Are you guys using plastic skis? Mine are metal, but are awfully heavy.

My voyageur comes with 9.5" wide, plastic one piece skis. I know that skandic skins are ten inch. Both are very light and float well. I believe most people will be using plastic skis now since I don't think any models are made any longer with metal skis.

What year and model of sled is it?

Mine's '97 Indy Trail.

I get a kick out of people making fun of me and my ideas.

Sometimes not much snow in this area but when there is and the pack on the trails get high and snow off to the sides get deep or just plain breaking trail I like real wide skies. This is my 5th set of them and sold on the protection it gives being up away from the snags etc. buried under the snow. I never have to dig my front out when I get stuck. Biggest negative I can see is side hilling on steep hills and carving is out cause you ain't going to sink that uphill ski no way. Don't do that anyway. Here's some Facebook pictures on how they are built on another machine - UHMW 1/4" plastic
https://www.facebook.com/stanzuray/...achines-last-few-machi/1544669745805921/

That is the real benefit of wide ski skins on a big machine like a scandik,when the trail gets built up,you wont nose dive in the deep snow when you go off to one side or the other.You can travel at much higher speed on those trails because of it.

Great idea Stan.

I've been watching your YouTube videos. They're full of great information and I'm really enjoying them.

Thanks for sharing your life experiences.

I still got the VK going great for haulling wood. Had a problem the other day but it was an easy fix. just that filter inside the tank was dirty along with the carb.
What you running for snowmobile these days. Those 400cc single AC Norseman looks perfect for you. Looks lime Arctic Cat might be on the edge of going out of business though. Its sad to see Yamaha gone!
Have to keep the VK going as long as possible.
Any caribou around Tannana?
Im going to try get a pair of them skis made for my Tundra 600EFI. It really not like the old Tundras. Not a mechanical snowshoe. I needed actual snowshoes last year to break wood cutting trail.

The problem I had with metal skis during certain weather conditions, warm snow would stick to them and build up and it would become a fight to even move. I think I put ski skins on my 80's Skandic

I put a pair of used Polaris Grippers on my old Tundra II with a few spacers and maybe a new bolt. Vast improvement over stock skis. I have a new expedition and wore out my skis last year. I bought a pair of Pilot DS4 skis on it and they aren’t as good as the old DS2’s but they were cheap. I also bolted some wide UHMW planks on a worn out set of skis and they worked ok but with no keel they were tough to turn. A lot of mountain sled riders are excited to switch out stock skis and are a good source for workable if not perfect skis.

I don't know if my metal skis are heavy? I never had to care them.

Stan - I looked at your FB post - what did you use for your additional skeg? As I say I sheathed some worn out skis in UHMW but had trouble without skegs

I run plastic skis, they are much better most of the time, they don't stick to the snow or freeze down like the metal ones did. I went to plastic skins on the metal skis back when I ran the old Tundras and never looked back. The one downfall of the plastic skis is they don't last near as long when running on rocks as the metal ones. Make sure you replace your skags before you wear out, if you wear off your skags and are running on rock or even bare dirt/sand those plastic skis won't last at all. I went through two sets of skis last year because we didn't have much snow in the low country, usually I can get a at least two or three years out of a set, sometimes more. It all depends on what you are running on.

Yeah everyone is running plastic skis these days. I don't think any sleds have been manufactured with metal skis since the late 90's?

Little lighter than the metal skis, dont rust up and are fairly resistant to damage when bouncing off rocks, stumps etc.