Ice Fish Ohio Forum
Ice Fishing => Sled Help => Topic started by: snowcone on January 06, 2013, 10:16:36 PM
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heres some pics of my 3rd generation sled 8) made with old walker, goodwill skis, misc stuff... ;D added a mule sled in back to drag xtra stuff..all my gear is inside plastic container inside frame, the rest is easily accesabl outside ;D.....this year im adding a life ring throwable with 50 ft rope..
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Very nice and organized. Wish I was! My sled's a mess with everything just tossed in there. It's frusturating sometimes!!
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That's a bunch of good Ideas'. What kind of weight is it without all the gear?
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good question :) the sled by itself is about 5 -7lbs then my pop up , 23 lbs. heater,drill,rods,tackle,ect, im going to guess all of is close to 40 lbs i can pick it up and toss it in my pick up, ;D
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Whoa I like that walker idea! That looks super light can you get both in the back of an SUV or do you have a truck?
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i have a toyota pick up and i found if you use down hill skis there are narrower and longer( thrift store) and lighter.. some duct tape a few pop rivits and there ya go.. ;D
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very intriguing and the more I look at it the better it gets. I have a wood one posted online I built last year but this would be perfect for inland lakes. Never used pop rivets I guess I could drill and screw.
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On the side what did you use as hooks to hold the auger?
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i just bent a piece of scrap alum that i cut off a lawn chair held the auger on with bunjos and fit the pcs...drill,drill,,rivit ;D
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Nice set up,all you need is a 4 whlr to pull it.
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I have personally pulled snowcones sled while he pulled my heavy sled so I wouldnt end up going thru the ice for a second time that day. That thing is super easy to pull and extremely light weight. It made me go straight home and rip the heavy bench set out and cut weight any way I could on my otter. Its a very good and sturdy design. I may have to duplicate it for when im using my hub shanty. Have you ever thought about producing them for us that are to lazy to build one or dont have the supplies or know how to buy?
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Nice Rig. Great thinking about the walker. I started making one a few years ago and i haven't finished it yet.
I thought about putting a bar about waist high on the back of it and push it instead of pulling it. That ways i could hold onto and help from slipping and falling down.
Even though of putting a foot rest on it and use the other leg to push off and slide across the ice.
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thats a good idea, i never thought of that, :D
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Unearthing this old thread due to its great ideas and value.
I have some old lawn chairs up in my garage just waiting to be "re-purposed". 8)
Thanks snowcone!
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Very nice and organized.
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My sled carries the auger in the bottom. It slides out the top rear of the sled once I unscrew the handle connector bolt from it's retaining block.
I just placed the auger in the bottom of the sled with the sharp blades turned sideways. Then slid 2 pieces of 2 / 3 against it in line with the slush blades. After screwing them to the bottom of the sled, I put 2 short pieces of furring strip against the auger shaft on opposite sides of the shaft. This keeps the auger from sliding from side to side. Mine is a 8" auger. Your auger size may need more than 2 x 3 pieces to slightly lift it from the sled.
The Auger connection bolt is gets screwed into a cross block that has a threaded hole in it.
Maybe you can rig something similar on top of your sled.
I have an extra cross to hold the Ice anchor speed wrench.
My full build thread is here. http://www.icefishohio.com/index.php?topic=12031.0 (http://www.icefishohio.com/index.php?topic=12031.0)
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snowcone, what material did you use to make 90 degree joints?
It looks like some type of plate?