Method for weighing a fish house

[Grabs]

Well after some thought about how I could weigh my house, I suddenly remembered a method that was shown to me by my high school physics teacher. Now this will work for anything on wheels, because you need tire pressure to do the calculations.

With a trailer I would recommend hooking the trailer to what ever you plan on pulling it onto the lake with because the hitch angle can change the tire loading. You will need to measure the towing vehicle with and without the trailer attached in order to determine the exact weight of the trailer.

Place some graph paper, under each tire. Use graph paper that it is easy to count square inches on, 1/4" squares work very well. Now trace the tire outline onto the graph paper. Be sure only to trace the area that is in contacting the ground. Measure the tire pressure for each tire and record it on the outlined sheet for each tire.

Now count up the square inches within the outlined area.

Do the following calculation for each tire.
psi/si = lbs

Now subtract out the vehicle weight from the vehichle and the trailer wieght in orde to determine just the trailer.

This method is very accurate, but can only be as accurate as your outline and your tire gauge, so be sure to take good data!

Good Luck and let me know how it works.

[MNice]

Or you could go to your local grain elevator and weigh it with their scale.

[Guest]

OK, now what are the prizes for the three heaviest fish houses?

[mobydick]

Has anyone actually weighed their fishhouse
How much did they weigh. I just built a 6,4x12 this summer and was wondering what an average weight would be?

[Guest]

At the ice show in December I asked this question to every dealer there with a fish house on wheels. The answer was 1500lbs. Didn't matter the size or the material that it was made out of. They all said 1500lbs.

So when someone ask me what my homemade 7 X12 on wheel weighs I just say 1500lbs. To me it doesn't matter as I'm not pulling it out untill I have 12 plus inches of ice.

[vikingtom]

My frieds is 1620 and mine is 1000 both are 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Mine ain't all the finished.

[Kingfisher]

Our 8'X8' insulated and finished with plywood with 5"X6" runners ways 1700#

[Guest]

for bryon

[Guest]

Put the house on 2 inches of ice if it goes through it weighs more than a person!

Put it on 5 inches of ice, if it goes through, it weighs more then a snowmobile.

Put in a 8 inches of ice, if it goes through, it weights more then a small car.

Put in on 12 inches....Sorry, couldn't resist!ScottS