Originally Posted by elkhunter_241
kcnboise,

How do you connect the poles to the sled?

I have been pondering different ideas to make that connection tighter as I do not like the slop in it.


I heated up the ends of the pvc with a heat gun and flattened them, just leaving enough room for the tow rope to go through. The flats are horizontal at the sled and vertical at the belt. I swapped out the tow rope for a longer piece so that the pvc uncrossed is the same length as the sled, and the tow rope goes through both pieces of pvc. At the ends that attach to the belt I tied overhand knots that stick out from the pvc just enough to get a chain connector quick link on them. The quick links hook onto the belt on the outsides of my hips, not in the back of the belt. There's just enough slop that when the poles are untied and uncrossed that they'll flip back and lay inside the sled.