whole assembly from rotating. The short bar that attaches to the forks has the plate welded to it and the longer bar that the skis are attached to attaches to the plate with a single bolt. The only thing I will do differently on the next one is to increase the gap between the upper and lower bars just a bit more. When I turn the handle bars all the way in a turn, the outside ski does lift off the ground just a little. A slightly bigger gap would keep the ski's on the ground better. But, that said, it still works just fine as is. I should probably paint this too...but it is a "prototype" so, you know.....Seriously though, it works really well.(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)
junkie4ice,The skis are 29 inches wide from center of one ski to the next....which I shot for to essentially have the skis close to center of the back wheel that they are in front of. The gap between the two bars is 1/4 inch...for version 2 I would make it 1/2 inch.Tight lines...
Winter's back. Any progress reports from the snow dog builders? Had mine out last couple of days getting firewood, fun times. To PO Garrett, you may want to look at a little less top speed. You will lose a lot of bottom end grunt with tall gearing and 12-15 mph is lots on one of these. No suspension in the towed sled gives lots of surprises on rough ice.