When you buy a kit from us, you won't be charged any additional fees by Easy Sled or the Canadian government. Our prices cover everything on our end.

The Canadian government doesn't charge any additional fees when you buy our kits. However, once a product crosses the border into the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection may decide to apply tariffs to the shipment. A tariff is a type of tax on imported goods.

We classify our products using an HS code, which is an international code used to identify products for import and export. The HS code for our kits is 76169910. U.S. Customs and Border Protection uses this code to determine whether a tariff should be applied and how much it will be.

Unfortunately, Easy Sled has no control over if or how much U.S. Customs and Border Protection may charge in tariffs. We are not involved in this process.

We do not operate a physical storefront for walk-ins, however we are always happy to arrange a meetup time with customers who wish to pick up an order.

We are located in Norland, Ontario which is:

-35 minutes east of Orillia, Ontario

-45 minutes south of Haliburton, Ontario

-35 minutes north of Lindsay, Ontario

By default, our store calculates shipping for Canada and the U.S. If you live outside of this area, pleas use our contact page to send us a message with your full mailing address and we'd be happy to provide a custom quote for anywhere in the world and let you choose if the rate is acceptable or not. We strive to get all "In Stock" orders out either the same day or next business day. Due to the fact that Easy Sled is ran by a husband and wife team after our regular day jobs, we ocassionally get overwhelmed with orders and have to scramble to get more kits welded up to go out. Rest assured that we are doing everything we can to get your order to you ASAP. As for shipping times once shipped, we us UPS for 95% of our orders and generally see them reach anywhere in Canada and the US within 2-5 business days.

Easy Sled is a Canadian business and as such, all of our sales must be processed by our credit card processor in Canadian dollars. Rest assure that this will not affect your US dollar total. Your credit card provider will automatically convert the CAD amount into the equivalent USD amount on your credit card statement based on the conversion rate at the time of the transaction. Our website does have a conversion calculator at the top right to help approximate costs while shopping, but unfortunately the checkout will always be in Canadian dollars. Very sorry for the confusion!

Canada:

Easy Sled kits shipped within Canada are not affected by Tariffs, and taxes are included in the advertised price (they are broken out at checkout as we have to track it separately to pay, but it's taken off the product cost during checkout).

United States and all other countries

For all other countries, we recommend confirming with your importer or use an HS/Tariff Code lookup tool provided by your country. Unfortunately, any tariffs/duties/taxes incurred are imposed by the country of import and are to be paid by the receiver. Taxes/Tariffs are not collected by Easy Sled or the Canadian Government for shipments destined to the USA (or other countries).

We try our best to ensure that tariffs do not affect our products, but we are unable to monitor every country's rules/regulations and unfortunately Easy Sled is unable to provide refunds due to unexpected import costs. We wish this wasn't a situation where we have to post this for awareness, however the situation seems to be changing daily and we expect it will be appropriately resolved in due time.

We have not been made aware of any tariffs charged to our customers shipments at this point in time.

The original design of a Smitty Sled was from the ice fishing community to make winter travel with heavy ice fishing gear much easier. IT consisted of 2 skis with a wooden structure. The concept was that skis were designed to glide much easier than plastic sleighs and with the narrower width of the skis vs the sled, it made pulling significantly easier. Easy Sled took that concept and built a system that offers many improvements over an original Smitty Sled. Because it is made of aluminum, it can be lighter and stronger. It won't absorb water, ice or rot over time...which again keeps it lighter. It takes seconds to assemble/disassemble by simply dropping or lifting the crossbars onto the feet. This makes it highly portable and takes up almost no space in your vehicle.

Very simply, taller kits are typically not required.

Check out this video of one of our 6" kits in 12" of snow. You can still see the top of the skis as they're only sinking 1-2" with 120lbs loaded on the sleigh. Instagram: How much easier is an Easy Sled to pull?

As for an adjustable height kit, the simple answer is why would you need an adjustable kit and the added weight/cost if a 6" kit does just fine? We understand the cool features are often desirable, but Easy Sled was designed to be the simplest, effective and most cost effective kit on the market. Our goal was to offer a product that was as affordable as we could make one to get them out to as many people as we can, which ultimately promotes people being outside and getting more enjoyment out of their adventures (not to mention you'll be able to go farther and get to those remote spots more easily).

While the Easy Sled is strong, it is not intended to be used behind a motorized vehicle. There are several reasons for this.

1) Aluminum is still a very soft metal. Carrying a static load at walking speeds is ok, but hitting bumps at speed (shock loading) increases the weight exponentially and will likely cause it to fail over time.

2) Downhill skis are made to grab when turning. When used behind a motorized vehicle at speed, the skis will grab in a turn and transfer 100% of the load into the metal and likely cause it to fail.

3) Easy Sled/Smitty sleds are a tool designed to make pulling gear under human power easier. If you have a motorized vehicle, you shouldn't need skis to assist and the sled itself is more than useful.

Unfortunately, not yet. We hope to have the Easy Sled available in some outdoors stores or through hut operators in the near future but so far, demand has prevented us from being able to stockpile enough kits to confidently supply stores. With the overwhelming interest in the Easy Sled, we are working hard to get them closer to you and easier to buy!

If you are interested in becoming an Easy Sled distributor, please contact us to discuss.

To ensure your kit lasts you as long as possible, we only recommend mounting it by placing bolts and wing nuts through the sleigh and crossbar in 4 corners. This turns your sleigh into part of the structure and gives it rigidity to prevent any damage. For those that prefer not to drill through their sleigh, we recommend using a piece of plywood and the sleigh can simply be set on top.

Absolutely! The Easy Sled was designed to improve on the original Smitty Sled design which can be heavier, slightly more awkward to assemble/disassemble, tends to collect water/ice and may rot over time. The Easy Sled is definitely a more premium option for those that desire it. We built it to be a simple, but highly effective option.

That said, a Smitty makes winter travel so much easier, we recommend that everyone have one regardless if it's an Easy Sled or not. If you prefer not to buy an Easy Sled kit, check out the original Smitty kit which can be built incredibly inexpensively with a few pieces of wood and screws.

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