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Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved
Most seem to use Paris sleds some sold at REI and cost as little as 15 dollars. Mine probably weighs 2 pounds. I didn't like the noise of dragging anything across snow, but it did do it's job on a snowshoe trip.
I had never seen a roll up sled..thanks for the link.
Registered: 03/08/07
Posts: 2208
Loc: Beer&Cheese country
Being east of San Diego, you might find it useful out in the desert areas! I mean, most people don't trudge through a desert, whatever strikes your fancy....
Lots of great designs out there. I have two different sized Paris sleds with homemade PVC pulls, plus an old Mountainsmith Pulk (same design now sold by Kifaru).
Here's one that rolls up and is lighter than the kit at Sportsmansguide:
(I'm the winter gear editor for Backpackinglight.com and also run a small pulk makers forum in Yahoo groups; currently inactive, but has some good links and posts in it if you want to seek it out.)
Registered: 01/04/06
Posts: 586
Loc: 20mi east of San Diego
I try to stay away from the desert, to hot. But the mountians between me and the desert are nice.
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Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved
Registered: 06/26/04
Posts: 2209
Loc: NE Wisconsin
My wife & I have done more than my share of hauling large loads across all sorts of snow and ice conditions. Actually, we use the sleds to haul horse manure from our barn to a compost pile at the corner of our small property on a weekly basis - and this can be very hard work in deep snow.
We've used the lower tobbagan-like sleds like the one sold by REI, but they have a big problem with tipping and with snow getting into them. They work fine for very light snow and ice, but that's about it. If you have a very light load they'd probably work OK.
The absolute best sleds we've found are Shappell Jet Sleds commonly sold to carry ice fishing gear. These sleds are deeper and ride very nicely through both light and heavy snow - as well as mud.
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