Comments on: Snowmobile Wheel Kit

By: Lou

Lou — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:03:20 +0000

Dale, the bolts are sleeved with fuel tubing to protect the aluminum suspension parts., I think they’re 5/8 inch but might be 3/4. In terms of damage, the stupid cable that the wheel kits come with completely hacked up my suspension, the bolts have done no damage so far. I don’t use this rig for much distance, I try to be careful about that. And they only work on pavement.

By: DALE

DALE — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:21:26 +0000

lou did the bolts you ran through the susspension do any damage to the spindel? and would you see there being a problem with doing so if you ran long and hard on rough terrian? what size bolt did you use? Approx.. how many miles or how long have you been using your modified model? THANKS!!!

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:32:07 +0000

John, I tried leaving the wheels on for a short section of hard snow. They still dug in so much that it would have broken something if I’d tried to keep going. The best solution is probably a tracked ATV, but that’s so pricy and so limited in use as to be way way out of my financial scope. A regular ATV with fat tires can work during spring as well, but tends to have trouble when the trail softens in the afternoon, and makes ruts that piss off other users.

By: John Gloor

John Gloor — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:16:39 +0000

I have another idea. Instead of adapting wheels to your good sled skis, why not run $15 dollar old metal skis with wheels welded on. There is only a short window where we drive up pavement., and during that time powder performance is not required. Ebay, here I come

By: John Gloor

John Gloor — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:45:36 +0000

Lou, thanks for you opinion on those products, and its good to see pride in one’s machine! I share you opinion. Looking at the sure Grip dollies, If the distance between the axles was about 12-16 inches they would be much more stable and you would have ability to have two or more attachment points to the ski and not the aluminum strut. the hard part would be modifying a single sided axle dolly into a longer wheel base. I think I’ll spend the night looking at bigger wheels online.
On another note, What is the vehicle for Montezuma in the next few days? RMK or chained up 4runner?