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otter ice cottage

coombia21

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i am looking at a cottage does anyone have one of these houses and do you like it positives and negatives

if 175 for the whole package a good deal with seat tow bar cover and house and sled and he said the sled has been towed once the rest of the uses he drove onto the ice with his truck

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I had it and I loved it. It's great for one person. But I wanted a bit more room when I take someone, so I up'd to the otter med cabin. I miss it though. It's really light and easy to pull, yet big enough to pack in the big buddy, 20lb tank, 5gal minnow bucket, rods n tackle, vexi, and other items. Auger I bungeed on top when I pulled it out.

$175 with tow bar, seat, and cover is a good deal. Ifn' its in decent shape pick it up.

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I have the den which is a bit smaller and absolutely love it as a one man porty. Pulls out easily and is bullet proof.

The cabin can fit another person in it if you need to, but is a little small to do it regularly. But they are THE perfect 1 man.

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The big thing with the cottage isnt the weight its the not being able to rest 1 end on the tailgait due to its shorter length. A couple 2 by 4's works. I take all my heavy gear out and then man handle my cabin on but that I can rest 1 end on the tailgate.

You will love it for 1 man. Like I said its very easy to heat. Mr Buddy works most of the time. Just enough room for a heater, graph and holes.

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Yeah what I usually do with the cabin is get up in the box and grab the ropes, then pull the sled up into the box. Works pretty well but I always take the fragiles out like flasher and buddy heater. The only time it gets used is for trips when it needs to get pulled behind the snowmobile.

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Yeah, I lift my Den up by myself fairly easily with most of the heavy stuff out of it.

Stand behind it, grab it by the back 1/3rd and swing it up and into the back of my truck. I have a smaller SUV, so it isnt as high as a tail gate, but not that much of a problem.

If you have ever lifted and done cleans, it is basically the same motion. All in the legs.

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