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[#0000ff][size 3]I've got a Jetsled for towing all of my ice fishing gear. There great for hauling the way to much stuff I pull around. The problem is when towing it on slushy , snow covered ice it tows well untill you stop for a few minutes then decide to move to a new location. After sitting for a few minutes the ice and snow freezes to the bottom of the sled making it a real pain in the %$# to pull.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 3] I was thinking of using ski wax on the bottom to help keep the snow and slush from sticking. Has anyone else had this problem. I used to wax my skiis and would work the wax in with a hot iron, but I don't think a hot iron would be to good on the bottom of the plastic jet sleds.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 3] Anyone tried waxing yet, or any other good solutions. I think wd-40 would work for a bit but I think you'd have to reaply it quite often while traveling across the lake and I really don't want to be dragging oils all over our lakes and resevoirs contaminating them.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 3]Any good Ideas? [/size][/#0000ff]
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hey bigpapa, i have used just candel wax on my sled for years.. and it helps a lot. just turn the sled over and rub it on kind of hard you will see where you have applyed it no need to heat it up..
another thing that will help is not draging your sled acrosst rocks, dirt, pavment, or any other thing that will scrach the bottom of the sled..
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[#0000ff][size 3]I think I will try the wax. I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner but I think I could use a hair dryer to work the wax in, hot enough to melt the wax but not hot enough to hurt the sled.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 3]I do know what you mean about rocks and gravel, their not good for the skiis and they can't be good for the sled either. Unfortunately I ain't "man enough" to hand carry my loaded sled down the hills at rockport without killin myself on the ice rock mix that usually covers the aproach to that perch pond[laugh].[/size][/#0000ff]
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WD40 and Pam stay wet and make a mess on what ever it touches. I like ski wax because you can choose the wax temp that you use. The right wax will not cause snow to stick on the slead. You don't need to iron it on but if you have a spreader cork use it.
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Ski Wax is the way to go.
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