Anyone seen these before? Boat/?quad?/ice house

[THavas]

[jwmiller33]

ya wilcrafts are pretty sweet... pretty much the ideal early/late ice fishing machine

[LOTWSvirgin]

I might be wrong but he mayne a sponsor of this site if not I know he is atleast on FM

[Zoob]

It's an ice-house, it's a houseboat. The auger mount looks close to being drenched. Anyone test this in break-away conditions (one end sinks or the side does) -- looks close to being shallow enough where an angled drop-in would flood it.

I still want one. =)

[Sonicrunch]

Now if only it were tracked.

...and could fly.

...and drill the holes for me.

...and had side imaging thru the ice.

...and...?

[Sonicrunch]

I guess I'd like to be able to water ski behind one during open water too.

[bturck]

Did you watch any of the other videos? That snowfootcar looks pretty cool. That should get you to the NW Angle in luxury....Had a hard time understanding the language though on the video......

[bikeoutback]

These guys are out at the State Fair every year, or at least have been the last 2 years. I've stopped in and chatted with them, cool machines just not in my budget.

[Lve2fsh]

I have one, grandfather left me some money and said not to pay bills with it so I didn't. Only problem I had was not wanting to run at 7000 feet above sea level. A new carb jet and everything is good now. Having a blast driving it around, sometimes the weather is so nice we just use it for transport and then sit on our buckets and fish.

[God chaser]

I got one last year too. What a joy to fish in. Went from walking and pulling a sled to this machine. Was out in it yesterday, 5 degrees with no sun but inside was still warn enough I didn't even need a heater.

[trapperdirk]

I have a buddy that is a dealer in Canada for the wilcraft . That is one cool rig . Only prob I see with it is that it is a people magnet while your trying to fish . LOL . He has the icehut cover and the duck blind cover for it . It's pretty quick to for such a small engine . If I had the coin it would slick to have one .

TD

[JSK76]

The one thing that makes me leery is, it's only 2 wheel drive.

[God chaser]

You're right about it being a magnet. I'm thinking about hanging out a "Do not disturb" sign

[jwmiller33]

same thing with snowbears... we have a snowbear and people are always coming up and knocking on the door wanting to check it out, which there is nothing wrong with, but can kind of get annoying when your slaying fish and want to be left alone.

[FrontenacPike]

These guys are out at the State Fair every year, or at least have been the last 2 years. I've stopped in and chatted with them, cool machines just not in my budget.

I too checked these things out at the state fair. Ohh man did I want one, but too expensive for me. I wonder how they do in the deep powder?

[God chaser]

You can bring the wheels all the way up and it turns into a light weight sled you can push anywhere. They only weigh around 400 pds and even a woman can move it easily around.

[Ed Carlson]

Originally Posted By: bikeoutback

These guys are out at the State Fair every year, or at least have been the last 2 years. I've stopped in and chatted with them, cool machines just not in my budget.

I too checked these things out at the state fair. Ohh man did I want one, but too expensive for me. I wonder how they do in the deep powder?

Wilcraft also has a track kit option for deep snow use.

They do surprisingly well in moderate to deep snow conditions, even without the tracks.

A Very nice all around sportsman's rig!

[Lve2fsh]

I never could get the wife to go ice fishing with me when I went like this.

But now she goes with me.

[castmaster]

IMO for the cost of a WilCraft I'd buy a Argo fully rigged with tracks, heated cab etc. and just tow my portable to fish out of.

[Quetico]

Desperado used to be on here regularly. He is a sales rep for Wilcraft. He took me out for a test drive last year. They are a ton of fun. On cold windy days just flip the top over and crank the heater.

[Desperado]

Thanks for the kind words Q; I'm still never too far away. And for those who want to find me, it's really not too hard.

The only question I have about considering an Argo is; if it breaks through the ice and now you're floating, what ya gonna do to get it out of the water and back onto the ice?

[CDT]

I have been looking at one to purchase also but was concerned with it being able to go in deep snow or slush. Is there any available pictures of the Wilcraft with the track option?

[2eyesman2]

[Ed Carlson]

The ARGO is a nice unit, but without the aid of tracks such as the Escargo tracks, they bough down badly in snow and slush. They have there place but on the ice it would be very hard to beat the Wilcraft for functionality and safety as a ice fishing rig.

[Ed Carlson]