hole sleeves for catch covers

[DCON]

just wondering what everyone is using with their catch covers for sleeves. I tried a 5 gal. bucket but its a bit too small. I have a permanent house and it will not always be jacked up the same height every time, so spending $20 for the catch cover hole sleeves doesn't really interest me. Any suggestions? I know the people with the wheel houses can get the sleeves, cut them to the desired length and be good to go because the house is alway dropped down to the ice.

[Tahoe2349]

DCON:

By "small" do you mean the bucket diameter in your hole, or the length ?

Some guys will cut another bucket in half and insert it inside the other for more adjustable length.

If its the diameter of the bucket not being air tight, get some window weather stripping with the adhesive backing and wrap around the bucket so when it drops into the hole it seals the diameter..

I drill my holes, push my buckets hard into the slush that surrounds the hole, and use a "slush Inhaler" to quick pull the ice/slush out of the hole !!