wear strips for sleds?

[killa1]

does anyone use these on their sleds? if so do they work well? i was thinking of making my own from material used for wear strips on conveyor. are the products sold pre-bent or are they straight? any info would be helpful.

[SkeeterJeff]

I bought the wear strips for both of my Clam Traps from Clam.  They were not pre bent, but after bolting them on to the flat side, a hair dryer allowed me to form them to the curves of the sled easily.

-Jeff

[jfkro]

I do not have any on mine and I can't say that my sled shows that much wear that it would warrant me buying any either.  If I remember from seeing them in the stores, they were straight and you have to form them on the leading edge.  I use a rope on my sled but they make the bars for them that I have thought about getting for the ATV.   I think if you were dragging the sled on pavement a lot, loaded it might be worth the investment.  Heck today all these places are after the $$$ and come up with a lot of add on items to complement your purchase.

[Slipperys]

I built my shanty on skis and put 1/4" thick, 2 inch wide strip to cover the bottom of the ski.  I used High Density Polyethylene strips....  My dad is a plastics design engineer and he told me this is called the poor man's kevlar and very very strong.  I have to say it was the best thing I did when building the shanty.  This is a big heavy shanty that is nearly 7' wide and about 10 feet long and it slides through the snow and on the ice like butter and on and off my trailer real well.  You can call plastics manufacturers and probably can find that they have left over scraps of this and purchase for a decent price(this is what I did).  You can drill holes in it and then counter sink the hole so your screws won't get damaged.

[walleye tattoo]

With a atv you end up who knows where unloading, The bottem would be gone in one trip.

[wyoming_man]

I built my shanty on skis and put 1/4" thick, 2 inch wide strip to cover the bottom of the ski.  I used High Density Polyethylene strips....  My dad is a plastics design engineer and he told me this is called the poor man's kevlar and very very strong.  I have to say it was the best thing I did when building the shanty.  This is a big heavy shanty that is nearly 7' wide and about 10 feet long and it slides through the snow and on the ice like butter and on and off my trailer real well.  You can call plastics manufacturers and probably can find that they have left over scraps of this and purchase for a decent price(this is what I did).  You can drill holes in it and then counter sink the hole so your screws won't get damaged.

I use the same material, and yes it does make a big difference!  Especially when you are pulling one with an ATV or snowmobile.

[JAZII]

An old pair of skis works great. If you pull any sled or hut without some form of protection on the bottom you will get wear holes, especially pulled by ATV or snowmobile.

JAZII

[Slipperys]

With a atv you end up who knows where unloading, The bottem would be gone in one trip.

With high density polyethylene.... you could pull your sled with an atv on the freeway for a couple weeks and still not wear down to the sled itself.  Do some research on it.  Its some work and an investment--but you won't have to worry for a very long time.

[tinboat]

My buddy wore holes through the back corners of his sled in just a couple of years. I just got a new sled and put them on, cheaper than buying another sled, or hasseling with  patching the old sled.

[nypike]

I used old slides from my snowmobile, if you have a snowmobile shop around go and ask them they will probably give you some old ones that will still last for years on your fishing sled.

[curt69]

You can buy the Tefon Stips in any size from USPlastics.com Curt G.

[Rebelfisher]

I need a pair...

[DR.SPECKLER]

i need to get some.my commando has been out 5 times and there is already some deep scratches and wear.sucks ya gotta drill a bunch of holes in the sled to prevent wear holes.im gonna use old snowmobile slides and willl just 1 on each side be good enough?

[dachmation]

I dont know about 2 pieces, I just got the kit from frabill and it was 4 pcs.

[killa1]

thanks for all the info. looks like i have another project.