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�.need a good freight sled for trapping, hunting, camping, or just plain traveling via snow machine?

I have two good sleds recently completed and ready to put to use.



This one's up for sale. I've had it listed locally (Fairbanks right now) for $1250. Presently I am offering it for $1125 until December 24. (I will deliver it as far as 50 highway miles to anyone here who wants it.) I'd be willing to bring it south to Anchorage or similar points to the south - highway- if anyone is interested, for full price ($1250).

These are good sleds; traditional in many respects with various tweaks that I've learned over the past three decades using them on our rugged (brutal) coastal trails. I build just like I run them.

This sleds utilizes solid 1" UHMW for the bend (since the only hickory I have found locally is kiln dried and doesn't bend worth a darn, and it makes the weak point in the runner a strong point.)



This nine-foot sled utilizes hand fitted mortise and tenon joints, 38 in total, for strength and flexibility.



Stantions (legs) and runner are lashed and tied using treated round braid nylon with welded chain link and grade 8 bolts, neither of which can be opened, bent, or broken.



A welded steel tow hitch is attached vie grade 8 hardware. This tow hitch has a swiveling pintle-type solid 1" tow bar.



Carbide skegs are inletted into the plastic (1/2" UHMW) runner slides. These provide superior tracking on hard, icy trails while creating minimal drag under typical conditions.



The price might seem a bit 'rich' to some, but I took no shortcuts and it is actually quite modest considering the details. I know that the present trend seems to be toward the use of toboggan-type sleds which seem relatively cheap and easy to own. The truth is that a sled on runners is a much better sled for traveling purposes, easier to pull, better on gas, and much kinder to the load.

I would have absolutely no qualms about keeping and running this sled, but I presently have three similar sleds which are between 4 and 21 years old. (I don't need anymore right now.) If any of you Alaska boys need one like this, hit me up and we can talk details.