Best pulling sled for gear?

[fishwacker1]

Looking to buy a sled just to pull some gear while the walk is on. Weight, size, and durability is way more important than the cost to me since I would rather to have it for many years. Plan to take a bucket with vex inside, rod bag, 11lb tank, little buddy, quickfish 3 and the nils hand auger. Add a misc item or two like minnow bucket or small beverage cooler. I am curious to what everyone endorses. Are some sleds worse to pull than others?

JK

[dmichaelm]

I have the shappell jet sled camo. Its big, but not the giant one. I have the nils 8", vex, 5 gallon pail, bait bucket, tackle bag, rod bag, lunch cooler, heather cooker with 1lb (and sometimes the 20lb(then I carry one thing like the vex or bucket in hand).

I love it. I use it for fishing and duck hunting. We load dekes, ammo boxes, and other random stuff and drag it across the field and up the trail all the way to the blind. Plus it floats decent when I am wading around putting dekes out and in.

It has been pretty bomb proof so far (2 full ice seasons and a full duck season). And, the side is a uniform height.

I think I paid 49.99 and saw it priced the same the other day when I was in the store.

[gonehunting]

I will never buy anything other than an otter sled. Fleet Farm is selling a package with an otter sled(med size), cover, hifax, kit, and hitch for $170.00. Very good price for all of that and it will haul all that you described.

[dfeste]

I would think that all of them pull pretty much the same. As far as durability goes Otter has the best reputation.

[FishinFools]

What the consensus on the Clam sled runner kits? Worth it?

[gonehunting]

Runner/hifax kits are well worth the money. Especially if pulling across lake with atv or snowmobile.

[otterman91105]

I have owned two otter house's the first one didn't have hyfax, wish it did. They make your sled last a lot longer cause they take the wear not the sled.

[slipperybob]

Hand pulling, jet sled.

[dan z]

otter all the way nuf said

[Northlander]

Go to www.otter.com and check out their full line of sleds. They have the standard Pro Series sleds that are the best on the market all the way down to a Wild or Sport Sled. Sports being the lightest.

Myself I would go with a Pro Series sled and hyfax. Sled weight isnt that much of a issue when pulling. Its more about the attack angle of the front of the sled and how much gear you have in it and how much snow your pulling through. Also keeping heavy stuff towards the rear of the sled helps a lot.

[LightningBG]

I use a jet sled. It may not pull as easy as an otter, but I'm not pulling it through much snow. By the time there is enough snow to cause a problem, most likely I'm taking the skidoo or truck out.

[fishwater]

I have an otter cottage and a clam x2. From my experience the larger/longer sled seems to get banged around less. The cottage can really dish out some punishment to my gear.

[superseal]

I live in Indiana and we hand pull most of our ice season. Jet sled is the way to go. Keep everything LIGHT....LIGHT.....LIGHT!