fish hole buddy sleeves

[alleyesonme]

i am looking for some info from the wheel house guys that have the buddy hole covers. am wondering if you can modify 5 gallon pails to use for hole sleeves? i will not be leaving the house on the ice and it will sit frame on ice. i tried to search for this but came up short. any help would be great. thanks. brian.

heres a pic of my new 2014 ic gambler.

[EyeChsr]

I use them in mine works just fine

[tracker185]

use them in my house and they work great. dont cost any thing either. tracker 185

[alleyesonme]

thanks guy's, yeah i can get em at my work free, thought the price was a lot better than $140 to do my whole house, ouch! will be cutting up some buckets this week. anybody have a length they like with the frame sitting on the ice?

[Ron Vroom]

Give this a thought. Get large enough rubber inner tubes to partially inflate and drop house down, on, giving you a good seal between house and ice.

[adamr]

You just spent $20000 on a fish house what's another $140 for some nice sleeves.

[Dozer]

You just spent $20000 on a fish house what's another $140 for some nice sleeves.

+1

[alleyesonme]

if I can make them myself for 120 less and say I made them and they worked fine is a plus in my book plus I live in wisconsin and would prob cost another 40 to have em shipped. and 160-180 is almost a trip to upper red in gas to pull this beast. and I only paid 14995.00 and got a yamaha 2000i thrown in.

[Sea Hage]

+ 2.

[stealth3350]

i tried 5 gallon buckets in my ice castle they work but the hole sleeves are the waty to go.. they look so much nicer.

[BigDogRob]

Here's a trick, I made some of my own and had some old plywood laying around and tipped the bucket upside down and traced the size. I then put a screw in the center, tied a string to it and a pen about 4" past the traced line and cut out rings that the buckets will slide into and the plywood sits on the floor.creating a better seal! the 5 gal buckets are a bit small for Ice Castle's holes, so I then took the white plastic covers and cut wedges out of it leaving the center in tact to allow it to be used for night fishing with kids the covers fit snugly and snap on the lids tightly a little bit of added safetly feeling for myself.

[B-man715]

+ 2.

+3

Just pony up and buy the sleeves.

A few reasons: They seal up better, stack much more compact, provide a factory fit and finish (not trashy homemade looking).

You will not regret it. If it's too much to buy them all at once, at least do yourself a favor and get a few for the most commonly used holes.

[alleyesonme]

thanks for all the tips guys, made some home made ones on sunday night and they will work for now, till extra funds come along or i can find a good deal on 7 of them. hopefully a clearance sale at the end of the season.