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Which Wheelhouse to buy

maros91

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PikeBayCommanche Experienced

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We just bought our first wheelhouse this year and have been extremly happy with it.

It is a Team Extreme from Extreme Ice Houses in Walker. They are really sturdy and durable. The entire frame and outside of house and floor inside are coated with a Rhino Lining type coating. Easy to clean and very warm. over the weekend we only used about half of a 20lb tank. and we even left it on at night when we went back to the cabin.

Give um a look.

Good Luck

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MuleShack Grand Master

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I'd have to say that the top of the line is "the Lodge"...for quality and price. They look good from the inside and outside and the quality is very good, with very good trailer. I'm heading out to look at one in person in the morning.

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i bought a sportmans. they sponsor this forum. i got a 18' shell and finished it myself. i also had him build it with 7' walls. it was alot of work but well worth it. frame is well built. house is lightweight. ive pulled the the house as fast as 70 mph and it trailers great.

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Also where my money is going. Close second was Dreamshack. Everything else... you get what you pay for. Did the shell and self finish on my last one. Turned out well but didn't really save any money even getting most of the spendy items at distributor cost.

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I got a Kingcrow at then end of last year and love it. We got the 6 1/2 X 12 basic shell with two cabinets and have done a lot of additions. It was very cheap almost a couple grand below everyone else as we bought it right at the end of the year so they were dumping them for cheap. Great things about it are the exterior and frame very nice looking adn durable.

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If your capable of building your own I suggest checking out Fish house supply. If you have the time, you can save yourself a few thousand bucks.

I have built a couple using there frames and can easily pull mine 70 plus MPH. Great guys to work with and they have one of the best frames built!

They are also a sponsor of FM.

http://www.fishhousesupply.com/

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this is a great question considering the prices of these things. any suggestions for durability, for pulling back and forth from the twin cities to Red Lake often. I want one which will not loosen up or begin to fall apart from a lot of travel. Also, does the King Crow come in 8' width? And lastly, any opinions on the Ice Castles....thanks.

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I'm not much of a builder or a handyman so if I buy one I will have them do it. I have heard some bad things about the Ice Castles from some people on here but they never gave the reason why. I know the Ice Castles use the wood studs on their's and some other builders use aluminum. Is aluminum better since there would be no deteriorating or rotting wood?

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