Tobaggan / Utility Sled

What are you guys using to haul gear(Beer/food/Sleeping stuff) in to the mountains. I heard Husky. Pics would be appreciated.

I have one for towing our stuff into my cabin. Mine started out as a normal tow sled. I think I bought it from Polaris in 2004. It didn't carry enough in one load, snow would cake everything, and it would roll over around every corner unless I went 5mph. So went down to a local metal shop and bought aluminum mesh sheets for the sides. Cut and bolted them down. Used right angle hardware to connect the top sides of the mesh to hold the corners together. Then I bolted on a bunch of hooks for the shortened truck bed net. Finally I addressed the stability. It always falls over and being higher now would be even worse. I took some old hifax off an M8 and cut it down to size. Used right angle hardware and slipped though the hifax just like the rail on a sled. Perfect fit. Then drilled and bolted the right angle onto the hifax and tow behind. Finally I bought some hard durable plastic play balls at Walmart. Cut a hole on the end and slipped the hifax into the middle of the ball. Then secured from one side of the ball thru the hifax to the other side of the ball with a long bolt/nut/washers. This give the stabilization arms a nice round area to dig into snow/pow at any angle and not catch and toss the sled around. Keeps it upright when it catches and will not roll over now.

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Or this?

CO 2.0 said:

I have one for towing our stuff into my cabin. Mine started out as a normal tow sled. I think I bought it from Polaris in 2004. It didn't carry enough in one load, snow would cake everything, and it would roll over around every corner unless I went 5mph. So went down to a local metal shop and bought aluminum mesh sheets for the sides. Cut and bolted them down. Used right angle hardware to connect the top sides of the mesh to hold the corners together. Then I bolted on a bunch of hooks for the shortened truck bed net. Finally I addressed the stability. It always falls over and being higher now would be even worse. I took some old hifax off an M8 and cut it down to size. Used right angle hardware and slipped though the hifax just like the rail on a sled. Perfect fit. Then drilled and bolted the right angle onto the hifax and tow behind. Finally I bought some hard durable plastic play balls at Walmart. Cut a hole on the end and slipped the hifax into the middle of the ball. Then secured from one side of the ball thru the hifax to the other side of the ball with a long bolt/nut/washers. This give the stabilization arms a nice round area to dig into snow/pow at any angle and not catch and toss the sled around. Keeps it upright when it catches and will not roll over now.

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I really like the idea of the stabilization arms - I may have to give that a try on our toboggans.

longtrack156 said:

Like this?

Or this?

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That thing is huge. Looks like you can carry the whole garage and dry too! What is that thing?

If the width isn"t an issue, we used to use an old Chevy p/u hood> Build an a frame to mount to back of sled, mount some skis with angle iron bracket to keep from side-sliding and that can be covered with a tarp pretty easy. Cheap way to carry a lot of stuff, doesn't trench and tough.

hope this helps.

syko

Once we used an old vw bug hood, not as big but cool to see.

we use boggin polar plus sleds...we tow 50 miles in to my trapping cabin and then haul food, fuel. gear . traps and such where ever we go...not uncommon for each guy to pull duel sleds(divides the load between 2 sleds and makes it easier to break trail, especially when going over hills...on the polars we run a 1/4" uhmw skid plate, tiedown worms all over them, custom hitches and many other things..on average we can get a plus to last 2-3 seasons(huskys dont normally last but a few trips(rock, stump, ice break the bottoms))..just what we found to work best,heres pics of a few of our sleds..





manufacturers website...
http://www.eqnx.biz/boggans/polar.html