Marlon is well-known for manufacturing some of the nicest and most functional sled decks and is also a brand that’s constantly evolving. The latest edition of the Xplore Pro series sled deck exemplifies Marlon’s commitment to innovation and quality.
The list of improvements starts with a new sliding system that now uses a round tube within square tube, which significantly reduces surface area contact, minimizing friction points making it way easier to slide the deck wings in and out.
UHMW is still used inside the square tubing to reduce friction even further. Side rails are now bolted to rails vs the old way of welding them, which allow for slight adjustments to alignment in case slide rails get out of alignment. Further to this, slide rails now have two bolt location points which will limit extension width of wings for narrow mountain sleds vs trail sleds.
New decking material is a much thicker HDPE top with molded traction mat. HDPE deck is heavy duty mold and won’t warp due to heat expansion in the summer months. Hidden Marlon and BRAAP badging are revealed when you pull the wings out and Marlon says this puts your deck in “BRAAP mode”.
You’ll also find a new U-Style deck hook used to secure sleds in place. The outer hook is for trail sleds and inner hook is for Mountain sleds. The 2-point locations make sure the supplied Superclamp is perfectly centered to ski widths. Marlon decks still use full-length Supertracs on the outside wings for multiple tie-down locations.
The weather seal kit, which has been offered as an add-on accessory in the past is now comes standard and to make the underside of the deck even more weatherproof there’s a full sheet of aluminum that significantly reduces water leakage from the top of the deck into the bed.
The Xplore Pro III is available in black and white, and Marlon has gone away from decals and replaced with laser cut plates with interchangeable color backing with 4 rivet nuts.
8Ft deck fits into 6.2ft to 8ft truck beds and the 7 ft deck fits 5.5ft to 6.2ft boxes.
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