How to: How I Setup And Organize My New MASSIVE DIY Ice Fishing Sleigh Custom Jet Sled (Smitty Sled)

Thanks for checking out my smitty sled! If you liked this video, I made another video prior to building this one that you might be interested in as well! Here is the link of you want to check it out. Thanks for watching!

   • How to: How I Setup And Organize My DIY Ic...  

For the materials:
(all bought from Home Depot)

I used 1 1/4 steel square tubing for the base mounts attached to the skis (each mount is 6” long) and I have a total of 8 mounts.

I don’t know how thick the steel plate is that I welded to the base mount tube but those are also 6” long (just make sure the plate is thick enough that it won’t bend and you’ll be alright)

On all 8 of the risers I used 1” steel square tubing and welded 2, 6” long X 1” wide pieces of the plating I used for the base mount to the bottom of each riser (fills the 1/4” gap and make a nice and snug connection inside the mount so it won’t wobble)

The 4 sled risers are exactly 2’ tall and the 2 cross beams (also 1” steel square tubing) for the sled are 4’ long. I also added reinforcement bars to each riser on the insides approximately 8” long connecting the cross beam to the riser.

The 4 tent risers are 10” tall and the cross beams for them are only 3’ long.

I also added a 1/4” thick 1” wide steel bar connecting the front and back sled mounts together in an attempt to keep it from breaking the skis in half with the amount of weight that will be on them.