42" Steel Runner Sled Product Description:
- Recommended Age: 5 years and up
Product Description
1042 Features: -Classic sled.-Original style wooden sled has grooved steel runners for better tracking in the snow.-General conformity certificate.-ISTA 3A certified. Construction: -Constructed from birch flexible steering head grooved steel runners powder-coated steel frame.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Good for 1 kid on hard packed snow
By G. Powell
I've got an older version of this sled and recently a new 60" sled and the 42" was the life of the last snowstorm in my neighborhood. (At the time it was the only sled I had.) At 42" it's just barely big enough for an adult. There were two neighborhood kids, 6 & 10 who did rode together with one sitting in front of the other and they did fine. I also took the dogs down with me, so the total weight was 250lbs+. The sled held up fine but it's really too short for an adult. However that didn't stop us from using it.These steel runner sleds are best on packed snow. If you are sledding on a road, you need about 4+ inches of snow that's then packed to make it go. Otherwise the runners hit the pave underneath. If you use a toboggan type sled a few times, either plastic or wood, it will pack the slope down so that the sleds then will work great.Best part about these sleds is that they steer so well. You can ride it either on your stomach steering with your hands, or sitting down and steer with your feet. Brakes are put your feet down! In this day and age, I guess I'd recommend a helmet for sledding. Especially for city street hills. Hitting even a parked car or tree can be fatal. (It's the speed not the sled)The reason to pick this smaller sled is that it's lighter than the longer ones...duh, and it stores easier in the garage or attic. I've since picked up another sled (60") and I like it as an adult but then my hill isn't all that long so I don't mind the extra weight. The longer sled also seems to do better in less packed snow because the longer runners distribute the weight over a greater surface area, so they float better.These sleds are made in China now (what isn't?) but seem as well built as the older one I own.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
steel sled
By Rayner Lotton
the grandkids love it and is getting a lot of use in Johnstown. would recommend it for any child for Christmas
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Great Old-Fashioned Fun!
By E. Foldes
This is the kind of sled all the kids had when I was growing up, and I wanted my 5 year-old daughter to have a "real" wood-and-metal sled too, not those flimsy plastic salad-bowl thingees I see most kids on. It definitely turns heads on the sledding slopes, because it's nearly impossible to find this kind of traditional/vintage style sled in stores anymore, unless maybe an old-fashioned hardware store or general store. After much searching we ended up with this one, and it's been a blast. Recommended!
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