Thread: First ice trip of the winter

Good Looki'n Shack you got there..

Originally Posted by no1son

That lowering running gear is a real nice feature. Does it also collapse for road trailering? It sure is roomy enough. It would certainly address one of the problems we seem to be having in that both quarry and the big toothies seem to be keying on our open holes, the former going all lockjawed and the later cruising in for handouts. You can very easily close off the light shafts from them in that.

Judging from the pines in the background I would have guessed, being well north of the Twin Cities, you would have had more than 14" of ice, which is only just a shade over driving on. We have close to a foot here ourselves even deep in the Metro heat island.

The 6x8 foot house was originally a skid house and I had the trailer assembly added. Set up is a breeze, pull two pins and crank the house down on the ice. This is a cold weather house a has four inch foam walls;a gas lantern or small Buddie heater is all the heat source needed. When it gets to cold for the portable I use the hard sided house for shirt sleeve comfort.
You are correct I am up in the pine tree area about twenty miles south of the headwaters of the Mississippi.