Snow shoes.
#6554075
06/12/19 02:35 PM
06/12/19 02:35 PM
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Steelflight
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Any of you guys use them?
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Re: Snow shoes.
[Re: Steelflight]
#6554108
06/12/19 03:40 PM
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snowy
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^ yep, I get a few months, I can leave home without them.
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Re: Snow shoes.
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#6554129
06/12/19 04:11 PM
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Boco
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Always have snowshoes in winter.You will be in big trouble without them if the snowmachine breaks down. If you are snowshoing long distances in deep powder snow,you need a different shoe than one for walking out on a skidoo trail. I had a pair of cree Albany shoes made about 40 years ago for trapping in winter on foot.They were custom made for my weight while carrying gear/fur etc.Frames are tamarack and filling is moosehide.A large strong and fairly light snowshoe. I have another pair of cree hunting snowshoes,smaller and even lighter made of black ash frames and moosehide filling.I hardly used those. I also have a commercial pair of shoes that I often carry on the snowmachine.
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Re: Snow shoes.
[Re: Steelflight]
#6554813
06/13/19 11:28 AM
06/13/19 11:28 AM
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I have two pair of the magnisum framed army snow shoes , I prefer bike inner tube as a binding , very simple easy on easy off and seem to hold decent and easy to carry a spare binding.
also free if you can find a bike shop that will give you the old inner-tubes.
we don't get enough snow to need than all that often but I enjoy going for a walk when we do.
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Re: Snow shoes.
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#6554823
06/13/19 11:46 AM
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k snow
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can you explain the benefits of a wood frame, over a magniusm frame? I ask because I've never used wood frame shoes. Cause they look cooler
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Re: Snow shoes.
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06/13/19 11:54 AM
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J.Morse
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I used to mush around in them whenever there was enough snow to warrant their use. I am a large fellow nowadays, but even back in my prime I was too big to use the magnesium surplus shoes. I always looked at snowshoes as a necessary evil of living in the Upper Great Lakes area, and I wore them only when needed. These days there are all manner of yuppie type folks that own and use them to hike in the winter. It's a big deal in my area...even have special trails for them and the x country ski people. Funny thing is, all the trails are groomed and solid-packed. We see folks off on state land snowshoeing a bunch too, but they are always walking the forest roads where a guy can walk all day in tennis shoes! About the only folks in my area that actually use webs because they really need them....are trappers and houndsmen that get off the trails, the rest of the folks you see "snowshoeing" are really just hiking along wearing snowshoes they don't need.
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Re: Snow shoes.
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#6554836
06/13/19 12:02 PM
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Always have them on the sled, but I bring a good set of 9x36" metal shoes on the sled. More maneuverable when setting traps, and adequate for on a sled trail. Also, more packable.
For hand hauling, or walking off trail I have settled on a set of ash ojibway style snowshoes with 400lb test monofilament hand woven mesh. Extremely light,strong, and way better flotation than just about all metal shoes. Especially when weight of the shoe is in the equation.
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