Anyone make their own salt shield/ramps

[seth25]

I have a four place drive on/off trailer. There is a removeable ramp that is used in both the front and back. I get a lot of road debris thrown up on the sleds and was wondering if anyone has made their own salt shield/ramps. I am trying to go low budget here and am trying to find some scrap angle iron, sheet metal to make it with.

Thanks

 

[U turn]

1" square steel tubing covered in Aluminum checker plate. 18" high keeps the sleds very well protected. Lift out for unloading. If you wanted to to it cheaper, use 1/2" plywood instead of aluminum and paint it.

 

[PowderEatin]

Did that exact same thing on my dad's older Yacht Club 4-place. Welded pockets under the front ramp "slot" to accept the shields. The outside ski stick over the front of the trailer, so we made a notch in the shield so it would go up over the ski and still be the full width of the trailer. Now you have a shield to take off plus a ramp to move, but it works without buying a new trailer.

 

[410Fortune]

I am actually fixing ours currently.
This sucker is all galvenized steel, with some simple electrical conduit galv pipe bent for the frame and simple sheets cut for the face/shield.

We bought the trailer used and the supports for this shield were rusted through, so I am fixing it. They used galvenized for the entire thing except for the supports LOL.

I picked up some galvenized conduit and a harbor freight hydraulic pipe bender

It is almost done I will finish it tomorrow night, I have been taking pictures and I will post them. Heck the trailers require more maintenance then the sleds some weeks....

 

[seth25]

I don't have any shields in the front. I bought a "Slush Guard" heavy duty canvas tarp that tuck under the skis and goes about halfway up the hood of the sleds. It does a decent job of keeping the debris off the suspension, but it is very messy and kind of a pain to take on/off and bungee back on good. I am leaning towards making a set of hinged ramps/slush guards but I may look at making a removable guard and use the ramp that I currently have.

Any pictures of your home-made setups would be great!!!

Thnks

 

[firecatguy]

just buy a set of floe ramps\gaurd for 700$$you wont be disapointed

 

[attak06]

slush guard

i had my nephew build a set from stainless square tubing, no rusting out, and aluminum diamond plate. i mounted them to the front frame with steel piano hinge. if you want, pm me and i will send pictues to your e-mail.

 

[FSJ]

Made my front ramps with 1/2" pipe. Used an old bedliner to make the "deck" for them.