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gear organization for a hub shelter


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I am looking for some ideas on organizing gear. Most of the organizing sleds I have seen are for flip overs and are large sleds (too big to keep in the hub shelter). Has anyone made anything that is smaller than a full size sled but bigger than a five gallon bucket?

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clam has a hub wall shelf. it hangs on the poles. I don't have one, just saw it online. I usually leave as much as I can in my utility sled outside. then My model has little mesh pockets on the sides and two larger mesh Overhead storage things. Usually I stuff my rod bag up in one which holds lots of my jigs and other fishing items. Then i stuff snacks and beverages, the wife's purse in the other one.

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I have been "Thunk'n" on this a bit myself recently. A retrofit Hub Sled System.

And I think it boils down to the sled. If your primarily pulling in with a sled loaded with the Hub Shack I see it best to fit the sled/hub closely. Then configure the sled to be task friendly with that particular Hub Shack as a total system.

I personally see the sled being used inside the Hub Shack. As in use for seating and storage. Make a sled cover with hatches to store the Hub shack and then the miscellaneous gear like the heater, then maybe a seat on top, or even two seats. One seat could face apposing ways, or the same way in the middle. It has flexibility of use to it.

The guys who have retrofitted there Flip Shack tubs with floors and storage have the right idea here, and one could learn from them. I think some of the same theory could be well applied to the Hubs as a total stow/tow and go system. I also think the top deck could be easily made removable, and drop in when needed.

There are some ideas for you to kick around anyway.

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Ed: I was thinking of something similar to what you are thinking. I don't really need anything to pull because I usually drive to where I fish but still have the challenge of constantly loading and loading the car and bringing it all in the shack. I ran across some ideas today on this forum, in particular about three quarters of the way down there is a sled by a poster named "icepack." Might be worth checking out.

http://www.iceleaders.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=27007.160

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