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Do you ever camp and sled?

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I seen the thread about over nighters and wanted to go off in a bit different direction, camping on purpose.

I'd like to hear some stories about packing in tents, etc

I've never done it, but thought it'd be fun to get a towable sled and load it up with gas, outfitter canvas style tent and stuff and ride for a week right from the camp.


pics would be cool
 
Wow, that would take a lot of gas....let's see, 6-8 gallons per sled PER day, if there's 3 sleds, 24 gallons a day x 5 days....120 gallons....you able to carry that much? That's 24 5 gallon cans!!! yikes!
 
I've never done it, though we've talked about doing it. Our version was going to be a little more comfortable though. We have a Ranger Station that is closed up during winter months but available to public for rental. We talked of going that route and spending a few days on top.
 
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Wow, that would take a lot of gas....let's see, 6-8 gallons per sled PER day, if there's 3 sleds, 24 gallons a day x 5 days....120 gallons....you able to carry that much? That's 24 5 gallon cans!!! yikes!
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I got to the point I quit packing 5's and started hauling a 55 gal drum instead. It was far easier in the end. The ex has the cabin now so I don't have that problem anymore:D
 
I would haul prolly 50 gallons of gas, figure 10 gallons per day @ 5 days the gas alone would weigh 312lbs :eek:

never towed anything that heavy, how would the clutches do towing a tobaggan weighing 500lbs or more?

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Depends on the trail and snow conditions. Also gearing. The tobbaggan type sleds for sure if you are goning to travel off trail at all. The ski type sleds will stop you on a dime in deep snow. Especially if it is wet heavy snow where as the tobbaggon type will glide right on top.
 
all the locals up here in the arctic use the tobaggan without skis, seems to work really good for them, and i;ve seen them pull into the gas station with over 10 5 gallon jerry cans in it, and the sled pulling is just a 550 fan short track, if you take up to mountian, maybe have a setup on the back of the sled so you can take 1 or 2 with you, and empty out the tobaggan in trips back and forth to a further remote location, and lock the tobaggon to a tree, or if it gets really steep take half of them out, get to the top, then go back for the other half
 
I have not winter camped in many years but used to do it a couple times a year back when. Alot of fun. Takes alot of planning. One suggestion if you live where you have snow and cold at home. Pitch camp in the back yard some weekend between now and your trip! You will learn alot about what works and what does not. And if you really screw it up, you can bag it and go back in the house and listen to your wife lol at you and say I told you so! No, really, it is a great way to learn what works. Our cabins here are not truck accessible in the winter and so we tow alot of sleds about 20miles one way, but for the most part it is groomed trails so that makes it pretty easy. Backcountry is tougher but can be done. Make sure you have a decent hitch on your sled. Alot of guys tear the whole backend off of their snowmachines. Ours are all beefed up. I may have added 3-4 lbs to the tail of my sled, but I hate losing a trailer at midnight on the way in!
 
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Its a good time and yes it does take planning, when we go in, we put camp in permanent for the winter and it takes a full day to get things in and set up. As for skimmers, best ones have open sides so the snow cant build up and pile up inside of them weighing them down even more. We pull in with a trappers sled and our regular machines using 4 foot wide skimmers with 4x4 posts for runners, works good, pulls good with a little wax on them. After that we go in with narrow skimmers and haul in gas and food as we need and of course garbage out. A good wood stove and sleeping bag is a must.
Enjoy
 
I disagree with open skimmers. We haul gear into a cabin 100mi from where we unload the trucks. Our skimmers look like coffins and are 2' x 2' x 8' and we each pack 30imp gal for the sleds and 5imp gal of diesel for the generator once we get in. We can usually get in on a full tank plus a couple of gallons and then on the way out he tank full is enough. Don't forget to ratchet strap the cans down or you won't have any fuel once you get there.lol
 
A tobaggan would work fine on hard pack or tracked snow but in soft snow its like pulling a stump around. I use one with two ski's to pull my hounds when bobcat hunting in Oregon. This dog sled is about 70 lbs unloaded and is 250 lbs loaded it works great and I go any where I want.I haul 3 hounds and all my hunting gear. Gearing is the key to pulling unless you like to buy belts I can get 1000 miles out of a belt. I have pulled one of these sleds 5000 miles in the last 7 years. I have pull it with a 2003 800 159 polaris and now with a 2007 ski doo 800R 151 the bigger sleds pull in deep powder much better. In soft snow I can go around 50 miles on a tank of gas, about 80-90 miles on firmer snow.I have built these sleds my self to get them as light as I can and have them hold up to beating that they get its no fun when one breaks 50 miles form the truck. I go any where I want once the dogs are out on a track, a crossed creeks uphill downhill.
 
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