I been thinking of build one, but I'm far from an iron expert or working with iron. Wood part of the project would not be an issue for me. Making the steel runners wouldn't be a huge task would it??

No iron fabricators here. How hard or what would it take to make steel runners for this project??

Can't help you with the steel end of things, but here's a thought. You could take a page out of the Amish playbook and make yourself some money on the side.

There's this Amish farm near here that has this long, long pine board fence around most of it. Unpainted, untreated. The "crew" starts at one point taking down weathered boards and putting up fresh new ones. They work their way around the fence taking down "weathered barn siding" as needed for birdhouses, bird feeders, nick knack stuff to sell to the "English." It's a good gig.

Once you figure out the steel/iron end of things plus additional hardware, you could go into production mode and make a half dozen of these or so. Keep out the one you want, and take the rest of 'em down to a stream where you could anchor/submerge them for a year without having to worry about someone finding 'em. A year might be long enough to produce a weathered, antique look to the sled. Now find a willing antique dealer that's good to go with a consignment sale and you'll pay for your sled and then some.

Yea, this works.

Want some other ideas?

Google ETSY ANTIQUE SLEDS

There's a few blacksmiths around that could fabricate those runners pretty easy I think. If you go to Big Timber I know a guy that could handle it no problem

Flat steel for the runners should be pretty easy, they don't need to be too thick, might could bend them cold, or stick the bend part in a charcoal fire, or heat with a torch, bend them right to the runners as the form...

Thanks!! Trying to do it myself save a little on project. You talking about Crazy Mountain Forge.

Yep, that is what I was thinking to. Not that suffocated piece of work a rookie couldn't do. Thanks again gcs!!!

Old left spring, heat with a torch and bend it maybe???

Find a branch that is the correct "cane" shape. Well (4) branches. Draw knife them to size and shape. Cut up aluminum cans and add "flashing" to the bottom of the runners. Start from the back one to the front one so they overlap the correct way for going forward. Everything else is square pieces and straight forward brackets / angle iron. You need an angle grinder and a hammer. A drill. A draw knife. Four of the right branches. Some alum cans, silver side out. Some tack nails and maybe some epoxy. The Alaskan guys would show where all it flexes so it doesn't break. i.e. they tie joints using leather strips not using a rigid fastener so it can flex.

Seems like sandwiching a couple three tow straps up through there would allow it to be three almost independent pieces and allow it to flex and be strong enough to pull. Make it so the factory strap eyelets all end up at the hitch maybe.

Seems like short runners would be for shallow snow and you'd need long runners for deep snow. Three short heavy pieces would just sink maybe. Something to think about.

If you really wanna make it Wolfie approved cobble two snowmobile front ends together back to back and turn one of the pair of ski's 180 degrees so they go the same direction. Or just independent with both facing forward I guess.

Just ideas.

Yes that's the guy, we used to work together at C.Sharps years back. He does good work. Like has been siad though pretty simple shapes, bending the front ones might be tricky so you can just cut that shape out instead