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First Wheel House Construction (Advice Please?)

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When we went to get the aluminum sheets from Midway, they actually ended up being 49" wide, and not 48". Guess we got an even better deal than we thought. They told me over the phone that they were 48". Oh well. grin

Be careful might overlap 1" / Sheet???? That the way my Ice Castle alum siding is. (Slotted )

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This is a house I built for a neighbor of mine this spring. The shell was made from materials purchased at Midway in St.Cloud. Has all LED lights and trailer brakes. Midway has some good deals right now. You might want to check them out.

They sure do. I got all my supplies except for the insulation and the wood for both my fish houses there. They had the lowest prices on torsion suspension in the area. I got all the steel for my frame there and even my welding wire too that place has it all.

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Tyler23, We are not done with it yet. What we have done is the shell, and the spray foam insulation. The owner figures about $3,000 so far, but he hasn't sat down and actually added it all up. This figure was off the top of his head. This is 8'X 14'-w/4' v-front. 18 feet total length.

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River Rat 316, My wheel systems have the winch mounted on the leaf spring, and is removable. The system is a 6,000# system, with 12" brakes. I previously sold one of my frames on C-list like this one, but a little longer(16' w/4' v-front). I do not have any plans to give out, or sell. I might be able to build you a frame, if you are interested. I am now in the process of making a new design for the crank down system. I will post pics when I get the first one done. It will be a while.

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When you crank it up, the wheels really aren't that far forward. The inside is still empty, but we had it down the highway at 70 mph with no swaying. When the inside is done, we will have plenty of tongue weight. Plus there is double doors in the rear for hauling a wheeler.

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With the two 30# tanks on front(full), and nothing inside, it actually balanced out even. You can pick up the tongue by hand. I was surprised how well it pulled down the road with so little tongue weight. All of the heavy components for inside are going to be in front, including the bathroom, battery storage, stove, heater, TV, microwave. The only thing that is going in the rear is the bunks. Acording to DOT, we should have 10% of total weight for tongue weight to prevent swaying, and the length of the tongue makes a difference also.

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You mentioned that you are leaning towards steel siding. Would it be pole shed steel? Looks like you might run into a clearance issue where the cranks are. I have installed that steel on another house I built, and forgot to compensate for the ribs in the steel. wink Just a thought.

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You might want to consider using surface mounted tail lights rather than the stud mounted variety. It's just a matter of time 'til ya munch one and the stud mounts are a pain to change out.

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You might want to consider using surface mounted tail lights rather than the stud mounted variety. It's just a matter of time 'til ya munch one and the stud mounts are a pain to change out.

Tail lights are already mounted as part of the trailer just below the cranks.

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You mentioned that you are leaning towards steel siding. Would it be pole shed steel? Looks like you might run into a clearance issue where the cranks are. I have installed that steel on another house I built, and forgot to compensate for the ribs in the steel. wink Just a thought.

I've decided on sheet aluminum. The clearance on the cranks was a problem. I had to drill new mount holes on them and move them out an inch or so to give clearance for siding. This is a design flaw with the trailer frame.

Has anyone purchased sheet aluminum from Discount Steel in Mpls? They have great pricing and do custom cut sheets to order.

Google for Discount Steel Minneapolis and you can find the HSOforum with pricing on sheet aluminum. If you put in the dimensions and quantity, the price changes. The higher the quantity, the price per sheet goes down. Be nice to get an order together for a few projects to get a better discount.

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Has anyone purchased sheet aluminum from Discount Steel in Mpls? They have great pricing and do custom cut sheets to order.

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They appear to discount based on the quantity. Be nice to get an order together for a few projects to get a better discount.

How much would the minimum purchase have to be to get a considerable discount? I might be interested in it, if the discount is worth it.

I purchased sheet aluminum up a Midway for a reasonable price, but they only had white.

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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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      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.
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      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.

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