Homemade Trail Groomer For Skiing, With Track Setter

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Great trail groomer, where did you get the black plastic trailer runners?

Hey Awesome video, we are 75% of the way building our own groomer, just curious if the snowmobile mats left the desired corduroy effect in the snow for skate skiing?

Have you had the chance (or need) to go over your previous classic tracks? If so, how did it do? I've been using our tractor dragging a chain harrow and also using a 3-pt mounted blade to rework our tracks after the latest storm, without much luck so far. The old tracks still lurk under the fresh groomed snow. I'm planning on making a groomer/track setter like yours. Nice simple design and I have everything I need to build it laying around here.

Thanks for the video! I'm thinking of doing something like this myself. I imagine the tracks get ruined if a snowmobile goes over it? I'm in a lake community so basically all trails have snowmobile traffic. I don't want to have to redo the tracks weekly but right now I'm skiing without tracks

Ever run into issues working that 550 too much?

awesome job and thanks for going through all the trouble of doing the parts list with all measurements and info.

Great effective, simple set up! Thanks for sharing.

This is fantastic! Can you post another video of it in use in different conditions? That was of course my favorite part of this video! Thanks for sharing!

Looks good. Snow must be soft adding only 50lbs. We add 200+ lbs for hard pack trails. You did a good job. Good idea regarding sled trailer pLastic. 👍

Sumptuously. I, too, in my village decided to make a ski track and made a similar cutter for the ski track, only metal

Thanks for the video, Awesome. what are the snowmobile mats and can I get some? Thanks

Great video!!

The best thing about cross country skiing it gets you to the Lifts

Great design. Folks may want to consider replacing the fixed tongue with a rope or other breakaway materials to minimize catastrophe upon inevitable snags.

Great set up I built one last week. Thanks for set up. Waiting for snow now

Great design. Thanks for the dimensions and tips. Looks like you could find a old truck plastic bed liner and cut it up to save some money.

This is amazing. Does your snowmobile have any problems overheating from this setup?

hard to find the plastic trailer runners, any tips?

This is awesome! My kiddos and really getting into xc skiing. I'm about to build this to make them a nice trail out in our field. Thanks so much.

I built mine last fall from your video
Only difference is I brought runner up the back of groomer also

Well done A+

Nice homemade groomer.

Do you think you could just build and pull the track setter by itself?

How many moneys

Well done! The groomed trail looks great. Thank you for sharing.

Impressive. I'm going to copy this and try it later this year or for sure next winter

Great work! That diy setup does a nice Job!

Buddy just food for thought get 3 four foot half inch thraded rod front middle and back nuts an boules to hold it together trust me on this it will last a long time happy grooming

I learned about your video from a neighbor here in Bozeman, MT who had built a groomer/track setter like yours. I used your video to build one of my own and it works great - need to add the cutter bar for next year. I groom a 1/3 mile oval in our meadow - great for exercise during the winter. So now you have 2 of your groomers in the wild here in Bozeman. Thanks so much!

Cool video man. Do you groom like that just for the snow mobile? Can you walk comfortably on the trail afterwards without punching through too deep? I just bought a snowdog tracked vehicle and I'm trying to find ways to make nice walking trails in the woods.

Do you have an email address that I could send some question to you on? It would be greatly appreciated.

Exactly what I was looking for today! Thanks from Sweden!

Thank you so much for this. Following your video, I just finished mine. Haven’t tried it out yet, but we just had our first large snowfall. Question: Do you do a first pass without the ski tracks lowered and then repass with them lowered? Does it make a difference? Or doesn’t matter.

You need to post another video of before and after grooming one night. I built this using all your ideas and have used it for years now. It is incredible. Added weight to the pan portion. Still need to make the cross country part!

really useful video; thanks

Hey bud, I replicated this a few years ago and boy is it fantastic. I’m struggling on the box part now for the x country tracks. Would you be able to give me some detailed dimensions of that part? I see the dimensions of the cutters in your vid…

This is great idea! Thanks for inspiration.

I know what I am building this weekend. Thanks "NorthWoods"

Great video
Please post the manufacturer of trailer runners?
Where can a guy order from?
Thanks
Dave

Thanks for the video and plans NorthWoods Engineered. Built a ski tracker using your design with a few modifications last weekend and itching to get it out to try. Thanks!