Dog Sled Drag Mat

The purpose of the sled is to carry people and supplies over the snow.

Dog sled drag mat.

This is a second braking mechanism. Sled dogs have been pulling sleds for thousands of years. The sled handles like a dream too. The advantage of a drag is that the resistance it.

Kick sleds are smaller and lighter than a full sized dog sled and were originally designed to be kick propelled by a person. Won t chew up the trail and can be easily lifted and snapped out of the when when not in use 5 hardened bolts can be added for extra stopping power. Drag mat brake made of conveyor belt material drags between the runners so musher can feather weight to slow down and stand on it to create lots of resistance. R c nova scotia canada.

2 dog section gangline 2 tugs 2 necklines team section 2 dog leader 2 tugs and double snap neckline. Part of the series. They can be used for dog sled racing in greenland the dogs pull in a fan shape in front of the sled while in other regions such as alaska and canada the dogs pull side by side in pairs. The drag mat of a race dogsled.

Air bob footboards fit all sleds black. Drag mats and other drag ons by chuck weiss perkasie pennsylvania u s a. Before we went out i was a bit dubious about the drag mat being down all the time but it didn t cause the problems i thought it would even in deep snow with the dogs trail breaking. 25 00 large team shock cord.

It can be added to any arctic star dog sled model for an additional 90 00. Arctic star s drag mat is permanently mounted around the sled stanchions and can easily be raised and lowered. Drag mats are used for speed control great for coming downhill icy trails etc. Learn tips and information on using a drag mat in a dogsled race in this free instructional video clip about the dogsled race in iditarod.

Track or drag a rubber mat that is dragged between the runners. A dog sled or dog sleigh is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow numerous types of sleds are used depending on their function. Ash runners 1 1 2 x 1 1 2 x 8 ash runners 1 1 2 x 1 1 2 x 8. Not being a sled dog racer i sometimes find that i can fall behind on the latest in technical advances in the world of dog sledding.

Drag mat brake made of conveyor belt material drags between the runners so musher can feather weight to slow down and stand on it to create lots of resistance. How to race sled dogs in the iditarod. The traditional materials for sled construction included wood. While a dog can be attached to a kick sled there is no where to attach a claw brake drag mat or snow hook which means braking power is seriously limited kick sled runners also aren t as long so they tend to be squirrely at high speeds.