Skid, what can I do to drop weight

[Team Wild]

Ok I have attached a pic of my skid. What can I remove from this thing to lighten it up? Can I get rid of some of the wheels?

How long can I make the limiter straps on this thing. I want to get the tunnel out of the snow so I am trying to lower the front so I can jack the back up more. Any help would be great. Thanks

Oh i am getting extensions to make turn this from a 136 to 151. I also have a two wheel kit for the rear.

 

[Team Wild]

Help!!

Can I make my limiter staps longer? If so how long?

 

[WAmtnsledr]

what about buying a 151" EZ-Ryde rear skid? save at least 15 or 20 lbs. and it'll perform a lot better than the stock rear skid.

 

[HILCLMR]

Skid

Best bet would be to ditch all of the idler wheels and run scratchers. Depending on what you are going to do it would be better to buy a set of rails than extensions. If your going 151" then buy 144" rails and do a set back, saves some weight and better attack angle to get sled out of the snow. Don't lengthen your limiters if at all possible, it'll just turn your sled into a wheelie machine. One other mod I have seen is to cut the tunnel and remount the running boards higher to get more snow clearance.
Hope this helps

 

[Team Wild]

Thanks for the help. As for an EZ ride, That would be nice but if I wanted to throw that kind of cash I wouldn't do it on this sled. I will look at getting rid of the idlers and find some scratchers. I am also looking at mounting the skid back a bit.

 

[Ryan-41]

What sled do you have???

 

[Team Wild]

I got a 95 AC Powder special EXT 580....

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