Jump to content

  • GUESTS

    If you want access to members only forums on HSO, you will gain access only when you Sign-in or Sign-Up .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member. ?

wheel house - freeze down tips

yamix4

By yamix4
in Ice Fishing

 Share

Recommended Posts

yamix4 Newbie

yamix4

Posted
Posted

doen anyone have advise on how to keep a wheel house frame from

freezing to the ice? I have aways fished portable but looking into a wheel house however i'm not sure of the pros and cons of a wheel house besides the price.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
L_Cappo Proficient

L_Cappo

Posted
Posted

make sure you keep an eye on the water level under the house.just incase it starts to flood you do not want your house to freeze down.make sure you have extra blocking in the shack also.never know when ya might need it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
L_Cappo Proficient

L_Cappo

Posted
Posted

thats what i use is foot long 4x4 blocks. and i keep 3 boxex of them in our portable jon.i always put atleast 2 4x4's on each corner and middle of the house.the reason i have so many blocks is i move my house alot out on lotw.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Big Dave2 Grand Master

Big Dave2

Posted
Posted

Our wheel house never freezes down so hard that I cannot pop it loose with the cranks. If it did I would hook a hose from the exhaust on my truck and run it to the open part of the frame in front so that the warm exhaust would flow into the hollow tubes of the frame and heat it up.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
hawkeye43 Mentor

hawkeye43

Posted
Posted

I let my house sit right down on the ice. Much easier to bank up and seal out the wind. Never have I not been able to pop the house free, but then the house is hardly in the same spot more than 7 days. On time some yahoo drilled holes along side the house to fish out of the wind, the water came to the bottom of the floor, but it still came loose. All 3 houses I have had in 25 years, so I have been doing it for a while now.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cliff Wagenbach Mentor

Cliff Wagenbach

Posted
Posted

 Originally Posted By: slipperybob
My vote is 4X4's because I hate to be the one retrieving those 2X4's in the ice...That's my buddy's wheel house.

I second the 4X4's! One under each corner, then bank the house with snow. Check the house at least weekly to be sure that the water has not risen to the tops of the 4X4's. If it gets close just add another one in each corner on top of the other one if you are locked in on a good spot! If not, just move the house a few feet and start over.

Cliff

Link to comment
Share on other sites
eyebjim Mentor

eyebjim

Posted
Posted

I've had two wheel houses and never had them freeze in either but I have seen some frozen in very bad. I don't like to use blocks either because it makes it sit up too high and you have to bank too much. Keep and eye on the weather and check on it once in a while just to be sure. If it snows/rains heavily when it is on the lake go and check it and block it as needed. I have had several times when I thought for sure it ws going to get floded and freeze in and then go and check it and its fine but I know the one time I don't Murphy will get me. The only problem I have had with freezing is I left the chain for the tank lock dangling on the ice and had to chizel 2 feet of chain out. Of course if there is already flooding when you put it on the ice it would be a good idea to block it above the water or just take it off with you when you go.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
shamrock7 Collaborator

shamrock7

Posted
Posted

I always use 4x4 in the back corners and 1 under the hitch. This way my hole sleeves fit just right to the ice and banking isn't so critical. We never leave the house down when we are not there. (LOW) We always pick it up and park out of the way when we are not going to be there for awhile. But like said, if you are only fishing for 2-3 days, you shouldn't need anything. If you leave the heat on, it shouldn't freeze down.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
eyebjim Mentor

eyebjim

Posted
Posted

It depends on how the house drops. My fisrt house I would drill the holes while it was up and then drop it down and it would work greats every time. The new one doesn't drop straight down or at least not as straight so I have to drill once I set it down. I picked up one of those sluch buckets that have a hole in them for the auger to keep the slush off the floor. I wouldn't want to try to mark holes and move it off, drill and the move back on. What a hassle.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
federline Proficient

federline

Posted
Posted

I dunno if they still do, but King Crow wheel houses have a 4 inch piece of 2x2 square tube welded to the bottom of the outside frame in 3 or 4 places as built-in blocking. Only having a few inches of steel touching the ice is a lot easier to crank up from if frozen down than 12 feet of it frozen down is.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Realtor Boy Collaborator

Realtor Boy

Posted
Posted

I have had 3 wheelhouses and I have never had one frozen in. Although if you plan on keeping it in the same place for a period of time i would definetly block it up. Lets face it these things are spendy and why chance it. To me being off the ice 2-4" is well worth the scenario of something major happenning to your nice little investment. Block it UP!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
late night Enthusiast

late night

Posted
Posted

After reading some post on this forum I am glad I cannot afford a wheeled house and I am stuck using my portable. I would love the comfort a house can provide but I am so happy I dont have to worry about break-ins and freeze-ins. One advantage of being on the lower tax braket.

I remeber years ago in high school some friend of mine had a "party shack" on the ice. It was not a wheeled house but just a shack and of course everybody was to drunk and stupid to care about blocking up the house up while leaving it sit in one spot for months. Well, you know what happened. Two trucks and a box of 30.06 shells later she finally came loose. Boy I had some stupid friends!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now ↓↓↓ or ask your question and then register. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)

    • smurfy
      Just Food and Drink

      By smurfy · Posted

      By The way that didn't work either!! Screw it I'll just use the cellular. 
    • Wanderer
      Just Food and Drink

      By Wanderer · Posted

      It’s done automatically.  You might need an actual person to clear that log in stuff up.   Trash your laptop history if you haven’t tried that already.
    • smurfy
      Just Food and Drink

      By smurfy · Posted

      😂 yea pretty amazing how b o o b i e s gets flagged, but they can't respond or tell me why I  can't get logged in here on my laptop but I can on my cellular  😪
    • Mike89
      Just Food and Drink

      By Mike89 · Posted

      I grilled some brats yesterday, maybe next weekend will the next round...  
    • Wanderer
      Just Food and Drink

      By Wanderer · Posted

      You got word censored cuz you said        B o o b ies….. haha.   Yeah, no… grilling is on hiatus for a bit.
    • smurfy
      Just Food and Drink

      By smurfy · Posted

      Chicken mine,  melded in Mccormick poultry seasoning for 24 hours.  Grill will get a break till the frigid temps go away!
    • Mike89
      Problems with Yetti

      By Mike89 · Posted

      good luck!!!   
    • rundrave
      Problems with Yetti

      By rundrave · Posted

      we had some nice weather yesterday and this conundrum was driving me crazy  so I drove up to the house to take another look. I got a bunch of goodies via ups yesterday (cables,  winch ratchet parts, handles, leaf springs etc).   I wanted to make sure the new leaf springs I got fit. I got everything laid out and ready to go. Will be busy this weekend with kids stuff and too cold to fish anyway, but I will try to get back up there again next weekend and get it done. I don't think it will be bad once I get it lifted up.    For anyone in the google verse, the leaf springs are 4 leafs and measure 25 1/4" eye  to eye per Yetti. I didnt want to pay their markup so just got something else comparable rated for the same weight.   I am a first time wheel house owner, this is all new to me. My house didn't come with any handles for the rear cables? I was told this week by someone in the industry that cordless drills do not have enough brake to lower it slow enough and it can damage the cables and the ratchets in the winches.  I put on a handle last night and it is 100% better than using a drill, unfortatenly I found out the hard way lol and will only use the ICNutz to raise the house now.
    • Wanderer
      Problems with Yetti

      By Wanderer · Posted

      I haven’t done any leaf springs for a long time and I can’t completely see the connections in your pics BUT I I’d be rounding up: PB Blaster, torch, 3 lb hammer, chisel, cut off tool, breaker bar, Jack stands or blocks.   This kind of stuff usually isn’t the easiest.   I would think you would be able to get at what you need by keeping the house up with Jack stands and getting the pressure off that suspension, then attack the hardware.  But again, I don’t feel like I can see everything going on there.
    • rundrave
      Problems with Yetti

      By rundrave · Posted

      reviving an old thread due to running into the same issue with the same year of house. not expecting anything from yetti and I already have replacement parts ordered and on the way.   I am looking for some input or feedback on how to replace the leaf springs themselves.    If I jack the house up and remove the tire, is it possible to pivot the axel assembly low enough to get to the other end of the leaf spring and remove that one bolt?   Or do I have to remove the entire pivot arm to get to it? Then I also have to factor in brake wire as well then. What a mess   My house is currently an hour away from my home at a relatives, going to go back up and look it over again and try to figure out a game plan.           Above pic is with house lowered on ice, the other end of that leaf is what I need to get to.   above pic is side that middle bolt broke and bottom 2 leafs fell out here is other side that didnt break but you can see bottom half of leaf already did but atleast bolt is still in there here is hub assembly in my garage with house lowered and tires off when I put new tires on it a couple months ago. hopefully I can raise house high enough that it can drop down far enough and not snap brake cable there so I can get to that other end of the leaf spring.

  • Topics

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

  I accept