mr blizzard Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Bought a new rainbow atv/sled trailer from down south in Alta in the summer It has a steel pull out ramp at the rear, its a flat bed trailer no tilt Question Royal has a super glide 11 pro kit for the ramp BUT could I get away with ripping 2 long 1/4 inch strips of plywood PER ski with a half inch gap between them so the carbide would not touch the trailer deck and stick.. I would need 4 strips per sled It would be cheaper Thoughts and experience appreciated Happy New Year John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 run a couple of 2x4 s the length of the trailer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshtrax Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 We always used strips of drop in Bedliner F rom the scrapyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr blizzard Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 thx FloatnFly,,measured but it will put the skis to high for the tie downs Freshtrax u might be onto something,, it would give me the clearance I need and would stop the carbides from sticking in the wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshtrax Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 it also keeps you in a straight line. they get cut up ever 2nd seanon or so but you only need to put down 2 5 inch strips per sled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Old sliders. Not sure what you have for clearance on the pull out ramp but on my fold up ramp I had expanded metal and the runners stuck to the steel. I put 2x4's on to lift the ski's but the ski's stuck to the wood so I put old sliders on the wood. It all guided me right up. I actually got in trouble once in a western tire. The salesman was selling a guy the UHMW slides for a plastic Otter sleigh for about $80.00 I got him aside and told him to just use old sliders that snowmobile shops toss out. Man was that salesman mad at me when he walked out with nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I just leave some pack ice and snow in the trailer for the sled to sit on or, leave a length of scrap plywood. Do have some gouges from before though... and understand the annoyance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Old bedliner is the easiest and cheapest way to go!! The carbides will also slide easier on bedliner than on wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Yep, I also use bedliner on my trailer. Slick as snot, and keeps you from sliding around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr blizzard Posted January 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Thx everyone for your ideas Kinda like the bed liner idea but up here they are as rare as a dodo bird but would be a great fix Might have to go with plywood strips or just snow Thx again. Getting a little tired of walking out on the ice when there are to older decent sleds in the yard and a good trailer sitting in the driveway lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch312 Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Thx everyone for your ideas Kinda like the bed liner idea but up here they are as rare as a dodo bird but would be a great fix Might have to go with plywood strips or just snow Thx again. Getting a little tired of walking out on the ice when there are to older decent sleds in the yard and a good trailer sitting in the driveway lol There has to be half of one laying around in a junk yard somewhere? Last year I paid $20 for two, but I had to remove them from the trucks myself. I have a 6 x 10 enclosed trailer with a high value anti slip rubber membrane to protect the deck so when I bought my sled last year I had to be sure the carbides wouldn't tear up the membrane. I simply cut some 60" x 10" strips and screwed them down and it works great. Decent for the ATV, but it wants to move around a bit more so I use a couple extra straps. Strips of bedliner can be zip tied to ATV loading ramps so you can use the same ramps all year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Go to a place like Line-X, last time I was there they had a stack of old box liners free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr blizzard Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Ch312 we just have a couple of very small wreckers up here but I will check again. Sounds like it would do the trick the way u described for your trailer Fisherman this also I will see if a wrecker has one in alta. maybe get one cheap and have sent up on a transport Thx both of u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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