Reddit mentions: The best snow seldding equipment

I think without totally removing them you'll end up just having to cover the whole shield with something else to get a perfectly smooth surface unfortunately. If you want to stay with a clear material, try looking up "clear acrylic skylight domes". You would have to make the handles but that's not super difficult.



If you want to go with metal, look up the "Flexible Flyer Steel Saucer". Here's an amazon link, but I'm in the US so you may do better searching for it yourself: https://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Flyer-Saucer-Slider-Winter/dp/B0006N8WYM/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_200_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=2RPS2NDVWKB7EPVDQ40R

If you cut off the edge that's super rounded in, you're left with an almost perfect captain america shield shape that's actually metal. Strip away the paint and polish the steel, then go in with an "anodized aluminum look" spray paint (Dupli-color is a good brand). This will give you a great shiny painted metallic finish look. Make sure you clear coat everything once you're done so the steel won't rust.

Thank you! Of course, I'd be happy to help in any way I can.

The shield is actually a sled from Amazon, but it can be found on other sites too for about 25$.

While a dremel can be used, because of the extent of the sanding required I prefer some good old fashioned sanding sponges. Any mistakes that were made in the cutting can also be fixed here.

I used a Dewalt DW317K Jigsaw, and specifically a DM3778 Blade, though any blade that is small and fine will do nicely (the finer, the better).

The straps are belts with holes cut in them, and screws are simply glued onto the shield before a bolt is screwed in. This video explains what to do - it's not the most efficient way but the rest of the video can also be used as a guideline.

It probably took me a month and a half to two months, but I have been busy and had to take long hiatuses ranging up to three weeks at a time. You can probably buff the whole thing out in about two weeks (four days cutting and sanding), (four days painting), (two days attaching the straps), (two days repairing any mistakes and adding an optional gloss) with only an hour or two every night.

No need to apologize - your questions are great! PM me if you have any more! Best of luck friend.

I own this sled but mine was purchased from Xtraining...https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L3OHEY2/?coliid=I2E01USRRXNVFD&colid=NYAM9XNYK5JZ&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

I love it. I use it at least twice a week for pushes, pulls and also attach a 50ft natural fiber rope to it and do back rows\pulls.

I like this sled in particular because it has dual weight stems so I can load as much as ten plates on it using non-bumper plates.

I have some plastic skis that I picked up from a plastics company here in San Diego that keeps it quite on the asphalt street.

Yeah, mine has been a tremendous boon to my training.

Of course you can! That's the best part about the internet! As much as I'd like to make one for you I don't think I'm going to turn this into a side business. I posted a link in this thread about the DIY reddit post and YouTube video I followed to make this and if you're serious about making one for yourself I'll be happy to pm you some tips I figured out along the way that aren't in the video or post.

Flexible Flyer Steel Saucer
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006N8WYM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_6kmrzb1666R86

Not to discount your little one, but this (or something like it) might be really great:

http://www.cubbyhousekingdom.com.au/products/moreInfo/398/573/Spy-Board

OR

http://www.amazon.com/Zayak-Sea-Sled-A1-Bodyboard/dp/B00H4G9KUO

Merikan Missle AKA Swiss Bob is by far the greatest sled ever made. We take them up Buttermilk at night pretty often to sled the groomers from the top. The runners allow you to carve turns, I am usually faster than the people on superlight racing A/T gear on the way done.

It will be exactly like that if you get a fun sled. I recommend this one.

Hey there Bex. I have been thinking about this for ages now, and might be going for it the next couple of weeks. But the solution is to find something to mould a fiberglass body inside. People have suggested saucer sleds like this https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Sled-Saucer-Heavy-Black/dp/B00637PUOU. But personally i am going for a free craigslist sattalite dish.

Damn it, I'm slightly disappointed that no one has given a real answer yet. I'll start us off until someone with better engineering skills come along.

Assuming that an average person of about 70kg using this sled, with some additional equipment you've got about 90kg altogether.

We are going to assume that all the cats have been trained and conditioned to pull sleds since birth, so this removes extraneous variables involving motivation and whatnot.

The question now is determining how much weight each cat can pull. I tried googling information about cats pulling stuff but couldn't get much. However, given that cats can carry kittens in their mouth, we can make a conservative estimate of 3 kg per cat.

Essentially my estimate is 90/3 = 30 cats to pull a dogsled with an average weight person on it. Now I'm sure my model is very basic so any help building it would be appreciated. I haven't taken into account frictional forces and how fast the sled can be pulled yet.

Something like this is good so you can go with him and keep the speed a little slower. As he grows up you can start waxing it to increase the speed before he graduates to his own high speed tube/sled.

http://www.amazon.com/Paricon-Toddler-Boggan-Sleds-Red/dp/B000LF8XSU

this one has the high back and is safer. Our boy is pretty tall, so we bought him one for ~5 yo, much longer and he kind of slides around in it a bit.

edit: Jesh.. We bought ours used at some sale of donated kid's stuff at the Fairgrounds for like $10, I had no idea they sold for so much, ours is closer to this one - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OSL8KYK?psc=1

Something like this?

New Children Girl Boy Plastic Sled Snow Glider for Winter Snow Skiing Fun Yellow https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M2G9CHC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_CuNKwbS3PMH7E

They're usually called spoon sleds or spider sleds I think.

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about how I'd do this is to repurpose one of those saucer sleds!

Great work by the way, it must have taken a long time!

You have to mention GT Snow Racers. They seem to have been unique (and awesome) to Canadian snow play for decades and have somehow never really made a splash anywhere else even though they're available in the US.

edit, here's a link: https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Gear-Snow-Racer-Sled/dp/B00IZ0X83I/

I was thinking of using something like this? Is it small compared to yours? Is yours extra durable?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MAW8BPT/?coliid=I1K0ZE490O87ML&colid=V7SB6VA5R174&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Oh I'm not sure TBH.. All I remember of sledding is using metal garbage can lids lol..
http://www.amazon.com/Colorful-Whimsical-Walrus-Slider-Winter/dp/B005T4DC48/ref=sr_1_7?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1319084441&sr=1-7 I found those on amazon, cheapest I could find, and cute at the same time :D

I am using a snow sled I found on Amazon that's made of rubber. (http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Sled-Saucer-Heavy-Purple/dp/B00HGJAKEE)
After a lot of sanding and painting, it looks and feels like the real thing. But it took a lot of fabrication to get it to that point.

It's just a child's sled with the straps moved. You can see the original holes for the handles.

Amazon has a metal version for half the price.

https://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Flyer-Saucer-Slider-Stadium/dp/B0006N8WYM/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=sled+round+snow&qid=1568230862&s=gateway&sr=8-3

Just buy a this instead of the stadium. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0006N8WYM/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 its cheaper and better. ( You will need to modify it a little)

A friend of mine brought a foam snow sled to the top of Whitney. Unfortunately conditions didn't allow him to use it much on the way down.

Paint a sled?

Flexible Flyer Metal Snow Disc Saucer Sled. Steel Sand Slider https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006N8WYM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_kqVEDbSBD615T

this guy right here is well rated, and should handle your weight. Not too expensive. Good entry sled.

Name: "Sled Legs"

$60

Link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZFEYKH

You could probably just make them yourself though, it's not a crazy complex design.

I bought a set of three from Amazon with enough foresight to get them here on time. You could still get them today and pay for overnight shipping.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XB7UA4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

there seems to be a horizontal seam about 2/3 of the way down...did you use a snowball maker to get this scoop..?

https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Gear-Snow-Racer-Sled/dp/B00IZ0X83I

It's about 24" in diameter and started off as one of these.

EDIT: 24", not 26"