snowshoes

[Engineer]

I gotta pair of old Tubbs snowshoes that I know for certain aren't designed to carry around my 295 pounds.  Anybody know of a manufacturer that makes shoes for us "big guys"?

[SwampDonkey]

Don't know Engineer about snow shoes that big. But, soon it won't matter what you weigh because with that wet spring snow you go clear to the bottom.

I was just on a woodlot wednesday that only had 8 inches in the woods under thick softwood growth. I almost decided not to bother with the shoes at all, but I had to GPS a field that I knew had snow blown drifts around the perimeter. I think you can get longer bear paw type snow shoes for heavier folk. I know my uncle has them, but they may have been made locally by natives. They were always bringin snow shoes and weaved back packs to grandfather and my uncle for horse yarding work or gifts around Christmas. Trouble is alot of those older folk are gone now and the younger generations do well to get the laces tied up before 11:00 am most mornings. ;)

[redpowerd]

after i got the little logs home i quarterd them with the axe, trimmed them up on the table saw.
 before hand i made a bunch of jigs, one for each foot!
so i had four :D
i jigged up the worked sticks into snowshoe fashon, "(used Qsawn maple for the bridges)
the ash was easy, elm was stubborn, sounded "breaky". the ash dried WAY faster, allmost a week!
the elm seems a bit stiffer.
drillin the holes now for the weave
the most time involved was makin the jigs

[redpowerd]

engineer, most of you "big guys" tend to shy away from activities such as 'shoein
proly why you dont see too many shoes that suit ya.
time to start a "big and tall,......."

[Engineer]

"engineer, most of you "big guys" tend to shy away from activities such as 'shoein "

Yep, most do, but for me it's a necessity when there's a couple feet of snow and I gotta lot of field work (surveyin') to do.

'Nother couple days and all the snow around my house will be long gone, so I guess next year I'll look for something that can hold me up.

[Ron Scott]

Engineer,

Most snowshoe models are made for a certain weight range. The heavier the person, the larger the shoe. You seem to fit in the "big & tall" range where you may need to have a special order. Give Tubbs or one of the manufactures a call; I'm sure they can fix you up with a recommmended model.