what do you do with your sled that hauls your ice fishing gear?

[robert aldrich]

i am working on a prototype design for a sled and i want to know what do you do with your sled that hauls your ice fishing gear in the summer and winter so i can avoid those problems. every reply will help. you might even see the sled in outdoor stores in the next 2 years.

[Abndoc]

i use mine for everything. I have a extra large otter..haul wood...mix concrete...whatever...pulls really good behind the wheeler or lawn mower!!

[JimmyJames]

In the summer I store it in my fishouse, in the winter I use it to pull my ice fishing gear.

[deadeye]

I put my sled on a rack on the side of the shed and let it set there. No where else to put it as I am currently lacking space. I do have a otter ice house with a big tub sled that sits in the shed so the mice and squirrels don't eat it.

When I lived up north and had more room I did take the otter sled apart and use the sled for random stuff during the warm months. Pulling firewood behind a wheeler, pulling hunting gear and animals, ect.

When nature vision was still around they had a fold up sled during one of their last years that seemed like a good idea but I was never able to get my hands on one before they were all gone.

[robert aldrich]

a fold up sled. i might work that in to my design. what are the problems when you are pulling it across the snow and ice like when you are pulling it and you have to go over a ice ridge.

[deadeye]

I am not really sure honestly, I never was able to find one to buy. I would have if the opportunity presented itself. It seemed like a good idea especially for conserving space during transport.

[Boar]

I usemy otter lodge to pull the kids behind the snow cat an wish it had molded hand holds for them to hold onto like the one that sits to the left of your head in a truck on the passenger side but molded in the side of the tub so their not in the way or along or into the railing. I also use it in the summer to give my dogs a batch so having the tent an pole syetem detachable in a easy convenient way would be a pluse, an a plug like a boat molded with a male an female coupler. Ya know i think i might pattent that, just kidding. good luck, moled cup holders?. I think the dye for such a thing would be very expensive. good luck I'm a thinker so I might have more. Boar

[robert aldrich]

ya,i am working on the prototype design while i chat.

[Hardyboy]

I use mine to do some yard work in the summer, haul grass clippings,firewood,mulch. how about extra thick molded runners so you wouldnt have to buy add on wear runners.

[Surface Tension]

My Otter portable gets tied up to the rafters in the garage. Its out of the way and mice can't get to it.

If I just had just the Otter sled I'd put it upside down over the lawn tractor and stick a tarp over it to keep the sun off.

Note there isn't room in my garage for the tractor or the extra sled.

[amateurfishing]

I have a 1 man flip over and built storage shelving up to ceiling in my garage, thats were it goes so its out of the way.

[candiru]

I use mine for deer hunting as well. Makes it easier to drag the deer and easier to load it into the vehicle. I just use a 2x8 for a ramp. It keeps the blood from my vehicle and it serves as a drip pan for catching the blood that would drip onto the floor of the garage. I had to use one for goose hunting this year. There was too much snow to drive into the field.

I store them in a metal storage shed for the summer.

[IceIceBaby]

I have one of those, Deadeye.

You can still find them on the E auction site. Look under "pak sled". Looks like they're selling pretty cheap.

They work pretty good, if you're not hauling a lot of things. After you're done, they roll up and you can put them in a bag they come with.

Al

Deadeye said:

"When nature vision was still around they had a fold up sled during one of their last years that seemed like a good idea but I was never able to get my hands on one before they were all gone."

[bikeoutback]

I take my smaller sled that I use just for hauling around gear hole and put it into my larger tub sled that has my ice house on it. Last couple years it was in my parents shed. Now that I have my own place I'm trying to decide how to hang it from the rafters in the pole shed and if that will suffice to keep mice out or what other measures I will need to take.

[TroutYammer]

I use it for storing all my ice fishing stuff. Throw a garbage over the whole thing and huff the full sled up on a shelf in the gargage until next winter.

[Wanderer]

Robert,

Mold at least 4 "bars" along the outside of the sled. First, so the kids could hold on the something and second (most important ) so we would have a convenient and reliable place to hook ratchet straps across the top of the sled/canvas to tie down gear. AND so two guys can have a good hand hold to lift the fully loaded fish house into the back of a truck.

Also, mold in a couple holes below the top rail, on or just behind the leading edge of the sled. That way we could strap a bungee across the front to pinch down the front of a cover nice and tight so snow wouldn't fill the inside of the sled with snow from the snow mobile track.

All this can and will be done to my tub with extra eye hooks but good, solid molded holds would sell a sled in my opinion.

There, that will be one MILLYON dollars...

[servocam]

I have an small Otter sled for ice fishing. When season is done, I put my gear in it, put the cover on, then store up in the garage.

Sled needs to fit in the trunk of my car (Nissan Maxima) and also sits in the back of the minivan. I just wish it was a bit wider for the same length.