My 6 year olds mod sled

cascadesnowjunky · Nov 17, 2011

This has been my project the last 2 weeks. Since there are not many options for sleds for 6 year olds I thought I would fix his 340 up that he rode last winter. I just need to find a snow flap, bolt the seat down and put the little plastic covers on the bumper ends. The skid is out of a 96 ultra and the track is an old yamaha track I had laying around. The seat is the original foam I cut down and had upholstered. It will not have much power turning that big track but it should tractor around pretty good, he only weighs 60 pounds.He is pretty excited to ride it.

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Ryan-41 · Nov 17, 2011

Haha I love it!! Nice work man, looks good!!!:face-icon-small-hap

Qreiff · Nov 17, 2011

Looks great! I'm sure he will love it. Nicely polished tunnel. Adds a nice touch of bling-age!

thundercat89 · Nov 17, 2011

That is one of a kind. Great job that looks like a fun little sled.

Boyko · Nov 17, 2011

Nice I got a buddy that has one with the polaris skid, grate never a problem

av8er · Nov 18, 2011

that looks awesome

should be a great little sled

volcano buster · Nov 24, 2011

I hope the steel skis aren't a problem. Ski skins help, but then the profile goes bad and they don't steer as well. Although the steel skis never did have much for a biting edge I guess.

I don't think you have messed up any re-sale value either. That should make a decent hand-me-down to somebody else's kid when the time comes.

RMK4life · Nov 24, 2011

that's awesome! Nice work!!

HelimanMT · Nov 29, 2011

Sweet ride man!:face-icon-small-win

Gmiller · Nov 29, 2011

Another tractor on the snow, its gonna be perfect for him. NICE WORK....

cbc24 · Nov 29, 2011

hows he suposed too catch airmiles with running boards like that lol jk nice build

enis750 · Nov 30, 2011

very nice!

X2Freeride · Dec 4, 2011

Wow super nice job.

ezra · Dec 4, 2011

what exactly did you have to do to mount the ultra skid? looks like you moved the fr arm hole back about 2 in, and mounted the rear arm on stock mount in rear hole? was thinking about doing same thinking while back so no point in reinventing the wheel some quick skid mounting numbers would be appreciated.

cascadesnowjunky · Dec 4, 2011

The steel backer plate on the front mount has a hole already it is just not drilled through the tunnel, that is the hole I used. I had to move the back bracket back and rerivet it. I just measured the center to center on the ultra that it came out of and made it the same so the suspension should work good, no binding or anything. with any luck he will get to ride it next weekend.

cascadesnowjunky · Jan 13, 2012

A couple pics on the snow.:face-icon-small-hap

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[/IMG]He loves this sled now. It floates really good with a 60# rider.

kingkat1150 · Jan 13, 2012

A happy kid on a great starter sled! Thats what it's all about :face-icon-small-hap

Cheers

H1Pilot · Jan 14, 2012

Wow...good times!

catnfool · Jan 15, 2012

GET THAT mudflap off before it BLOWS UP!!! Nice job on the machine! I had the same machine in red, while my brother had a black one- some GREAT memories:face-icon-small-win Ours didn't have the long track tho...

I've always wondered if there was a plastic ski that would hold up to the leaf spring- as long as the mount(simmons style) was long enough, it should hold up, right? Plastic would make it float/steer SO much nicer, and those burly 7 year old arms wouldn't take so much of a beating!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. bruce

sifton · Jan 18, 2012

Nice looking sled. Driver looks happy. Bullet proof machine. Did something similar to mine.

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