Ideas to stop carbides from gouging wood trailer deck

[mr blizzard]

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

[FloatnFly]

run a couple of 2x4 s the length of the trailer?

[Freshtrax]

We always used strips of drop in Bedliner

F rom the scrapyard.

[mr blizzard]

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

[Freshtrax]

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

[Dara]

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

[Moosebunk]

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.

[Joeytier]

Old bedliner is the easiest and cheapest way to go!! The carbides will also slide easier on bedliner than on wood

[Sinker]

Yep, I also use bedliner on my trailer. Slick as snot, and keeps you from sliding around.

[mr blizzard]

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

[ch312]

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...

[Fisherman]

Go to a place like Line-X, last time I was there they had a stack of old box liners free.

[mr blizzard]

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