snow roller

[Oxhill]

I have been told a lot of older cutipackers use wood bearings.

[j.l.holt]

Just my .02 here….what is the reason to pack snow? For a trail? To make it easyer to drive the team? In the woods or on a road?
If you just want to clear a trail in the woods to log or get wood out,or a short bob sled ride, just getting the snow out of the way is all you need. I packed the trail and the snow while logging with a old tractor tire. The next morning it was froze solid and smooth. By spring it had built up very nice.
The thought about weight was brought up. When I was dog sledding, it was thought to add weight to the drag. Compression causes heat, heat will melt the very top layer of snow while it packs. By the end of the year you have a packed trail with a ice base.

[Jonathan Shively]

Near Horse, great video! Love the roller. Beautiful Fjords harnessed as well as standing in the background. The old dog knows the easiest trail is behind the roller. Great fun, thanks for sharing it!

[near horse]

Hey JS – not my team nor roller. I just picked it up and thought it was worth a share. Neat to see how he welded up the frame work – (and nicely done too).

[CanoeTomah]

Hi last year a Mr Low posted some photos of a snow roller he made.
The pictures are no longer on the site. Could they be added back?
Thought he did a bang up job on the roller.

Thanks,

[Michael Low]

Thanks, Here they are again

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[CanoeTomah]

Michael thanks for taking the time to post these pictures up again.
I appreciate it. Great job on the roller. I hope to build one sometime.

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