chainsaw mount for snowmobile

Not groundbreaking by any means, but thought id share a chansaw mount I just finished for the rack on my voyageur.

Used 1/4" hdpe and stanless cushion clamps to mount it to the rack. The sleeve is just two pieces of hdpe with a 1/2" piece of 1/4" on the edges to keep the two pieces apart and leave room for the bar. The plastic shouldnt dull the chain, it requires no bunjee cord to keep it in and it is easily accessable. Also the hdpe will never rot and the mount weighs just over a pound so it doesnt matter in terms of weight.

Again, not an earthshattering breakthrough but works very well and cost about fifteen bucks

That mount is very well engineered, I like it!

Looks like it would work very well

Well done!

Slick design!

Thanks. Was a fun project for a couple hours. Took it out on the line on the weekend and it worked great. Only issue I can think of, and it is a small one, is that there is a small possibility that the cushion clamps might eventually break or fatigue over time. With the rubber on them, and the hock absorption of the saw mounts, I dont see there beign a real issue, just something to watch for ten years down the road. Plus its not like every time I use the sled I will have the saw with me either, so I am likely overthinking it since they are stainless steel clamps.

Thanks for looking, now to mount that pesky ice chisel in a convenient manner.

Might not want to stick it in there if it gets real hot but I like it!

Show some spunk. Just carry it in your teeth (pirate's dagger style) like I do. (This has the spinoff benefit of causing you to clear your trail a bit wider too!)

Pete

same principle here.... slapped this together years ago from wafer board expecting it not to last long. Took it off old retired quad and put on this newer one and can't remember how many years now it's hung in there. Yours should last a lifetime the way you built it...nice job!!!!

Oneguy,

Care to tell us about how your tracked quad is vs a snowmobile. I own a fourwheeler, and I only use it for plowing the driveway. I have wondered if tracks are good idea or a gimmick. I'd love a skidoo tundra but there isn't really enough riding time available due to conditions to justify a sled to sit around for 9/10 months a year.

Sobie2

Hate to get off track with OP's post but you asked? I'm probably not qualified to answer because I've never owned a sled. With that said I was looking at sleds when I decided on tracks as I already had a quad. In my sled research folks told me that sleds will overheat if you go to slow for longer periods? I use the tracks for my camera trapping, some winter prospecting, and skidding firewood. I like to be able to go slow and look at animal track and also pack all my crap. Also didn't want to tow a sled with crap so I can get into tight timbered brushy areas without a sled behind me? So that's why the tracks...FOR ME.

They are spendy and last time I checked many years ago they wanted like $4g's (I paid under $3g's). They are built to the size of your engine with appropriate reduction gear. They are slow, can be hard to steer in wet snow or deep powder but fine on packed trails. They struggle in deep light powder but I've NEVER been stuck and you can always back out of any high center. You also can't get any momentum for hill climbing but in the right kind of snow I've gone straight up cut bank slopes where the sleds have been high marking and gone further than the sleds. So it really depends on what you want to do out there? If you want/need to travel lots of miles asap then get a sled? Where I live the country is between steep and steeper (a lot like Juneau area) so access is lousy anyways so a guy pretty much stays on the existing road systems anyways so the tracks will get you there....but slowly. Had them 6-7 years now and not one single problem? Oh yeah...better shovel them out also if you plan to ride the next day....lol Sorry for the hijack....

real nice set up. Only suggestion is if you hit overflow or a lot of snow, the tip of your saw will freeze and not turn. Total pain in the arse. I had the same problem all season this year as I built one similar. However, yours is far superior to mine.lol. You should sell them, Ill be a customer, just need mine longer to protect the tip from freezing.

This is true, and I had thought about that. I figured that it would be best for me to leave it open so it could drain snow, water, etc when the saw wasnt in it.

Oh, and I made it out of a section of winter camping toboggan I had made, and now wanted to shorten so I only had sixteen inches of material to work with! haha