[at-l] Gear Sled

[daveh at psknet.com (Dave Hicks)]

I was holding off, but what the hey.

I have used a gear sled, but never with it attached to me by something like
a hip belt.  I suspect that the hip belt would be great on level terrain,
saving on the arms, shoulders, and back.  However, tipping, or slipping
sideways down a slope, with me attached came to my mind when I saw the
original post.  I'll pass, on any grade, thank you.

Re: tipping the key is keeping the center-of-gravity between the contacts
with the ground on either side -- rather like a canoe tips faster than a jon
boat and someone standing tips a canoe more often than someone knelling.
Hence, I used a more toboggan like, flat bottom sled rather than the more
rounded bottom plastic sled, which I typically see around here.  I am sure
someone make a plastic flat, or toboggan type, sled if you look for one.
Regardless keep the load as low, relative to width, as you can.

Chainsaw

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy" <askowronek@mindspring.com>
To: <pmags@yahoo.com>
Cc: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Gear Sled



On Thursday, March 11, 2004, at 03:00 PM, Paul Magnanti wrote:

> I've had some inquries about the gear sled I made for
> winter travel. Essentially, how did I make it, and why
> the materials I chose.
>

Have you found any stability trouble with this setup?  I used
a sled to haul hay last winter and it tipped over pretty
frequently.

-amy

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