Our pulks are made in Minnesota but are right at home in every corner of the world, from the Alaskan backcountry to the Japanese Alps, from the frozen Arctic tundra to the windwhipped Patagonian ice cap. Outfitters, college classrooms and outdoor enthusiasts of all walks use our sleds for winter camping, ski mountaineering, racing, outfitting, snowkiting, ice fishing, hunting and more. Contact us with any questions on our pulks or building your own DIY pulk or gear sled! You'll find the complete DIY guide to building your own pulk on our website! Whether you're a seasoned winter traveler or just starting out, we're confident our pulks will be a great fit.
Thanks for the tutorial. I just came back from a winter camp and we had a couple of Iceboxes but I didn't know how to use them. I'll definitely try to make an igloo next time!
You should not allow the narrator of this content to get near camera or even microphone EVER. Is he stoned? Drunk? "One size fits all" is NEVER a good idea. NEVER! On the expedition, esp polar expedition, it has to be taylor made. I would love to see, how all the plastic components act in negative 60 deg C. I'm quite confident they'll be brittle as glass.
Where the hell are you going that's -80 degrees feirenheight? Sorry, but if your planning a solo expedition to somewhere equivalent to the artic poles you probably need custom equipment, my guy. What a moron...
fins are not the best. should be on the sides with a pin to keep them down or up. never have to use bolts to change from down and up. 250 usd + tax and fins are extra. ruff
Super conception, de tres bonne qualité. Je recommande a tous qui cherche les grande randonnée de plusieurs km sans trop de fatigue. Le support nous tiens parfaitement au bas du dos de manière confortable. 😃
Hi, thanks for these videos. I'm excited to get my sled in the next few days. Do you have any advice for flying with them? Is it best to save the box you all ship them in, or can you just check them with an airline with parts maybe taped up? Thanks!
Great presentation, thanks! I'm new to pulks but was wondering what kind of weight you could typically and fairly comfortably pull for an extended winter trip of a couple of weeks? I know this depends on fitness, terrain and snow conditions, but am thinking of rolling but mostly flat terrain and mostly hard snow (or snowmobile tracks), and using nordic skis with skins. I ask because for an extended winter trip with food and fuel, two people can very easily get to around 110lbs (including pulk weight) each, and I'm wondering if this is typical? Unfortunately I'm getting to the age where a backpack is getting tougher, and even 45-50lbs in a pack is getting to be a struggle at times.
It seems to me that the sled length should be 6 inches longer than the person pulling it so they can sleep in it at night and the ability to turn it into a tent.
Greetings Steve. Runners are useful tools when the snow conditions call for them. We put uhmw runners on our fiberglass Expedition pulks. Overall, pulks work well in snow, leaves and grass. We recommend avoiding gravel and rocks if possible. If you're on a trip that is guaranteed to have rocks and gravel, we would recommend runners at that point. An old pair of cc skis work well if you don't have uhmw strips. Here's to good snow and happy trails.
That pulka looks great. l've never used one (l can't wait) but l can already see a way to improve it (hopefully): How about a 'fast release' mechanism for the fins? You may not want to have them on all the time, but you may want to carry them with you and only put them on when the terrain requires so? A fast on-off mechanism would make that possible. Again, l've never ever even seen a pulka in reality so maybe what l'm saying is stupid...
Thanks, Antonio! We don't have that option for the Paris pulk but our Snowclipper and Clipper XL have fins that easily flip down when needed and back up when not needed. You can see the Snowclipper here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UUd-tpLeBHo.html
Hi Clinton, we currently just have videos detailing some of the pulks we sell. We are working on creating more how-to videos and plan to make one showing how you can attach our channel kit and poles to other sleds like the Pelican.
OMG, those straps in the crotch......Look at safety harnesses etc. You never wrap the crotch like that. Around the leg only..... Not only will that easily cause injury under moderate strain, but you could potentially cut off major arteries under adverse strain. Inner thigh is a kill point!!!! Looks like an okay product otherwise. I'd give it a chance without the crotch straps....
Thanks for the input, Mark. Our leg loops are not designed to withstand forces like climbing harnesses or safety harnesses. Those harnesses are designed to hold your body weight and even greater forces on a fall etc. Our leg loops are intended to keep the harness in the correct place on your hips (check out other pulk companies and you will see similar leg loop designs). Sometimes the pulk harness will ride up on your waist so the leg loops prevent that. The weight of the pulk rides on your hips. Also, the leg loops are removable and the buckles that hold them on are not load bearing so they would break before causing injury. Some people also convert a climbing harness to pull their pulk so that's an option too if you prefer that setup.
If the road is snowpacked, no worries. If it's exposed gravel, it will get a few scratches that you can touch up later. Shouldn't wreck it but it will scratch. Happy pulking.
Good Evening. I just purchased this sled with the intent to use it for winter backpacking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania, which is covered with rocks. Can you use this sled on a rocky trail where the rocks are not completely covered with snow?
Pulks, sleds, toboggan all prefer snow. Most sleds will typically handle some abuse by rocks and other trail debris but snow is best. Rocks will most likely scratch the surface of the sled and if the temps are extremely cold, they could even crack some sleds if enough weight is placed on a smaller pointed rock. Always try to find the most snowy spots in the trail.
There's not a quick release but it's pretty simple to detach the pulk from yourself in one of these ways: 1. By unbuckling the sternum strap and your waist belt buckle, you can remove the harness and be separated from the sled quickly. 2. Or you can pull out the lynch pins on each hip to disconnect the poles and pulk from the harness.
