Salem ice cabin

[JHillMN]

Icefishing7777,

Are you really trying to argue that a pointed devise pulled into the wind vs a flat devise pulled into the wind will not make a significant difference?

Again, im not saying that this or that company may not make great ice houses, but lets be realistic here. A V nose is going to cut air much better than a flat front, or "flatter" front house.

Yes, i would say the Flat Front makes no difference. With my 1500 Avalanche I pulled a 7x14 V Front, enclosed TandemAx Trailer with an ATV inside and it pulled like a tank and caught wind at every opportunity. Hooked up to my dads flat front 8x16 home made wheel house (thick steel frame) and it pulled like a 6x12.

Lot of factors that go into trailers, but I am unconvinced of Vfront as anything but design preference. Any cross wind will hit the V, but not Flat front. Pulling stright into wind the truck will break 95% of trailers wind.

Salem 8x20 should be compared to 8x16 IC- which is probly Salems logic for making flat front. 8x20 Salem is a single axle, with more space than 8x16 VFront IC (square 8x20 vs sq 8x16 plus a V) but similar weight.

Tandem IC 8x20 is going to bigger than 8x20 Salem, but not really fair to compare a Tandem with 4 extra feet...

I like the flat front better for space, but didn't really like the layouts Salem offered.

[Iceman1026]

since I've only used mine this spring and summer being I got it at the end of the season I have not put the jacks down with the buttons inside the house only the buttons on the jacks just wondering in the winter if you could use them to jack it up or would it be too long of a run for the wires drawing that much consistently for the amount of time it takes