Sled for the ATV

[Fire_Ice]

Morning All! I have been using the information from this site for quite a while and it is extraordinary. I am shocked at all the awesome ideas and the ingenuity that the people have. I love researching ways to improve my gear from this website, and the latest idea I needed help with was a sled for hauling my Clam 6800 and all my gear.

I have built a sled out of 1" angle iron and the runners are built out of the material that lines the back of a beet truck. I want to say thanks to everyone for all the great ideas.

[Fire_Ice]

Some Pics!!

[markjsolomon]

Awesome work man when do you start taking orders LOL

[P Meyette]

nice going great job

[SPADED]

that thing looks nice and sturdy! should work well for hauling projects around the yard and help getting the deer out of the woods too! nice work

[Fisherman 1]

Nicely done however  pay attention when going over big bumps.   Your runners aren't curved,  rather sharp angles that just might dig in and come to an abrupt stop.

[Fire_Ice]

I finished painting the sled and the hitch I made so I loaded up everything and tested it. The whole system worked well except for the way I strapped it down. It works great to ratchet strap the house directly to the sled, but I need to figure out a way to secure the wood boxes and the auger. I do not want to many steps, as we all know, it gets cold once the heater is off!!

[Whopper Stopper]

Nice work FIRE_ICE

         WS

[Lavman]

Nice sled, interesting hitch set up. As said, if the new sled hooks on anything you will be trying to rip the shack off the sled, I might to figure out how to hook the hitch to the sled. 

[Fire_Ice]

Actually, I ran angle iron up the front of the sled to equal the height of the hitch. This way I am connected directly to the sled so I am hoping this design will allow some flex if I do hit something hard.

[Hunter44]

Nice set up

[Fire_Ice]

After using the sled, I learned the tow hitch needed to be mounted lower. Also, I found it was way to much work trying to strap the ice house and then strapping the boxes to the top. I think I will build sides on the sled and then put my stuff in there for transportation.

[Whopper Stopper]

Let us see the finished product. Good luck on it!

         WS