purchasing an 24' enclosed trailer and one of my sleds has 200+ carbide studs and aggressive carbide dually wear bars and i have done some damage to my existing 2 place enclosed trailer floor even with ski guides and I think what the issue is 2 things, the amount of carbide on runners digs into guides and the fact of how my clutch engagement is on my 1000 more times than not I spin the track when trying to back out of trailer, even with 200+ studs in track {running 4 studs per bar). I tried putting track cleats using solid neopreme material bars and fastening to trailer bed but just ripped them out of floor. so my thought was to reduce the friction from carbide runners was to invest in ski boots, and hopefully someone had a recommendation of which ones were a good bet, easy to get on of off, actually stay on or if someone had a different idea. Hauling 3 sleds would make installing ski guides almost impossible, not to mention expensive. just looking for any input. Thanks
ski boots
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snobuilder
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So you have ski guides or not?
I just can't understand why your ski carbides would not slide easily on plastic guides.
I just can't understand why your ski carbides would not slide easily on plastic guides.
yes I do, not sure what brand as they were in trailer when purchased it, they are more low profile ones, I may be wrong on theory that maybe carbides are sticking, I can load sled fine but taking off I generally spin the track and it shreds the floor, the trailer I am purchasing has that new floor material in it and the guy painted it with an epoxy/sand paint. and I think putting ski guides on a trailer for three sleds that will be in offset may be a futile proposition. and yes clutch engagement a little higher, don't remember exact engagement but the sled is a bit of a turd at low end without it so I really don't want to change that.
the new trailer is drive on and drive off so maybe I wont have any issue but just looking at options
Thank you teamblue, doing some research, that was the brand I was leaning towards, but its always good to hear what other people think first. I appreciate it, thank you
I have used;
https://www.amazon.com/Skinz-Protec...41184183&sr=8-3&keywords=snowmobile+ski+boots
On my 2015-2018 Ski-Doo Renegades and I don't even have to use the straps to drive the sled into or out of my enclosed Stealth. The trailer has the flip down wood flap but no plastic ski-guides whatsoever.
I have loaded/unloaded 25+ times and the Skinz have not worn on the bottom much. With that said, I do use a dolly to get the sled near the trailer prior to driving on so I can avoid driving on concrete.
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wiharley02
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I use the SLP Ski Slips to protect the floor of my 3 place inline. I have found for me, they don't work the best in reverse for me, they tend to come halfway off before the loops on the ski slips bend the other way and catch on the ski loop. They work great for drive in drive out scenarios where you are always moving forward. I don't have studs, I don't have any protection on my floor. I use them to keep the carbides from digging into the wood floor. I did put traction mats on both ramp doors, the ones from Fleet Farm, I think made by Raider. That might be a better alternative than cleats for the areas the studs go over. You can always buy some more screws and add more than what comes with the mats if your concerned about tearing the mats off the floor.
Thank you everyone I appreciate the feed back, I will look into the raider mats for gate, hopefully I will be able to get all three on without backing up, and from the sounds of things I am approaching this correctly. Again thank you for the recommendations it is greatly appreciated!