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Quick Dog Sled

Quick Dog Sled
This is a sled I created several years ago to run our dogs. I have deconstructed the dog sled and put it back together to create an instructable for the Snow Contest. Please vote in the contest. 

I have made three of these dog sleds from stuff I was going to trash. Build time is 30-60 minutes. The sleds are featherweight, durable and will provide hours of fun..
 
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Step 1Alpha and beta sleds

Alpha and beta sleds
On the first one I faced the chair forward and hitched up Daisy, our very fast dog. I think she might be a Lurcher or a cull from a sled dog breeder. My kids, the crash test dummies, called it the death sled after trying it out while sitting in the chair. They were laughing and screaming so hard they wouldn’t have felt a thing. You could add another spreader bar/ footstand in to allow for a safety driver in the rear.

I turned the chair around on the next two and found that offers much more control. You can hold the arms to stand on the spreader bar and sit on your knees up on the chair once you're cruising. 
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4 comments
Jan 29, 2012. 3:13 PMTreasure Tabby says:
Very Wallis and Grommet. Nice use of doggy power. :)
Jan 29, 2012. 1:07 PMadroid says:
This is awesome! Any chance of posting a video of one in action. Surely it would bring smiles.
Nov 25, 2011. 12:03 PMBlaaken says:
try adding a spreader near the front, just behind where the tip on the skis are, then tying your rope to that, that away if your dog suddenly changes direction, the sled won't tip as easily. Plus, at the spacer that you could stand on, you could attach a board that would be on an arm of some sort, so that you could step on it to make a kind of break that would dig into the snow.

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