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Lets see Houses for the '08/'09 season

Sandmannd

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walleye 4 me, everything is relative. I grew up fishing out of perms on Mille Lacs and was accustomed to fishing 12"-16" off the ice; 5-1/2" floor joists plus 6" oak runners plus 3/4" flooring plus whatever blocking under the runners. We used custom made adjustable 2-piece sheetmetal liners originally then later used 5 gallon buckets as you mentioned. I have been aspiring to build my own wheel house for too long now and keep wondering whether it's worth all the time and money to get a house that drops right down on the ice... not sure it's necessary.

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In addition to the Voyager I have been "pimpin" I have this camper rig. It's nothing fancy, has 5 holes,removeable wheels,great heater,works great as a home base & a place to play some poker & enjoy a beverage with friends.

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I'm trying to talk my dad into this route. Any suggestions?

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The cost angle might work. These old campers can be had cheap. If you are handy with a sawsall it dosen't take a lot to put holes in the floor add a heater and your good to go.We moved the wheels to the outside so they are removeable. It's showing it's age structally so somewhere down the road I plan to rebuild on the existing frame. As it sits I have less than a grand into it.

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Man those are some nice houses. I am hoping to build me a new one this coming summer. I have an 8X18 frame that I am going to put a 3' V on the front for the toilet. I ahve gotten some good ideas from all of these pics. Thanks and keep em coming.

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8 x 22 1/2. Went as big as would fit in the garage. Still wish the self builders the best of luck but don't think too many will reach this level of quality.

well dont pat yourself on the back...

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well dont pat yourself on the back...

Isn't that pretty much the jest of threads like this? Maybe you missed the thread that stated all the mfg'd houses were poor quality and the only way to get a good one was to self build.

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thats not what im saying. your just saying yours is better than everyone elses and doubt that anyone else can do something like yours. news flash yours isnt anything great. its nice but theres plenty of other people that built there own that are just as good if not better...

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      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.
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