Author Topic: IDEAS FOR AN ICE FISHING SLED?  (Read 3163 times)

Offline TRYZ2FISH

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IDEAS FOR AN ICE FISHING SLED?
« on: Dec 24, 2008, 08:50 AM »
Hey guys

I'm looking to build a light ice fishing sled to pull behind a small ski doo. and haven't been able to find any plans on the net can anyone give me a few ideas. Any help is appreciated

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Try2fish
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Offline Snakehunter

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Re: IDEAS FOR AN ICE FISHING SLED?
« Reply #1 on: Dec 24, 2008, 10:32 AM »
I had a plastic Otter style that got the bottom ripped off last season.
I since have gathered a sheet of the white teflon style of plastic used to line arena boards.
I was going to fabricate a new bottom for the old sleigh, but I think I am going to make a long plywood box with bench seat and use the teflon under it with metal runners. I'll use the hitch from the old sleigh.
As soon as I get off my butt and build it I'll post pics.
Glen
PS -Check with your local arena and ask if they have any old sheets of this stuff. It is incredible stuff.



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Re: IDEAS FOR AN ICE FISHING SLED?
« Reply #2 on: Dec 29, 2008, 09:55 AM »
I built mine form some old steel lifts we got at work, the steel was too thin to weld so I had to pop rivet it all together, its 26" wide, 11" high and about 72" long (so I used one sheet of white 1/4" pvc puckboard).
The hitch is welded, its made of 2x2" angle iron, the part where it hitches onto the snowmobile slides back and forth and has springs as bumpers. I mounted the hitch low on the toboggan, right where the curve in the front starts, this way when I go over trees it will lift the toboggan over and not hit head on, I also find that mounting the hitch low pulls the back end of the snowmobile down and gives more traction.

I used it without runners the first time, but when I was on hard pack or planing up it would whip from side to side, so I put some poly runners on, it was just materal I found in my father inlaws hanger.
I use this toboggan to ice fish, go to our outpost cabin and haul firewood, its no problem to stop in powder with a full load of wood and start again.

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Re: IDEAS FOR AN ICE FISHING SLED?
« Reply #3 on: Dec 29, 2008, 10:00 AM »
thanks for the ideas guys sounds like i need to find some of that hockey rink board material.


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Re: IDEAS FOR AN ICE FISHING SLED?
« Reply #4 on: Dec 29, 2008, 10:11 AM »
go to the equipment board. plenty of sleds to look at.
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Re: IDEAS FOR AN ICE FISHING SLED?
« Reply #5 on: Dec 29, 2008, 03:48 PM »
T2F, it doesn't say it in your post but are you wanting to build 'cause you enjoy the process or would you consider buying a sled and buying/fabricating a draw hitch for it.  FishTrap has some nice, deep X sleds that pull nice behind a snowmobile...


 



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