I keep thinking about building a sled for carrying kit in . It does help that my pup (the bacon hunter) is a rotty and has the weight and muscle to pull such a thing .
I wouldnt get him to do anything i couldnt do myself , so i am looking at the pros and cons of using one localy . The picture i have in mind is kind of like the ones used for arctic expeditions . Localy we have a mix of sand , mud and gravel so that is what i would mainley use it on . I figure something like the narrow "halfords" roof boxes would be about the right shape and size , but am not sure on what to do with the runners . I figure wheels would be more effort than they are worth having pushed a wheelchair through wareham forest . So i am thinking a full length runner on eight inch legs running either side would possibly make the thing workable . I have never used anything like this before ,but i am thinking that something of this sort of design would traverse tree roots and gravel easyer than a wheeled cart .
What do you think ? All input greatfully recived .
Cheers
Pumbaa
I wouldnt get him to do anything i couldnt do myself , so i am looking at the pros and cons of using one localy . The picture i have in mind is kind of like the ones used for arctic expeditions . Localy we have a mix of sand , mud and gravel so that is what i would mainley use it on . I figure something like the narrow "halfords" roof boxes would be about the right shape and size , but am not sure on what to do with the runners . I figure wheels would be more effort than they are worth having pushed a wheelchair through wareham forest . So i am thinking a full length runner on eight inch legs running either side would possibly make the thing workable . I have never used anything like this before ,but i am thinking that something of this sort of design would traverse tree roots and gravel easyer than a wheeled cart .
What do you think ? All input greatfully recived .
Cheers
Pumbaa