Question on the Otter Wilderness Series houses

[LuckyNorm07]

Has anyone owned one of these house's. What do you think of them? I was looking at maybe getting one. Is this house/skin material the same as the pro house's? and/or the quality of the house.

[nofish]

I have owned the walleye series one for 2 years now, and I love it. I do not know about comparing it to the original otter houses, since I have not had one of those. I have not had any problems with the walleye. You get sled, seats, house and cover. I feel it is a high quality fish house, thats just my .02 worth. Would I buy it again? hell ya.

[LuckyNorm07]

The walleye series is the house that im looking to purchase.. i was just curious as to what other people thought of the house.. I currently have a clam 5600 and was looking for something a bit more portable(not so heavy and a fast set-up)thanks for the input..

[Coon]

I ordered the Walleye myself. Should be here later this week. Cant wait. Hard to beat that price.

[ilovehardwater]

I got mine for a steal of a deal a little over a month ago,look on the thier HSOforum for deals.It took a hour or two to set up no problems. I think its great except for the seats, they seem very close to each other and they are very large and bulky, I'm going to eventually lay 3/4 in. plywood in the sled, make some hinged trap doors,carpet the whole thing and replace the seats with folding fishing boat seats.But I cant wait to try it out for the first time, Good luck BT

[LuckyNorm07]

Ya, that was one thing i was worried about is the seats..They don't look too comfortable. I was thinking of replacing them with an otter padded seat. Pretty good deal for them though. I got the walleye series. How long did it take to ship?

[ilovehardwater]

I wanna say a less than a week faster than I expected thats for sure. BT

[LuckyNorm07]

I ordered the house monday night and got the house last night.. 2 days i was very impressed..

[walleyebw]

I ordered my Wilderness Walleye package on 10/11/07 in the afternoon. It came on 10/12/07. I have been pondering my sled modification. You are right those seats are big. I have an extra padded boat seat that I may use instead. I have been looking for a sled/house for a while now. You can't beat the price. The quality and features surely fit my needs.

[Pikeslayer]

Does yours have square alum.tubeing?Mine does and thats the only complaint I have with mine witch I bought last year,when raiseing or lowering they seem to stick real bad!Any ideas how to fix this?

[ilovehardwater]

Mine has square tubeing, it sticks very little. If I were you I would somehow sand or shave a little off the smaller pole and use a dump ton of spray lubricant.

[Shack]

They went to square, round is the way to go! At least I have come to figure out how to mine slide in and out with no effort! Mine are steel tubes. I would think alum. would bind easy! Softer metal!

[harvey lee]

I have no problems with my square tubing. They do stick a little but I would guess I may never bend them like my round poles.

[theoilman]

I would think that square tubing would be much stronger than round. How tightly do the poles fit inside each other? If fairly tight a thin film lubricant will help, though do NOT use WD-40 - when the carrier evaporates it leaves a 'fuzzy surface' (when viewed with a good magnifying glass) that attracts dust and dirt like a magnet. It may help short term, but in the long term it will make things worse. Silicone lubes work well if you have very dissimilar materials, ie plastic bushing with metal poles, or even wood and metal contact.

Though in this case, probably fairly close sizes of the same metal - AMSOIL has a very good thin film spray lube that dries to a slick finish, more info. It also is an excellent water displacement product - to keep the poles free.

[walleyebw]

Mine has the square tubes. When putting it together, I blew out the tubes with an air hose. I noticed there were a few burrs on the slide tubes. I used some metal sand paper and then polished it with some steel wool. When it was nice and smooth, I put some graphite on them and worked them up and down. They seem to just glide now. I don't anticipate any problems.

[Pikeslayer]

When I bought mine it was a display model,allready put together.I think I better take it apart and check for burs and put some graghite on the tubes!

[Coon]

are you supposed to unfasten the skirt clip from the sled where the seat bracket sits?? and just leave it unclipped?

[frogtosser]

I have the walleye too, I like the square tubes cause I have bent too many round ones that I why I went with this model. The seats are the only thing I would change, I am looking at making a bench for mine.