I'm feeling a deep need to get out into the wilderness for a weekend's snowshoe trip, but I'll be taking my tent, stove, and ice fishing equipment. It is just too much to pack on my back, and none of my toboggans are long enough to pack all that stuff.
I built two new toboggans this fall from nine foot ash boards, but a couple of trial runs show they are too short and the toboggans are top heavy when loaded. I've been looking for some 12 foot logs to turn into toboggans, but that doesn't help me this year - as all the small sawyers are closed down for the winter.
Buying a wood toboggan kind of sticks in my craw - as I'm used to making such things myself. I have decided however - if I'm going to get on the snowshoe trail for a camping weekend this year - buying one is what I'll have to do.
I liked the looks of this one - built very archaic, and a nice price, but an e-mail to the company has produced no reply. This is a two board toboggan made of hickory for $150. I don't know what the length is.
http://www.wanuken.com/toboggans.html
This is a very nice toboggan - I like the style of the curl - and I have seen this toboggan - it is very well made. I'm a little concerned about an oak toboggan, however, as oak is not known for its tensil strength - and the price, at $248 seems high. This is a ten foot toboggan.
http://www.ntsled.com/html/our_sleds.html#HAND
This local company shows no freight or hand toboggans on its website, but a phone call produced the information that they have some long boards on hand and are considering building about 10 traines, eleven foot long, this year. They are supposed to call me tomorrow and let me know what their plans are. Their eight foot down hill toboggan retails for $190 at the factory, so I don't know what they would want for a hand traine. The eight foot multi-board toboggans are made of ash - which is the wood I've always used, though I'd rather have a two board toboggan. The eight foot toboggans can be purchased new on e-bay for $125.
http://www.arrowheadtoboggan.com/toboggans.html
PG
I built two new toboggans this fall from nine foot ash boards, but a couple of trial runs show they are too short and the toboggans are top heavy when loaded. I've been looking for some 12 foot logs to turn into toboggans, but that doesn't help me this year - as all the small sawyers are closed down for the winter.
Buying a wood toboggan kind of sticks in my craw - as I'm used to making such things myself. I have decided however - if I'm going to get on the snowshoe trail for a camping weekend this year - buying one is what I'll have to do.
I liked the looks of this one - built very archaic, and a nice price, but an e-mail to the company has produced no reply. This is a two board toboggan made of hickory for $150. I don't know what the length is.
http://www.wanuken.com/toboggans.html
This is a very nice toboggan - I like the style of the curl - and I have seen this toboggan - it is very well made. I'm a little concerned about an oak toboggan, however, as oak is not known for its tensil strength - and the price, at $248 seems high. This is a ten foot toboggan.
http://www.ntsled.com/html/our_sleds.html#HAND
This local company shows no freight or hand toboggans on its website, but a phone call produced the information that they have some long boards on hand and are considering building about 10 traines, eleven foot long, this year. They are supposed to call me tomorrow and let me know what their plans are. Their eight foot down hill toboggan retails for $190 at the factory, so I don't know what they would want for a hand traine. The eight foot multi-board toboggans are made of ash - which is the wood I've always used, though I'd rather have a two board toboggan. The eight foot toboggans can be purchased new on e-bay for $125.
http://www.arrowheadtoboggan.com/toboggans.html
PG