best way to pull suitcase portable skis or sled

[NAGORSKI]

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[18 inch Crappie]

Get your self a sled and make a rack to mount on top of it to hold your house and you will use the rest of the sled to put your auger and fishing stuff in. Did it for years with a 4x8 that folded up to 4x4. Got a Jet seld from the Sportsman house in CR

[NAGORSKI]

how much did the sled cost? do they have a web site?

[FullTilt]

I built a sled from a pair of skis I got at Play It Again Sports for $9. I put a tow rope on the front but I don't use it much because I don't like the sled running into my feet. Instead, I built a handle out of hockey sticks that folds down when the sled goes into my truck. This allows me to push the sled like a shopping cart. I can put the house and all my gear on the sled and it works great. Last year early in the season I actually strapped on the hockey skates and was abble to push the sled all over the lake at a good clip.

[18 inch Crappie]

I think they had them for around $65 I just bought a new house so I do not need mine anymore. drop me a line [email protected]

[NAGORSKI]

does anyone have any pics of their sleds they have built?

Just for some different ideas.

[Scott M]

I don't have a pic, but I took a 5 gallon pail, cut down one side, removed the bottom, and lag bolted in 2x4's on teh sides. Runs slick on ice or snow and you can balance a collapsable house on top and then stack everything on top depending on your dimensions. Put some thick rope from the hardware store on the front of the 2x4's and you have yourself a nice sled for around 10 bucks.

[NAGORSKI]

my portable folds to 6x4. It probably weighs about 150 lb.

I need a pretty heavy duty sled.

[Duffer]

thats one big portable. i would build one out of skys.

[NAGORSKI]

that's what i'm thinking. But i'm trying to figure out the best way to do it.

18" crappie, I e- mailed you? Did ya get it?

[18 inch Crappie]

Yes I got 1 email and replied back to you.

[beer batter]

I just finished building my sled that will be used to carry my gear, kids, and suitcase style portable on to the ice before its thick enough to drive. I made mine with ski's I got from a guy on this sight last year (thanks again Brian).

I bolted the skis on to sections of 2x8's to give it some clearance when pulling it through the snow. I then bolted the main cargo box on to the 2x8's. Cargo box was made of 3/4" steel conduit (very light and strong) that I cut to size and bolted it all together to build a box frame, then bolted some cheap plywood to encase the frame like a box. The sled is about 5 feet long by 3 feet wide with the walls extending up around 14 inches. I added a piece of conduit going length-wise about 9 inches inside of one of the side-wall pieces of conduit. This made a little pocket just wide enough for me to set my portable in, so my portable will actually rest in my sled on its side standing upright. Bungee cords will secure it from bouncing around while traveling on ice. I was a bit concerned about all the weight to one side of the sled but it seems the sled is wide enough to offset that weight.

I then built a solid pulling handle out of 1" pvc tubing attached by hinges to the cargo box that could be used to pull the sled by snow mobile or 4 wheeler, or I also have a rope to pull out by hand.

Hope to have it out by this time next week. Temps are looking good for some ice by mid to late next week. Hope this helps.

bb

[MasterGophHunter]

i made a similar sled to what BB made. I used some skis from Goodwill and screwed on two pieces of 2x6 to each skis. I brazed 3/8 in conduit together with two pieces to make a 90 degree angle to go lengthways 4'6". I cut four 2'6" pieces of conduit and brazed on shot pieces of 1/2" conduit and they slide over the 3/8" conduit. I drilled holes in the 2x6s and put the the 3/8" and 90 degree long pices into the holes and slip the 2'6" pieces of 1/2" conduit over the pieces in the blocks. It is detachable so it doesn't take much space up in my van. The sled is very light and just glides across the ice. The snow drags it down a little but not too bad. Waxed skis would work great. I just set my house (4x3 folded) on the sled and put all my stuff on top of that. It also works to set the house on it when it is set of if I want to move a short distance on the lake and don't want to take it all down. I can try to get pictures in a week or two if you want them.

-MGH-

[NAGORSKI]

making framework from conduit sounds like a good idea. I would still like to see some pics from anyone for ideas. you guys are pretty crafty!

[tomfromblaine]

Nagorsky, Ya coming up with any thing? I'm in the same boat so to speak, I have a clam 6800 i'd like to build a sled for and my ton of gear that needs to go with (kids) but I'd kind of like a collapseble rig if possible.

[MasterGophHunter]

I'll try to get some pictures next week when I get home and can use the digital camera. I used my sled/sleigh today and it worked pretty well. There was about 2 inches of slushy dump on top of the ice so it was a little harder to pull but I think it worked better than what a big heavy-duty plastic sled would do.

-MGH-

[NAGORSKI]

I haven't decided yet, but I'm getting some good ideas

[minneman]

you know, when the snow isnt very deep, 4" or less, its real hard to beat the old runner sleds, you know the kind with the steel runners and you can kind of steer with the handles that stick out the sides in the front. I used to put a 4x8 foldup type house on one of these and pull it with near 0 resistance.

you could get 2 of these side by side with some sort of a homade wooden box screwed to the top of them to hold them together, put your gear in the box and your shack on top. and yer good ta go!

[Swamp Scooter]

Sled or ski is not the big deal but pulling your 300+ # of gear can be. No snow and you are in but as stated about 5+ and you have too much to drag.

I am going to use my dog this year to pull the stuff and then establish my area! Should be fun if we ever get ice down here!!

[SLEEPER]

I attatched skis made from 3" pvc pipe to my portable. works like a dream ice or snow. I used the elbows to get the main runners about a foot from the shack so it has good clearance. Just an idea.

[folke2000]

I have built one similar to those stated above with old snow ski's, but instead of using 2x8 on the ski's, I used short sections of engineered (manufactured) floor joists (scrap from home building job site). This seemed to save a lot of weight. The frame was then made out of 1x2's. The house was then set on top with all the gear on top of this. It was fairly lightweight, and easy to pull.

[GoodToGo]

I bolted a twin size bed frame to 2x4's on edge for extra clearance, then attached cross country skis to the 2x4s. The frame is adjustable width wise to accomodate different loads. I lay the suitcase across it and bungy it in place, the auger goes on the suitcase. A toboggan goes across in front of the suitcase with the rest of the gear inside. Works great until theres 8 inches of snow. I used to have the dog pull it (alaskan husky).

[NAGORSKI]

I'm using an atv or snowmobile so I don't think the bed frame is gonna work.

[Ole #1]

I use my atv to pull my 8x8 portable, it folds to 4x8 and here's what I do:

I have a 2 place atv trailer. I take the atv off the trailer, take the trailer off the truck and attach it to the atv (you will need a trailer hitch on your atv). Then I put my portable and all my gear on the trailer and off I go.

This works great.

[JJB]

NAGORSKI,

I built one about 3 years ago and it still works great. Strong and light. I used a special plastic pallet we get at work (weighs 22 lbs) and an old pair of skies.You really have to use it to really know how great it works. E-mail me at [email protected] and I may be able to help. You get about 8 inches of clearance between the skies and the bottom of the pallet(pallet is 48 by 48").We have stacked 2 portables and all our gear and still pull no problem in deep snow.The one problem is its tough to drag it behind a wheeler. The olny way I have done it was to sit on the sled with my gear while someone else pulls with the wheeler.