HORRIBLE END to a great day and a new sled…

[christopher]

shop just called me to let me know the Backup sled is ready for delivery.!
Wrap installed
Glovebox installed
Cell Phone holder installed.
Will go pick her up tomorrow.

 

[christopher]

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[kanedog]

Why wasn’t the back of the sled tied down?

 

[christopher]

Why wasn’t the back of the sled tied down?

the monkey doesn't like to be strapped

 

[IDspud]

He’s asking about your sled, not your undies.

 

[High Voltage]

Keep it upright.

 

[kanedog]

Why weren’t the skis tied down?

 

[IDspud]

Why weren’t the skis tied down?

We have to assume they were.
You’d have to be nuts not too.

 

[kanedog]

I dunno. i Just wanna know why the back and inner weren’t tied down. It’s very interesting

 

[jdog1]

Dam those glove box are hideous

 

[christopher]

Dam those glove box are hideous

Ya, can't argue, they LOOK horrible, but DAMN they WORK GREAT and don't seem to have much impact in ROLLING the sled over.

 

[goridedoo]

So I called the guy that made my little trailer and had a chat with him.
He asked why I had failed to tie the spindles together or to starp down the tunnel.
Mentioned to him that strapping the tunnel was a major pain as the sled is longer than the trailer and hangs off the back end.
Offered to extend the trailer to solve the problem.
That alone would have stopped this failure from happening.
So for a short term mid-season solution I might just go that route before getting a whole new trailer next summer built.

That trailer looks PLENTY long... run a strap somewhere through the skid, lots of options there. Like said above the actual tunnel is a terrible place to have any sort of strap anyway.

 

[jcjc1]

yeah you don't need a new trailer, the sled still may have slid off if you don't secure the rear of the sled down. pass a ratchet strap thru the skid and then both ends back to a ledge or lip on the bottom of the trailer. easy day, takes me all of 2 minutes to secure my sled with straps.

 

[christopher]

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[volcano buster]

Can you de-rust the U-bolt, paint, then slide a piece of rubber hose over the U-bolt?
I guess we all assumed there was a center ski/spindle tie down point in your trailer.

 

[BeartoothBaron]

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Looks angry... Like it wants to go around the mountain head-butting other sleds.

 

[summ8rmk]

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Drill through that rec tube and mount a superclamp. Or weld a nut and make ur own metal screwdown clamp.

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[summ8rmk]

Weld or bolt a tiedown here. Run strap to that so u will have some down force, it will be more secure and work for 2 sleds.

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