Camper converting to fish house

[perchking]

Not really sure what it is worth but I know it is worth more than they were offering...

[ice_it_06]

Dances with Walleye:

That was kind of my point with perch kings unit. Its obviously no early ice set up as is any unit over 14' needing a truck to pull it.

Any combination of truck and house @ 10,0000 cant go out until the ice allows. His 32' is no different then everyone else running out with trucks and 4,000 lb houses. I'd much rather have 5,000 lbs spread out over 32' then 4,000 + in a 16' - 20' span. We all know all to well that once someone decides its ok for truck travel, the houses are hooked up as well. And down here in SE Mn they all park on top of each other, houses and trucks.

Amazes me how nobody the first week out does not unhook and get the truck away from the houses, or if they do unhook they park right on top of the house and another moves in within twenty feet. I like going up north where people seem to show more logic. But up there ice is not usually a issue as well.

[Blaze]

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so does anyone lower their converted camper to the ice? we are gutting a 16ft and are thinking about lowering it somehow.

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We gutted and rebuilt a 7'x12' last year, took it to ML, and dropped it down on the ice. Top of floor to water level was probably 10"? We swapped out the bolts that hold the leaf springs to the frame with hitch pins. Pulled it out, jacked it up, pulled the pins + axle, and set it on 6x6s. Worked well, but it's a fair amount of work anytime you want to move it...and I recommend moving it every so often.

All in all, worked pretty well, but we're designing a way to drop it on skids for the winter so we can drag it around the lake during the winter and put the axle back on to roll her home afterward.

[Pikeslayer]

BLAZE Thats what Im looking to do with my 16'camper,same setup with pins in the shackles and skids when I get to the cabin.I have a 1972 model camper and it looks like the floor is about 17"up from the ground(ice)if I put 8"skids under it Im 9"closer.It sounds like a lot more work but in the long run I think it will be worth it!Unless my figures are wrong and thats NEVER!!happened before!

[Dances with Walleye]

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Dances with Walleye:

That was kind of my point with perch kings unit. Its obviously no early ice set up as is any unit over 14' needing a truck to pull it.

Any combination of truck and house @ 10,0000 cant go out until the ice allows. His 32' is no different then everyone else running out with trucks and 4,000 lb houses. I'd much rather have 5,000 lbs spread out over 32' then 4,000 + in a 16' - 20' span. We all know all to well that once someone decides its ok for truck travel, the houses are hooked up as well. And down here in SE Mn they all park on top of each other, houses and trucks.

Amazes me how nobody the first week out does not unhook and get the truck away from the houses, or if they do unhook they park right on top of the house and another moves in within twenty feet. I like going up north where people seem to show more logic. But up there ice is not usually a issue as well.

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Well what we do is bring the house (Gutted mind you) and a 4X4 wheeler... Park the truck, hitch the house to the wheeler and creep out on say 12 inches of ice.

House+truck on early ice = Bad judgement call, in my book.