Premium Members Guido Lux Posted March 19, 2005 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 How do u guys like this for a change?! Two weeks of this and my butt still hurts... Guido "glued to the snowmobile" Lux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas M. Chopp Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 Yikes. Looks like a blast to me. :-) We just got 16 inches of snow in a day here in Minnesota. Maybe I'll hop on a snowmobile or something and shoot some stuff. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Hugo_Langer Posted March 26, 2005 Premium Members Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Looks interesting. I think Dale Henderson is thinking of doing something in the winter along these lines. We may contact you via email to get some advice from you. Our winter starts in about 8 weeks time. Matter of interest, what rig were you using? Regards, Hugo Langer Rig Engineering Australia Pty Ltd www.steadyrig.com admin@steadyrig.com tel: +61 3 9898 6298 fax: +61 3 9898 6218 How do u guys like this for a change?!Two weeks of this and my butt still hurts... Guido "glued to the snowmobile" Lux <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Manyluk Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Anyone have experience rigging up on a snowmobile? (Sorry, "sled" for my fellow Hosers) Any pictures of cages or mounts? My understanding is that for my shoot, the terrain will be fairly even, and we're not going that fast (maybe 30kph). The thing that seems like a pickle is that the snowmobile is so low to the ground. Thanks, Brett Manyluk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted September 28, 2005 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Not much different then a Gator or the like, just on snow, as long as you can mount speed rail you can make a cage or let the Key grip do his magic... Look out for the rubber chain (traction belt or whatever that thing is called that moves the snowmobile...) If you get a chance on "Lara Croft, Tombraider" there are some great behind the scenes of David Emmerich and a Snowmobile... Hope that helps, Erwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Manyluk Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Thanks Erwin. I'll check it out. Still open to suggestions, photos, or links for any that have info on this subject. Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Howard J Smith Posted September 30, 2005 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Hi Brett How are you? I used a 'trailer' hooked to the snowmobile - this is a good platform and HARD mount to it - LOTS of padding as you do get thrown around - also if you are using a PRO arm make sure there is padding under your sled so you do not bottom out too hard. Keep your CG low and have fun!!. (watch the corners!) hope this helps? All the best Howard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members nealnorton Posted October 1, 2005 Premium Members Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Hello Howard: I'm glad to hear you are back on-line. Regards, Neal Norton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Guido Lux Posted October 1, 2005 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Hi, I've been riding a skidoo for two weeks in a row, last feb! You will need a very good rigger...! Check out these... cheers, Guido "I padded everything" Lux More... If you want more I could mail them to you! Then you can really look at the details... Guido "keep moving weight to the front" Lux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Manyluk Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Yes! Yes! Please mail me some more pics of the skidoo setup. Thanks!! Brett (I'll send you my address) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Guido Lux Posted October 5, 2005 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Did you get the pics? cheers, G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Chris Haarhoff Posted October 28, 2005 Premium Members Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Wow Guido, What scares me about your pics are the birds nest of cables waiting to get dragged into the tracks taking you and the sled with them..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Brant S. Fagan SOC Posted November 1, 2005 Premium Members Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Gents-- For starters, try and get a hold of a sled that has some adaptable hard points like a SkiDoo 2-up or work sled like a Skandic WT or SWT. These sleds have some rosettes on the rear sides of the tunnel and are used to attach back rest frames. Since they are on opposing sides of the tunnel, they form perfect hard points to attach rigging to provided you can get the matching rosette half from the appropriate dealer. After that, just bolt together some speed rail to set a cheese plate above the tail end of the seat. You probably should attach a third leg to fashion a tripod effect that braces the cheese plate to the rear handle found on the aft end of the tunnel. From the cheese plate, you could attach a high hat or even bolt your Garfield right to it. Or even just stay with tubing and mount your vest bridge plate directly with u-bolts. Just my .02 Best, Brant "Already snowing in NH" Fagan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Manyluk Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Thanks for all the great advice guys. And yes, I did get the pictures. Just haven't been back here for a while. Those are very helpfull. Question: mounting on the towed sled vs on the Skidoo: which config provides for the less jarring ride? Wouldn't the shocks on the skidoo take out more bumps than banging around in the sled? Not that I hope to be going fast enough to get banged around... Thanks again all, Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Guido Lux Posted November 2, 2005 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Hi Brett! I tried the trailer version...! To unsafe for me! For slow moves Ok but if you were t go any faster than 20KPH there's no way I'd sit on the trailer!! It's also very importand to be able to talk to the driver of the skidoo!!! And for the cables: the cameras are wireless! There's no way you could do it on a triax! Need more pics or help with the setup!? MAil me! cheers, Guido "waiting for the snow" Lux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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