VCT and snowmobile carbides

[gwoods1985]

Hi all,

Hoping someone might have some advice on the use of VCT on a garage floor and how it may hold up to occassional carbide scraping.

I currently have bare cement floors in my garage and am considering installing VCT. I occasionally ride my snowmobile into my garage for repairs and was wondering if there would be irreparable damage to the floor.

Thanks in advance

 

[ripperd]

Yes, they chew the **** out of just about anything.

Get these https://www.denniskirk.com/kimpex/sled-dolly-set-w-straps-284600.p284539.prd/284539.sku

And then replace the straps with steel cable and clips - the plastic clips will break right away when the wheels hang up and the sled has a tiny bit of momentum.

 

[gwoods1985]

Thanks ripperd

I've got sled dollies, more wondering if the floor would survive that first couple feet of ride in untill I get them on.

I wondering if something like this is the price I'd have to pay to have a nice garage floor
https://www.denniskirk.com/sno-stuff/universal-black-ski-boots-503-505.p10317.prd/10317.sku

 

[zmotorsports]

In my 20+ years of sledding and working on/building sleds, I had the large two wheeled dollies that grab up under the running boards near the bulkhead and then balanced the sleds. They work fantastic for moving sleds around. Once in the shop I put them on one of the two lift tables. I did have a set of the little dollies like ripperd posted in the event I had to shift them around the shop but I seldom used them and I hated sliding them around on my concrete shop floor.

 

[gwoods1985]

thanks zmotorsports

I totally forgot about that style of dolly

 

[zmotorsports]

thanks zmotorsports

I totally forgot about that style of dolly

I really liked it because even when clients would come and pick up their sleds or if loading my own, I would wheel them out front of my house and load them that way I didn't tear up the concrete in front of my house or my shop apron either.

 

[Kaizen]

Consider a sacrificial piece of plywood. Put anchors in the floor and bolt through the ply. If it gets trashed easy to replace. Floor stays nice and easy to take up four bolts it the off season


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[Streetbu]

I epoxied my floor and the carbides chewed the concrete up. They should, otherwise they arent sharp! LOL

 

[ripperd]

Thanks ripperd

I've got sled dollies, more wondering if the floor would survive that first couple feet of ride in untill I get them on.

I wondering if something like this is the price I'd have to pay to have a nice garage floor
https://www.denniskirk.com/sno-stuff/universal-black-ski-boots-503-505.p10317.prd/10317.sku

I strap the ski dollies on at the bottom of the driveway and then drive the sled all the way in. Once in the garage I lift up the rear and throw the rear dolly under it. I don't have a studded track so the rubber track doesn't hurt anything.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Carbide is harder than any floor resin so it will damage it if you don't put the sled on a dolly or protect...

 

[DieselNut88]

Vct is soft and is easily damaged by sharp objects. They would destroy vct.

 

[RaceDeck1]

Carbides are very tough on most any floor. Today there are so many easy dolly/wheels for sleds that you can easily roll around your garage not on the carbides. However is you must run your sled into the garage, you can easily replace any damaged tile with RaceDeck, not having to redo the entire foor.

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