Freighter sleighs

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I know trapping and ice fishing sleighs have been talked about here, but me and my bud need to get a trapping cabin built w/ no access other then sled or argo. Soooooo any info and pics on freighter sleighs ( 4-ski design) is needed. Am very good w/ a mig, pls help, tks in advance.

[calgarychef]

Go buy yourself a little caterpillar or other tracked vehicle. Then you can drag in anything you want.

[Gunslinger257]

Do you mean a horse drawn sleigh or pull by hand?

[Big Daddy Badger]

Why not build the cabin onto a set of skids?

Depending on how well you do that...and how big that cabin is...they can be pretty easy to drag that way...sort of a cabin on a sled.

[draft]

I mean something i can pull w/ my snowmobile. Need to haul in sheets of plywood, 2 x 6s, etc. Cabin will prob. be 16 x 20, i think. Rough terrain getting in their, so cabin on skids wont work, need to build it on site.

[CeeZee]

Do you mean a horse drawn sleigh or pull by hand?
Like this, follow the design of a horse sleigh, make it to the length and width that suits your trails Also most steer with the front "axel" but if you link the front to the back steer-able axel then you will be able to go around tighter corners a bit better too, for those longer pieces of lumber, or siding, or tin.
Just my idea, if you are up for making something.

[marxman]

Build an eskimo komatik and harden up your trail with a few runs of the skidoo so the runners dont sink too much before you pull it down the trail. You can make it pretty long. I would use far fewer cross planks just enough to support the runners and put the load on or srew plywood across the top

[jim summit]

We hauled in all our materials on a Komatic, 10' long and 32" wide. Runners are 3" wide with puckboard and simple hitch on the front. Packed down a trail a week prior and had no problems. Hauled up to 1500 lbs at a time, and 16' long, suprising how well it pulls. Took approx 10 loads to build 14x24 cabin.

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Here are a couple pics from off the net of freight sleds up north.



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[draft]

Tks f/ the pics jim, thats what i'm kinda leaning towards.