auger rack for snowmobile

[Pedro77]

Hello everyone,

Just wondering if anyone has successfully built an auger rack for a single person snowmobile (not a two up or long track). Specifically, I have a 94 AC Cougar. Just looking for suggestions, as I would like to get something figured out for the upcoming season.

Thanks

[Pedro77]

Hey Everyone,

It has been a while since I posted this, but now as ice is fast approaching and there are many more of us on the forums lately, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share some ideas, tips, or tricks to rigging up an auger rack on a single person snowmobile. Pictures would be a huge plus as well. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and ideas.

Pedro

[Fred_Bear]

I cut the front bumper off a '95 Indy and slid a frame made of 3 pieces of 1" steel square tubing into the holes where the bumper was and bolted it the the frame of the machine. Basically 2 small pieces sticking out of the holes from the bumper and 1 long piece welded perpendicular to the other 2 pieces. Put a piece of 5/16" solid core on each end of the long piece sticking up and bent to cradle the auger. Strap the auger down tight to the frame with some bungies and you're set. This has held up on 25+ mile trips through slush, bumpy portages, and 4 ft drifts up in Canada with no problems. This is an extremely cheap method and very easy on the auger (rides on the front end suspension). The hardest part of making it is figuring out how to get the frame bolted to the frame of the snowmobile, and that's why I had to cut the front bumper off.

[munchy71]

Hey Everyone,

It has been a while since I posted this, but now as ice is fast approaching and there are many more of us on the forums lately, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share some ideas, tips, or tricks to rigging up an auger rack on a single person snowmobile. Pictures would be a huge plus as well. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and ideas.

Pedro

Do a search with the "search" drop down at the top of the page. I think there are 4 or 5 threads on this topic in the forums.

-Munchy

[NoWiser]

Here is what I did for my MXZ. Works great. Having the auger in the front keeps the snow powder off of the auger head and makes it easy to keep an eye on it so you don't hit a tree on narrow, windy portages. With the auger rack on front, it frees up space in the back for two rod holders, two buckets (one for vexilar and one for a trout), an ice dipper, an axe holder, and I can still access the rear storage to keep a bottle of water, my lunch, and an extra hat and pair of mittens. I also made a GPS holder for the handlebars out of a piece of leather that snaps onto them in about 10 seconds if I want to take it on or off. Its a nice setup for the type of fishing that I like to do. Was quite a bit of head scratching and work to build, but well worth the time.