The Sled

If you have followed the posts about the hut trips, you know I normally pull in a sled. Mountain Smith made these years ago, Dad purchased it for Gargantua Bay trips in Canada.

The sled is basic plastic construction with backpack material riveted to the plastic.

There are a couple compression straps that cross over the top for compression.

If you recall last year's Christmas hut trip, we got a short ride on the back of a couple of snowmobiles from the parking lot to the trail head.

This short trip was not un-eventful. Karyn and Becky got the first rides, then Russ and I were second. We both sat on the back with sleds attached, just pulling them along. We had strapped skis and poles to the sleds so we didn't have to carry them. Just before pulling into the trailhead, my sled flipped! Yep the skis went flying, and so did the two compression straps. 3 of 4 rivets pulled.

The straps pulling led to a wider sled to haul into the hut that trip. It also led to this Christmas hut trip, my sled kept flipping over on the cross angle traverse. The sled was top heavy and nothing to hold the gear in. I think it's time to do some work on the sled.

Mom loves it when I work on stuff in the living room!

The finished product. 3 new rivets per side, with d-rings attached. Two are in line with the original straps, and one extra for good measure. I replaced 4 other rivets that had popped as well.

Now it's ready for the Section House trip!