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Just built my first smitty sled for under my Otter sled.
Got to the reuse store to find some skis. Turned it to be 50% off today, lucky me. $15.00 for skis.
Someone else posted a while back on a Smitty Sled using ABS pipe. I thought lite and stron so I went to Home Depot and picked up the required ABS for what I thought would be the least amount of material needed. $39.12 for the ABS and fittings.
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I used the front binding mount holes for the front pipe. Just a ABS cap drilled through and mounted using the same bolt that came out of the bindings. Used some washers to make sure the mounting bolts spread out the stress points. I then glued in the ABS tubing to the ABS caps. For the back the same process but I made some new holes as the back original mounting holes were to far apart.
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Nice work looks good. I'll be making one this season was going to build one same shape almost outta wood and aluminum . I saw a tub a few days ago for sale and thought of the same idea and wondered how it would work. Thanks for the post
Still up in the air on how I want to build it. Mine needs to be able to get into a car.
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That slips into the car easily and I've added a strip of grip tape on each cross member so I no longer have to strap it down. All in I'm about 30 bucks. I don't mind the weight of the wood on these seasons with glare ice because I pull it apart and weigh down my skirt with it. I do like the abs plastic idea and might modify my next hut to be similar once I go to a two man.
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QUOTE (browns @ Feb 02, 2018 - 08:12 pm)
That slips into the car easily and I've added a strip of grip tape on each cross member so I no longer have to strap it down. All in I'm about 30 bucks. I don't mind the weight of the wood on these seasons with glare ice because I pull it apart and weigh down my skirt with it. I do like the abs plastic idea and might modify my next hut to be similar once I go to a two man.
Sorry bud, by grip tape do you mean a piece of velcro or something else? Does this work on a hill?