Atmobil Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Anyone here know what this is? And if so, what is your name for it?
Petetrucker07 Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 It kinda looks like dog sled. I'd call it a sled.
southpier Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 i googled the image and then 'translate' and got nothing. but it does cost 1,599.
Old Buckaroo Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 I got to use one of those when my daughter was young. She sat on the seat and the little zig zag things are where you place your feet when not pushing or you can use one leg to glide along on. Great fun and they twist enough to steer. It was just referred to as a sled.
Atmobil Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 Yes it is a sort of sled and here is a video where you see how it is used: https://youtu.be/pZ5WvWUkrIU
1930fordpickup Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Sean was that used for ice or just hard packed snow.
Old Buckaroo Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Andy - I went all over on that thing as there was no powder snow at that time. Hard packed snow (wind blown) and plowed dirt streets that were comparable to ice, which you could really get moving on and glide a long ways.
Atmobil Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 So, is this thing for sale anywhere in the US or did you get it from somewhere else?
Stray Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Looks like if you got that thing going downhill at speed it would be a mobile toilet...
unclescott58 Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) It's a kick sled? Isn't it? One person sits in front, while a person in back stands pushing it. Not very common around here. But, I've seen one or two. And, I though it was called a kick sled. Scott Edited March 24, 2015 by unclescott58
Atmobil Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 Kick sled would be a very good name for this one. In Norwegian it is called Sparkstøtting and "Spark" means kick and "Støtting" means something that supports something and in this case it supports the person using it. Here in Norway they are common but not commonly used anymore, much like riding horses and skiing it is now used for leisure but in earlier times this would have been used as a form of transport by many people around the country as private car ownership did not really take of until the 1960s and any form of public transport was not very common. A very common modification would be to put a crate of some sort on the seat and use it to go shopping.
Atmobil Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 And here is the worlds biggest: http://www.ostlendingen.no/nyheter/nord-%C3%B8sterdal/verdensrekorden-pa-tynset-har-falt-1.8615645 It is in Farsund and it is 17 meters tall, 5 meters wide and 8 meters tall. Before this was made the biggest one was to be found at Tynset: http://www.tynset.kommune.no/5795.Sparken-flere-bilder.html http://www.tynset.kommune.no/5785.Storsparken-pa-Tynset-torg.html This one is 5,25 meters tall, 3,72 meters wide and 11,60 meters long. I once tried sitting on it and I did feel rather small. It may not come as a surprice that it has been stolen, several times even and the time I sat on it, it was chained to a post.
Zandmann Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Ah, potkukelkka as we Finns call it. Went through the translator and it gave me "kick sledge". Mighty fun if you attach a chainsaw engine to it, nevermind anything bigger.
blunc Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 wow, those handicap parking spaces are twice as large as the ones where I live.
1930fordpickup Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 wow, those handicap parking spaces are twice as large as the ones where I live. Notice how they are deeper also. They are using their head when picking the size. Vans need more room for the lift front or back. The kid next door had the side lift and his friends van has the rear lift.
1930fordpickup Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Andy - I went all over on that thing as there was no powder snow at that time. Hard packed snow (wind blown) and plowed dirt streets that were comparable to ice, which you could really get moving on and glide a long ways. Until I was 16 or 17 we had a stone road next to the parents house (they lived on a corner) and it was hard packed most of the winter. That was a fun ride on the bike as a kid. To flat to ride a sled on but that kick sled would have been great. A friend from Utah came home with a buddy of his from out there and he called us flatlanders. LOL
Atmobil Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 Ah, potkukelkka as we Finns call it. Went through the translator and it gave me "kick sledge". Mighty fun if you attach a chainsaw engine to it, nevermind anything bigger. Hehe, yes I do think that putting an engine on it will make it very scary. Here is a swedish one with a Honda CR450 motorbike engine, did almost 60 MPH and they wanted it to be faster. And here is one with "rocketpower" https://youtu.be/1UjDQCqAcDE
unclescott58 Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Hehe, yes I do think that putting an engine on it will make it very scary. Here is a swedish one with a Honda CR450 motorbike engine, did almost 60 MPH and they wanted it to be faster. And here is one with "rocketpower" https://youtu.be/1UjDQCqAcDE This is getting out of hand. I like it! Scott
Zandmann Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Nordic countries like Norway, Sweden and Finland of course, have a long, dark winter so we have more than efficient amount of time to think of something totally bonkers. And we usually do it. Dangerous, that seems to be in our genes.
unclescott58 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Nordic countries like Norway, Sweden and Finland of course, have a long, dark winter so we have more than efficient amount of time to think of something totally bonkers. And we usually do it. Dangerous, that seems to be in our genes. Minnesota too is like those Nordic countries. "Long, dark winter so we have more than efficient amount of time to think of something totally bonkers." Plus the state is filled with with people of Nodic decent, who were bonkers enough to settle in an area that looked a lot like Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Rather than someplace nice and warm with short winters. I'd say my ancestors were not the brightest bulbs in the bunch, to move from Norway and Finland to Minnesota! Scott
Greg Myers Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Looks like a sit down skiing thing Yea. What he said.
Atmobil Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 Minnesota too is like those Nordic countries. "Long, dark winter so we have more than efficient amount of time to think of something totally bonkers." Plus the state is filled with with people of Nodic decent, who were bonkers enough to settle in an area that looked a lot like Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Rather than someplace nice and warm with short winters. I'd say my ancestors were not the brightest bulbs in the bunch, to move from Norway and Finland to Minnesota! Scott Probably a familiarity thing, if a person from the Nordic countries moved straight to texas or california there would be a sort of climatechock. We are just not used to having "summer temperatures" in winter
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