Tucker Sno Cat Trailer New To Me

[Track Addict]

Not much information exists on Tucker Skis which were found on early Sno Cats and Ski Trailers. These were wood and a replacement part like anything else and designed to wear.

The shape evolved from first designs over years based what I have seen with my own eyes. Unsure of the actual evolution of size variations.

The OE specimen I have as an art display looks to be thick old growth hickory that was steam bent and shaped. This seems to be the most common size and shape.

I believe they were unfinished wood but the bottoms would have had “ski wax” which is believed to be pine tar.

Eventually Fiberglass Skis part numbers showed up as a replacement option.

 

[Track Addict]

Huge thanks to my friends at DAVISCOTT Ski for their support on this project. They are the foremost experts on skis with decades of service life experience. This trailer would be useless without the vital skis needed to complete the preservation.

DAVISCOTT Ski is the only known reproduction ski in existence and was only available in a limited run for great cause fundraising or great cause donating. Special Skis for Special People!

Handmade in Oregon, their system uses a proprietary blend of wood layers and advanced adhesives to create a flexible but durable ski. Local artisans hand glue, hand lay, and hand clamp each layer in a custom mold/jig one ski at a time. Craftspeople then trim sand and shape by hand until it reaches Tucker Tolerance making two the same for a perfect set!

Pictured here is an unfinished set of standard DAVISCOTT Skis and a limited edition set called the SAWTOOTH REDS which are very special skis for very special trailers.

The SAWTOOTH REDS are thicker to handle the increase load and forces that a passenger trailer encounters during miles of smiles service life!. Here you can see standard is 3/4 but these are 1 1/8”.

Instead of pine tar, a marine barrier coat was applied to the raw wood on three sides then the entire ski finished with epoxy exposing the natural wood finish. The epoxy can be sanded and reapplied as needed throughout service life extending the smiles per mile for those that know and love SKI TRAILERS!

Traditional ski saddles with outside runners for tracking and sidehilling finish the set along with the Logo Branding Badges.


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[Pontoon Princess]

thank you for the kind words about the skiis