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I made a polk similar to yours. Was all fun and games till we had to cross some semi-frozen small creeks and the ice build-up on the bottom of my sled made it feel like dragging a dead cow through the snow! I had about 50 lbs of camping gear in it and it was NOT fun. Going to do another build with a much lighter sled. And with prolly 10 coats of silicon spray on the bottom!
i find it hard to believe that end cap would hold if u had a big load in your sled pulling that??? that end cap would pop right off I have over 100 lbs on my sled uthink that endcap would hold?...
Neuclear, 2 winters and they are still going strong. PVC and it's cement are very strong. You are hauling on snow so it's more than strong enough to haul 100+lbs.
You sure put a lot of trust in expecting this dinky little washer to hold in that plastic tub. I’d have used a wide piece of aluminum in behind to help spread the strain.
It definitely wouldn't hurt to use a wider washer but after using it for 2 winters hauling 75-100lb loads of wood it is yet to pull through. The polyethylene plastic Pelican uses is very tear resistant. The one thing I do recommend changing is using lock nuts instead of wing nuts.
I think this is not easy because you need too many tools and if something breaks on the terrain, like those glued caps or the plastic in front, you can't really fix it. Also there's a lot of work just to remove the poles to store it, i would have used carabiners on both sides. The easiest is to use ropes and knots, the only tool you need is for holes and a saw, unless it has them already, mine had.
Although I have a different brand sled (Jet Sled - not quite as thick as Pelican), I can tell you, after two winter camping trips - one year pulling approx. 85 lbs. of gear and last year pulling approx. 120 lbs. of gear over a 16 mile backcountry terrain, using nothing but knots in a rope through a hole in the sled, NO problem at all. And that included a couple day of sub-zero temps. Not a single sign of any wear after approx. 32 miles of pulling, most of which was unpacked trails through 2-3 feet of snow, including going through brush and over logs. Bottom line: these sleds are VERY durable.
