Anyone ever built a salt shield?

[woolyviper]

I just picked up a new v-front Floe 8x10, and need a salt shield, but I would like to build one - has anyone ever built one that came out sweet?

 

[gwinnraptor]

my buddy and i were very desperate, so we found a plastic barrel and cut it in half with a jig saw and then screwed both halfves of the barrel to the front of his trailer. (BTW: the barrel has to be cut up and down ways, not in half horizontally)


Yeah it was hell hillbilly but it kept the salt off the sleds. and cost us nothing but a few wood screws and an hour or two.

 

[Waterfoul]

I built one out of playwood for the little single place trailer I have now (got the trailer for free... needed a little work but it was free). It's not real pretty compared to a store bought plastic one but it does the job. I'll put it this way.... I'm not going to post any pictures of it! Hillbilly? Oh yeah.... but if it keeps the sled clean and free of slush and stones I'm not gonna worry about looks.

 

[crewchief47]

Back in the day, I made one out of 1/2 or 3/4 angle iron and skined it by riveting on aluminum, you know, the stuff they use for houses. That was almost ten years ago and I haven't used it in five(Trailing arm sleds don't fit so good on the homemade trailer). As far as I know, it's still functional but needs a reskin. If I remember to take the Camera with me, I'll take some shots.

 

[bluewho]

Made one once with 1" flat bar.Bent 3 half circles and welded 1 piece to top it off than put a centre uprite and used swimming pool steel to finish. hillbilly hell ya.still lives today.

 

[kyzer]

Find out who does the tin work for duct work (Furnaces ) I had a guy throw one together for me in about an hour cost me $75 Canadian works great

 

[crewchief47]

pics, as promised. I used 4 pins to hold it on the trailer, they went though the hole in the last pic. The chains were used to keep track of the pins.

 

[SpartaSXr]

I have a pair of reinforced plastic fold down ramps for a V front trailer. I put a cap on it and would love to sell the ramps as a set. They were purchased new by the previous owner of the trailer. Have one winter on them.

 

[woolyviper]

I'm probably going to make the combo salt shield ramps that fold down in the front - I have to setup my welder for aluminum before I do.

sort of like these...

 

[HUBCITYSX]

I built one for the 4 place steel trailer we used to have. Used fiberglass reinforced plywood and a fiberglass deck front cap from a Penske cube van
(surplus from the stepvan builder I did some contract work for)
Now we have 3 place Featherlite With fold down ramps simalar to what you plan to build. Really fast to unload.
HUBCITYSX