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Good evening everyone. I have an old 250 tundra and I am going to purchase a pull behind sleigh for fishing. What’s the biggest size of sleigh do think it would pull easily. I know the main thing is the width not exceeding the ski stance. Just don’t want to buy too big of a sleigh. Thanks for your input and tight lines.
On a packed trail you should be able to pull 200lb.
The wider the skis on the sled the easier it will pull. Find yourself some ultra high density plastic such as "puck board" and put that on the bottom of the skis, make them slide like pike snot.
I pull a 7foot heavy plastic trappers sled behind my Tundra R. It's about 24" wide. I have 10" ski skins on the machine. I got my sled from TransCanada Trapline in NorthBay. It comes with a heavy duty shock hitch bar on it. The snow conditions dictate how much you can pull. If it's virgin heavy packing snow then it's a workout for the one lunger motor and you can only haul about 200lbs. If it's on a packed trail that's icy after a few cold nights, then the little machine can easily pull 400-600lbs as long as there are no steep hills to climb. Not ideal, but I've pulled it loaded with traps, auger, spuds, traps, and up to 18 big adult beaver on level hard trails. Should really be using a Yammy VK, Skidoo Skandic or Expedition for a heavy load like that. Only problem now is having to drop your drawers and bending over in the Skidoo salesroom when the smiling salesman gives you the $20,000 - 30,000 invoice. They have a special pole with two handgrips and BPR stickers on it, right beside the cash register. The price of a skidoo is absolutely insane now. Sadly, it's become a pastime for only the rich, or for people with no common sense who don't mind carrying an insane debt load and don't want to have "Freedom 55" as a goal. I priced an Expedition Sport (the cheapest Expedition model you can get. It's about $4500 less than the top of the line model. They all start at over 17K before taxes). Without even upgrading to the larger 900 Turbo engine, it was over $16K with taxes and base accessories. You get a secondary reaming with the BPR accessories, as the machine doesn't even come with side mirrors! Add to this $240 for a belly skid plate, $500 metal front bumper, $170 rear bumper, $70 hitch, $400 cover, $70 side mirrors, $130 handle muffs, and a whopping $610 for a plastic rear rack tote box that probably should cost about 60 bucks. Now you're at over $18,000 and you still have to get licencing, insurance, and probably another $8000 for the covered trailer to pull behind your $90,000 truck. Oh how I long for the good old days!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherman
As a sixty year old man, the one regret I now have is that I sold my mint condition 1996 Skandic 500. By far the best machine I have ever owned. 154" track, 20" width, elec. start, reverse. Fantastic power to weight ratio. Would pull anything I wanted and would go anywhere with 10" skins on it. I paid $8100 for it, taxes included. I also had a 380 skandic with the shorter 136x15" track that was an excellent machine. $6700 out the door. Now the world has gone insane....Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenelon