Ok. Final installment. All finished, [with the exception of one or two tweeks perhaps]
This is what the crossbars look like now:
The white 5mm running line goes across the tops of the crossbars, tied in a clove hitch. I routed the cross bars, underneath, on the
inside of the
outside nut and bolts.
through that is placed 3mm purple paracord, attached to cast brass loops. On both sides of the white running line, are adjustable camo tape straps, placed on either side of the crossbar. Reason for this, is that if you do not cinch your bags tight near the cross bars, your plastic may bow upwards. Cross bars are white ash.
You can see here the router cut, on the underside of the crossbar where the purple paracord goes through. More on the brass loops at the end.
Below is the back strut, with the grab handle, which forms the beginning of the running line, which runs along the inside of the back crossbar, and then up both sides of the boggan, connected to each crossbar with a clove hitch.
....until it finally reaches the last cross bar, at the front of the boggan, and is tied with another clove hitch to the front inside crossbar, then up to the outside front crossbar, to curve the front of the boggan.
Also note in the above pic, my green pulling line, 8 feet long, with a double overhand knot, connected to 3mm purple paracord adjustable prussic, attached to the running line.
In the photo below you can see the white running line, attached from either side, with a couple of simple overhand knots, crossing each other. This forms the front grab handle.
You can also see the hauling thwart i added, which is easily adjustable, higher or lower, more, or less curve, by simply using the green pulling line, attached to the purple prussic paracord, attached to the white running line, and /or the clove hitch attached to the outside frontside crossbar. The holes in the plastic where the strap line comes through, are slightly bigger than the holes in the cross bar, so that the green pulling line does not rub the plastic. They are also, on the outside holes, as close to the edge as possible. To make them as close to shoulder width as possible.
Mac made me the pulling strap, which has foam inside, and is slightly padded, out of the same material as my arctic anorak.
To take it down for transport, is very easy. Simply undo the front grab handle, and clove hitch from the outside front cross bar, and detach the strap/tump, then roll up.
35cm here, but It should roll up to about 30cm diameter, and 40cm height. Easily fit into a bag. Someone mentioned the 9.8feet length. Theyre designed skinny, so that when you are walking in your snowshoes in front of the toboggan, the boggan fits into your foot trail.
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This extra load of tape below, is used to go through the brass loops once your bags are cinched in with the cross straps.
It zigzags, from the front to the back, through the brass loops on each cross bar, all the way down, then all the way back up, over the top of your luggage, and also enables you to add a top bag, or wood etc if required.
The End!
Ready to be rolled up for transport.
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