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deeksdown
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Re: Sled

Postby deeksdown » Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:16 pm

Up2Early wrote:
deeksdown wrote:Music man.. by my calcs it will hold 280# before filling up with water..

:lol:

It's gonna be a bit tippy with that much weight.
yup.. he wanted to know how much weight it possibly could hold and thats the answer lol.. with 3 inchs of freeboard it will hold 187#.. u might need to pontoon 2 of them together music if you plan on sitting in one :mrgreen:

for future reference to find bouyancy.. its volume (Width X Length X height) X water density.. in our case 2'x3'x.75' (adjust the .75' to configure how much freeboard you want. .5' = 6" so that will give you 3" of freeboard) = 4.5 cubic feet of volume. fresh water is 62.4 #'s per cubic foot.. so 62.4 X 4.5 = 280# and that was your engineering fact of the week..
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Re: Sled

Postby jtdumallard » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:53 am

I use the Jet Sled from Forestry Suppliers. hook it behind the ATV and pull it to the hole. Then un-hook and float it in. Has been great going on 4 years now.
Kids even used it several years ago as a snow sled when we got 8". Multi use equipment.

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