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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Ice Shack Tips => Topic started by: muskyon46 on May 01, 2018, 01:23 PM
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So I just picked up an X200 pro thermal for an excellent price (bargain cave) and will be doing some mods to the thing for making it into an easily movable weekend sleeper flip over this summer. Seems like a great one man sleeper and should be alot more mobile than the xl6000 hub a couple of us have been using for awhile now. Any one have one of these flips and if so how do you like it? Anything you wish you would have changed before putting it to use? How much juice does the led clam light stick use? I'll post up some pics as I get things done to it but for now this is all I have
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Congratulations.. Sweet score..... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Bet it got warm in there jigging in the driveway..... ::) ::) ;D ;D ;) ;)
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Congratulations.. Sweet score..... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Bet it got warm in there jigging in the driveway..... ::) ::) ;D ;D ;) ;)
Hard on the auger too. ;)
Nice toy, and you get bonus points for getting gear ready early for next season. ;D
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Thanks guys, yes it was a hot mess enjoying a cold drink in the driveway in that thing. VERY hard on the auger but I couldnt keep the potatoe bugs and sugar ants off. Killed them ;D I had been watching that tent in the bargain cave since the end of december and ended up taking it off their hands for just under $500. If I wouldnt have been so caught up in the moment I could have saved another $60 on raise or ebay giftcards. DOH!!! what was I doing, oh well still a screaming deal. I had to put it away in the shed last night or I'll keep messing with it and never get my boat out @)
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Nothing like playing with toys while enjoying a cold one. Now get that boat out. I've been on the water here, but the place in Maine still has a foot of ice. With luck it goes next week, but then I'll miss it by June. ;D
Next year, let's kick off the season with a thread titled "Best auger for concrete driveways?". ;)
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Matt I sure hope you don't have mice in that shed... :-\
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Nothing like playing with toys while enjoying a cold one. Now get that boat out. I've been on the water here, but the place in Maine still has a foot of ice. With luck it goes next week, but then I'll miss it by June. ;D
Next year, let's kick off the season with a thread titled "Best auger for concrete driveways?". ;)
It definately time for the boat, not a hint of ice around here unless its in my drink. Agreed when it gets into the upper 90's here I'll really be missing the hard deck
Matt I sure hope you don't have mice in that shed... :-\
No mice in the shed Dom, we dont get to many around my place. Its one of the lifetime sheds (12x14) made of vinyl and its pretty tight. I've been keeping my smaller flip in there and some sleeping bags the last few years and the worst I've had is a couple black widows & some hornets. Should be good to go
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Was finally able to get some work done on the sleeper. Got the original seat bar cut down and repositioned to be level with the rest of the tub and provide more than enough support for my top deck
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Top deck board cut to fit around hinges, pole release's ect... and intial weight testing for my big butt
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Then came the carpet, got everything glued and stapled in place along with getting the hinge where I believe it will need to be. I will find out the next day I get to do some work on it. Should be good to go
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Even gave it the christening with a few cold ones and few spilled drops just to break it in later that evening
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Lights dont draw much work well when using them for walleye
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Very good to know aq234, I usually make my own led light bars but decided with this hut I would use the light stick that came with it. I'll be powering it with a jump box so I should have more than enough juice. I'll be putting some flush mount connections (usb, cig lighter ect..) to plug stuff in also
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Looks great mister.... :thumbsup:
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Thanks Dom, now to just getter done and get it smelling fishy :icefish: :icefish:
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Nice looking shack - like the mod to the unit!
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Nice looking shack - like the mod to the unit!
Thanks, cant wait to put it to use. Got the electrical supplies & rubber mat for the tub ordered yesterday. Hoping to get the top deck attached to the tub this weekend and then I can post up some more progress pics :thumbsup: :woot: :woot:
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I did a similar thing to mine. Only Dif is I built some compartments to hold my stuff, so it wasn't rolling around getting lost like it always did under the two seats...You'll love having just one large deck to sit on, set your coffee cup on, heater, bait puck, etc etc....Mine is now too heavy to really pull by hand, so I can only use it when pulling with my snowmobile. But thats ok....when I do get to use it, its a double treat. Have fun and nice job on the mod.
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Thanks perchnut, I have been throwing around the idea of making some compartments but decided to just put down some rubber matting in the bottom as the hyfax srcews are a little long and I dont want to cut them all down yet. We'll see how it goes. Maybe make a couple deviders to keep things to one side or the other ??? ??? I usually pack stuff pretty tight so I shouldnt get to much stuff rolling around. YA RIGHT!!! I am adding some pinned boat seat bases for the seats in the deck to still use the seats that came with it when needed, but thats not top of the list as of yet. I'll definately be pulling this beast around with a machine for sure. The only time I would will be when its just staight ice no snow but I doubt that will be happening as I have a Frabil recruit for my day trips which is much lighter and doesnt need a machine for travel even though I still do ;D
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Latest update. I ran into a problem that I didnt see when I was building the deck. I was thinking I could use just a 1 piece deck, but after looking at it for a while sitting in the garage I came to the relization that the 1 piece would work great when the tent was up but when the tent was down it would be really difficult to open the deck to put my gear in or get anything out. I pulled the carpet back and chopped 5in off each side of the deck and built new side pieces that got some new carpet
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As you can see it the pics the tent material is pushed to the outside which isn't the norm for anyone that has a flip. With the tent up my youngest approves it as a sleeping area
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Next I moved on to the hinge which I had previously installed, DUH. Of course it was about an inch to high on the deck, so I placed the deck in place in the up position and took the hinge off and re-attched it in the correct place to be functional.
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Next came the power plug. This should work good hooking it up to either a barttery or most likely a jump box under the deck. That's the next project along with the mat I'm placing in the bottom of the tub
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Here's the finished look/postion it will be in when loading it up / taking gear out / using it for day trips
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Like I said next is a little bit of wiring, mat in the tub & of course some seat mounts
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That looks great, I am considering the same sled and want to make it into a sleeper as well. I like what you've done so far.
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I just got an X300 and it is even bigger for this approach.
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I just got an X300 and it is even bigger for this approach.
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That looks great, I am considering the same sled and want to make it into a sleeper as well. I like what you've done so far.
Thanks, finally decided on my sleeping options and went with the klymit static V luxe insulated sleeping pad. Tried a few of these pads out and the luxe being 3in thick when inflated works awesome. Even for a side sleeper like myself. The low cot option I was looking at also just seemed like more to set up than this pad. We'll see
I just got an X300 and it is even bigger for this approach.
Very nice, me and my buddy have been watching the X400 for quite some time now as we wanted that for a double sleeper but I just couldn't pass the deal up on this one
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Great work Matt, that shanty is nice. And little girl approved! :thumbsup:
Maybe I missed it, how much weight do you estimate the modifications add?
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You know im not exactly sure how much weight I shaved off or added. The box all the seat stuff came in weights a ton so I'm guessing I'm six's with the wood deck minus all that seat stuff
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Excellent trade off for weight. The old gears are turning with ideas for something similar to yours. :)
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Nice, I'll look forward to seeing it. Had some things to get done in the new enclosed trailer, installed some E-track so no progress on the sleeper this weekend. I did get my seat mounts all together after meeting prospector on my way into Idaho this weekend. That will be the next update along with the new tow bar. Went with the clam pro series hitch for this tank.
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Got a couple things done last night while watching the game after staring at my hitch & foam matting for a couple weeks now. While I was at it I also decided to figure out how I wanted the top deck kickstand bar to go in. I was just winging it with this one, but am very happy with how it turned out. I was able to repurpose an old homemade tow bar I broke at cascade last year. 1st to go on was the clam pro hitch and what was nice was when they made the tub there was indented holes already alighned for this tow bar for easy drilling. I would recommend drilling one side of the holes 1st, installing the bolts put the backing bracket on then drilling the other 2 holes from the inside out. My precasted holes were just a little off but will not effect anything
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Then went in the foam matting, utilizing the tow bar hardware to hold it up on one side
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Then the kick stand for the top deck, very simple set up here. Just drilled a series of small holes along the edge where I planned to stick the flattened end of the old tow bar in. On the deck side the longer bracket the pipe is bolted to provides left to right support to keep the bar staight while in the stowed position along with a modified hanger bolt screwed into the deck for supporting it also. Should keep it in place while traveling
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Next comes the seat mounts which will hopefully be done this weekend sometime
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I did get the sled finished up for our show & tell trip coming up on the 29th. Got the seat bases all mounted up
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And the electical finished. I wired this so I can run it off my 4-12v LSA batteries that I have left over since going to lithium for the LX7 or plug the cig lighter into a jump box. Should be good for multi use
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I am going to change this deck next season and make my door smaller and widen up the sides. It can be a bit tight when lifting the door up and then having to pull the tent out of the way when closing it back up. No biggie more to tinker with next fall
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I'm glad you are making all the mistakes for me so I'm all set when I get mine in a few weeks!
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Thats not a prob Dr.G, heres the 1st trip with the tent at Henry's lake idaho last weekend. The tent was perfect for 2 anglers all weekend long and will be a great sleeper for the weekend for me
https://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=359870.msg3882940#msg3882940 (https://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=359870.msg3882940#msg3882940)
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I love the flag pole. What is the flag?
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Iceshanty militia flag, top right hand corner of the page click on proshop they can be purchased with a militia membership or you can purchase just the iceshanty.com flags. The militia flags are definitely the best looking ones in my book
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Got a couple videos put together on how I prep this for the season and the 1st set up for ice camping. 1st ones a bit long but there was a few things to cover. 2nd way shorter and shot at Henry's lake Idaho. Enjoy :thumbsup:
Also added a shelf and a couple nets today
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Shot another clip of the set up while fishing. Enjoy
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This may be how I modify my flip over if I ever do. I would be MUCH more comfortable with a deck like that. Dog would love too. How much wider will your side pieces be when you redo it. And where did you get the seat mount brackets?
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This I such a good idea I'm wondering why they don't come like this.
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This may be how I modify my flip over if I ever do. I would be MUCH more comfortable with a deck like that. Dog would love too. How much wider will your side pieces be when you redo it. And where did you get the seat mount brackets?
This I such a good idea I'm wondering why they don't come like this.
Thanks Rowdie, It would be great if they did come atleast partially set up with the top deck maybe like a few different configuration options. My sides will be atleast 12-15in wide when I redo them. The seat set ups are just some old boat stuff I had laying around. It can all be searched on amazon or what ever online places you like to look at. Just search boat seat mounts. Only draw back is you really have to watch that post in the tub so you dont crush nothing important. I put soft things in that area like my sleeping bag, shoes, ect...There's other videos of some of the set ups the guys I fish with have on my youtube channel. They get a little fancier than I do with multiple doors for access to the tub. I just prefer one big door. Maximize all the tub for gear when needed with nothing in they way.
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Have you considered using a track seat attachment across the front of instead of having the seats with posts? My old boat had seat set ups like that.
https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/wise-8wd70-15-boat-seat-base-sure-mount-15-slide-bracket-kit?a=1582274&szc=000&clrc=000&pm2d=CSE-SPG-15-PLA&utm_medium=PLA&utm_source=Google&utm_campaign=CI&gclid=e572f8f3440212ec4ff4998dfdc1aa25&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=e572f8f3440212ec4ff4998dfdc1aa25
Just another idea. I like the set up and may try something like that in my 2 man.
Eric
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Have you considered using a track seat attachment across the front of instead of having the seats with posts? My old boat had seat set ups like that.
https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/wise-8wd70-15-boat-seat-base-sure-mount-15-slide-bracket-kit?a=1582274&szc=000&clrc=000&pm2d=CSE-SPG-15-PLA&utm_medium=PLA&utm_source=Google&utm_campaign=CI&gclid=e572f8f3440212ec4ff4998dfdc1aa25&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=e572f8f3440212ec4ff4998dfdc1aa25
Just another idea. I like the set up and may try something like that in my 2 man.
Eric
I have looked into those and my buddy that camps with us has them. Being a pretty big boy I'm almost positive I would come in a little to hot and break them. Lately I have been using my directors chair in there so I haven't been taking the seats
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Well after having quite a few good years camping in this tent it was time for an upgrade. Ever since the release of the 4 door skins I have really been wanting it. After throwing around the idea of buying a whole new flip and looking close at all my buddies I was almost set on the frabil predator. Love the flat front wall but After pulling my buddies around on the last camp trip last season I had to rethink. Way to much slope on the front of that tub and the weird slope on top also. It was like pulling a plow around in the soft snow. Otters are a little out of my price range although I was on the fence with the pro resort but again not to happy with the slope on the tub on top for this one. So.... just a simple upgrade to my skin and keep the X200. I purchased the pro skin from a couple years ago with the 4 doors I've been drooling over since they came out. Built a new deck, scaling down the door allowing easier access to the tub. Put in a double hinge to use the door in full up mode for unpacking and packing up while only being to do the half for while my bed roll is set up or all the tent material is down around the outside. One big mistake I made building the 1st deck. I couldn't get in the tub as all the skin material was in the way when not set up. I also got rid of all power connections as having my power source in a cold tub all weekend is not good. Boat seat mounts got ditched also. The pins underneath could really mess some stuff up if you weren't paying attention when packing gear in there. Never really used them anyways as the seats were not comfy for my liking. I prefer to sit on a director type chair but always have to sit off the deck in my fishable area. I did find something close to it with the CGI stadium seat and can now free up some of that area for fishing. Well enough chat here the pics to the point that I'm at.
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Still have things to do with the wet snow/ rain fly/ heat retention top and a few other things. All in all I'm very happy with going this route and it only cost me about half the $ or more of the cost from starting fresh. Gotta love prepping for the upcoming season :thumbsup:
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Wow, that's a nice set up. Where did you get the fan?
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Wow, that's a nice set up. Where did you get the fan?
Got it off Amazon. It's powered by usb. Not sure on how much juice it will pull vs the other type of fans I've been using but I like the look. Almost like a 2nd home now or the dog house when the wife's mad :roflmao:
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Those fans come in 4 & 6 blade models, so your aware if your going to get one. I've been using this heat powered fan mostly as it requires no juice and keeps the tent nice and cozy.
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Real nice upgrade! How much did Clam charge you for the tent if you don't mind me asking? I'd love to have the side opening doors as well for my X200 but I always thought the hoop layout was different?
The fan looks amazing but is it cumbersome to travel with? Does it break down at all?
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Real nice upgrade! How much did Clam charge you for the tent if you don't mind me asking? I'd love to have the side opening doors as well for my X200 but I always thought the hoop layout was different?
The fan looks amazing but is it cumbersome to travel with? Does it break down at all?
Thanks jethro. It was $650 for the new skin (1800 denier pro model PN#106169) including shipping to Utah. It fits perfect on my 5yo frame. I also bought 2 sets of extra poles to tighten everything up good. The fan does break down into a pretty small box for easy packing. Just not sure on how much juice it will take to run it for 2-3 nights yet. Did upgrade my power source this year with a 500w solar generator so I can give my other batteries a break that I've been using .
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Did a little more tinkering with the double hinge door and I'm liking how it turned out. Flipped the hinge so it just folds up on itself, don't know what i was thinking at 1st. Installed a small chain to hold it up on the back pole and we're good to go
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Here's the size of the fan box for how small it packs down to
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And of course it never gets old for my youngest. Her favorite hang out this time of year
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Thanks jethro. It was $650 for the new skin (1800 denier pro model PN#106169) including shipping to Utah. It fits perfect on my 5yo frame. I also bought 2 sets of extra poles to tighten everything up good. The fan does break down into a pretty small box for easy packing. Just not sure on how much juice it will take to run it for 2-3 nights yet. Did upgrade my power source this year with a 500w solar generator so I can give my other batteries a break that I've been using .
Oh, that's not bad. Really nice upgrade. If my tent wasn't in pretty much perfect shape I'd definitely consider it. That fan is going to be mine for sure.
What do you heat with? Propane and a buddy heater? I'm considering a diesel heater for mine but not sure.
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Totally agree. If it's in good shape no need to replace it. My zippers were in rough shape from all the use. They definitely upgraded that after the 1st gen x200. I use propane and a buddy. If the diesel heaters would have been out years ago I would be onboard for one. One of our ice camping buddies runs one and it's pretty slick. This was his build and test run on it
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Oh that's funny, that is the exact same box I was planning on using for my build.
Great video! Thanks for that.
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No prob jethro, looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
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Got a few more things taken care of the last couple weeks. When this started and I had the tent tore down I noticed my light bar was on its last leg. After a close inspection a wire had been clipped and while attempting to get that fixed the dang thing quit working all together. So I flipped it over and installed some led strip lighting, shrink tubed it and when I powered it on it was no where bright enough. Back to the drawing board I was. Decided to use an extra pole which I have a few of since buying 2 pole kits. Repourposed some of the pole holder clips I'm no longer using and bought a 1000 lumen usb light bar. Came with a dimmer/ timer switch inline which I really like. I can move this bar to any of the 3 main poles and rotate it front to back for a different affect on lighting.
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Got a good bag for all the poles I'm packing around now.
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Being that I'm in the side door club now I made the decision to sale my old 1st gen 949i and picked up the new piscifun pop up with the flat wall/ full door. It connects great to the new skin and will be nice when I have the daughter or wife out with me for an overnighter possibly. I'm very pleased with the quality of this tent. The only downfall is I lost 5in in height. Being just under 6ft I would not recommend this tent for anyone taller than that for sure but like I said it's just for using here and there if needed for opening up fishing/cot space. All and all it was worth the roughly $50 this upgrade costed.
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Also on the list was coming up with something for moving the tent around the house and to the trailer. Harbor freight dollies are just not cutting it anymore. Was going to build it but then came across this heavy duty cart on the local classified for $30. Bingo! Works like a charm.
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My chariot got some new wear bars/ carbides this season also so as said above the HF dollies just weren't cutting it anymore either. Picked up some ski wheels, modified them a bit for my liking and other than having to replace the cheap wheels for some beefier ones eventually. I could ride this thing all around with no probs under 10mph.
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Next thing to get tweaked is the battery bag. Maybe today. More to come.
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Looks great, Matt! The pop-up as a modular expansion is a great idea. You can call it your covered patio. ;D
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Looks great, Matt! The pop-up as a modular expansion is a great idea. You can call it your covered patio. ;D
Nothing wrong with that ;D
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Didn't get as much done as expected this weekend but every little bit counts. Got the floor out and tested it out with the new skin. Made a new fish landing pad/ hole cover when hooked up with other tents. Looks almost to nice to get all slimed up
(https://i.postimg.cc/KkrFH4SW/20231122-234544.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/KkrFH4SW)
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Been really liking this light for pulling fish up at night. Stays right on the tent pole at all times unless needed elsewhere
(https://i.postimg.cc/bD6VrjQJ/20231122-234657.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bD6VrjQJ)
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New battery bag turned out pretty good compared to the old tote I was using
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Daughter had to do a dry run with her play pole. Lol
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More to come
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Looking good Matt !!!!
Hope that I will get to see it in person this season.
I started getting my stuff rounded up this weekend.
Going ice hunting in the morning. I'll report.
Tight lines :tipup:
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Looking good Matt !!!!
Hope that I will get to see it in person this season.
I started getting my stuff rounded up this weekend.
Going ice hunting in the morning. I'll report.
Tight lines :tipup:
Thanks Alan, looking forward to what you find. Pretty sure we'll be coming up there in the next 2wks for a look ourselves for a day trip
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Hilarious.. you and I are like brothers from another mother. I'm also upgrading my lighting because the built in light bar has been flickering and is ready to fail. Also, I'm considering at retiring my original Clam Bigfoot 4000T hub so I can get a full door. Those older hub doors are the pits especially for a plus sized person like myself.
The height thing may not be a problem if you get a lot of snow- I usually don't dig a spot for my hub first, I set it on top of the snow and then dig out the snow inside after. 2 feet of snow makes a 9' ceiling height!
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Hilarious.. you and I are like brothers from another mother. I'm also upgrading my lighting because the built in light bar has been flickering and is ready to fail. Also, I'm considering at retiring my original Clam Bigfoot 4000T hub so I can get a full door. Those older hub doors are the pits especially for a plus sized person like myself.
The height thing may not be a problem if you get a lot of snow- I usually don't dig a spot for my hub first, I set it on top of the snow and then dig out the snow inside after. 2 feet of snow makes a 9' ceiling height!
Mom approved of both our upgrades :roflmao: :thumbsup:
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Nothing to do with the X200 but definitely needed an upgrade for this season. Over the years I've bounced the LX7 around a few times and had to send it in for service so this year it got upgraded. One of my friends we fish with did this year's ago and I should have followed suit then. Might have saved me a few hundred $ for sure. Picked up a case at harbor freight, some hinges and reporpoused some ram mounts I had laying around. I must say I'm very happy with the way it turned out and now it should be able to handle mostly anything.
(https://i.postimg.cc/rznfpjvd/20231205-182840.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rznfpjvd)
(https://i.postimg.cc/bZbg3hdb/20231205-182859.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bZbg3hdb)
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Very cool, Matt! I've always been worried about folks that run the LX and other screen-style units but in the regular soft cases. Great idea!
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Very cool, Matt! I've always been worried about folks that run the LX and other screen-style units but in the regular soft cases. Great idea!
Thanks Damon. This will keep it in much better shape. Hoping to put it to use tomorrow :thumbsup:
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Nothing to do with the X200 but definitely needed an upgrade for this season. Over the years I've bounced the LX7 around a few times and had to send it in for service so this year it got upgraded. One of my friends we fish with did this year's ago and I should have followed suit then. Might have saved me a few hundred $ for sure. Picked up a case at harbor freight, some hinges and reporpoused some ram mounts I had laying around. I must say I'm very happy with the way it turned out and now it should be able to handle mostly anything.
(https://i.postimg.cc/rznfpjvd/20231205-182840.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rznfpjvd)
(https://i.postimg.cc/bZbg3hdb/20231205-182859.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bZbg3hdb)
(https://i.postimg.cc/CzRmnDgc/20231205-183028.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CzRmnDgc)
(https://i.postimg.cc/qzWQsRB4/20231205-183155.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qzWQsRB4)
(https://i.postimg.cc/R6Mzvd2s/20231207-084436.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/R6Mzvd2s)
That's slick, I like that setup.
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That's slick, I like that setup.
Thanks jethro, it is a much easier set up for sure. Worth the time and $ to keep it better protected