Any Pulk Pullers Here?

mtwarden

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took the wife and young pup into a USFS rental cabin this long weekend, made carrying supplies (and said young pup!) much easier ~ 7 miles in on snowshoes

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of course rest and recovery called for after :D

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Just got back from a ten day winter camping excursion in Oregon. Pulled the sleds in with a load of goodies! I'll have to post a few of the pics up in a bit.
 
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I'm jealous. I have an eight year old savagely busting my balls because we haven't done any snow camping this year. No snow.

Let's see some pics! +1
 

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I'm partial to Northern Sled Works out of Fairbanks, AK. We have a 4' that goes on multiple cabin trips a year. Likely going to get a 6' for next years trip for me to pull and the gf can pull the 4'. Tough sleds. I've pulled it over tundra and gravel quite a bit; can't hardly tell. Check them out if you're ready to upgrade from a Paris...
They also happen to make just about the best snowmachine sled you can buy.

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I have been working on a couple pulks for my wife's copper river bison tag next month. I think they should be light and roll up to fit in our back packs. They are four feet long by 16 inch wide with 4 inch sides.
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Cool idea! What are you going to pull with? Just rope or poles?

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I am going to use ropes because we are flying out in a super cub. Not to sure how long of poles I could fit.


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Maybe short aluminum tent pole sections or conduit the same length as the sled rolled up, clipped together with cotter pins?

Or a cable and a nut like an avi probe?

That would actually make a pretty sweet set up. Whole thing could roll up pretty tight, would fit inside a pack strapped to the outside. Throw a light harness into the rolled tube and your set to easily fly and pack with it till you need it.

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I have been working on a couple pulks for my wife's copper river bison tag next month. I think they should be light and roll up to fit in our back packs. They are four feet long by 16 inch wide with 4 inch sides.
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Reviving this up...

I’ve got some questions. Anybody can weigh in. Just looking for insight.
1. What did/would you cut the sheets with?
2. How did/would you fold the sides?
Thanks
 

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I used shop scissors to cut the material and a heat gun with a couple long pieces of angle iron built into a brake. It was pretty easy and worked extremely well.


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Alright, thanks! I just wanted to make sure because a 24"x48" sheet of UHMW is like $45 bucks. I don't want to screw it up when I could just buy an economical sled and call it a day. It is a similar price point to a Paris, but I like that you can roll up your version if so inclined. A Northern Sled Works sled is over $300. No way I'm going that far.
 
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