A Sled Maker's Journal

(…continued…) Our Mission Statement was: “To build High Quality, Practical Sledding Equipment at a Value”…Hmmm…why not scale down our 12’ 3-Board Dog Toboggan? Make it to fit the family for coasti...

I often think about the name we coined for our Downhill Toboggan… The toboggans we had been building prior were called Dog Toboggans or 3-Board Dog Toboggans (Traditional Canadian Toboggans) when ...

An interested winter camper asked if we could connect him with an existing customer about a hand toboggan that was purchased and has been used for over 10 years:) Thank you for sharing your story...

Hello John, As promised are a couple of photos of our cabin. I should say our daughter's cabin as approx 15 yrs ago she was a counselor at a church camp and at end of summer she heard that the cab...

The Technology It is doubtful that the first sleigh makers used a term like “technology,” but they certainly understood its meaning and developed methods and found materials that provided them wit...

The toboggan or hunting sleigh was likely to have been the first wooden winter sled used in Northern Canada. We believe that the first toboggans were long, flexible, narrow, and pulled by hand. A ...

(Dave had just moved south from the high Arctic to Yellowknife NWT…) John, Just to let you know I got the toboggan tied on Saturday and took it out for a run on Sunday. I can’t say enough about the...

Hi John. Although we’ve had very poor snow conditions I finally threw caution to the winds, hooked up the mutts, and took my new toboggan out for a spin. After the first run I put my “modern” gear...

Hi John. Your toboggan worked perfectly for our three-week adventure in northern Saskatchewan. The toboggan floated nicely on the trails, unlike the other sled which dug in and jumped off the trail...