01-13-2021, 01:13 AM
(01-12-2021, 07:51 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: That's not bad, were you able to use the engine from the snowmobile you bought? What gave you the idea to build one yourself?The engine is a 6.5hp from harbor freight. I was able to find the track, slides/bogies wheels and the drive axle with cogs from a guy who already parted out the rest of the machine, so we had no engine to start with. Our original plan was buy a whole old sled but then decided just trying to find the parts we needed would be better. It saved us alot of time not having to tear apart an entire sled and try to get rid of what we did not want or need. The downside is we had to fab our own handle bars and source our throttle and kill switch.
We have been talking about building one for a couple years now. I came across a Snowdog online and thought they were pretty cool and would be nice to be mobile. I spent lots of time watching YouTube videos and searching the internet for other peoples builds.It was amazing how much more willing I was to move around when I didn't have to pull my sled. We joked that we were putting all this work into something because we were too lazy to walk.