My version of a "Smitty Sled". Bring on the ice !!!

Gone Fish'in · **Joined:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:42 am **Posts:** 1047

Cost me $5 for the skies and about $7 for the hardware so far. Hopin she pulls like a dream this year, I'm not getting any younger, thats for sure.

Cheers,
Randy

Gone Fish'in · **Joined:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:42 am **Posts:** 1047

Sets up in about 20 seconds and takes less to take apart. Weight is good as I travel into some ponds up hill and looking for an "advantage".

I cut the skies down to 5 foot so everything fits nice and compact into the vehicle.

Gone Fish'in · **Joined:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:42 am **Posts:** 1047

I put the "I" bolts on each side ,so that I can strap any gear down tight.

Walleye 9 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:05 pm **Posts:** 1985

I like it!!

paro · **Posted:** Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:13 pm

very nice Im currently building the same thing

Thumperrr · **Joined:** Sat May 23, 2009 5:26 pm **Posts:** 54

A really good design,I was thinking of making one using extruded aluminum in place of your cross braces to keep it a little lighter,but dependant on total weight

cantcatchacold · **Posted:** Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:51 pm

Looks great

wishn4walleye · **Joined:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:21 pm **Posts:** 43

great idea, was thinking about skis for my frabill hut. should pull nice and track straight. come on hard water

Superdad · **Posted:** Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:08 pm

Hope that you won't be able to use your new sled until Feb 1st.

We want soft water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David aka Superdad

Jubes Walleye · **Posted:** Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:24 am

And if it doesn't work you will be able to carve up the mogul's with those short ski's.......lol

Vexslayer · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:01 pm

the only thing better than that is a larger otter sled but if you dont have a truck those large sleds are tough to transport!

looks mint!

Walleye 9 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:05 pm **Posts:** 1985

Hey GoneFishin, have you tried it yet? How does it work?? I just bought a new sled, alot bigger and wider than my old one. Tried it out last weekend, and it was pretty tough pullin. Thinking of making something similar to yours.

Thanks

Tylercurt · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:34 pm

Looks great, going to build one for next season, got some good ideas from a few sights as well.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum ... 12&page=17
http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/in ... c=172918.0
some very good pics of finished sleds

DanElliot · **Joined:** Mon Apr 08, 2002 8:59 am **Posts:** 4329

I made one just before the xmas holidays and have been using it. They work well. My frabil pulls like a dead deer in any sort of snow and this has solved the problem. Will post a pic later.

ad29 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:03 pm

DanElliot wrote:

I made one just before the xmas holidays and have been using it. They work well. My frabil pulls like a dead deer in any sort of snow and this has solved the problem. Will post a pic later.

Ditto here, I built two, one for the frabill and one for my pelican sled and both pull like a dream compared to no sled!

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