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Love the skid setup! Just my opinion, but if you building the shack for the long haul, I would suggest putting headers over the doors and windows.
Why?
Just like in a house... the headers transfer weight to the studs and also reduce sag.
There is no weight to be distributed. He's not spanning much of anything (ok...I do see one window opening). I can see a single 2x3 warping, but beyond that, it's not supporting anything. The sheathing should give it rigidity. Many old houses were built without headers in certain areas...I believe in stick construction.
To each their own I guess... Just a comment. Anything else you would like to debate?
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Looks good dude should be nice and cozy at 50 below. What's your plan for the hitch are you going to set it up to pull with two sleds or do you think your swt will pull it? How is Dubes coming along haven't heard from him all summer? I think the skandic will haul it, but I bought an argo from a guy at work and I'm sure it will haul it. Took it out the second day of moose season and shot a cow, it swam across the river with a moose in it...awesome rig. Worked out perfect, done with moose season so I can work on the shack
Off topic, but we have snow on the ground and ice forming up north
I'm so glad your building this... I've been toying with a similar ski design. The only thing I'm worried about is if moisture and water builds up inside the cavity of the pontoon, it won't be able to escape. Is it possible to make it completely water tight, even through the abuse it will see?Thoughts on that? My design is a little different, a much smaller shack. I'd like to build a 4'x10' and use big wide skis so I don't have to build it real high in case of deep snow. I'm hoping it will "float" on the snow. I'd like it nice and low.I was going to use plywood for the sides/risers, and 2"x blocking in between. Bend plywood for the bottom and 2 strips on uhmv on each for the sliders. So the poly strips will contact the ice/trailer, and if I have deep snow the plywood will float on it.How on earth are you going to transport that thing...? It's wider than any trailer I can think of.