The homemade snowdog, Thanks to Swampy

That’s the big draw for me... no trailer. My pick up would look good with a dog in her bed! Hahaha

Yep it’s one more check mark in the awesome column

Unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to interact with an enforcement on the machine. I will have it on Simcoe this year for the first time and I’m sure I’ll get stopped. Always do it seems lol. As far as the reaction from fishermen, it’s hilarious everyone is like wtf

Love it!

Can’t wait to see these things buzzing all over the place. I have no doubt this is just the beginning of ice evolution. A few years down the road I expect to see as many SD type machines as snowmobiles.

Good on ya for the build!

Well it's not like these things are a new invention, remember was I was about 10-12 years old there were a couple of these around. Bolens Husky

Looks awesome. Hope to see you out on Simcoe this winter. Think I may have just found my next winter p roject lol.

Wow well done.

Nicely done !! Gotta go talk to some welders I know .......... ha, ha , ha

Awesome build, cant wait to see it on simcoe. I'm sure I'll see it out there lol.

Great read.. Loved it.. Thanks for the post.

Well done on this awesome build.

Looks like a great project and even better when you take it for a spin.

Lots of satisfaction right there.

That’s amazing. Wish I was mechanically inclined. Have fun with the new toy.

Dave

Do you know how much it weighs? .looks cool.

That looks great Rapo!
I need one!!!!
Cheers!

Glad everyone likes it it’s worth it’s weight in gold but I do not know exactly how much it weighs. My guess is around 200 lbs.
If you do manage to bury it in the snow it is very easy to get unstuck usually just by stepping out of the towed sleigh and rocking the handlebars left and right and applying throttle and jumping back in when she’s going again.

Thanks for posting. Great build, looks and sounds like it does everything you expected of it. Cheers to Swampy!

Here again for an update on the homemade dog.
While enjoying some holiday time off work, Swampy and I have had enough free time to take snow homedog 2.0 from donor to testing stages.

I’ll include a few “in the making” photos

This dog is made out of an old kawi drifter, incorporates a reversing transmission that also does 2.37:1 gear reduction and a small Honda GC160 5hp with a simple centrifugal clutch. Top speed is lower than that of our other dog but this one has ample torque.

We were able to load the dogs on the truck and go for a drive to a lake within a few km. While we did wear helmets to drive to our spot once we got there we took them off and played around a little. This new machine towed 2 grown men to and from our fishing spot with ease being as it was mostly glare ice and water.
https://youtu.be/WJLa89Ykevw
This wasn’t Simcoe it was up north



However the fishing trumped the dog rides when we got to our spot and the screen was lit up for what seemd like better than 30 min and we were able to hook up With a small bunch of decent fish in not a lot of time. We escaped in the rain this afternoon.

Handlebars just made and installed