Studded snowmobile on cement floor

[Schu338]

What do you guys use on garage floors to run a snowmobile out the door without damaging the floor? I already use the 3-wheel dollies for general moving around.

 

[mldittmer]

Tractor Supply Company, horse stall mat. If I recall, its about 3/4" thick, 4'x6' in size and heavy duty.

 

[BPJOOP93]

Whatever you get get something! Because I had big gouges in my last garage.

 

[kenners]

I use a Harbor Freight dolly to support the drive end. I've made longer dollies for the skis using 1 X 4's and 2 X 4's and Harbor Freight casters. I can move them in and out of the shed whenever needed. Pull them up to the trailer and then remove dollies and ride up into the trailer.

 

[Slednut]

I use a tire dolly for the rear and made my own steerable dollies for the front. I can move the sled around with one finger. I can leave the dollies on the skis when I run the sled onto a ramp or trailer. They hang up on the edge of the ramp and stop as the sled continues onto the trailer. The carbides runners on the skis never touch the floor.

For your studded track (I ride in the back country so I don't use them) with my setup you could probably get enough momentum to push the entire sled onto the gravel or snow and just start it up and drive off all three dollies.

 

[ezridr60]

Not a snow mobile, but a skid steer with chains. Summer storage in a pole barn with a dirt floor, winter in the garage, concrete floor. I used 2 sheets of 1/4” OSB. Cut em into 24” strips, 4 six footers, and 2 four footers. The 4’ strips I use at the entrance over the door lip, and slide em in after the machine is in. End of winter, just stack the OSB strips off to the side. Been using the same ones for more than 5 years, the 4’ pieces are getting beat up where the machine drops off the concrete onto the gravel drive.

 

[Organized_Garage]

The Horse Stall Mat is great recommendation as is USB boards. I've heard folks also finding rubber truck bed mats and using those.


Ours are usually put up on their own lifts once returning from a trip. I have Racedeck Flooring in our trailer and Caliber Track Guide/Panels to protect. (photo below is stock photo from Ground Up Lifts website).

 

[nh_yota]

A 4'x8' sheet of plywood is just about the size of a 1-up sled. I would be more inclined to use a rubber stall mat because it won't shoot out from under the track if you give the sled too much gas.

 

[nh_yota]

One of my sleds has removable wheels that attach to the front struts so you can drive it on hard surfaces without damaging the skis.