Diy Pulk Sled Harness

Make sure the bar stock can lay flat under the lip.

Diy pulk sled harness. Download the ultimate diy guide to building your own pulk sled enter your email address below and we ll send you a copy of the ultimate do it yourself guide to building your own pulk. In the front corners find a suitable place where brackets can sit slightly toeing in at the front. Needed to make a larger version of a pulk. The poles ensure the sled doesn t slide downhill faster than you which is never a good thing.

Diy pulks or pulkas based on old scandinavian designs these pull behind sleds make wintertime backcountry travel with kids easy and fun. Make the hipbelt use a tape measure to measure your waist just above your hip bones where you want the harness to sit. Once you have your location. The wide padded harness is comfortable and the quick release buckle is nice to get in and out of hauling mode quickly.

Don t be tempted to simply tie the toboggan to your waist. Attach poles to harness. The sled tracks well downhill but lightening the load by putting some weight on your back makes it easier to ski down steeper hills. Start by laying out the brackets on the pulk.

Drill the front hole first and place a bolt through the bracket pulk bar stock assembly. Dave the norseman 10 931 views. Pulk 2 0 was made out of sled from fleet farm 1 4 inch rope welded rings 1 25 and 1 5 inch. The pulk works well there is zero fore and aft movement this means it is less tiring to haul.

This free pdf book written by ed bouffard is a complete how to guide to building all eight versions of homemade ski pulks he created and tested while perfecting. I try to keep things simple and as inexpensive as possible. Diy pulk sled skisled built from hardware store supplies made for long trips over the snow.