XC drag build

airbiscuit · Dec 9, 2021

Like carbide wear bars on snowmobile skis?

ArlyA · Dec 11, 2021

No, they are not like sled ski carbides. I'll post pics of them when a can.

ArlyA · Dec 13, 2021

I'm taking Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off and work on this project. Boss says i don't do much anyway.

ArlyA · Dec 16, 2021

I was suppose to be at the school shop this am but high winds cause school to be canceled but I will get in to do work shortly. Here is a print and pic of skags on implements. In the photo, the skag is below the frame at the bottom right.

airbiscuit · Dec 16, 2021

Kind of like a rudder

ArlyA · Dec 17, 2021

All parts made for two hitches and one was assembled yesterday. These are forged lift rings being welded on. Gosh those things are strong! All the square tubing you see is 2x2 with 3/16 walls. Any questions?

I should have took a pic of that 1/4 thick reinforcement plate before I welded it on. Can anyone guess why those 1" holes are punched in it?

A dog leg was added to it..

airbiscuit · Dec 17, 2021

A place to store extra Hitch Pins? What are the rectangular "belt loops for"?

ArlyA · Dec 17, 2021

airbiscuit said:
A place to store extra Hitch Pins? What are the rectangular "belt loops for"?

No, we do, as most XC groomers do, use a mini pintles so there is no pin. This is what they look like.

The belt loops are to run wires in for actuators on the implement. The holes you see in the hitch are for zip-tying the wires down. I can punch 1" holes as easy as 1/4 ones.

ArlyA · Dec 18, 2021

Here is a pic of me cutting out that 1/4 thick hitch reinforcement top plate. Its about 6" wide and 52" long. It was to wide for me to make a single cut, on the left and right sides.