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Eagle River Mike

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I'm looking for a rack storage system that will allow me to drive one sled on to the rack, raise the rack and then store another one underneath. A few years ago I saw a website where a guy in Madison made them. They were constructed similar to a vertical boat lift. Cant seem to find it anymore or anything similar other than some home made ones. Any ideas? Thanks,
 
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slimcake

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Add me to the list. I am thinking that I will just build a stand with caster wheels on it and use my car hoist to lift it up on to the rack. Unless someone has something super cool that I couldn't be talked out of.... LOL
 
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1fujifilm

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Eagle River Mike said:
I'm looking for a rack storage system that will allow me to drive one sled on to the rack, raise the rack and then store another one underneath. A few years ago I saw a website where a guy in Madison made them. They were constructed similar to a vertical boat lift. Cant seem to find it anymore or anything similar other than some home made ones. Any ideas? Thanks,
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Buy a new one each year and spare yourself the hassle. New sleds right now are CHEAP; new 18 850's are under 10 and Sidewinders under 11.3 no fees.

Bear
 
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srt20

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Eagle River Mike said:
I'm looking for a rack storage system that will allow me to drive one sled on to the rack, raise the rack and then store another one underneath. A few years ago I saw a website where a guy in Madison made them. They were constructed similar to a vertical boat lift. Cant seem to find it anymore or anything similar other than some home made ones. Any ideas? Thanks,
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Please update us if you find out who it is.

Otherwise, if I dont find one by summer, I think I will build one.
 
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Skylar

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blkhwkbob said:
Yeah because selling used sleds isn't a hassle?
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It's called...trade in. It's really easy, go to your favorite dealer, Pats Motorsports or M&M powersports, tell them you want to buy a new sled, and you have a trade in. They say ok no problem, we'll give x amount for it. 45 minutes later you walk out, jump on your new sled, and ride away a happy camper
 
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blkhwkbob

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Skylar said:
It's called...trade in. It's really easy, go to your favorite dealer, Pats Motorsports or M&M powersports, tell them you want to buy a new sled, and you have a trade in. They say ok no problem, we'll give x amount for it. 45 minutes later you walk out, jump on your new sled, and ride away a happy camper
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I wish I could afford to take that hit every year but not for the amount I get to ride.
 
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snobuilder

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Haven't sold a sled with less than 13,000 miles on it (all mine) in the past decade.
Youse must be the richbich sledders I don't ride with.....LOL....MUST be ski doo guys by the way youse need to puff about it.

Build a bigger garage.....get a fork lift....the guy who used to sell them went out of business....everyone wanted one til they saw the cost....seems to me 2 come alongs some 3" pulleys and 3/16" cable attached to a 2x4 wood platform would be the ticket....chit, a
couple a $100.00 super winches if yur the lazy type.
 
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ICT Sledder

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Skylar said:
It's called...trade in. It's really easy, go to your favorite dealer, Pats Motorsports or M&M powersports, tell them you want to buy a new sled, and you have a trade in. They say ok no problem, we'll give x amount for it. 45 minutes later you walk out, jump on your new sled, and ride away a happy camper
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This works well... if math and time-value of money ain't your thing.

I'm sure the dealers LOVE you though, not that there's anything wrong with that.
 
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brad460

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Yeah great advice in this thread...instead of storing your used sled, just buy a new one. But heck might as well just build a 100’ x 200’ shop you cheap f-ers! If you don’t have enough land, quit being a cheap azz and go buy a 40....
 
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favoritos

Well-known member
Various ways to hoist a sled. Not sure what you have for options to lift the sled. Winch and pulley would be least expensive. Forklift or loader with extensions work great. I like the idea of building a rack with moveable cross members or pins. It allows you to lift the sled straight up without the need for additional equipment. It also takes up much less space. A rack system of that type would be relatively easy to build yourself out of wood or steel.
 
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700classic

New member
Wish I had pictures. Built one out of wood, upper deck pivoted down on a piece of 1 1/2 inch pipe. Drove the sled up on it set parking brake, Used a hand winch (like the one on a boat trailer)and a couple of pulleys to hoist up the deck. Slid another piece of pipe in and lower the deck on it. Fogged the sled right there then used the winch to lift the back of the sled to take the weight off the suspension. Drove sled #2 underneath it. Built it in the corner of the barn, anchored it to the posts. 1 hour of head scratching (engineering), 1/2 day to put together.
 
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