Author Topic: Let's see your ice fishing sleds! (Read 377576 times)

Lobes · « **Reply #90 on:** Jan 08, 2006, 09:33 AM »

Ordered my Otter II Medium online and got all the stuff in this week. Put the tow bar together and put on the Hyfax runners yesterday. Only problem was the cover they sent was the drab olive color. The package was marked as being black so back it goes. A minor danger of buying online. Hope they can get me the correct one soon, this sled is great.

TaterSalad · « **Reply #91 on:** Jan 08, 2006, 10:29 AM »

Quote from: IceMedic on Dec 26, 2005, 10:46 AM

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My Sled!
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IceMedic, I like your sled. I built something similar before I saw yours. I put my cross pieces too low and it acted like a plow the first time out. I need to raise it up like yours. I have a couple of questions. What are the vertical struts made from? How did you fasten them to the skis? How well does it pull in snow? Thanks for sharing.
Steve

Patch · « **Reply #92 on:** Jan 08, 2006, 06:12 PM »

A couple pics of mine. since these were taken, I've added a set of snow skis and a tow bar................... ...Patch

Patch · « **Reply #93 on:** Jan 08, 2006, 06:27 PM »

Think I've got it now!

Sir Landsalot · « **Reply #94 on:** Jan 08, 2006, 07:11 PM »

Nice piece of welding, Patch! What's she made of...aluminum?

frznFinn · « **Reply #95 on:** Jan 08, 2006, 07:33 PM »

Here's my dad's

frznFinn · « **Reply #96 on:** Jan 08, 2006, 07:37 PM »

Hey Patch I'm having Deja vu.....haha

Patch · « **Reply #97 on:** Jan 08, 2006, 08:51 PM »

Sir: Yep aluminum, My son used to work at a pontoon factory and built this one for me out of some of the scrap rail. Weighs about 5 lbs

Frznfinn:

wavewatcher · « **Reply #98 on:** Jan 08, 2006, 09:41 PM »

Quote from: beerduck on Dec 26, 2005, 01:40 PM

Is that thing a pusher or a puller?

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Patch · « **Reply #99 on:** Jan 10, 2006, 10:01 PM »

wavewatcher

Mine is a puller................ Patch

camo_fish · « **Reply #100 on:** Jan 11, 2006, 09:37 PM »

here you go this is what Dad (I) pull back in after a few hours of fishing.

a pile of stuff.

beerduck · « **Reply #101 on:** Jan 12, 2006, 07:07 PM »

id like to thank all the fellas on the complimants of my sled . it took alot of trial and error and hours of sitting in a tree stand during archery of thinking of it. push mower engine with a tranny,axle and tires with chains from a broken down small john deere tractor and tires from many old bicycles.here in PA you cant have ATV's on the ice so i had to improvise.thanks again

bucketmouth · « **Reply #102 on:** Jan 12, 2006, 10:08 PM »

Too cool! What's the top speed and where the heck do you sit on it?

bucket

beerduck · « **Reply #103 on:** Jan 13, 2006, 04:52 AM »

i dont sit on it i just walk beside it. top speed is about a fast walk

Deposit · « **Reply #104 on:** Jan 13, 2006, 06:32 AM »

I have to show off my newly acquired "Ice Fishing Equipment Relocation Device" sled. I have been on hard water for about 3 years now (Camo_Fish showed me the light) and for the past two I have been using this el cheap-O kiddy sled to pull my gear. What ever works right? Well two years was to long with that thing. Below is a picture of the thing empty. Not very big huh?

I had to put two board across it to hold my bait cooler, tipup box, as well as trying to keep the thing from tipping over. Almost every trip (especially in snow more than 6 inches deep) the thing would tip over on me. Oops there went the bait, hooks, jigs, etc. (its enough to drive you insane

) It also sunk in the snow making it hard to pull and any new gear had to be piled on top making easier to tip over.

Well yesterday I finally broke down and bought myself one of these jet sled I see everyone has. (I have pulled some gear in one before and WOW what a difference)

Man what a difference it makes when my gear is stod!!! No more tipovers, no more gear sliding off the board, and I know the thing pulls easier with the weight distributed better.

I can't wait to actually use it on the ice

So now that you have all read my boring little yahoo, lets see what you are all dragging on the ice. Post them all, pulled by human power or machine power. Stay on top y'all

BUCKSKI · « **Reply #105 on:** Jan 13, 2006, 11:41 AM »

Quote from: beerduck on Dec 26, 2005, 01:40 PM

yep

JUST INSANE< LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
HOW FAST?

Deposit · « **Reply #106 on:** Jan 13, 2006, 01:44 PM »

You are just a genius at work deerbuck, You should market something like that!!

WhackMaster · « **Reply #107 on:** Jan 13, 2006, 03:06 PM »

"here in PA you cant have ATV's on the ice so i had to improvise."

you can't have ATV's on the ice?!?! oh man, that is absolutely rediculous!!!

tip-uptwo · « **Reply #108 on:** Jan 13, 2006, 07:20 PM »

Little bro with my sled in the backround.......Not much of a ''Sled'' but it does do the trick

By the way, shes haulin alot of new toys this year

hookemandcookem · « **Reply #109 on:** Jan 13, 2006, 08:04 PM »

Nice little set-up you got there.

ilikepike · « **Reply #110 on:** Jan 14, 2006, 11:21 AM »

billybono · « **Reply #111 on:** Jan 15, 2006, 01:30 PM »

well here is the alternative to a rope my father came up with for the otter

here is the connection....just some pipe hanger parts

here is the handle connected

here is a view of the whole thing. the handle is just a bent piece of electrical conduit

better than a rope because you dont have to chase it downhill

billybono

hawgerdawger · « **Reply #112 on:** Jan 15, 2006, 08:27 PM »

Hello, all you iceheads. I'm a new member from Nebraska who stumbled across your great site and this thread while looking for ice fishing sled design ideas. Here's a picture of what I came up with and built this week. I'm pretty darned pleased with how it turned out, although I should have probably put pontoons and a motor on it. Can't wait until we get enough ice to use it, but at least the weather's been good for something!

Roacho · « **Reply #113 on:** Jan 16, 2006, 08:12 AM »

Looks nice Dawger.

Is that pretty heavy?

hawgerdawger · « **Reply #114 on:** Jan 16, 2006, 08:56 AM »

I haven't weighed it. It's nothing I'd want to carry across the desert, but it's light enough that I can lift it into the truck bed without any trouble.

Waubay Fisher · « **Reply #115 on:** Jan 16, 2006, 11:56 AM »

Nice sled Dawger - welcome to IS too! I have one of your poles as a fishing decoration in my cabin. Never seen one before until that one and now the ones in your pics! They are indeed neat although yours look like mint condition compared to the one I came across!!!

hawgerdawger · « **Reply #116 on:** Jan 16, 2006, 01:00 PM »

Quote from: Waubay Fisher on Jan 16, 2006, 11:56 AM

Nice sled Dawger - welcome to IS too! I have one of your poles as a fishing decoration in my cabin. Never seen one before until that one and now the ones in your pics! They are indeed neat although yours look like mint condition compared to the one I came across!!!

I do most of my ice fishing for bluegill and perch at a shallow lake near here. The sticks are perfect for pulling the pannies right out of the ice, but I wouldn't want to pull a 20-pound northern in from 60 feet with one

TogueHunter · « **Reply #117 on:** Jan 16, 2006, 02:44 PM »

Great job Hawg, and awesome looking sled!

If you want to lighten the load up quite a bit, you may want to consider downsizing the 20lb propane to a 5 pounder. That's what I have for my sled (pics are on this thread somewhere). I can get about 5 full day burns out of it, and when I use it in my shanty I only run it an hour at a time and it lasts a lot longer.
Awesome sled though, I especially like the rod clips.

hawgerdawger · « **Reply #118 on:** Jan 16, 2006, 05:39 PM »

Thanks for the great tip about the propane bottle, Togue. That will definitely lighten the load. I was really impressed with your sled, too. Love how you did the windbreak and heater.

TogueHunter · « **Reply #119 on:** Jan 16, 2006, 06:48 PM »

Thanks! My girlfriend is always kidding me on how many things I build with PVC pipe, and says I "ogle it" whenever we go to Home Depot together, but I love working with that stuff!

If you're interested I have some detailed pics of the PVC frame for someone else on here that is building one, so if you want those pics and how I sewed up the fabric for the windbreak, PM me and I'll email them to you.

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Author Topic: Let's see your ice fishing sleds! (Read 377576 times)

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