They are quite simple, just 1/4" UHMW Plastic (Ultra-High Molecular Weight) Translation= that white plastic stuff. Strapped on with SS hose clamps. Would like to change the clamps out for SS safety wire, also heard Doo has nice rubber coated clamps for their A-Arm protectors.
Yes, they do hold snow, so does every other flat surface on the sled. Ride hard and it falls off. Worst case, when you stop to wipe off your goggles, reach around and wipe off that extra three pounds of snow.
Weight? probably two pounds, use the "growler" (bathroom #2) before you ride and you'll probably drop 3.5 pounds , so it's a wash. Get an 800 you'll never notice.
Floats on snow? Yeah probably, it is a flat surface, so maybe?
Beefs up the A-arms? maybe but highly improbable as the plastic is more "flexy" than steel.
Caveat: Allows you to skid over those unseen rocks, stumps, Yeti skeletons, old sled parts, and whatever else goes bump in the snow when you ride over it.
The underside of mine are definitely scarred up after 600 miles, I'd safely say it has saved my wallet at least once since November when we went through three control arms in one weekend.
Price? dunno', cheap, it's just plastic + my time to run them through the table saw.
I'll attach some images I took while having a mid-season, no-snow fashion show with shocks on my sled. A keen eye will notice the different shock combo's.
Also shown is a tunnel rack I made from some old electronics racking, SS tubing, and all-thread. Yes it is heavier, much heavier than what I could buy.
But I am outfitting two sleds at once, so I gotta' do what I can do.
So far, two out of three sled I've modified, I've turned into season lasting, virtually indestructible tanks. I may change my mind if I were to build a true climbing sled, but this definitely is not, oh it'll get you up there, but it will have to be a running start up to the slope, leaving a three foot deep box trench all the way up.
BTW anyone have 12.5" IQR springs, something alot lighter than these .383"
shown.
