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Latest comment: 11 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Pulkka is mostly the name for the toboggan used for children. The pulled device used for transport is fi:Ahkio, sv:Ackja. I don't really see the need for different article for pulk(ka). It is just the different language name for toboggan. --SM (talk) 02:14, 10 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
In Swedish sv:Ackja is exclusively used about the Sami reindeer-pulled pulka. (Ahiko stems from the Norse word "akjo"), but more importantly both the pulka and the ackja are built more like a flat-bottomed boat which means its a totally different construction. BP OMowe (talk) 04:15, 28 April 2013 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
In English, pulk is the sled and pulka the sport. See [1] and [2] and [3] and dog sled and [4] and [5] and [6]. --Espoo (talk) 00:08, 27 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 10 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion
At least in the US, the difference between a pulk and a sled seems to be the rigid towing system. Note this practice among the various manufactures via here:
In some cases the same sled is sold with and without the rigid towing system and in one case it is called a sled and the other a pulk.
Whitis (talk) 10:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
"Its called a pulk when used with poles attached to your hips so it drags behind you on the snow." http://www.madriverrocket.com/pulk/
Note that without the rigid poles, you can be run down by your own sled on a downhill or when stopping.
Whitis (talk) 10:56, 18 January 2014 (UTC)Reply