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yorkie_chris · 19-12-10, 11:28 PM

Thick plastic bags, coal sack, survival bag something like that, brilliant!

Alternatively a transit van can be a handy way to slide down a hill with no control over direction or speed.

anna · 20-12-10, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stig

That's insanely over complicating the process. We used to use a bin liner.

+1

...or if we were really lucky and found a bit sheet of plastic donated from a local building site we could get more of us on one bit to cushion the landing on your mate!!

20-12-10, 10:48 AM

Being a farm boy we used to used plastic feed sacks stuffed with straw and tied up with baler band! Very comfy!

Bluepete · 20-12-10, 10:52 AM

Back in Herefordshire, we had the roof off an old Land Rover.

It would take loads of us at once, went straight and never broke! Ah, happy days...

Now, it's a plastic ASDA thing that skids all over. May have to get the saw out and make a Ralph-mobile!

Pete

20-12-10, 01:18 PM

Best thing I've ever used was a great big industrial 'to let' sign, made of corrugated plastic. Get two or three people on it, pull the front edge up and away you go - massive speeds and absolutely zero control. Great fun.

And when I was very young I had a mate who's dad welded a Morris Minor seat to two chrome bumpers. That was complete lunacy.

20-12-10, 01:32 PM

those road work boardings, the 2m strips about 200mm wide with the red and white sections.

Stamp in it in the middle and bend the front up, sort of a combination of snowboarding and jet-skiing down a hill. Many a fall on one of those.

Sir Trev · 20-12-10, 02:01 PM

Update - my back has two large bruises on it (no idea where the second one came from!), I can barely move my neck (whiplash?), and my calf muscles keep going into spasm. I am far too old for sledging now!

Think I'll be accidentally forgetting to buy the replacement... Thanks for the suggestions though.

jambo · 20-12-10, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

Think I'll be accidentally forgetting to buy the replacement... Thanks for the suggestions though.

Kill joy!

20-12-10, 02:13 PM

skate deck is epic fun just watch the grip tape on the top as it can scratch like road rash lol

20-12-10, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scrawf

Being a farm boy we used to used plastic feed sacks stuffed with straw and tied up with baler band! Very comfy!

What he said

Used to use feed bags too!!

19-12-10, 11:28 PM	#11
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Sledges - invention of the Devil! Thick plastic bags, coal sack, survival bag something like that, brilliant! Alternatively a transit van can be a handy way to slide down a hill with no control over direction or speed. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

20-12-10, 10:48 AM	#13
Scrawf Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Sledges - invention of the Devil! Being a farm boy we used to used plastic feed sacks stuffed with straw and tied up with baler band! Very comfy!

20-12-10, 10:52 AM	#14
Bluepete Member Mega Poster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex motorcyclist Posts: 1,961	Re: Sledges - invention of the Devil! Back in Herefordshire, we had the roof off an old Land Rover. It would take loads of us at once, went straight and never broke! Ah, happy days... Now, it's a plastic ASDA thing that skids all over. May have to get the saw out and make a Ralph-mobile! Pete

20-12-10, 01:18 PM	#15
Woz Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Sledges - invention of the Devil! Best thing I've ever used was a great big industrial 'to let' sign, made of corrugated plastic. Get two or three people on it, pull the front edge up and away you go - massive speeds and absolutely zero control. Great fun. And when I was very young I had a mate who's dad welded a Morris Minor seat to two chrome bumpers. That was complete lunacy. Last edited by Woz; 20-12-10 at 01:22 PM.

20-12-10, 01:32 PM	#16
Owenski Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Sledges - invention of the Devil! those road work boardings, the 2m strips about 200mm wide with the red and white sections. Stamp in it in the middle and bend the front up, sort of a combination of snowboarding and jet-skiing down a hill. Many a fall on one of those.

20-12-10, 02:01 PM	#17
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,479	Re: Sledges - invention of the Devil! Update - my back has two large bruises on it (no idea where the second one came from!), I can barely move my neck (whiplash?), and my calf muscles keep going into spasm. I am far too old for sledging now! Think I'll be accidentally forgetting to buy the replacement... Thanks for the suggestions though. __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!

20-12-10, 02:13 PM	#19
barwel1992 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Sledges - invention of the Devil! skate deck is epic fun just watch the grip tape on the top as it can scratch like road rash lol

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