Winter Freighting Sleighs
The winter freighting sleighs have been around for almost a hundred years with horse teams pulling them at the start. The most popular design is the “Skinny Ski” which i have redone as an all steel ski using the original steel ski parts. The idea and design of the skinny ski is simple. As the ski travels over the snow the weight of the ski and sleigh compress the snow to form ice which makes the ski slide better. A fully loaded sleigh weighing 10 tons will slide very easy and can be pulled in groups depending on the size of cat being used to pull. The small TD-6 cat can pull 4 loaded sleighs across a frozen lake. While the bigger D6 9U cat will pull 6 loaded sleighs across the frozen lake and through the frozen muskeg portages that join the lakes.
ROCKER SLEIGH -- welding sleigh
LOMBARD SLEIGH -- cross pole design
GREGG SLEIGH --
OTACO SLEIGH -- original freighting caboose
P.A.T SLEIGH-- wooden deck sleigh #3
E1 SLEIGH -- wooden deck sleigh #4