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Problem Solving
Paws Along the Trail with Hitches and Math Most of us picture a dog sled team harnessed in tandem along a gangline, pulling a sled. For the Iditarod teams, this formation keeps the dogs closer together which is good for narrow, wooded trails. Pulling power is concentrated. Dog teams can also be hitched into a fan formation where the …
Musher and musher mentor Vern Halter is into making a better sled, a 4-runner sled. Toyota makes a 4Runner SUV but I’m sure it wasn’t Vern’s inspiration. Halter who operates Dream-a-Dream Dog Farm and Training Center is always considering ways to make sleds faster, steer better and more agile. Thus He designed and built a …