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Help with winter expedition sled 15-Aug-2012 At 3:33:29 PM Moondog55

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What size is the thread? If it is a standard metric thread then Coventry Fasteners will have joining nuts in 6/8/10/12 and 16mm that you can use. I used 8mm eyes and an 8mm joining nut in my pole shafts ( my shafts are aluminium tube) but it makes no difference. Pulling a sled is damned hard work but it lets you take lots of goodies and comforts. Remember to hot wax the base of the sled and take a spray can of cooking oil to top it up. Keet the weight VERY low to the ground (No higher than 300mm ) and some angle added parallel to the direction of pull will help with tracking.
Epoxy is as strong as needed if you want to take the easy way out.The pulling harness is just as important as the sled, email me for pictures of my harness if you want to see a good one