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Banking wheel houses

bak2MN

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Instead of throwing a bunch of snow around the wheels of the house, does anyone have any ideas on what to use for a wall of sorts. I thoght about useing a couple of 1/4 inch pieces of plywood. What do you guys use?

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Snow is the way to go. Some people use hay bails or wood, but then you have lots of clean up and still you will be leaving some on the ice. With all the snow this year, it only makes sense to use snow...no clean up, not leaving anything on the ice in spring.

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I worked in a foundry that was getting rid of a rubber belt used to move sand.They gave it to me. It was about a 1/4" thick x ???? long. I cut a strip 7" wide and long enough to skirt my wheel house. Attached it to the frame with some washers and galvinized self tapping metal screws. Now I can just crank er down. I also have the catch covers with sleeves so I get no wind under the house.Real nice inside no matter what the weathers like.

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I seen up at URL a guy had some sort of sheet of soemthing placed to block the wheel well than banked with snom. Mine is a tandem axle and its hard to get snow back behind the axles. I know snow is the best way. Just thought I could keep some of the snow away from the brake wires to avoid some potential problems.

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We have to old road signs (the big adopt a highway ones) that we put 1x4's around and then screw that over the wheel wells after we lower the house. We then just bank around the whole house with snow. It works great at keeping the snow away from the cables and it's a lot easier than trying to push snow all around the tires and cables.

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I have rubber belting I have screwed under the house around each hole no need to bank and no sleeves to put down make sure belting is a little wider then floor thickness so when you let house down it touches the ice and then some.If going to leave house down for sometime I still bank the house.

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I worked in a foundry that was getting rid of a rubber belt used to move sand.They gave it to me. It was about a 1/4" thick x ???? long. I cut a strip 7" wide and long enough to skirt my wheel house. Attached it to the frame with some washers and galvinized self tapping metal screws. Now I can just crank er down. I also have the catch covers with sleeves so I get no wind under the house.Real nice inside no matter what the weathers like.

Hope it helps.

Were you out on Waconia earlier this year with your house, because I believe I saw your house and thought to myself geez that sure is a slick idea.

Truth be told, if you leave it out for a while does the rubber ever want to freeze down to the ice?

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Were you out on Waconia earlier this year with your house, because I believe I saw your house and thought to myself geez that sure is a slick idea.

Truth be told, if you leave it out for a while does the rubber ever want to freeze down to the ice?

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i like the idea for a 8' house of some kind of plywood or highway signs to cover up the indent so snow doesnt hurt everything

you could almost make the plywood or sign on a Slider...bolted to the house and then slid it down and you are done...and if you have windows there it could cover them for traveling and storing

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