Project Pulk & Snowshoe
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- As the prep for my winter backpacking continues..... I decide to take a pulk this year. Little less thought into packing this way as I carry much of my down garments and bags in my pack and put the heavier stuff in the pulk.
Got a new sled this year ... the Jet Sled Jr. A strong polyethylene sled that tracks like a dream. www.shappell.co...
Added some fiberglass poles from SkiPulk ...www.skipulk.com...
He has all the pulk candy!
Take a gander at my homemade skeg ...... what a help it is in tracking
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Do some side by sides of my MSR Denali snowshoes and my old traditional snowshoes. Snowshoes are the "drive" of your pulk pulling.
Lots of the pulk in action on unbroken deep snow. on steep traverse and up and down hills.
Gus McCrae drops by.......
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" picked by my good friend Jamey "Big Dog" Guy on banjo and me and some of our pals.
Kelsey Long and I pick "Baltimore Jonny" ..... a Ronnie McCoury tune. Ronnie is one of my mandolin heros!!!!
Thanks for always watching!
All secure in sector seven,
Shug
Fun to watch while sitting here by the nice, warm fireplace. I guess it you gotta be out in that stuff, that's the way to go. Love that "Foggy Mountain Breakdown."
Looks like a fantastic day great videp keep posting Shug
every time i see your video in my sub box i get so happy...... so what i tryin to say is KEEP MAKIN THIS VIDEOS
Very nice, I can't' do any pulk pulling while deployed in the desert.....wait a minute, a pulk in the sand.....now there is an idea. I love your videos Shug, can't wait to get back to the states and pull the pulk in the Rockies hahaha. Thanks for sharing.
Well Woodrow someone has to have the fun around here!
Very nice. Us Tennessee fellas just dont get the whole pulk snow shoe thing very much.
"Speck you been up reading the goodbook all night"
Informative, entertaining, and timeless. Folks in northern Maine with Voyageur lore in their DNA know well the world of snowshoeing but always enjoy your posts. Merci!
We got some snow so soon we trod~~
I am sorry that I ever doubted you. Nice job, as usual.
It is an oldie~~~~
Loved the video. Nice work on this! Funny, entertaining, and informative! Greeting from Michigan!
Thanks for the good and fine words.
Hey Shug, Awesome Video. Thanks for sharing.
SkiPulk Yessir...awesome pulk and poles))))
Great video!
Aurora Bushcraft & Survival Thankee.
I want a pulk! Only mine would need some off-road tires because we still have no snow yet. Awesome shug! Happy New Year!
It's October and I can't wait to get out the snowshoes and pulk! Great video Shug!
Not sure where you live but it'll be here before we know it. Ice skating too~~
I find pulling sleds to be calming and relaxing.
+RafterBarR I feel ya'.
Another awesome video Shug!
The MSR snowshoes really shine in the deep bush. When wearing traditional snowshoes I carefully pick my way through the bush, but with my MSR's I charge headlong forwards. Willows and sap,Inge need not be avoided, that front upsweep tramples them underfoot :)
Thats an 'Incredible Pulk'
happy holidays buddy
Hey! don't tease us! If you are going to do a skit, do it! I wanna see the full lonesome pulk episode! C'mon. It may bring you a whole different set of subscribers! Happy New Year, Shug.
Sure beats my old piece of tin roof with twine strung through it that I used to pull firewood out of the AK woods. Also, @ mythic89 I moved from GA to AK with no prompting from a broad, but I met a NM dame there and now we're in Colorful CO. It hit the negatives tonight finally and that was a reason to party. Some people are just born for the cold.
Your sled would pack a nice fatbike trail !!
+James Dooling Truth!
I like the hat and the mustache :-)
Cheers
Nice , guy . Funny too !
I use a different type of harness system, mine is a shoulder yoke design. Goes on easily and comes off easily and can be done without disconnecting it from the sled. The yoke harness is a rigid bar that fits over and around the neck and front of the shoulders. This harness can take on some heavy loads and works great with game carts.
+RafterBarR Nice.
Shug that is great work mate, i only wish the snow stayed long enough for me to do my MODs, definately convinced on the poles now!!
nice stuff mate
P.S. you know you have to ride the sled, done the same in my video lol
Looks like more fun than a person should be allowed to have......lol
looks fun to me
Is and was and will still be:::::
Bought snow shoes last year. Then no snow came after purchase. Bought the ski pulk harness and poles this year. I hope to use ice fishing this year. Funny video.
Load 'em up and pulk on.....
I am keen on simple and clever, and I think you have a winner with your pulk. Thanks for sharing your assembly. Really cool! Hope you find some time to get out with it!
Ironic this showed up in the TH-cam feed today! I was just thinking about making a pulk for this winter! Hadn't even googled it or anything yet, rather fortuitous!
Nice to have a good pulk to pull for Winter.
@@shugemery Yessir!
@@shugemery My daughter said because I mentioned it in one of my videos the other day, TH-cam analysis threw the video in my feed. I wonder if it's that smart? Who knows...
Happy New Year Shug!!!
MikeSr39
Nice video. I really like your hammock segments. What model camera do you use in such cold weather conditions? Have you thought about posting a video on making your own tarp, hammock, or over/under quilt?
You could probly haul a lot of those famous BBQ ribs in that thing. "Don't Shug at a pig in a Pulk!"
I like your pulk and that fin is probably working very good in powdery-snow.
Is it easy to disassemble it?
In case you get on a harder track the fin will probably make it more difficult to pull the pulk and therefore it would be great if it was easy to take away.
Fantastic. Thank you Herr Shugemery for the time and videos.
The winter videos. A Shug specialty, it seems. Not many others with the grit or filming dedication to get out when the temperature plummets, especially for the close-up pulk details. Good stuff, Shug.
Dress warm, keep camera warm and all is good.
nice set up, nice tunes. You must be particularly proud of your perfect pulk pulling package.
Hey Shug I love the videos. I am a summer hammock camper and have learned a lot about winter camping from the vids. Keep up the great work. This has nothing to do with this video but where do you buy your down. I am want to make my self an under quilt to give the winter hammock camping a try. Thank you, Jason
Just made mine for $30 at the hardware with pvc pipes!
Righto` I started out with a regular sled and some pvc poles and worked just fine. Enjoy your pulking.
You rock Shug. Thanks for making my morning.
Shüg, you have an excellent accent, as illustrated in your two-syllable pronunciation of gree-up. Awesome. Great video that teaches me all about pulkin' USA.
I just wanted to start with. HELLOOOOOOO from Montana!! I love your videos their fun and very informative. I started watching them when I was looking for cold weather hammock camping.
I never heard of a pulk system until I watched this video. So I figured I would give it a go. Man I am so happy that I saw it. I always just packed my bag on my back. So I put one together with two 1/2 inch PVC pipes, 550 cord, a waist belt from an old pack I had laying around and a jet sled i picked up.
I was heading out on a one night snow camp the same day. So I didn't have time to do the rutter. It worked great and made the snowshoe treck into camp great. Thank you so much for the great information!!
David Sheridan Just back from a pulking trip and I love it. You can afford to throw in a few extras and feel not much of a difference.
@shugemery Whooo Buddy! I just noticed @7:30 Your pulk kinda slid off track.Just thought having two rudders or Skags One bolted to the rear on each side might give a little more stability teaversing an angle like that Buddy,Carlton
Shug... Good to see you survived the Christmas celebration in true form. I'm sitting here in the nearly sunny south (temps in the 60 to 70 range). I enjoy seeing the frozen north from time to time.You guys sure got it this year with all the bad weather and snow. Good camping weather no doubt.
Hav-a-goodun
Pulk Fiction :)
Just got myself a pulk today and I have snowshoes or "truger" as it is called in Norway 🇳🇴 Finally I will relive your five year old feat.
Pulk on my friend....'tis the season.
The camera shots from the pulk were great! It was like taking a ride on the ol Shug train. Good stuff buddy
For a gram counter like you, Shug (at least summer Shug is), I'm surprised you didn't throw that pulk on a hanging fish scale and find it's weight. Curious, how much you pulling there in the empty pulk? Very fine video, once again, Shug.
So I'm making a pulk not bc of snow but bc I put on a pack today and it was too heavy for the knee so I'm gonna pull my gear. Hope it works.....
makes me want to make one for the beach here in SC!
Great stuff I need to get snow again and try mine since I moved my poles since first try , also I may try the fins on both sides. It is uncanny shug how you can come up with material for your videos like how you thru Gus in there
haha! Awesome editing shug! That was really good. I think you're about the only dude on youtube who can be so goofy yet still provide such a good review. Makes me want to go do some pulk pullin. We're getting 4 feet of snow right now in north and east AZ...whoooo buddy!
Love this video. The best part was when shug took us for a ride. Pulk Video!
You’re the only person I know who uses Ojibwa snowshoes like I do!
They are truly nice in the deep woods!
Most enjoyable vid. I ever saw ! You are a funny fellow ! Laughed my tail off ! And I must say that you look just like Richard Harris ! You could be his stunt double ! Thanks for the fun ! Made my day !
Thanks shug (Aussies )I know as much about sleds and pulls as u do "budgie smugglers" ( a male beach thong) and bunyips .. I figure u know what a budgerigar is
Love the snow shoes ....I have an old wooden pair that was given to me from my grandfather there older than me LOL I used them but I'm afraid to wreck'em but I did get a new pair this year the one's with the aluminum tubing around it and so did my son ...should be fun ..I hope to get more snow ;-)
When you had the cam on the sled brought back memories of getting towed around Thanks for that.
HA! I never thought a DIY pulk video would be so entertaining...thanks. You kinda remind me of Robin Williams... Seriously tho, whats the difference between the X configuration and a parallel configuration for the, um, harness poles?
Jorgenfork2 X works better on backwoods trails for tight turns and such.
Hilarious and informative!
12 years ago! I was just a young feller...Thankee.
Love this. Did a winter hammock overnight in Wisconsin last year. Been pulling my little boy around Chicago this winter in a sled and it made me think about Shug's pulk. Maybe. Maybe...
@shugemery Right On Brother nice To Have Ya Back.Whoooo Buddy!
Still a great video. Doing some pulk research. Great sled.
Been a good ol' sled. Not tippy.
Love these videos.
Subarashii!! Anatano video ha saiko! Great great show again!
Shug-san, thanks for all your shows this year and hope to see more next year too.
Wish you a great 2011 year!
yeah , i could do somethin like that,if i could convince that US company to send to Australia ..
Josuah Duffy Google "making a pulk". Use pvc and an old sled.
We can ship to Australia. Contact us and we will get you a shipping quote.
Well Shug you've done it again, great video. Thanks for doing these, they really help. Love the lonesome pulk cameo's. :)
Thanks, Chaindrivecharlie.
just a thought... a skeg mounted to each outside edge might enable removing them just by slipping a hand down the inside instead of unloading, and on sides of hills if it leaned over one skeg should always be in the snow, that's the theory anyways. Great video as usual, you make the cold look like fun :-)
Great vid! I have the same sled and am going to mod it like yours-
It truly works and is not very tippy loaded correctly.
Guess Minnesota BBQ joints serve Pulled Pulk!
Scott Johnson I laughed out loud at that)))))
I have been a month without internet.Been busy catching up on videos. I 've been saving yours for last, like dessert.
Quick question if ya happen to see this, but how tall is that skag you've got on your pulk? I've done a few winter trips in the hammock so far but I'm lookin' to dial in my winter kit this year to see if I can hit some sub-zero temps, and I need me a pulk! Plan on doing a little DIY action to put more money towards warm clothes and quality snowshoes.
It is the Jet sled Jr. about 44 inches long.
21" wide
" i like the way he talks mmm hmmm , uses them smart words "
2:27 MICRO OCTOPUS !!
looks like loads of fun Shug . many many moons ago i lived where the snow was abundant . ( ohio ).
not sure i could endure it now , having been spoiled by the florida weather . still , wouldn't mind doing a vacation trip .
skeg = SUCCESS !
btw , tell your friend with the manly mustache i liked his hat .
Whoooooo Buddy and sandy beaches.
Don't think I'll need this stuff in Texas. But they look fun.
I pull a Burly Nomad Bicycle trailer...with a walking harness...and two telescoping aluminum poles with a waist harness a lot like the one you're using with your pulk...I put my light weight backpacking gear into it and can pull my load
..on most single track... that you can Bikepack on...this way of carrying a backpacking load puts about 75 percent of my load weight on two wheels...and for many hikes I like carrying my gear this way...the trailer also comes with two small skies that I can use in the Winter months...
This is also a great trailer for carrying a bicycle touring gear load... instead of using Panniers....or Bikepacking bags.
Aye Yie
why do you cross the poles on a pulk sled
Tracks and steers better for me on trail.
Shug, if you answered this anywhere I missed it, I apologize, but may I ask- What kind of weight are you loading the pulk with? Typical backpack weight, what's the max you have taken??? I'm trying to convince my gal to do a yurt trip with me in Colorado State Forest, State Park, and this looks to be the way to go.......TTRAM
+CHRIS TTRAM I never weigh it. Winter is really more bulk. And extra fuel, food and insulation. Maybe 30 pounds. A bit more or less. Just depends. Pulks just let you pack sloppy.
+CHRIS TTRAM -Thank you sir- I hadn't thought of the sinking effect of a loaded backpack, so learning from these vids is awesome- thanks for taking the time! Shoot, I didn;'t even know the difference between the old school(float benefit) size and shape, to the MSR's you wear...I was fascinated to see how you did with the declines, and you showed that- thanks. Here in Colorado, I have gone a few times with inclines, did Zimmerman Lake a few weekends ago--nobody in my party wants to camp, tho, I may feel empowered to give it a solo shot. Have a good Tuesday!
Shug, I know your video is old, but I have a question. Which SHT sections are best for snowshoeing and pulling a pulk? Thanks!
+Diane Anderson All trail is pretty tough pulking. Look for the flattest, straightest you can find and don't expect to go far. Not too bad Finland Rec Center to Egge Lake.
+shugemery Wonderful, Thank you!
I like those Ojibwa Snow Shoes for cross-country travel. I like the Skeg on your Pulk, too but have you ever found need for a brake also, for the uphill break? My 6' Fiberglass Pulk could use a skeg but I am a little reluctant to cut into it. Any thoughts or suggestions?
I don't know if I could do a Pulk. I'd be too tempted to ride it down hill.
GREAT video, as usual!! I love the rudder idea. I'm gonna have to try that out!
One question.... what color pants does the Incredible Pulk wear?
I don't normally watch a man pull his pulk but in this case it was enjoyable.
How long are your poles?
6 feet.
@shugemery LOL, my old brain didnt remember! Thanks Shug!
Great video as always. I just got a jet sled jr pulk today and I used Pmag's "dirtbag" design (pmags.com/build-a-gear-sled-the-dirt-bagger-way). I'm excited to use it.
I noticed that it looks like your sled has holes drilled around the top for tying down gear. Did you drill them yourself? Any issues with durability over the years? The sled seems very tough, but I guess I'm just concerned that putting holes in it might weaken it. I hope you are able to answer my question and thanks again for all the entertaining and educational videos. Last week week I went on my first "successful" winter camping trip here in Pennsylvania. It was 15 degrees which is plenty cold for me! I'm looking forward to using my new pulk on my next winter trip! It was successful in part due to all that I learned from your videos, so thanks again! (The wristies were great!)
I cut those holes out with a Dremel tool. No strain on them...just the tie down straps. Good to go. Whooooo Buddy)))))
I loves me a pulled pulk sandwich! AWESOME!
Hey Shug! Great vid as always. With the new snowshoes, how much does size matter? (ba dum ching!) I see lengths up to 30 inches in some brands. To quote Sargent Schultz: "I know nothing!" ;) Thank you!
......www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/snowshoes.html
When you have the poles on top does it not have an effect to pull the front into the snow
It never has for me. The angle up to my hips seems to solve any issues I reckon.
Entertaining.
Shug, Is that the baseplate that came with the skipulk set up? If so did you have to modify the width of the plate to fit on the underside of the jet sled jr.? my plates that skipulk sent me are just a bit to wide to fit in channel on the bottom sides of the jet sled jr.
As far as I recall....fit right in.
I did get in touch with Grant at Skipulk.com and he said I would need to cut the width down to 3/4 in in order to fit in that underside channel; I hadn't told him when ordering that I would be using it with the Jet Sled Jr., that might have made a difference. Maybe that will be helpful for other viewers. Appreciate the video.
Shug, Have you ever done a "what I pack in my pulk" video. I'm sure you include some things that you don't usually carry in the Ohm 2.0.
I have a pair of the MSR's with large tails. I love 'em!
When you have time, check out our "Dawg Sled" video?
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Righto~~Thanks
You're cool
(no pun intended)
My sisters tell me I was never cool…:-)
Thankee for that