A Sled Maker's Journal

Wow, if you are living in the Midwest you were also likely caught by winter arriving almost overnight! I don’t think many folks where prepared for it psychologically. Of course, everyone knows Nor...

Man this is it!!! This is the height of the year for lots of folks living in Northern Minnesota. November… the “grey month” is upon us and the season is-a-changin’ outside. There’s been a cold win...

The book Snow Walker’s Companion by Garrett and Alexandra Conover is the classic manuel for anyone interested in winter trekking and camping. The Conover’s have years of experience winter camping ...

Being in the business of building larger goods, people often ask how we ship our products. While we have regional distributors in Northern Canada who stock our products and sell to their communiti...

Back in the beginning days, I was building my first toboggan with my mentor Milton Chaboyer and he told me that he always finished his sleighs with boiled linseed oil and cedar oil stain mixture: ...

Of the materials that go into our toboggan and sleds there is none more important than Red Oak. It is the traditional material that my mentor used, and it is the preference of our long standing par...

Each year there is the inaugural "first order" that gets me excited that the season is about to begin. I am grateful for the start of this year happening a bit ahead of schedule. While it is common...

Well it seems that there are mixed reviews on whether or not we will see a decent snow fall for the season ahead. If there is one consistency we have had in our 19 years of wood toboggan and sled m...

(…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...