Dog Sled Drag Mat

As ever thanks for a fantastic product and congrats to alex on such excellent workmanship.

Dog sled drag mat.

I build my own sleds and usually i just stick to the same basic design as it has proven tough reliable and serviceable for many years. Drag mats are used for speed control great for coming downhill icy trails etc. They can be used for dog sled racing in greenland the dogs pull in a fan shape in front of the sled while in other regions such as alaska and canada the dogs pull side by side in pairs. 20 00 small team shockcord.

A dog sled or dog sleigh is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow numerous types of sleds are used depending on their function. Sled dogs have been pulling sleds for thousands of years. While a dog can be attached to a kick sled there is no where to attach a claw brake drag mat or snow hook which means braking power is seriously limited kick sled runners also aren t as long so they tend to be squirrely at high speeds. Ash runners 1 1 2 x 1 1 2 x 8 ash runners 1 1 2 x 1 1 2 x 8.

25 00 large team shock cord. The sled handles like a dream too. The purpose of the sled is to carry people and supplies over the snow. Arctic star s drag mat is permanently mounted around the sled stanchions and can easily be raised and lowered.

The drag mat of a race dogsled. Drag mat brake made of conveyor belt material drags between the runners so musher can feather weight to slow down and stand on it to create lots of resistance. Not being a sled dog racer i sometimes find that i can fall behind on the latest in technical advances in the world of dog sledding. Air bob footboards fit all sleds black.

This is a second braking mechanism. R c nova scotia canada. 2 dog section gangline 2 tugs 2 necklines team section 2 dog leader 2 tugs and double snap neckline. Track or drag a rubber mat that is dragged between the runners.

Kick sleds are smaller and lighter than a full sized dog sled and were originally designed to be kick propelled by a person. The advantage of a drag is that the resistance it. It can be added to any arctic star dog sled model for an additional 90 00. Drag mat brake made of conveyor belt material drags between the runners so musher can feather weight to slow down and stand on it to create lots of resistance.

The traditional materials for sled construction included wood. How to race sled dogs in the iditarod. Learn tips and information on using a drag mat in a dogsled race in this free instructional video clip about the dogsled race in iditarod. Before we went out i was a bit dubious about the drag mat being down all the time but it didn t cause the problems i thought it would even in deep snow with the dogs trail breaking.