Ice shack build

[akjw7]

Nice, thanks for the reply. I was thinking 8x18 or 20 depending on the trailer I find.

One more - did the skids remain open at the top or was there a top to them before the floor? Also, how did you attach your floor framing to the permanent skids?

Have to ping you if we make a trip that way this season (we've got a Denali highway trip in march, but that's rising and hopefully caribou...no fishing plans made yet!)

[jiggenfrogs]

With 20' skis you can get away with one splice on the UHMW, any longer and you add another splice.  I always extend the skis past the shack on front and back so I can hook up the hitch.  I left the skis open as in the pictures when they were on the trailer.  I used 6'' or 8'' timber locks to tie it together and plate nailers along the outside edge.