The addiction never goes away!

[Big Buck Buster]

Starting yet another fish house project. This is a new design that I thought of for getting a little more room inside the house (it may already out there, but have not yet seen it). The finished wheel wells measure 4ft.-6in. long by 34in. high. It is a 6,000# system w/12" brake drums, floor measurements are: 8'X16' w/4' v-front. Components that are fully removable are: Winches w/straps, leaf springs, pulleys, drop hitch, the full axle assembly. The total width (from outside wheel to wheel) measures 8'-4". Total length of house with the v-front is 20'. The pivot arm tubes are made of solid 2-1/2" steel with grease fittings.

More pics of the house will come later. It is still a work in progress.

[minnbowhunter]

I like the suspension set-up, wish I had that on mine. nice job

[katophil]

I love the strap idea.

[SapperACE]

I hear ya. The addiction never does go away does it! Your frame looks awesome triple B! Keep the photos coming so I can steal some ideas!

Some day, I hope to have my metal shop, and some day I hope to build a road worthy frame myself. I know I can do it, I just lack the tools and the facilities. Keep inspiring and tempting the rest of us addicts!

[Ol' Lund]

I really like your setup,I was wondering if you have some more close ups, cause im not seeing what the pin attaches to on the wheel assembly? I see the brackets on the frame where the pin goes through.

[minnbowhunter]

I think you crank the wheel down until you can slide the pin in and then put a little slack in the strap. The pin sits on top of the bar, not through it. Or maybe a better way to say it is that the pin holds the bar in the down position by trapping it in the bracket.

[Ol' Lund]

minnbowhunter, ya tahts kind of what i thought to, but from what i see in order for that to happen, it looks like the main steel isnt long enough to accomplish this? could be jsut me, hopefully he has a picture of it in driving postisiton.

Also, on the 2.5" pivot arms, how are those attached to the frames?

[acman2u]

I believe that the pin goes through the leaf spring mount, not on the pivot arm. I dont see how the pivot is attached to the frame. I was going to try to remove the studs from a hub and weld a pivot arm to it on my house but never got around to it. no seized pivots.

[minnbowhunter]

acman, I took another look at it and your right, the pin goes the open hole of the shackle on the spring.

[Scott Wpg]

That is super cool!

Pretty sure the pin goes through the leaf spring shackle, that's the only way the springs would be able to do their job...

[Big Buck Buster]

I will be posting more pics of the house later. We are finishing up all the siding right now, and then having it spray foamed.

The bar above the leaf spring is just for the strap to attach to to crank it up. The leaf spring goes through an opening in the vertical square tube to allow movement in the suspension. The shakle also moves, it is not tight. After you crank it up far enough for the shackle to line up, you put the pin in and take the strap off along with the winch. Put the winch in the house for travel, so it stays nice and clean, not getting all the junk from the roads all over them. I can post some closer shots of the suspension when I get home.

BBB

[minnbowhunter]

Thanks BBB that is the best system that I have seen. More pics would be great. I really like the idea of the winches coming off and storing inside the house.

[Ol' Lund]

okay the closer shots of suspension will be great! could you also take pictures/explain about the 2.5" steel with grease fittings? thanks for all the help!!

[Big Buck Buster]

Here is a closer pic of the arm assembly.

The 2-1/2" solid is a stub that goes through holes in the frame just large enough to set the camber and toe settings for wheel alignment. It is approximately 24" in length, and welded to cross members in the frame also. The grease fitting is in the arm assembly where it slides on the stub shaft. I will have to take pics of the exact location and post them. I looked through my pics, and couldn't find one of that.

[Ol' Lund]

Thanks for that pic! Would it be to much of a hassle to get measurements on that last picture? Like of those two vertical bars, and the size of leaf spring. you're helping me out so much! can't wait for the others!

[Big Buck Buster]

One more pic for you to see how long the stubs are.

[Big Buck Buster]

Here are some more pics of the house being built.

[Ol' Lund]

looking good! so how do you secure the wheel assembly to the 2.5" solid steel?

[Big Buck Buster]

looking good! so how do you secure the wheel assembly to the 2.5" solid steel?

The wheel assembly has round tubing welded inside of the square tubing. The assemble slides on the tube, and is held in place by a sleeve and a grade 8 bolt w/lock nut. The bolt is through both the sleeve and the solid round.

We had the stubs machined to fit the round tube. The solid round also has channels ground into them for the flow of grease to go around evenly to prevent seizing.

You asked about the grease fitting before. The fitting is located in the round tube that is welded in the square tubing in the pivot arm. The fitting can be accessed at the end of the square tubing.

[landscaper]

looks good so far!!

Keep up the good work!

[Big Buck Buster]

Got the spray foam done today, along with the rubber roof. I don't have a pic of the rubber roof, but will try to remember to get one in the morning and post it when I get back to the computer.

[SapperACE]

Lookin good triple B! Now comes the fun stuff. Hurry up and finish that baby so you can start another one.

[Big Buck Buster]

Here is the pics of the rubber roof.

This is what we got done so far in the interior. Pine tongue and groove through out. Bathroom in v.

[Gus]

Very nice! Thanks for posting pictures. It is really fun to see what others are doing.

[Big Buck Buster]

Thank you for all the comments.

I will keep posting pics until it is finished.

[Tyler23]

very nice house BBB!!