Who's Ready

[knoppers]

just pulled all the gear out of summer storage.

the eskimo grand caravan is ready, just need to tune up the auger and put the reels on the poles.

[jigging-matt]

Went to Cabelas the other night and ended up purchasing another rod and reel. Wife looked at me like do you really need another one. Of course.

[Reynolds]

I can't wait for ice fishing, but by no means am I ready.

To do list:

1.mount fish house to skids

2.replace week spots in the floor

3.tear off shingles and replace with tin

4.put up soffit and facia

5.insulate the house

6.put up knotty pine in the interior

7.put on a new door

8.figure out how to build a booth that converts into a double bed featuring a double bed over the top of that.

9.rearrange the cabinets

10. rearrange the gas lights

11.cut two new holes in the floor

12.mount both propane tanks to the outside and run copper tubing to lights, stove, and furnace.

13.run 110v lighting

14.pick up a new portable and flasher

15.modify new portable with carpeted storage and LED lighting

16.take the auger in for a tune-up.

17.sharpen the blades

Wow , I have a lot to do yet. At least it's the type of stuff I enjoy doing.

[deepportage01]

Reynolds, When are you moveing back to get all this stuff done?

[Reynolds]

I am hoping for the first of the year. I know I will be coming back for a week or so over Thanksgiving. At that time I hope to make it in to Thorne Bros. or the Ice Show to pick up a portable. Also going to spend some quality time up at FM-Millelacs's working on the permanent. It'll be a group effort though with my dad and brother-in-laws helping out, so hopefully we can knock out quite a bit of that list.

[IcemanMN]

Reynolds what a friend of mine did to make a booth that converts into a double bed is he built two square benchs on the sides of his house then got an old RV table, mounted a 1x4 on the wall and then used a pole that could be removed from a bracket in the floor that held up the table, and when he went to sleep he'd pull the post out lay the table down he had built some rim so the table laid flush with the tops of the bench seats.

Then for the top double bunk be took two 2x4 and notched it in 3 spots and put one on each side wall, and used like a Cot type fabric and stretched it between the poles that way you could roll up the top bed if you wanted the room then just lay the poles in the notched 2x4's for sleeping. It works slick